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Monsoon fury lashes Mumbai; Flights, Trains, Road traffic hit
The monsoon officially arrived in Mumbai on Saturday and hit the city and other parts of Maharashtra with full fury, disrupting flights, the suburban train system and road traffic, besides claiming two lives, officials said.
The Indian…
Wanted Gangster Rajesh Bharti among 4 killed in Delhi shootout
Wanted criminal Rajesh Bharti along with three of his accomplices were brought down in a police encounter in the Chattarpur area here on Saturday, police said.
Six policemen were also injured in the shootout as officers of Delhi Police…
Former Goa Congress chief Shantaram Naik dead at 76
Former Goa Congress President and two-time Rajya Sabha MP, Shantaram Naik, died of a massive heart attack on Saturday, a party leader said. He was 76.
Girish Chodankar, who replaced Naik, as state Congress president in April told IANS…
Modi leaves for SCO Summit in China
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday left for Qingdao, China, to take part in the 2018 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit where on the sidelines he will hold a bilateral summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
This will…
Speaker to lead Indian MPs’ Delegation to Belarus, Latvia, Finland
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan is leading an Indian parliamentary delegation to Belarus, Latvia and Finland from June 10-18, an official statement said on Friday. The delegation left for Belarus on Friday.
The delegation to Belarus…
Jaitley warns opposition against using Maoist forces
In a veiled attack, Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday warned the opposition parties against using Maoist forces in their anti-NDA campaign and said the ultras are not just against the government but the Constitution itself.…
Maoists plot to assassinate Modi, Fadnavis: Police
Police, investigating the Maoist links to the Koregaon-Bhima caste riots, have stumbled upon letters that point to plans to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, officials said here on…
Canadian Senate approves Marijuana Legalisation Bill
The Canadian Senate has voted to pass the government's landmark legislation to lift the country's 95-year-old prohibition on recreational marijuana by a vote of 56 to 30 with one abstention.
Despite the resolute opposition of the 32…
Sikkim gets its Longest Tunnel
Minister of State for Defence Subhash Ramrao Bhamre on Thursday inaugurated 578-metre-long Theng Tunnel, the longest in Sikkim.
Constructed on Gangtok-Chungthang State Highway by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), the double-lane…
Plain-speaking Pranab reminds RSS of India’s ‘soul of pluralism’
Speaking at its headquarters, former President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday did some plain-speaking on nationalism and patriotism to RSS cadre telling them that India's multiple faiths and cultures made it tolerant and that the soul of the…