- Arson in Kalimpong, GJM marches with bodies of 2 supporters
- Don't resort to violence, have dialogue: HM to GJM protesters
- Institutions' autonomy hinges on academic quality: Niti
- Shah meets Uddhav, seeks support for presidential election
- Darjeeling braces for another shutdown; GJM to conduct rally
- Arson in Kalimpong, GJM marches with bodies of 2 supporters
- Darjeeling/New Delhi: A public library, two
panchayat offices and a police vehicle were set ablaze at
Kalimpong, though Darjeeling, the hub of the GJM-led
agitation for a separate Gorkhaland, remained incident-free.
- Don't resort to violence, have dialogue: HM to GJM protesters
- New Delhi: As Darjeeling remained on the
boil over a separate statehood agitation, Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh appealed to protesters not to resort to
violence and, instead, hold dialogue to resolve any issue.
- Institutions' autonomy hinges on academic quality: Niti
- New Delhi: Entrusted with a task to suggest
reform measures for the higher education sector, Niti Aayog
has said centrally funded educational institutions that are
performing well will get more financial and operational
autonomy.
- Shah meets Uddhav, seeks support for presidential election
- Mumbai: BJP president Amit Shah today held a
close-door meeting with Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray as
part of the ruling party's efforts to ensure support of allies
in the presidential election.
- Darjeeling braces for another shutdown; GJM to conduct rally
- Darjeeling (WB): Darjeeling is bracing for
another shutdown as the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM)
leadership has decided to hold a protest rally with the bodies
of two persons allegedly killed during Saturday's clashes.
- Will take up Muslim quota bill with Centre: KCR
- Ex-IPS officer Rahul Sharma to float party ahead of Guj polls
- BJP has always supported free trade, free agriculture: Shah
- 'Modi govt will enact law to ban cow slaughter in India'
- 'Stalin's bid for CM post will end up as pipe dream'
- Many of today's godmen are traders, says fmr minister Shourie
- No-fly list norms likely in July first week: Govt
- 'Provide documents, will probe irregularities in PWD'
- Thambidurai meets TN Guv, dismisses horse-trading charges
- Two Maoists killed in gunfight with security forces
- After several rejections, JNU council approves course in yoga
- Prez Mukherjee rejects 2 more mercy pleas before demitting office
- 'Strict action agnst those creating law & order problems'
- Delhi PWD Secretary hits back at Kejriwal over desilting of drains
- School van runs over 4-year-old in Erode
- Mamata spreading lies, misleading people: Gurung
- Ashok Singhal's resting place to be developed as tourist hub
- Will take up Muslim quota bill with Centre: KCR
- Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K
Chandrashekhar Rao said his govt will take up the
bill providing 12 per cent reservation to Muslims, passed by
the state legislature, with the Centre for its nod.
- Ex-IPS officer Rahul Sharma to float party ahead of Guj polls
- Ahmedabad: Former IPS officer Rahul
Sharma today announced that he would form a political party
which will contest the Assembly elections in Gujarat which are
due this year.
- BJP has always supported free trade, free agriculture: Shah
- Mumbai: BJP president Amit Shah said
his party has been pro-free trade and free agriculture policy
since its inception.
- 'Modi govt will enact law to ban cow slaughter in India'
- Mumbai: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy said the Modi-government will bring in a law banning cow
slaughter across the country.
- 'Stalin's bid for CM post will end up as pipe dream'
- Chennai: AIADMK Amma senior leader D Jayakumar ridiculed DMK working
president M K Stalin for targeting the ruling party on various
issues, saying his ''desperate'' effort to become Chief Minister
would end up as a pipe dream.
- Many of today's godmen are traders, says fmr minister Shourie
- Hyderabad: Former union minister Arun
Shourie has alleged that many of today''s godmen are "traders"
who run real estate and financial empires and are in contrast
with those of yesteryears who provide personal solace to many
of us.
- No-fly list norms likely in July first week: Govt
- New Delhi: The norms for no-fly list to rein
in unruly passengers are expected to be ready early next
month, the government said today amid a parliamentarian being
barred by domestic airlines for allegedly creating ruckus.
- 'Provide documents, will probe irregularities in PWD'
- New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal said he will get probed alleged irregularities
in road and sewer development works by the Public Works
Department.
