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Drought hits 207 districts in nine states, major steps taken
New Delhi, Dec 12: The government on Friday said 207 districts in nine states have been hit by drought, and contingency steps had been taken to ensure there was no marked reduction in sowing area.
Replying to a marathon debate in the Lok…
India to host Pakistan at Dharamsala in World T20
Dubai, Dec 11: India will take on Pakistan in World Twenty20 2016 on March 19 at Dharamsala while the semi-finals of the tournament will be played in New Delhi and Mumbai, as per the fixtures released by the International Cricket Council…
CPI-M legislator sacked, quits Tripura assembly
Agartala, Dec 11: CPI-M legislator Manoranjan Acharjee has resigned from the Tripura assembly after the party expelled him on charges of wrongdoing, the speaker said on Friday. Acharjee has denied the charges.
Speaker Ramendra Chandra…
CBI arrests income tax official for bribery
New Delhi, Dec 11: A joint commissioner posted with Mumbai's Income Tax department was on Friday arrested for allegedly demanding Rs.5 lakh as bribe, the CBI said.
The Central Bureau of Investigation arrested S.K. Jhangre from his Mumbai…
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe arrives in Delhi
New Delhi, Dec 11: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived here on Friday on a three-day official visit amid expectations that a pact will be firmed up on India's first bullet train and over progress in the talks on a civil nuclear deal.…
11 People killed in Cameroon bomb blast
Yaounde, Dec 11: At least 11 people were killed and many others injured in a suicide bomb blast in Cameroon on Friday, a military source said.
A 13-year-old girl broke into a house in Kolofata town around 6.00 a.m. (local time) and…
Twitter to tap people without Twitter accounts for money
New York, Dec 11: Twitter will start showing ads to its people who visit Twitter every month but who don't have active user accounts, the company has announced.
The number of such "logged out" users is somewhere around 500 million.…
Congress, Trinamool walk out of Lok Sabha
New Delhi, Dec 11: Congress and Trinamool Congress members walked out of the Lok Sabha on Friday demanding the suspension of or an apology from BJP's Virendra Singh for his remarks against a Congress leader.
Raising the issue after…
Judicial remand of Pakistani terrorist extended
Jammu, Dec 11: A court on Friday extended by 12 days the judicial remand of a Pakistani terrorist and five others in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir that killed two BSF troopers.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) designate…
Uttarakhand seeks Rs.500 crore for ‘Ardh Kumbh’
Dehradun, Dec 11: Uttarakhand has sought Rs.500 crore from the central government to provide facilities for pilgrims for the Ardh Kumbh here in January-April.
The central government must release the fund at the earliest to help the state…