- Home minister among pallbearers as force pays tributes to slain CRPF jawans
- PM warns Pakistan, says terrorists will pay heavy price for Pulwama attack
- Home minister among pallbearers as force pays tributes to slain CRPF jawans
- Srinagar: With the bugler playing the 'last post', Home Minister Rajnath Singh turned a pallbearer as the bodies of 40 paramilitary personnel killed in an audacious terror strike in South Kashmir's Pulwama district were sent on their last journey home.
- PM warns Pakistan, says terrorists will pay heavy price for Pulwama attack
- New Delhi: Warning Pakistan that it cannot weaken India by orchestrating attacks such as the one on CRPF jawans in Pulwama, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said those responsible will pay "a very heavy price" and security forces will be given a free hand to deal with terrorists.
- PM flags off India's fastest train Vande Bharat
- AIADMK decision on alliance soon: Panneerselvam
- Four killed, 5 injured as two cars collide in Rajasthan's Dholpur
- Gujarat cops quiz Teesta, husband in fund embezzlement case
- Delhi's air quality improves after rain: Authorities
- Parrikar visits D'Souza's house
- Pulwama attack: Pb min cancels Pak visit to lodge protest
- Curfew in Jammu city after protests over Pulwama attack, Army asked to help
- India revokes MFN status to Pakistan after Pulwama attack
- President directs that Finance portfolio be assigned to Jaitley
- Puducherry CM, ministers' dharna outside Raj Nivas enters 3rd day
- Pulwama attack: Protesters burn Pak flag in Maha's Aurangabad
- PM flags off India's fastest train Vande Bharat
- India''s first semi-high speed train, the Vande Bharat Express, was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday from the New Delhi Railway Station amid sombre mood in the backof the terror attack in Pulwama.
- AIADMK decision on alliance soon: Panneerselvam
- Chennai: Amid reports of talks between
AIADMK and BJP for a tie-up to fight the Lok Sabha polls in
Tamil Nadu, the state ruling party said a decision on
finalising an alliance with various parties will be taken
soon.
- Four killed, 5 injured as two cars collide in Rajasthan's Dholpur
- Four people were killed and five others injured when two cars collided in Rajasthan''s Dholpur district on Friday, police said.
- Gujarat cops quiz Teesta, husband in fund embezzlement case
- Social activist Teesta
Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand Friday appeared before
the Ahmedabad Crime Branch to record their statements in the
alleged Rs 1.4 crore fund embezzlement case related to their
Mumbai-based NGO Sabrang Trust.
- Delhi's air quality improves after rain: Authorities
- The air quality in the national capital improved Friday and was recorded in the "poor" category due to rain in various parts of the city that washed out suspended particulate matter (PM), authorities said.
- Parrikar visits D'Souza's house
- Goa Chief Minister Manohar
Parrikar visited the house of his former cabinet colleague
Francis D''Souza Friday to pay homage to the departed leader.
- Pulwama attack: Pb min cancels Pak visit to lodge protest
- Punjab minister Balbir Singh Sidhu Friday cancelled his scheduled visit to Lahore to lodge a "strong protest" against the Pulwama terror attack orchestrated by a Pakistan-based terror group in which at least 40 CRPF men died.
- Curfew in Jammu city after protests over Pulwama attack, Army asked to help
- Jammu: Curfew was imposed in Jammu city as a precautionary measure following massive protests and stray incidents of violence over the terror attack in Pulwama in the Kashmir Valley in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed, officials said.
- India revokes MFN status to Pakistan after Pulwama attack
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New Delhi, Feb 15 (PTI) Following the Pulwama terror attack, India Friday withdrew the ''most-favoured nation'' status to Pakistan, a move which would impact USD 488.5 million worth of goods that the neighbouring country exports to India.
- President directs that Finance portfolio be assigned to Jaitley
- President Ram Nath Kovind, as advised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has directed that the Finance and Corporate Affairs portfolios be assigned to Union minister Arun Jaitley, a Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson said on Friday.
Jaitley, who left for New York on January 13 after being reportedly diagnosed with soft tissue cancer, returned home last week after undergoing medical treatment.
- Puducherry CM, ministers' dharna outside Raj Nivas enters 3rd day
- Puducherry: CM V Narayanasamy and his ministerial colleagues continued their dharna outside the Raj Nivas for the third day protesting Lt Governor Kiran Bedi''s "negative stand" towards his govt's proposals awaiting her approval.
- Pulwama attack: Protesters burn Pak flag in Maha's Aurangabad
- Aurangabad (Maha), Feb 15 (PTI) Several persons Friday
congregated in Begumpura area in Aurangabad and burnt
Pakistan''s national flag in protest against the terror attack
on a CRPF convoy in restive Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday.
