Mamata announces 42 TMC picks for LS poll, 17 are women

The leader of All India Trinamool Congress and West Bengal chief minister, Mamata Banerjee announced the list of 42 party candidates for the Lok Sabha election. Out of the 42 candidates, 17 are women, which is 41% of the total number of candidates. Read More
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China gives evasive answer about its position on Azhar

China had been blocking the move to designate Jaish-e-Muhammed founder Maulana Masood Azhar as a global terrorist for years on behest of Pakistan – its all-weather friend. Read More
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MP/MLA’s immunity: After 21 yrs, SC to revisit JMM bribery case

Earlier, the Supreme Court had ruled that lawmakers are immune to criminal prosecution for their actions inside Parliament or a state assembly. But that may change soon, now. Read More
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Nasa can help Isro to send astronauts to ISS: US space envoy

Major General Charles Frank Bolden Jr (retired), who is a United States space envoy, has expressed that the Isro in collaboration with the US space agency, Nasa, can send Indian astronauts to International Space Station. Read More
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Modi govt takes 30 decisions before Lok Sabha election

The Modi government, in probably the last Cabinet meeting ahead of the Lok Sabha election, approved a raft of decisions like setting up 50 Kendriya Vidyalayas, a push to infrastructure and power projects and expanding health insurance benefits to ex-servicemen. Read More
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‘PAF F-16 pilot’: Identified father says ‘Shahaz-ud-Din’ not his son

In a new turn of events, a retired Air Marshal Wasim-ud-din of Pakistan, who media reports claimed as a father of downed Pakistani F-16 pilot, Wing Commander Shahaz-ud-Din (or Shahzaz-ud-Din, according to some reports), has said that Shahaz-ud-Din was not his son. Read More
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With eye on poll, BJP rolls NaMo Rath selling Modi merchandise

The mini trucks, “NaMo Rath”, are painted in saffron colour with huge photos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will sell small merchandises inspired by the PM Modi. Read More
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Indian military says it has proof of IAF hit on Balakot Jaish camp

The Indian defence establishment claimed, on Friday, it had synthetic aperture radar (SAR) pictures for proving that it had effectively hit the Jaish-e-Muhammed’s terror training facility at Balakot in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan in the February 26 air strikes. Read More
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Wg Cdr Abhinandan Varthaman returns home from Pakistan

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, the Indian Air Force MiG-21 pilot who was in Pakistan’s custody for nearly 60 hours, was handed over to Indian authorities at Attari-Wagah border, on Friday night. Read More
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Govt asks YouTube to remove videos of Wg Cdr Abhinandan

While following the directives from the Union home ministry, the information and technology ministry of India has requested YouTube to remove all 11-video links showing Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman in Pakistani captivity from their website. Read More
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