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Defence experts urge 'proactive' action against Pakistan

Updated: Jul 16, 2017 07:33 IST     

New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): In the wake of the recent ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC), defence experts urged that it is time for India to take proactive action against Pakistan, rather than resort to retaliatory firing.

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BJP terms Rahul's tweets funny

Updated: Jul 16, 2017 06:47 IST     

New Delhi/Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 16 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has termed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's tweets as 'funny'.

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Congress says Bengal 'synonymous' to Dhoti

Updated: Jul 16, 2017 06:33 IST     

New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Amid reports of a dhoti-clad man allegedly denied entry into a mall in Kolkata, the Congress Party on Sunday while condemning the same said Bengal and Dhoti are synonymous to each other.

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KGMU fire: Over 150 patients shifted to eight hospitals

Updated: Jul 16, 2017 01:49 IST     

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 16 (ANI): In the wake of the fire that broke out at King George Medical University's Trauma Center late on Saturday evening, District Magistrate Kaushalraj Sharma clarified that the situation is under control and added that over 150 patients have been admitted to eight other hospitals.

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Fire in Siliguri's IOCL depot under control, no casualties

Updated: Jul 16, 2017 01:33 IST     

Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], July 16 (ANI): Police have confirmed that the fire which broke out at the depot of the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) here on Saturday is now under control and said that no casualties have been reported so far.

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New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The friend of the man, who was allegedly stopped from entering Kolkata's Quest Mall on Saturday because he was wearing a 'dhoti', has said that this is a clear case of social profiling, citing the mall authorities only let him in when he argued in English.

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Student immolates self for free Tibet in Varanasi

Updated: Jul 15, 2017 23:53 IST     

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 15 (ANI): Tenzin Choeying, a Tibetan student studying at the Central University of Tibetan Studies in Varanasi, attempted to commit suicide by immolating himself inside the campus demanding free Tibet.

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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 15 (ANI): Women activists on Saturday condemned the trade of rape comments exchanged between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rupa Ganguly and West Bengal Power Minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, saying that both the leaders are not worthy of holding the position and asked the concerned political parties to take serious cognizance of this incident.

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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 15 (ANI): The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday came down heavily on Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) state president Dilip Ghosh for remarking that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's house should be set on fire.

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New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): A person was booked by the Delhi Police on Saturday for allegedly getting helicopter tickets to Mata Vaishno Devi cave shrine by using a forged letter of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

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New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) Committee of Administrators (CoA) on Saturday congratulated the Indian Women Cricket team on registering an emphatic win against New Zealand and booking a semi-final berth in the ongoing ICC Women's Cricket World Cup.

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New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): The Congress on Saturday dismissed reports that stated that the erstwhile party led-United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government was trying to include Rashtriya Swayam Sevak (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat's name in the list of terrorists.

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New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday condemned China's silence over the Amarnath terror attack and termed their non-responsive stance as "surprising."

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Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 15 (ANI): A massive fire broke out on the second floor of the Medicine Department of King George Medical College Trauma Center late on Saturday evening.

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Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 15 (ANI): The security forces on Saturday recovered the body of the third killed terrorist, who was earlier holed up inside a case on a hillock, after a fierce encounter in the Satora area of Jammu and Kashmir's Tral district.

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RSS condemns Bukhari's letter to Pak PM on Kashmir

Updated: Jul 15, 2017 21:17 IST     

New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): The Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) on Saturday condemned Delhi Jama Masjid's Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari for urging Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resolve the unrest in the Kashmir valley, stating that the religious leader must clarify on whose behalf he has written the letter.

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New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday condemned the Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid, Syed Ahmed Bukhari and said India and Pakistan both are holding talks on the crucial issue of Kashmir, and the Imam's doesn't have any authority to write a letter to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif surpassing his own government.

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New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday fired a fresh salvo at the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh Government over the slash on free laptops for meritorious students and allocation for secondary and higher education in the newly-presented state budget.

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Rayagada (Odisha) [India], July 15 (ANI): A software engineer from Hyderabad, who was spending his holiday in Odisha's Rayagada district, was allegedly attacked by unknown persons, who were savagely beating a cattle in the middle of the jungle.

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Guwahati: NIA files chargesheet against ULFA terrorists

Updated: Jul 15, 2017 20:27 IST     

Guwahati (Assam) [India], Jul 15 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday filed a chargesheet against ULFA terrorist Gagan Hazarika and two other absconding accused before a special NIA Court, for allegedly trying to revive terrorist activities and resorting to extortion and kidnapping to raise funds for attacking Indian security forces.

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