- Netanyahu leaves Poland after plane mishap delayed departure
- Trump puts on weight, but in 'very good health:' doctor
- Bangladesh PM Hasina wants to retire to make way for young leaders
- Pak committed to implementing ICJ's decision in Kulbhushan Jadhav case: Official
- UK says Brexit defeat in parliament 'a hiccup'
- US judge rules against butterfly sanctuary opposed to Trump's wall
- Netanyahu leaves Poland after plane mishap delayed departure
- Warsaw: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu was forced to spend an extra night in Warsaw after his plane was damaged following an airport mishap shortly before departure.
He departed, marking an inauspicious ending to a turbulent visit.
- Trump puts on weight, but in 'very good health:' doctor
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Washington, Feb 15 (AFP) President Donald Trump is technically obese and has put on weight since last year, but his official doctor declared him Thursday to be in "very good health."
The presidential physician, Sean Conley, said Trump, 72, passed his medical exam last week with flying colors.
- Bangladesh PM Hasina wants to retire to make way for young leaders
- Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who won a historic fourth term, becoming the country''s longest-serving leader, has indicated that she will retire after the current term to promote young leaders, according to a media report.
- Pak committed to implementing ICJ's decision in Kulbhushan Jadhav case: Official
- Islamabad: Pakistan is committed to implementing the decision of the International Court of Justice in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case, a senior Pakistani official said.
- UK says Brexit defeat in parliament 'a hiccup'
- The British government on Friday dismissed as a "hiccup" its latest parliamentary defeat over Brexit, saying it would keep trying to renegotiate its EU divorce deal just six weeks before exit day.
- US judge rules against butterfly sanctuary opposed to Trump's wall
- A US judge ruled Thursday against a butterfly sanctuary that had sued to keep President Donald Trump''s proposed border wall from cutting the refuge in two.
- Rupee extends slide, down 7 paise to 71.23 vs USD
- RBI lifts cap on FPI investments in corporate bonds
- Employment of Indian seafarers grows by 35pc in 2018: Govt
- Rupee declines 17 paise against US dollar in early trade
- Sensex falls over 100 pts in early trade; ONGC rallies 6 pc
- US officials to meet Xi as trade talks end
- Amazon's exit could scare off tech companies from New York
- Rupee extends slide, down 7 paise to 71.23 vs USD
- Mumbai: The rupee slipped by 7 paise to close at 71.23 against the US dollar, pressured by heavy foreign capital outflows and firming oil prices.
- RBI lifts cap on FPI investments in corporate bonds
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Friday withdrew the 20 per cent limit on investments by FPIs in corporate bonds of an entity with a view to encourage more foreign investments.
- Employment of Indian seafarers grows by 35pc in 2018: Govt
- The number of Indian seafarers employed on Indian or foreign flag vessels increased by 35 per cent in 2018 on the back of a series of measures taken in the last four years, the Shipping Ministry said Friday.
"The shipping sector has witnessed an unprecedented growth of 35 per cent in the number of Indian seafarers...," the ministry said in a statement.
- Rupee declines 17 paise against US dollar in early trade
- The rupee weakened by 17 paise to trade at 71.33 against the US dollar in opening session Friday following sustained demand for the greenback from importers amid foreign fund outflow and rising global crude prices.
- Sensex falls over 100 pts in early trade; ONGC rallies 6 pc
- Mumbai: Market benchmark BSE Sensex fell over 100 points in early trade on selling in healthcare, metal, banking and auto stocks amid sustained foreign fund outflow and rising global crude prices.
- US officials to meet Xi as trade talks end
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Beijing, Feb 15 (AFP) Top US economic officials were to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday after wrapping up trade talks in Beijing without announcing any progress.
- Amazon's exit could scare off tech companies from New York
- Amazon jilted New York City on Valentine''s Day, scrapping plans to build a massive headquarters campus in Queens amid fierce opposition from politicians angry about nearly 3 billion in tax breaks and the company''s anti-union stance.
- SC asks states to sensitise cops about scrapping of Section 66A of IT Act in 2015
- HC dismisses plea against TN govt's Rs 2,000 cash assistance scheme
- SC expresses displeasure over defective review petitions in Rafale case
- SC to hear plea against 1993 central law on land acquisition near disputed site at Ayodhya
- Delhi court reserves order for Feb 19 on Gautam Khaitan's bail plea
- Process to appoint CIC should be same as chief election commissioner: SC
- MP: Man gets 10 years in jail for ferrying poppy husk
- SC asks states to sensitise cops about scrapping of Section 66A of IT Act in 2015
- New Delhi: The SC directed all state govts to sensitise their police personnel about its March 24, 2015 verdict which had scrapped Section 66A of Information Technology Act, so that people are not unnecessarily arrested under the struck down provision.
- HC dismisses plea against TN govt's Rs 2,000 cash assistance scheme
- The Madras High Court Friday dismissed a PIL challenging the Tamil Nadu government''s move to extend a cash assistance of Rs 2,000 each to about 60 lakh BPL families in the state, holding that there was no irregularity or arbitrariness in the decision.
