Wed, 22 Nov 2017 18:28:48
JuD chief Hafiz Saeed will soon walk free after a Pakistani judicial body today ordered his release from house arrest, in a setback to India's efforts to bring to justice the perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.
The banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah head, who carries a bounty of USD 10 million announced by the US for his role in terror activities, has been under detention since January this yea
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Wed, 22 Nov 2017 18:26:45
The Cabinet today approved the setting up of the 15th Finance Commission which will assess the tax resources of the nation and suggest a formula for their devolution among states.
The members of the Commission and its terms of reference will be notified in the due course of time, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said after the Union Cabinet meeting. Its recommendations will have to be in place be
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Wed, 22 Nov 2017 17:18:18
Flash floods triggered by heavy rains swept through Jeddah on Tuesday, leaving motorists stranded and forcing authorities to shut schools and universities in Saudi Arabia’s second biggest city.
Dozens of people were plucked from vehicles engulfed by floodwaters, Saudi civil defence authorities said, with heavy rainfall expected to last at least until Wednesday.
Local residents posted videos
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Wed, 22 Nov 2017 12:43:28
Patidar leader Hardik Patel on Wednesday declared his support for the Congress in the upcoming Gujarat elections, saying the party had accepted the demand for reservation for the Patel community.
The Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader told reporters here that the Congress will include the extension of reservation benefit to the Patel community in its election manifesto.
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Wed, 22 Nov 2017 12:32:53
One-year-old daughter of a road construction worker died after she was allegedly hit by a flying stone near Sathodi fall in Yellapur taluk on Tuesday.
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Wed, 22 Nov 2017 12:24:30
A watered down version of the controversial medical bill designed to regulate private health care was introduced in the Karnataka Assembly today, dropping a provision for sending doctors to jail for negligence.
The bill scraps several other provisions which were considered 'draconian" by doctors in private hospitals and nursing homes, protesting which they had struck work last week crippling he
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Wed, 22 Nov 2017 12:20:59
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly today rejected a motion seeking reconsideration of its sentence to two editors of Kannada tabloids, to one year in jail for breach of privilege over their alleged defamatory articles against state legislators.
A resolution to reconsider the punishment and a fine of Rs 10,000 each on Ravi Belagere, Editor of 'Hi Bangalore', and Anil Raju, Editor of 'Yelahanka
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Wed, 22 Nov 2017 12:17:21
Karnataka has no plans for liquor ban as it will lead to corruption and impact the states revenue, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said today, even as he demanded that the Centre evolve a national policy on it.
He was responding to C T Ravis (BJP) question about liquor ban in the legislative assembly.
"Liquor ban is not possible...several states have come back from their policy of total prohibit
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Wed, 22 Nov 2017 12:14:22
In a potentially self-damaging act ahead of the Gujarat polls, the Congress' youth wing today circulated a meme about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'chaiwala' past, provoking a backlash from the BJP, and prompting a red-faced Congress to distance from it.
The meme that unleashed a political firestorm contained photograph of Modi, US president Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May
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