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Developing nations need adequate finances, technologies to combat climate change: Swaraj
PTI | June 22, 2018 6:00 PMExternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj warned today that all the effort put in by countries to tackle climate change would face a setback if developing nations did not get adequate finances and technologies to translate their political commitments into tangible initiatives.
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Congress asks Maharashtra government about Yoga centres started with AYUSH funds
PTI | June 22, 2018 5:52 PMThe Maharashtra Congress has asked the state government to declare how many Yoga centres it had started with the funds received from the Ministry of AYUSH.
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Congress defends Ghulam Nabi Azad, asks ‘what’s wrong in talking about civilians’
FE Online | June 22, 2018 5:40 PMCongress threw its weight behind Ghulam Nabi Azad saying he said nothing wrong and just expressed concerns over rising number civilian casualties in military operations in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Good news for employees: Centre takes steps to improve food quality in its canteens
FE Online | June 22, 2018 5:26 PMThe central government has taken several initiatives to improve the workplace administration to create a system and an enabling surrounding to ensure that hygienic food is served to each and every employee.
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Delhi government asks schools to observe International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
PTI | June 22, 2018 5:16 PMThe Delhi government has directed schools in the national capital to observe June 26 as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
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Congress demands probe into Rs 746-cr Ahmedabad co-op bank over DeMo, NABARD says no irregularity
PTI | June 22, 2018 5:06 PMThe Congress today demanded a probe into reports that notes worth Rs 745.58 crore were deposited in Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank, where BJP chief Amit Shah is a director, within five days of Prime Minister Narendra Modi announcing demonetisation on November 8, 2016.
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JD(U) snubs Congress’ special status promise, says party ‘ignored demand for 10 years’
FE Online | June 22, 2018 4:52 PMReacting to the Congress extending support to Nitish Kumar’s special status demand, JD(U) said that the grand old party was in power between 2004 and 2014, but it ignored “our demand”.
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Interpol red corner notice against fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi likely soon
PTI | June 22, 2018 4:49 PMThe Interpol is today expected to issue a red corner notice (RCN) against fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi as the international agency is satisfied with the documents provided by the CBI which is probing the USD 2 billion scam, sources said.
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Why did Mamata Banerjee cancel China visit? Details here
PTI | June 22, 2018 5:13 PMWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee cancelled her China visit today as “political meetings at the appropriate level” were not confirmed by the Chinese government, state Finance Minister Amit Mitra said.
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Acres of land, 6 luxurious houses, 2 house plots, and more: Arrested AP Transco employee’s assets will baffle you
FE Online | June 22, 2018 4:29 PMThe Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday, June 21, arrested a government official working at AP Transco, S Lakshmi Reddy, for possessing disproportionate assets worth around Rs 100 crore.
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Shiv Sena hits out at BJP, says farmers’ suicides have doubled, not their income
PTI | June 22, 2018 4:18 PMThe Shiv Sena today hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s farmers’ outreach programme and said that only farmers’ suicides, and not their income, have doubled.
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Fodder scam: Lalu Prasad Yadav’s provisional bail on medical grounds extended till July 3
FE Online | June 22, 2018 4:10 PMFodder scam: The Ranchi High Court on Friday extended the provisional bail plea of former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav in a fodder scam. The court extended the bail petition of RJD chief till July 3, 2018.
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Gone in 30 minutes! MHA official loses Rs 67,000 through debit card in less than an hour
FE Online | June 22, 2018 4:05 PMA Home Ministry official has filed a police complaint alleging that her debit card was cloned and that transactions worth Rs 67,000 were made using the same card in the US.
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Congress asks PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah to come clean on demonetisation ‘scam’
IANS | June 22, 2018 3:56 PMThe Congress on Friday alleged that the demonetisation carried out by the Narendra Modi government was the “biggest scam in Independent India” to convert black money into white and the maximum deposits in cooperative banks in just five days were in BJP-ruled states, mainly Gujarat.
