- Sardar Dam an engineering miracle that faced many hurdles: PM
- On his 67th birthday, Modi dedicates Narmada dam to the nation
- Sardar Dam an engineering miracle that faced many hurdles: PM
- Dabhoi (Gujarat): PM Narendra
Modi inaugurated the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada
river, saying no other project in the world has faced so many
hurdles as this "engineering miracle" which many people had
"conspired to stop".
- On his 67th birthday, Modi dedicates Narmada dam to the nation
- Kevadia (Gujarat):Prime Minister Narendra
Modi today dedicated to the nation the Sardar Sarovar Dam,
almost 56 years after its foundation stone was laid.
- Vengara bypoll: LDF announces candidate
- Mamata, Guv greet Modi on birthday
- Pvt member's bill proposes MPs also declare assets after term ends
- Nation pays final tributes to Marshal Arjan Singh
- AAP fields retd Maj Gen Suresh Khajuria for Gurdaspur bypoll
- CPI(M) justifies expulsion of RS MP
- Women fully capable of bringing about social changes: Mahajan
- BJD councillor's killers identified
- AAP fields retd Maj Gen Suresh Khajuria for Gurdaspur bypoll
- Man held with 600 gm of cannabis in Kathua
- Woman and her two children injured in acid attack
- Jurisdiction-free I-T assessment on the cards
- Three militants killed in intragroup conflict
- Rain lashes Kerala; Landslip in tribal hamlet
- State funeral for Marshal; flag to fly at half mast in Delhi
- Parrikar pledges to devote 100 hrs in a year for cleanliness
- Naidu condoles demise of Arjan Singh, calls him "icon" of IAF
- IMD issues heavy rainfall warning for Mumbai, Konkan region
- Armed forces lost a leading light: Advani on Arjan Singh's death
- Paternity leave across all sectors, proposes pvt member s bill
- Dera functionary arrested, search for Honeypreet continues
- Muzaffarnagar police gun down criminal in encounter
- Six injured in clash over land in Muzaffarnagar
- Delhi engineers taught art of installing proper road signages
- States, districts likely to be ranked on nutrition standards
- Gorakhpur deaths: Oxygen supplier arrested
- Pak shells border outposts, woman killed
- Bengal plans Muslin Tourism Circuit in Burdwan, Murshidabad
- Railways cuts down sleeping hours for passengers by an hour
- German woman turns saviour for sick, abandoned cows in Mathura
- Delhi zoo trains veterinarians on using gas anaesthesia
- PM likely to inaugurate Patna Univ centenary celebrations
- State funeral for Marshal; flag to fly at half mast in Delhi
- Cong candidate in MCD poll discharged of casteist slur charge
- CVC to probe govt employees deposits post demonetisation
- Overcast skies in national capital
- 5 workers injured in fire at factory in Telangana
- Vengara bypoll: LDF announces candidate
- Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 17 (PTI) CPI(M) in Kerala today
named party worker P P Basheer as the candidate of ruling Left
Democratic Front (LDF) for the October 11 byelection to the
state assembly from Vengara constituency.
- Mamata, Guv greet Modi on birthday
- West Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee today greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
his birthday.
- Pvt member's bill proposes MPs also declare assets after term ends
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New Delhi, Sep 17 (PTI) Parliamentarians must declare
their assets at the end of their tenure to ensure
accountability and transparency, a new private member''s bill
has proposed.
- Nation pays final tributes to Marshal Arjan Singh
- New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind led the
nation today in paying final tributes to Marshal of the Indian
Air Force Arjan Singh, hero of 1965 India-Pakistan war and the
only Air Force officer to be promoted to five-star rank.
- AAP fields retd Maj Gen Suresh Khajuria for Gurdaspur bypoll
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Chandigarh, Sep 17 (PTI) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today
announced retired Major General Suresh Khajuria as its
candidate for the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll scheduled next
month.