- Thambidurai meets TN Guv, dismisses horse-trading charges
- Chennai: Senior AIADMK Amma leader and Lok
Sabha Deputy Speaker M Thambidurai today met Governor Ch
Vidyasagar Rao here, a day after opposition parties sought
dismissal of the K Palaniswami government over alleged horse-
trading of ruling party MLAs.
- Two Maoists killed in gunfight with security forces
- Jamui (Bihar): Two Maoists were today killed
in an encounter with security forces in the Kumardari forest
here, police said.
- After several rejections, JNU council approves course in yoga
- New Delhi: After several rejections and
objections raised by a section of students and teachers, JNU''s
proposal to introduce short-term course in yoga has finally
been approved by the varsity''s top decision making body.
- Prez Mukherjee rejects 2 more mercy pleas before demitting office
- New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee
rejected two mercy petitions in the last week of May, just
two months before he completes his tenure.
- 'Strict action agnst those creating law & order problems'
- Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar warned of strict action against those trying to promote
lawlessness in the state.
- Delhi PWD Secretary hits back at Kejriwal over desilting of drains
- New Delhi: drains
New Delhi, Jun 18 (PTI) Delhi PWD Secretary Ashwani Kumar
has hit back at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who had accused
him of not overseeing the desilting of drains, saying
"negativity and squabbling attitude" does not work in such a
challenging task.
- School van runs over 4-year-old in Erode
- Erode(TN): A four-year-old girl was killed
after a school van ran over her while she was playing outside
her house here, police said today.
- Mamata spreading lies, misleading people: Gurung
- Darjeeling (WB): GJM chief Bimal Gurung
today termed as "white lies" Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee''s
claim that the agitation in Darjeeling hills was supported by
insurgent groups, and asserted the struggle for a separate
Gorkhaland state would be intensified.
- Ashok Singhal's resting place to be developed as tourist hub
- New Delhi: Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader
Ashok Singhal, one of the accused in the Babri Masjid
demolition case, will soon have a tourist hub around his final
resting place.
- Trump personal attorney says president not under investigation
- Mosul's Old City threatened as showdown looms
- Netanyahu calls to end Palestinian payments to attacker
- Death toll in Bangladesh landslides rises to 163
- India, China hold talks for strengthening strategic partnership, mutual dialogue
- Pope: Learning from refugees' hopes and pain dissolves fear
- Iran, China hold joint naval drill in Persian Gulf
- Trump, Modi willing to break with past practice: Expert
- BRICS well placed to help eradicate poverty: UN official
- Taliban storm Afghan police compound; 1 police dead
- China includes CPEC in scientific expedition to Tibet
- French woman killed, 11 hurt by explosion at Colombia mall
- Trump personal attorney says president not under investigation
- By Lalit K Jha
Washington, Jun 18 (PTI) US President Donald Trump is not
facing any probe for obstruction of justice, a member of his
legal team said today, contradicting Trump''s own assertion
that he was under investigation for firing former FBI Director
James Comey and being the target of a "witch hunt".
- Mosul's Old City threatened as showdown looms
- Mosul: Mosul''s Old City, where Iraqi forces
are closing in on the Islamic State group''s final urban refuge
in Iraq, is an ancient maze of narrow alleys.
- Netanyahu calls to end Palestinian payments to attacker
- Jerusalem: families
Jerusalem, Jun 18 (AFP) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
today accused the Palestinian president''s party of praising
Palestinians who killed an Israeli policewoman, calling for an
end to payments to the families of attackers.
- Death toll in Bangladesh landslides rises to 163
- Dhaka: The death toll rose to 163 in
Bangladesh''s landslides as five more persons, including three
children, were killed due to incessant rains in two districts.
- India, China hold talks for strengthening strategic partnership, mutual dialogue
- Beijing: India said it looks forward
to strengthen its strategic partnership and mutual dialogue
with China as the two sides held talks here.
- Pope: Learning from refugees' hopes and pain dissolves fear
- Vatican City: Pope Francis is calling for the
faithful to not only welcome refugees, but to personally learn
from their stories as a way to curb fears and "distorted"
ideologies about them.
- Iran, China hold joint naval drill in Persian Gulf
- Tehran: Iran''s navy has conducted a joint
exercise with a Chinese fleet near the strategic Strait of
Hormuz in the Persian Gulf.
- Trump, Modi willing to break with past practice: Expert
- New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and
US President Donald Trump are "deal-makers" who are willing to
break with past practice to accomplish things, a renowned
expert on India and Asia has said.
