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Debit cards acceptable for transport services payments

March 3, 2018 strong

Moving towards complete automation and digitisation, the transport department of Delhi government has made debit cards acceptable in all online transactions related to its services. Further, four motor licensing offices (MLO) will be fully online. The process of registration certificate(RC) will be completely online from March 7, Transport Commissioner Varsha Joshi said. “Delighted to inform everyone that debit cards will now be accepted for all online transactions in Transport Deptt offices, thanks to our persistent efforts in coordinating with Finance Deptt/ RBI/ SBI to make online happen in the true…

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Ligue 1: Rony Lopes scores winner for Monaco over Bordeaux; Nice also win

March 3, 2018 strong

Rony Lopes scored the winner midway through the second half as second-place Monaco beat Bordeaux 2-1 in the French league on Friday. The attacking midfielder is emerging as a replacement for Bernardo Silva, who was arguably Monaco’s best player when it won the league and reached the Champions League semifinals last season. Silva’s scintillating form earned him a big-money move to runaway English Premier League leader Manchester City. Lopes was on City’s books in 2014 but made only a handful of appearances. He was loaned to Monaco and then to Lille,…

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Shatrughan Sinha wins lifetime achievement award in UK

March 3, 2018 strong

Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award for his contribution to the fields of arts and politics at a ceremony in the UK’s Parliament complex. The annual ‘Political and Public Life Awards’ presented by Britain’s Asian Voice weekly newspaper, now in its 12th year, recognises individuals who have made a significant impact on public life or made a difference in their local communities. The ceremony at the Members’ Dining Room in the House of Commons building on Thursday evening was attended by parliamentarians, business and community…

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Lankesh murder: Man taken into custody for questioning

March 3, 2018 strong

A man has been taken into custody for interrogation in connection with the killing of journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh by the Special Investigation Team probing the case, an official has said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Bengaluru West) M N Anucheth, the investigating officer in the case, said T Naveen Kumar alias Hotte Manja, already in judicial remand in connection with another case, was taken into custody for eight days. The DCP, however, declined to divulge any further information. Lankesh (55), known as an anti-establishment voice with strident anti-right wing…

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BJP will win 45 seats in Tripura: Himanta

March 3, 2018 strong

The BJP will form the government after winning around 45 seats in the 60-member Tripura Assembly, Assam Minister and BJP in-charge for the state Himanta Biswa Sarma today said. The BJP and its ally Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) were leading in 31 out of the 47 constituencies whose trends were available, according to Election Commission sources here. “We will be winning 44-45 seats in Tripura. We will form the government,” he told reporters here as initial trends indicated that the BJP is leading in 25 seats out the…

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Priyanka Chopra, Akshay Kumar, Alia Bhatt wish their fans a colour-filled day

March 2, 2018 strong

One of India’s most popular festivals, Holi, the festival of colours, is today. And Bollywood biggies have been busy wishing their loved ones and fans on this special day. While Bollywood won’t be celebrating the festival with as much enthusiasm due to Sridevi’s untimely death, yet the actors have flooded Twitter with warm wishes for their admirers on the special occasion. While Amitabh Bachchan was one of the first ones to wish his fans with the tweet, “Happy Holi .. the colours of life be within you ever…” Priyanka Chopra is working on the big…

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Turkish air strike kills pro-govt gunmen in north Syria

March 2, 2018 strong

Turkish air force hit two positions of pro-government Syrian fighters deployed last week in the Kurdish enclave of Afrin, killing and wounding a number of fighters in an escalation of violence in a region where Turkey has been on the offensive for more than a month, Syrian activists said Friday. Turkish troops and Turkey-backed opposition fighters have been on the offensive in Afrin since Jan. 20 against Syrian Kurdish fighters. Ankara has also warned Damascus not to send fighters to the area, saying it would target them. Turkey considers Syrian…

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UP Police’s stand against hooliganism with this Lathmar Holi reference is on point

March 2, 2018 strong

Holi is a festival of colours and is celebrated with full fervour not just in India but across Nepal and Pakistan as well. While smearing each other in vibrant colours form a huge part of the enjoyment, gorging on sumptuous snacks and drinking thandai laced with bhang is equally important. Another aspect that has unfortunately become a part of the festival is hooliganism and there has been a huge debate online about the same. Do a Google search and you will come across many stories of shameful incidents, especially in North India. Looks like the UP Police is…

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84 TN red sander woodcutters held in AP

March 2, 2018 strong

The Andhra Pradesh Police today arrested 84 suspected red sander woodcutters from Tamil Nadu at Anjaneyapuram, 15 km from here. The arrests were made around 2 AM when the accused were on their way to Seshachalam forests here in a lorry from Tamil Nadu, Superintendent of Police, Red Sanders anti-smuggling Task Force, P Ravisankar told PTI. “Two of those arrested were college students pursuing post graduation, he said adding axes, bags of rice, vegetables and cooking vessels were seized from them. According to sources, a team that was keeping vigil…

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Cong describes BJP charge sheet as ‘bundle of lies’

March 2, 2018 strong

The ruling Congress today described opposition BJP’s Bengaluru specific ‘charge sheet’ against the party government in Karnataka as “bundle of lies not fit to be even put in a waste basket.” Bengaluru Development Minister K J George said BJP was making such “baseless” allegations, out of “frustration” after realising that the party will not win even 55 seats during the coming assembly polls for 224 seats in the state. “It is just a bundle of lies, it is not fit to be even put in a waste basket…they (BJP) feel…