- CPI(M) justifies expulsion of RS MP
- The CPI(M) today justified the
expulsion of its leader and Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata
Bandopadhyay, saying instead of complying with the party
discipline, he had resorted to publicly malign it.
- Women fully capable of bringing about social changes: Mahajan
- Women are strong, competent and fully
capable of bringing about political, social, financial and
spiritual changes in the country, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra
Mahajan said today.
- BJD councillor's killers identified
- A day after a BJD Councillor
was killed in Odisha''s Ganjam district, Director General of
Police, R P Sharma today said those involved in the crime have
been identified and efforts are on to nab them.
- AAP fields retd Maj Gen Suresh Khajuria for Gurdaspur bypoll
- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today
announced retired Major General Suresh Khajuria as its
candidate from the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat where a bypoll is
scheduled next month.
- Man held with 600 gm of cannabis in Kathua
- A person has been arrested with 600
grams of cannabis from Jammu and Kashmir''s Kathua district,
the police said today.
- Woman and her two children injured in acid attack
- A woman and her two children
were injured when unidentified persons threw acid on them
in Bihar''s Jehanabad district, a police officer said today.
- Jurisdiction-free I-T assessment on the cards
- To check corruption and
harassment, the tax department will soon launch a pilot of
"jurisdiction-free assessment" where a tax officer will not
get to know identity of the assessee as allotment of cases
will be done randomly by computers rather than on the basis of
area.
- Three militants killed in intragroup conflict
- Suspected intragroup clash
has claimed the lives of three militants at Muktahal village
in Tamenglong district of Manipur in the early hours today,
police said.
- Rain lashes Kerala; Landslip in tribal hamlet
- Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 17 (PTI) Heavy rain today
lashed Kerala causing widspread damage, landslip and
waterlogging in various parts.
- State funeral for Marshal; flag to fly at half mast in Delhi
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New Delhi, Sep 17 (PTI) A state funeral will be accorded
to Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh and the
national flag will fly at half mast at all government
buildings here tomorrow in his honour, the Home ministry said
today.
- Parrikar pledges to devote 100 hrs in a year for cleanliness
- Goa Chief Minister Manohar
Parrikar has pledged to devote at least 100 hours in a year
for cleanliness activities on ''Seva Diwas'', being observed
today to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi''s 67th birthday.
- Naidu condoles demise of Arjan Singh, calls him "icon" of IAF
- Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu
today condoled the passing away of the Marshal Arjan Singh and
recalled the latter''s contribution during the 1965 India-
Pakistan war, describing him as an "icon" of the Indian Air
Force.
- IMD issues heavy rainfall warning for Mumbai, Konkan region
- The weather department here today
issued a warning of heavy rainfall in Mumbai and the coastal
Konkan region in the next three days.
- Armed forces lost a leading light: Advani on Arjan Singh's death
- New Delhi, Sep 17 (PTI) Veteran BJP leader L K Advani
today mourned the demise of war hero Marshal Arjan Singh,
saying the armed forces have lost a "doyen and a leading
light".
- Paternity leave across all sectors, proposes pvt member s bill
- By Jatin Takkar
New Delhi, Sep 17 (PTI) Championing the cause of fathers
in the early days after a child s birth, a private member s
bill proposes that all workers, including those in the
unorganised and private sector, get paternity leave extendable
up to three months.
- Dera functionary arrested, search for Honeypreet continues
- Haryana Police has made two
fresh arrests in connection with incidents of violence which
broke out on August 25 in Panchkula after sect chief Gurmeet
Ram Rahim Singh was convicted in a rape case.
- Muzaffarnagar police gun down criminal in encounter
- Muzaffarnagar, Sep 17 (PTI) A notorious criminal,
carrying a reward of Rs 12,000 on him, was gunned down in an
encounter here, police said today.
- Six injured in clash over land in Muzaffarnagar
- Muzaffarnagar, Sep 17 (PTI) A dispute over a plot of land
led to a violent clash between two groups of villagers leaving
six people injured here, police said.
