Reuters journalist denied entry into India for violating visa rules

Cathal McNaughton, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who works as a chief photographer with Reuters news agency at its Delhi office, has been denied re-entry into India for allegedly violating visa rules. Read More
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Meghalaya trapped miners: Navy, Air Force join rescue operation

The Indian Navy joined the Indian Air Force in the ongoing rescue operation to evacuate the 15 miners trapped inside the Meghalaya rat-hole mine. The agencies are racing against time to find the trapped miners alive. Read More
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Lok Sabha passes Triple Talaq Bill as opposition stages walkout

The Lok Sabha passed The Triple Talaq Bill, on Friday, after a heated debate and government’s refusal to refer the bill to joint select committee of Parliament. The opposition Congress and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam staged a walkout before the voting began. The bill, which seeks to mak Read More
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Haryana moots farmers’ pension as Congress drums up loan waiver

The BJP government in Haryana is reportedly considering a pension scheme for farmers by expanding the Centre’s Atal Pension Yojana ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election. Read More
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Ahead of Lok Sabha election, BJP battles desertion of NDA allies

The Bharatiya Janata Party is facing heat from its allies after its defeat in the recently-concluded assembly elections in five states. Smaller allies are now demanding “due respect” and “fair” share of seats in next year’s Lok Sabha election. Read More
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Meghalaya mine rescue: Pumps will take ‘4 more days to arrive’

There seems to be little hope at the end of the tunnel for the 15 miners who remain trapped in the rat-hole Ksan coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district since December 13. And, that little hope seems to be rapidly fading now. Read More
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Ahead of LS poll, Shivpal Yadav counts Congress as possible ally

Although Yadav sought the inclusion of his party in the SP-BSP alliance to fight the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, he has mentioned the Congress’s name for the first time. Read More
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NIA arrests 10, claims to have busted ‘ISIS module’, ‘foiled blasts’

The National Investigation Agency has arrested 10 people, on Wednesday, who the agency claims plotting to carry out a series of blasts in and around Delhi just before the Republic Day. Read More
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Bank merger: 10 lakh employees go on nationwide strike again

For the second time in a week, bank employees have called for a nationwide strike. Around 10 lakh employees have turned to streets in protest against the expected merger of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank with Bank of Baroda. Read More
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