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American dream landing Punjabi youths in US jails
PTI | June 22, 2018 3:54 PMChasing the American dream, Bunty Singh (not his real name) illegally entered the US after crisscrossing several countries but landed in an immigration detention centre in New Mexico where he has been languishing for the last 16 months.
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Big parties promise special status only while out of power: JD(U) on Congress support to Nitish Kumar demand
PTI | June 22, 2018 3:51 PMAICC in-charge for Bihar Shaktisinh Gohil had yesterday criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ignoring the demand raised by Kumar for granting special category status to Bihar at a meeting of the Niti Aayog in New Delhi earlier this week.
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Rahul Gandhi appoints Mallikarjun Kharge as in-charge of party affairs in Maharashtra
PTI | June 22, 2018 3:20 PMMallikarjun Kharge is the leader of Congress in Lok Sabha and replaces Mohan Prakash, who ceases to be a party general secretary.
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Gujarat shocker: Class 9 student found dead at Vadodara school, probe underway
FE Online | June 22, 2018 5:21 PMThe incident took place on Friday. The victim’s dead body was found inside the school washroom, with an injury of a sharp-edged weapon on head and body of the victim
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Manohar Parrikar to meet Narendra Modi over Goa mining crisis
IANS | June 22, 2018 3:06 PM“The Chief Minister will also hold a joint meeting of all mining concerned MLAs shortly to arrive at a consensus after which the matter will be taken up with the Centre and Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” a statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Office said on Friday, after Parrikar met legislators from the state’s mining belt.
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Deadlock between bureaucrats and Arvind Kejriwal broken: Delhi HC observes
PTI | June 22, 2018 2:43 PMThe Delhi High Court today said there is no urgency in the pleas against the recent sit-in dharna by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the alleged strike by IAS officers as the “deadlock” between them has been broken.
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2008 Malegaon blast case: Bombay HC admits Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit’s plea challenging rejection
PTI | June 22, 2018 2:06 PMIn the hearing conducted today, a bench of Justices Ranjit More and Anuja Prabhudessai, admitted the plea and said arguments over sanction will be heard from July 16.
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Terrorists have to be dealt with firmly to protect human rights of ordinary citizens: Arun Jaitley
PTI | June 22, 2018 1:57 PM“Our policy has to be “Save the Human Rights of every Indian – be it a tribal or a Kashmiri” from terrorists,” Jaitley said.
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Four in a row! PMO turns down Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s request to meet PM Modi, fourth in 20 months
FE Online | June 22, 2018 1:35 PMThe Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has turned down another request from Left-ruled Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan seeking an appointment with PM Narendra Modi.
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Mamata Banerjee in poll mode: From schooling TMC leaders to doling out populist measures, Bengal CM sets out to counter BJP
FE Online | June 22, 2018 1:31 PMWith the big Lok Sabha election due in 2019, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has emerged as a key player in stitching together an anti-BJP umbrella alliance of opposition parties to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has asked Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislators, office bearers and activists to retrospect
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‘Rahul Gandhi and Sonia must answer’: BJP takes Congress to task over Ghulam Nabi Azad’s remark on Indian Army
FE Online | June 22, 2018 3:17 PMBJP leader Ravi Shankar Pradesh condemned Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad’s remarks and sought an explanation from his party president Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
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Nearly 100 Indians held at 2 detention centres in US, India establishes contact
PTI | June 22, 2018 12:58 PMAccording to officials, around 40-45 Indians are at a federal detention centre in the Southern American State of New Mexico while 52 Indians, mostly Sikhs and Christians, are held in Oregon. The Indian Embassy in a statement said it has established contacts with both the detention facilities.
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On Saifuddin Soz’s Kashmir remark, BJP says ‘ready to give him one-way ticket to Pakistan’
FE Online | June 22, 2018 12:47 PMBJP said that it will give such people (Saifuddin Soz) “a one-way ticket to Pakistan” whereas the Shiv Sena asked Congress president Rahul Gandhi to clarify his party’s stand on the issue.
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