- Delhi engineers taught art of installing proper road signages
- Engineers of the Delhi
government''s Public Works Department have been sensitised
about proper installation of road signs, days after a study
found 70 per cent of the signages in the city were ''faulty''.
- States, districts likely to be ranked on nutrition standards
- The government plans to introduce
a ranking system for states and districts on the basis of
nutrition levels, according to a letter from NITI Aayog CEO
Amitabh Kant to all state governments.
- Gorakhpur deaths: Oxygen supplier arrested
- Gorakhpur (UP), Sep 17 (PTI) The proprietor of Pushpa
Sales, which supplied oxygen to the state-run Baba Raghav Das
Medical College where dozens of children died last month, was
today arrested in connection with the case.
- Pak shells border outposts, woman killed
- A woman was killed and five other
civilians injured as Pakistani troops shelled border out posts
along the International Border in Jammu district, a police
officer said today.
- Bengal plans Muslin Tourism Circuit in Burdwan, Murshidabad
- With an aim to boost the market
of its prized muslin fabric, the West Bengal government is
planning to introduce a muslin tourism circuit in the state
soon, a top official has said.
- Railways cuts down sleeping hours for passengers by an hour
- By Ananya Sengupta
New Delhi, Sep 17 (PTI) The Railways is trying to put an
end to those tiresome quarrels that break out due to
oversleeping passengers on the middle and lower berths by
reducing official sleeping hours.
- German woman turns saviour for sick, abandoned cows in Mathura
- By Rajesh Rai
Mathura, Sep 17 (PTI) As many as 1,200 cows - mostly
abandoned, sick and injured - have found a saviour in 59-
year-old German national Friederike Irina Bruning.
- Delhi zoo trains veterinarians on using gas anaesthesia
- By Surya S Pillai
New Delhi, Sep 17 (PTI) A team of experts from the US is
providing hands-on training to Indian veterinarians at the
Delhi zoo on using gas anaesthesia so as to avoid drugs to
sedate animals, which have numerous side-effects.
- PM likely to inaugurate Patna Univ centenary celebrations
- By Kunal Dutt
Patna/New Delhi, Sep 17 (PTI) From lecture series to
exhibitions and heritage walks, it''s a packed schedule at the
Patna University centenary celebration, which is likely to be
formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- State funeral for Marshal; flag to fly at half mast in Delhi
- A state funeral will be accorded
to Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh and the
national flag will fly at half mast in all government
buildings here tomorrow in his honour, the Home ministry said
today.
- Cong candidate in MCD poll discharged of casteist slur charge
- New Delhi:A woman candidate of the Congress
party, accused of allegedly hurling casteist slur at a voter
and threatening him during MCD elections in 2012, has been
discharged by a court here.
- CVC to probe govt employees deposits post demonetisation
- By Ashwini Shrivastava
New Delhi, Sep 17 (PTI) Deposits of scrapped currency
notes made by central government employees post demonetisation
will be probed by anti-corruption watchdog Central Vigilance
Commission (CVC), its chief K V Chowdary said today.
- Overcast skies in national capital
- Delhiites woke up to overcast
skies with the minimum temperature being recorded at 26.6
degrees Celsius, two notches above the season''s average.
- 5 workers injured in fire at factory in Telangana
- Sangareddy (Tel), Sep 17 (PTI) Five workers were
injured in fire at an oil producing factory in the district, a
police official said.
- Second arrest in UK Tube bomb attack
- Pakistanis vote in Lahore's NA-120 by-elections
- 'AI services to help boost India-Denmark ties'
- India welcomes US' move to bring reforms in UN peacekeeping
- Pak asks WB to set up arbitration court to settle water issue
- French journalist freed by Turkey to arrive in Paris Sunday
- Bangladesh restricts Rohingya refugees, starts immunization
- Pak PM approves proposal to increase civilians' share in ISI
- Japan PM eyes snap election this year: reports
- US says it will withdraw from Paris accord without more favorable terms
- Second arrest in UK Tube bomb attack
- By Aditi Khanna
London, Sep 17 (PTI) A second man has been arrested by
Scotland Yard s Counter-Terrorism Command in connection with
the bombing at a London Underground train, police said today.