- BRICS well placed to help eradicate poverty: UN official
- By Yoshita Singh
United Nations, Jun 18 (PTI) The BRICS countries are well
positioned to take a leading role in helping achieve the
ambitious Sustainable Development Goals as well as the Paris
Climate accord, a top official of the UN food agency has said.
- Taliban storm Afghan police compound; 1 police dead
- Kabul: An Afghan official says that at least
one police officer has been killed after a group of attackers
stormed the main police headquarters in eastern Paktia
province.
- China includes CPEC in scientific expedition to Tibet
- By K J M Varma
Beijing, Jun 18 (PTI) China has included the
controversial USD 50 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor
in its second scientific expedition to the 4,000-metre-high
Qinghai-Tibet plateau to study changes in climate,
biodiversity and environment over the past decades in the
region.
- French woman killed, 11 hurt by explosion at Colombia mall
- Bogota: A strong explosion rocked one of the
busiest shopping centers in Colombia''s capital, killing a 23-
year-old French woman and injuring 11 people, authorities
said.
- Rosneft plans big to tap Indian retail fuel market: Pradhan
- BMW to invest Rs 130 cr in India to rev up operations
- Push India's case on visa curbs with US: Assocham to PM
- India Inc prepared for GST rollout from July 1: CII
- JNPT hit by green hurdles for Rs 10,000-cr Wadhavan port
- BRICS well placed to help eradicate poverty: UN official
- 'Need to firewall systems to counter cyber risks around GST'
- Rosneft plans big to tap Indian retail fuel market: Pradhan
- Bengaluru: Union Petroleum Minister
Dharmendra Pradhan said Russian oil giant Rosneft
planned to tap the retail fuel market in India in a big way.
- BMW to invest Rs 130 cr in India to rev up operations
- New Delhi: German luxury carmaker BMW is
investing another Rs 130 crore in India to enhance operations,
taking its total investment in the country to Rs 1,250 crore.
- Push India's case on visa curbs with US: Assocham to PM
- New Delhi: Industry association Assocham urged PM Narendra Modi to take up the
tightening of H1B visa rules with US President Donald Trump
during their meeting next week.
- India Inc prepared for GST rollout from July 1: CII
- New Delhi: Industry body CII today said
India Inc is ready for the GST implementation from July 1, as
the new indirect tax regime will contribute significantly
towards economic growth, job creation and exports expansion.
- JNPT hit by green hurdles for Rs 10,000-cr Wadhavan port
- Mumbai: The country''s largest container port
JNPT is facing hurdles for its most ambitious expansion at
Wadhavan, as a local environment authority has stalled the Rs
10,000-crore project.
- BRICS well placed to help eradicate poverty: UN official
- By Yoshita Singh
United Nations, Jun 18 (PTI) The BRICS countries are well
positioned to take a leading role in helping achieve the
ambitious Sustainable Development Goals as well as the Paris
Climate accord, a top official of the UN food agency has said.
- 'Need to firewall systems to counter cyber risks around GST'
- New Delhi: As the country is gearing up to
usher in the GST from next month,
experts have cautioned that the govt as well as firms
should firewall their systems to deal with increasingly more
complex cyber threats.
- 'Women sacrificing love for parents common in India'
- Not only Karnan, list of judges courting controversy too long
- Delhi HC rejects plea of suspected ISIS operative
- HC junks plea against SC collegium recommendations
- Rights of victim, offender must be considered equally: Court
- Delhi court refuses leniency in negligent driving case
- 'Women sacrificing love for parents common in India'
- New Delhi: Unsuccessful love stories have
found a very vivid description in a Supreme Court observation
wherein it has said that women sacrificing their relationship
to accept parents'' decision is a common phenomenon in India.
- Not only Karnan, list of judges courting controversy too long
- By Aditi Gupta & Pawan Kumar Singh
New Delhi, Jun 18 (PTI) Justice C S Karnan may have faced
the ire of the Supreme Court with his defamatory remarks
against the judiciary but there have been other judges in
recent years who too courted controversy with their comments.
- Delhi HC rejects plea of suspected ISIS operative
- New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has rejected
a suspected ISIS operative''s plea seeking nod to inspect the
documents, submitted by the NIA to a trial court in a case
relating to the alleged charges of recruiting and financing
people to join the terror group.
- HC junks plea against SC collegium recommendations
- New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has
dismissed a plea seeking rehearing of a petition to restrain
the Supreme Court collegium from recommending names for
appointment to the higher judiciary.
