Fri, 23 Aug 2019 19:26:27
Udupi: Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary estimated the losses due to rain-related damages in the district at Rs 545 crore.
He was speaking at a review meeting held to assess the flood relief measures
at DC office here, on Thursday.
Poojary said the rain-related damages reported in the district were not severe when compared to other districts.
He told mediapersons that 675 houses were damage
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Fri, 23 Aug 2019 19:23:52
The Supreme Court Friday agreed to examine the validity of a newly enacted law which makes the practice of instant divorce through triple talaq among Muslims a punishable offence entailing imprisonment of up to three years.
A bench of justices N V Ramana and Ajay Rastogi issued notice to the Centre on a batch of petitions seeking to declare The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ac
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Fri, 23 Aug 2019 19:19:40
The Aam Aadmi Party will contest the Maharashtra Assembly polls likely to be held in September-October as the state was reeling under failure and systematic collapse, its national joint secretary Ruben Mascarenhas said on Friday.
He claimed the party was foraying into the poll battle to save the "distressed" people of the state.
"The Devendra Fadnavis government has been a colossal failure i
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Fri, 23 Aug 2019 18:57:48
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha.
The oath was administered by Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu.
Top Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ahmed Patel and Anand Sharma were among those who were present during the oath taking in the Chairman's chamber.
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Fri, 23 Aug 2019 18:56:05
Islamabad, Aug 23 (PTI) Pakistan on Friday said that despite tensions with India, it stands ready to open the Kartarpur Corridor and welcome the Sikh pilgrims to take part in celebrations in connection with the 550th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said this while speaking to a delegation of civil society and parliamentarians of Afghanistan, which is
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Fri, 23 Aug 2019 18:54:50
A farmer in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district has put up posters seeking buyers for one of his kidneys after government banks allegedly turned down his requests for a loan.
Ramkumar (30), a resident of Chattar Sali village, claims to have completed a dairy farming course under the Centre's Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY).
However, he said no government bank gave him a loan desp
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Fri, 23 Aug 2019 18:52:29
Mahatma Gandhi's values and ideals can be found relevant in any period of human existence and he taught us that our actions should aim at enhancing the dignity and destiny of other human beings, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Friday.
Kovind made the remarks at the World Youth Conference on Kindness organised by the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Develo
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Fri, 23 Aug 2019 18:48:01
Bengaluru: The Indian government had 883.32 billion rupees ($12.32 billion) outstanding loans with the central bank under ways and means advances in the week ended August 16, according to the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) weekly statistical supplement released on Friday.
The central government had 856.87 billion rupees outstanding loans in the week earlier.
State governments had loans worth
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Fri, 23 Aug 2019 15:14:24
The Speaker of New Zealand's parliament, Trevor Mallard, cradled a lawmaker's baby while he presided over a debate in the House of Representatives.
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