- Pakistanis vote in Lahore's NA-120 by-elections
- By M Zulqernain
Lahore, Sep 17 (PTI) Pakistanis are voting today for the
parliamentary seat where the ailing wife of ousted prime
minister Nawaz Sharif is contesting to show that support for
the family was undiminished and that the people have rejected
the Supreme Court''s decision to send its leader home.
- 'AI services to help boost India-Denmark ties'
- By Manoj Rammohan
Copenhagen, Sep 17 (PTI) Air India starting direct flight
to the Danish capital will help boost business and trade ties
between the two countries, India''s Ambassador designate to
Denmark Ajit Gupte said.
- India welcomes US' move to bring reforms in UN peacekeeping
- United Nations, Sep 17 (PTI) India, one of the top
countries contributing to the peacekeeping mission of the UN,
has welcomed the US'' decision to bring reforms to the
practices of the peacekeeping missions of the world body.
- Pak asks WB to set up arbitration court to settle water issue
- By Sajjad Hussain
Islamabad, Sep 17 (PTI) Pakistan has requested the World
Bank to fulfill its obligation to establish a court of
arbitration to settle its water dispute with India in the
light of the Indus Waters Treaty.
- French journalist freed by Turkey to arrive in Paris Sunday
- A young French journalist held on
terror charges in Turkey for more than seven weeks was headed
to Paris today after being freed, according to Reporters
Without Borders.
- Bangladesh restricts Rohingya refugees, starts immunization
- Cox''s Bazar (Bangladesh), Sep 17 (AP) Bangladeshi
authorities are trying to restrict the movement of Muslim
Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar into crowded
border camps and have started immunising tens of thousands of
children against diseases.
- Pak PM approves proposal to increase civilians' share in ISI
- By Sajjad Hussain
Islamabad, Sep 17 (PTI) Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid
Khaqan Abbasi has approved a proposal to increase the
civilians'' share in the senior hierarchy of the country''s
powerful spy agency - the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
- Japan PM eyes snap election this year: reports
- Tokyo:Japanese premier Shinzo Abe is
considering a snap election as early as next month, reports
said Sunday, as he sees recovering public support with
attention focused on tensions over North Korea.
- US says it will withdraw from Paris accord without more favorable terms
- Montreal, Sep 17 (AFP) The White House pushed back at a
European suggestion it was softening its stance on the Paris
climate accord, insisting Washington will withdraw from the
agreement unless it can re-enter on more favorable terms.
- Air India plans to rationalise some routes, says Bansal
- 'AI services to help boost India-Denmark ties'
- Govt may raise over Rs 15K cr from IPO of 2 PSU gen insurers
- NTPC invites developers to set up 100 waste-to-energy plants
- Life insurers cut fresh exposure to equities by 57% in FY17
- RBI likely to keep policy rate on hold till fiscal-end: Report
- National Insurance expects up to Rs 5,000 cr from IPO
- Mumbaikars can save Rs 4,600cr annually by staying at right
- Air India plans to rationalise some routes, says Bansal
- By Manoj Rammohan
Copenhagen, Sep 17 (PTI) Air India plans to rationalise
some routes operated by the airline and its subsidiaries,
including in the Gulf region, as part of cost saving efforts,
according to the airline''s chief Rajiv Bansal.
- 'AI services to help boost India-Denmark ties'
- By Manoj Rammohan
Copenhagen, Sep 17 (PTI) Air India starting direct flight
to the Danish capital will help boost business and trade ties
between the two countries, India''s Ambassador designate to
Denmark Ajit Gupte said.
- Govt may raise over Rs 15K cr from IPO of 2 PSU gen insurers
- Initial public offering of the
two state-owned general insurance companies is likely to yield
over Rs 15,000 crore to the exchequer, said merchant banking
sources.
