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PM Modi faces protests at Ambedkar University in Lucknow
PM Modi had to face protests during a speech for the first time while delivering a speech at the Ambedkar University in Lucknow during the convocation ceremony. 3/4 Dalit students shouted 'Modi Go Back', 'Modi Murdabad' and 'Inquilab…
Nepal unrest: No solution in sight, Terai death toll 59
Kathmandu, Jan 22: With Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and his party CPN-UML hardening their stance against the more than five-month-old Madhesi agitation in the Himalyan nation's southern terai region for a more representative…
Over 20 die as two refugee boats capsize in Aegean Sea
Athens, Jan 22: Over 20 people died on Friday as two boats carrying refugees from Turkey capsized in the Aegean Sea, said the Greek Coast Guard. At least 21 people were killed, including six children, as they drowned near Kalolimnos and…
Asia’s largest manganese ore discovered in China
Beijing, Jan 22: A reserve of 192 million tonnes of manganese ore, believed to be the largest in Asia, was discovered in China's Guizhou province, it was announced on Friday.
Pujue manganese ore was discovered in mountains between…
Modi gives over 15,000 equipment to differently-abled
Varanasi, Jan 22: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday set a record of sorts by distributing 15,746 special aid equipment to 9,296 differently-abled people here. Union Social Welfare Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot said that this was the…
Sri Lanka Navy releases 102 Indian fishermen
Colombo, Jan 22: Over 100 Indian fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan authorities for illegally poaching in its waters have been handed over to the Indian Coast Guard, the navy said here.
The 102 boarded Coast Guard Ships "Durgavati" and…
Modi flags off superfast train connecting Varanasi and Delhi
Varanasi, Jan 22: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off a train connecting Varanasi -- his parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh -- and Delhi.
Accompanied by senior ministers of his cabinet, Modi flagged off the…
Defence Minister urges NCC to Work for Swachh Bharat
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has called upon the Director General of National Cadets Corps (DG NCC) Lt Gen A Chakravarty to consider Swachh Bharat Abhiyan as one of the special programme and theme for the year 2016.
Speaking on his…
Vajpayee redux: Modi first PM to visit Lucknow in 11 years
Lucknow, Jan 22: Narendra Modi will be in Lucknow on Friday, becoming the first prime minister to visit this Uttar Pradesh capital in 11 years and help revive memories of the time when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the prime minister.
When…
Fourth car free day observed in Delhi
New Delhi, Jan 22: A car free day -- an initiative by the Delhi Government to check rising air pollution -- was observed in a part of the city on Friday, making it the fourth such event.
The car free day was observed from the…