- Rights of victim, offender must be considered equally: Court
- New Delhi: Rights of a victim should be
equally considered with that of an offender at the time of
awarding punishment, a Delhi court has said while sentencing
three men to varying jail terms in a robbery case.
- Delhi court refuses leniency in negligent driving case
- New Delhi: A sessions court here has refused
to show leniency to a truck driver, jailed for causing the
death of a 24-year-old man with negligent and rash driving.
- Rahman pays homage to London fire victims ahead of his UK gig
- Rana Daggubati to host chat show
- Ashwni Dhir to team up with Ajay Devgn for a comedy?
- Jack Kirby to be named 'Disney Legend'
- Creative freedom can't compensate for a good story: Farhan on going digital
- Beyonce and Jay Z welcome twins
- We're very proud of Paris: Jermaine Jackson
- I am a better son now after becoming a father: Ashton Kutcher
- Rahman pays homage to London fire victims ahead of his UK gig
- Chennai: Music maestro A R Rahman has
offered condolences to the families of the victims of the
deadly fire that engulfed the Grenfell Tower in London.
- Rana Daggubati to host chat show
- Mumbai: Actor Rana Daggubati is all set
to turn chat show host for a programme which would invite his
industry friends for a candid conversation.
- Ashwni Dhir to team up with Ajay Devgn for a comedy?
- Mumbai: Filmmaker Ashwni Dhir says if things
fall in place, he might soon re-team with actor Ajay Devgn for
the sequel of their hit film "Son of Sardaar".
- Jack Kirby to be named 'Disney Legend'
- Los Angeles: Jack Kirby, the co-creator of
Captain America, Fantastic Four, Avengers, Hulk, Iron Man and
Black Panther is going to be honored as one of Disney''s
Legends next month for his contribution to the Marvel brand.
- Creative freedom can't compensate for a good story: Farhan on going digital
- Mumbai: Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar,
who is debuting as producer in the digital space with web
series "Inside Edge," says though comparatively to films and
TV, there is more creative freedom in the digital format.
- Beyonce and Jay Z welcome twins
- Los Angeles: Pop sensation Beyonce and her
music producer husband Jay Z have welcomed twins.
- We're very proud of Paris: Jermaine Jackson
- London: King of Pop Michael Jackson''s
brother Jermaine Jackson says he worries that fame could break
his niece Paris but is proud of the 19-year-old actress for
all she has achieved.
- I am a better son now after becoming a father: Ashton Kutcher
- London: Actor Ashton Kutcher says he is a
better son since becoming a father himself.
- Pakistan sink India to lift maiden Champions Trophy
- Pakistan defeat India by runs to lift Champions Trophy title
- Clinical India maul Pakistan 7-1 HWL Semi-Final
- Pakistan set India 339-run target in Champions Trophy final
- Sublime Srikanth lifts Indonesia Open title
- Harman edges clear, Thomas dazzles in US Open blitz
- Pakistan sink India to lift maiden Champions Trophy
- London: An inspired Pakistan hammered a
blundering India by 180 runs to lift the ICC Champions Trophy,
riding on a scintillating hundred from rookie opener Fakhar
Zaman and a sensational bowling spell from Mohammad Amir.
- Pakistan defeat India by runs to lift Champions Trophy title
- London: A dominant Pakistan spanked India by
180 runs in the summit clash of the Champions trophy, here.
- Clinical India maul Pakistan 7-1 HWL Semi-Final
- London: A clinical India demolished a
hapless Pakistan 7-1 to register their third consecutive
victory and seal a place in the quarter-finals of the Hockey
World League Semi-Final.
- Pakistan set India 339-run target in Champions Trophy final
- London: India need to knock down a stiff
339-run target to retain the Champions Trophy title as
Pakistan put on a splendid batting display to score 338 for
four in the summit clash, here.
- Sublime Srikanth lifts Indonesia Open title
- Jakarta: Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth
clinched his third Super Series title, lifting the Indonesia
Open men''s singles trophy with a straight-game victory over
Japanese qualifier Kazumasa Sakai in the finals here on
Sunday.
- Harman edges clear, Thomas dazzles in US Open blitz
- Erin: Erin, United States, Jun 18 (AFP) Brian Harman opened up
a one-shot lead at the 117th US Open in a dramatic third round
lit up by a record-equalling 63 from Justin Thomas.
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