- NTPC invites developers to set up 100 waste-to-energy plants
- NTPC has invited national and
international players to set up 100 waste-to-energy
pollution-free plants across the country under the Swachh
Bharat mission.
- Life insurers cut fresh exposure to equities by 57% in FY17
- The life insurance industry, led
by state-run LIC, drastically cut down its fresh exposure in
equities by 57 per cent during the fiscal 2016-17 to Rs 16,793
crore from Rs 39,535 crore a year ago, data collated by the
Life Insurance Council said.
- RBI likely to keep policy rate on hold till fiscal-end: Report
- New Delhi: The Reserve Bank is expected to
pause rate cuts for the rest of 2017-18 as retail inflation is
likely to tread higher towards 4.7 per cent by March, says a
Kotak Institutional Equities report.
- National Insurance expects up to Rs 5,000 cr from IPO
- Non-life PSU insurer National
Insurance Company (NIC) is expecting to receive between Rs
4,000 crore and Rs 5,000 crore from the proceeds of its
planned public offer, industry sources said.
- Mumbaikars can save Rs 4,600cr annually by staying at right
- location: Report
Mumbai, Sep 17 (PTI) Mumbaikars can save up to Rs
4,600 crore annually if they start living in locations that
suit their working requirements, a survey has revealed.
- Frame policy to curb celebratory firing, Delhi HC asks Centre
- HC directs Vijayashanthi to appear before it on Sep 18
- Frame policy to curb celebratory firing, Delhi HC asks Centre
- New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has asked
the Centre and other authorities to frame a policy within
three months to curb the practice of celebratory firing.
- HC directs Vijayashanthi to appear before it on Sep 18
- The Madras High Court has directed
actress Vijayashanthi to appear before it on September 18
regarding referring a property dispute to the mediation centre
for settlement.
- S S Rajamouli receives ANR award
- I had a careless attitude towards my career, says Ileana
- Possible to achieve the stardom Salman or I have: Sanjay Dutt
- Salman Khan performs in UK after 12 years
- 'Huge responsibility to present Saina on big screen'
- Shah Rukh's love and confidence makes me more responsible: Rai
- Hope to work with Ranbir again: Imtiaz
- Gaga expresses her support to 'warrior princess" Selena Gomez
- 'Narcos' location scout shot dead in Mexico
- Tina Turner taught Mick Jagger to dance
- Madonna open to adopt more kids
- S S Rajamouli receives ANR award
- Vice President M Venkaiah
Naidu today felicitated film-maker S S Rajamouli with the
prestigious ANR National Award for his contribution to the
Telugu film industry here.
- I had a careless attitude towards my career, says Ileana
- Ileana D''Cruz has been a part of
several successful movies in Bollywood and down South but the
actor says there was a time when she would sign a film without
even thinking properly.
- Possible to achieve the stardom Salman or I have: Sanjay Dutt
- Having scaled the peak of
stardom, actor Sanjay Dutt believes that other would-be
superstars can also taste such success if they look beyond
multiplexes.
- Salman Khan performs in UK after 12 years
- By Aditi Khanna
London, Sep 17 (PTI) Bollywood superstar Salman Khan
broke a 12-year hiatus with live performances in the UK this
weekend alongside an array of Indian actors.
- 'Huge responsibility to present Saina on big screen'
- As Shraddha Kapoor gears up to
bring the journey of ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal to the
big screen, the actor says it will be one of the most
challenging projects of her career.
- Shah Rukh's love and confidence makes me more responsible: Rai
- Director Aanand L Rai says his
next film featuring superstar Shah Rukh Khan is special and
challenging in many ways than his previous ventures.
- Hope to work with Ranbir again: Imtiaz
- Director Imtiaz Ali says he
would love to reunite with his actor friend Ranbir Kapoor for
a film but there is no project at the moment with him.
- Gaga expresses her support to 'warrior princess" Selena Gomez
- Shortly after Selena Gomez
revealed on Instagram that she had received a kidney
transplant, friend Lady Gaga sent her support on social media.
