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Shah sets target of 21 seats from northeast

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Gearing up for the next general election, BJP President Amit Shah today set a target of 21 seats out of 25 parliamentary constituencies from northeast in Lok Sabha polls in 2019. Addressing a rally of BJP booth unit chiefs here, he asked the party members to work towards achieving this target. “I want to give a target for 2019 polls. We want to win more than 21 seats out of 25 seats from North East,” Shah said in the rally. “Except Mizoram, all other states in NE are ruled by…

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Rahul targets Prasad over pendency of cases in courts

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi today hit out at Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad over huge pendency of cases in courts and shortage of judges, and charged him with “peddling fake news” instead. His attack came after Prasad accused the Congress of hiring the services of controversial data firm Cambridge Analytica, accused of harvesting data stolen from Facebook, in previous elections. The charge has been denied by the Congress, which instead accused the BJP of using the services of the firm. Legal system collapsing under Pending Cases: Supreme Court 55,000+, High…

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Air India makes history, lands in Israel using Saudi airspace

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Air India’s maiden flight to Israel has landed in Tel Aviv, reducing the travel time substantially after Saudi Arabia for the first time allowed a commercial flight to use its airspace, indicating a thaw in relations between the Arab kingdom and the Jewish state. Heralding a new beginning in the people-to-people contact and diplomatic ties between India and Israel, the state-run Air India introduced the direct thrice-a-week flight from New Delhi to Tel Aviv yesterday. Saudi Arabia permitted the airline to use its airspace, enabling it to take a shorter…

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SC asks 12 states why they have not appointed Lokayukta

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The Supreme Court today asked the chief secretaries of 12 states to specify why they have not appointed a Lokayukta. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R Banumathi also asked the chief secretary of Odisha to apprise the court about the status of the Lokayukta in state and said the apex court has no information whether it has an anti-corruption ombudsman or not. The 12 states which have been asked to give reasons for not appointing a Lokayukta are Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu,…

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Margot Robbie to produce new Shakespearean drama series

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“I, Tonya” star Margot Robbie will produce a new ten-episode female-focused Shakespeare series. The 27-year-old actor will produce the series through her LuckyChap Entertainment along with the Australian Broadcasting Company, Hoodlum and ABC Studios International, reported Deadline. The project will be led by a female creative team and produce 10 standalone episodes. Each episode will be based on one of Shakespeare’s most celebrated plays updated to reflect our contemporary world. The project will be shot in Australia and filming is set to begin later this year. We are thrilled about…

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England women crush Australia by 8 wickets in Tri-Series

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England romped to a convincing eight-wicket victory over Australia, riding on Natalie Sciver and Tamsin Beaumont’s blistering half-centuries to start their campaign in the Tri-Nation Women’s T20 series on a rousing note, here today. Opting to field after winning the toss, England restricted the Australians to 149 for eight at the Brabourne Stadium. Rachael Haynes top-scored for Australia with a 65 off 45 balls, knock that included eight boundaries and a six. For England, medium pacer Jenny Gunn and Sciver finished with three and two wickets, respectively. In reply, the…

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2017 costliest year ever for weather, climate disasters: WMO

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Weather and climate disasters cost countries about USD 320 billion last year with major monsoon floods in the Indian subcontinent and severe droughts in parts of East Africa contributing to making 2017 the most expensive year on record. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) in its State of Climate 2017 report said that the North Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest ever for the US and eradicated decades of development gains in small islands in the Caribbean, such as Dominica. According to the report, Major monsoon floods in the Indian subcontinent…

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Trump suspends metal tariffs for EU, key US trade partners

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President Donald Trump today suspended his controversial tariffs on steel and aluminium imports for the US’ key trade partners, including the European Union. The countries temporarily exempted from the Trump administration’s new 25 per cent import tariff on steel and 10 per cent on aluminium are the EU members states, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea, the White House said “These suspensions are based on factors including ongoing discussions regarding measures to reduce global excess capacity in steel and aluminium production by addressing its root causes, the White…

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Stop misuse of vehicle stickers meant for legislators: Rane

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Congress MLA in Maharashtra Nitesh Rane today said car stickers given to legislators were being misused by certain people and sought action against them. Raising the issue in the Assembly, Rane said he found one such sticker on a car bearing registration number MH02 CL 6353 owned by one Bala Khopade, who, he said, was not a lawmaker. “As per my knowledge, there is no legislator by such a name,” he said and demanded that Khopade be arrested. The MLA from Kankavli was supported by Manisha Chaudhary (BJP) who said…

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BJP ‘lying factory’ at work again: Rahul

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi today said the BJP’s “lying factory” was at work again, stymieing a media story on Cambridge Analytica allegedly being paid to sabotage the Congress by spinning “fake news” of the party working with the data firm instead. Picking up from where he left off yesterday, Gandhi today again accused the BJP of making the real news “vanish” by accusing the Congress of working with the controversial firm charged with stealing data from Facebook. BJP lying factory at work: Journalist set to break big story on how…

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