- 'Narcos' location scout shot dead in Mexico
- Mexican location scout Carlos
Munoz Portal was shot to death in a violent region in central
Mexico while scouting for season four of Netflix''s popular
show "Narcos."
The seasoned scout worked for Stacy Perskie''s Mexico
City-based production company Redrum, has a slew of high
profile credits to his name, including, "Sicario," "Spectre,"
"Fast & Furious" and "Apocalypto," reported Variety.
- Tina Turner taught Mick Jagger to dance
- Tina Turner says she taught dance to
Rolling Stones frontman, Mick Jagger, but he never gave her
the credit.
- Madonna open to adopt more kids
- Los Angeles: Pop diva Madonna says she will
"never say never" to adopting more children because she finds
motherhood a form of healing for her.
- Jaipur Pink Panthers defeat Dabang Delhi 36-25
- Play resumes in 1st ODI, Australia set
- Tsonga sends France into Davis Cup final
- Hamilton wins Singapore GP, extends championship lead
- 'Mallya can't travel to F1 but remains as involved as ever'
- India score 281/7 against Australia in 1st ODI
- Kohli remains on top, Bumrah climbs up to 2nd in T20 rankings
- Bopanna-Raja defeat puts India down 1-2 against Canada
- SLC bans Chamara Silva for 2 yrs on fixing charges
- SLC bans Chamara Silva for 2 yrs on fixing charges
- Jaipur Pink Panthers defeat Dabang Delhi 36-25
- A terrific all-round performance
by Jaipur Pink Panthers saw them thrash Dabang Delhi 36-25 in
a Pro Kabaddi League match, here today.
- Play resumes in 1st ODI, Australia set
- Australia were set a revised target
of 164 in 21 overs against India after play resumed in the
first One-day International, following a long rain delay at
the MA Chidambaram Stadium here today.
- Tsonga sends France into Davis Cup final
- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga fought back from
a set down against Dusan Lajovic to book France a place in the
Davis Cup final with a semi-final win over Serbia in Lille
today.
- Hamilton wins Singapore GP, extends championship lead
- By Bharat Sharma
Singapore, Sep 17 (PTI) Lewis Hamilton benefited
immensely from a chaotic start to win the rain-affected
Singapore Grand Prix, extending his championship lead to 28
points with a hat-trick of victories.
- 'Mallya can't travel to F1 but remains as involved as ever'
- By Bharat Sharma
Singapore, Sep 17 (PTI) Vijay Mallya''s off track troubles
has not impacted Force India in anyway and he continues to be
as involved as ever in the running of the Formula 1 team
despite his forced absence from the paddock, said deputy team
principal Robert Fernley.
- India score 281/7 against Australia in 1st ODI
- Chennai: Opting to bat, India made a
competitive 281 for seven against Australia in the first One-
day International of the five-match series here today.
- Kohli remains on top, Bumrah climbs up to 2nd in T20 rankings
- India skipper Virat Kohli maintained
his top spot in the latest ICC rankings of T20 batsmen, while
pacer Jasprit Bumrah climbed up a place to be at second
position in the bowlers'' table.
- Bopanna-Raja defeat puts India down 1-2 against Canada
- Edmonton: India's World Group hopes suffered
a huge setback as Rohan Bopanna and Purav Raja lost the
crucial doubles rubber to hand Canada a 2-1 lead in the Davis
Cup Play-off tie, here Saturday.
- SLC bans Chamara Silva for 2 yrs on fixing charges
- Former Sri Lanka batsman Chamara
Silva has been handed a two-year ban from cricket-related
activities for breaching the spirit of the game during a
Tier-B first class match earlier this year, which was probed
for alleged match-fixing.
- SLC bans Chamara Silva for 2 yrs on fixing charges
- Former Sri Lanka batsman Chamara
Silva has been handed a two-year ban from cricket-related
activities for breaching the spirit of the game during a
Tier-B first class match earlier this year, which was probed
for alleged match-fixing.
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