- SC expresses displeasure over defective review petitions in Rafale case
- New Delhi: The SC expressed unhappiness over some lawyers filing defective petitions and seeking wide publicity in the media, while referring to review pleas challenging its verdict in the Rafale case.
- SC to hear plea against 1993 central law on land acquisition near disputed site at Ayodhya
- New Delhi: The SC decided to hear a fresh plea challenging the constitutional validity of the 1993 central law by which 67.703 acre land, including the disputed premises of Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid at Ayodhya, was acquired.
- Delhi court reserves order for Feb 19 on Gautam Khaitan's bail plea
- A Delhi court on Friday fixed February 19 to pronounce order on lawyer Gautam Khaitan''s bail plea who was sent to judicial custody in a fresh case of alleged possession and laundering of black money.
- Process to appoint CIC should be same as chief election commissioner: SC
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- MP: Man gets 10 years in jail for ferrying poppy husk
- Mandsaur (MP), Feb 15 (PTI) A special court in Madhya Pradesh''s Mandsaur district Thursday sentenced the owner of a multi-utility vehicle to ten years in jail for possessing and transporting poppy husk.
- Film on Nitin Gadkari not propaganda: Director
- AR Murugadoss to write dialogues for Tamil version of "Avengers: Endgame"
- Ryan Adams' album release put on hold amid sexual misconduct allegations
- Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar cancel Karachi Arts Council event after Pulwama attack
- Victoria Beckham to launch YouTube fashion channel
- Film on Nitin Gadkari not propaganda: Director
- Nagpur-based director Anurag Bhusari, who has made a film on Union Minister Nitin Gadkari titled "Gadkari", says the movie is not a propaganda and merely chronicles facts.
- AR Murugadoss to write dialogues for Tamil version of "Avengers: Endgame"
- Mumbai: Filmmaker AR Murugadoss has been roped in to pen the dialogues for Marvel Studio''s "Avengers: Endgame" in Tamil.
- Ryan Adams' album release put on hold amid sexual misconduct allegations
- Ryan Adams had planned to come out with three albums in 2019, but the release of his first LP ''Big Colors'' has been put on hold following the accusations of sexual misconduct and emotional manipulation by more than half a dozen women, including ex-wife Mandy Moore.
- Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar cancel Karachi Arts Council event after Pulwama attack
- Mumbai: Veteran actor Shabana Azmi on Friday said she and her husband, lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar, have decided not to attend Kaifi Azmi''s birth centenary celebrations in Karachi in the wake of Pulwama terror attack.
- Victoria Beckham to launch YouTube fashion channel
- Singer-designer Victoria Beckham is launching her own YouTube channel ahead of her London Fashion Week show on Sunday.
- SAI requests CBSE to reschedule exam dates of shooters Bhaker, Sidhu
- Du Plessis and De Kock stretch South Africa Test lead
- Rahul recalled, Karthik dropped, Markande new face for Australia engagements
- Coach Raman keen on improving Mandhana's 'patience'
- Saina, Kashyap, Sourabh enter semifinals of Senior Nationals
- Sonia, Lovlina advance to quarters of Strandja Memorial
- Chelsea edge out Malmo as Arsenal suffer Europa League setback
- SAI requests CBSE to reschedule exam dates of shooters Bhaker, Sidhu
- The Sports Authority of India has requested the Central Board of Secondary Education to reschedule the class 12 exam dates of shooters Manu Bhaker and Vijayveer Sidhu to avoid a clash with the upcoming Asian Airgun Championships.
- Du Plessis and De Kock stretch South Africa Test lead
- Faf du Plessis and Quinton de Kock hit half-centuries as South Africa stretched their lead on the third day of the first Test against Sri Lanka on Friday.
- Rahul recalled, Karthik dropped, Markande new face for Australia engagements
- Mumbai: Batsman K L Rahul was recalled for the ODI and T20 home series against Australia but the selectors dropped Dinesh Karthik while picking rookie leg-spinner Mayank Markande as the new face.
- Coach Raman keen on improving Mandhana's 'patience'
- Mumbai: India women''s team opener Smriti
Mandhana, who is in blazing form, said here that the
team''s coach W V Raman has set her targets to bat for a
specific number of overs to develop her patience at the
crease.
- Saina, Kashyap, Sourabh enter semifinals of Senior Nationals
- Guwahati: Former champions Saina Nehwal, Parupalli Kashyap and Sourabh Verma advanced to the semifinals of the 83rd Yonex-Sunrise Senior Badminton Nationals here.
- Sonia, Lovlina advance to quarters of Strandja Memorial
- Former world silver-medallist Sonia Lather (57kg) was among the three Indian women boxers who advanced to the quarterfinals but the men were off to a disappointing start at the 70th Strandja Memorial Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Chelsea edge out Malmo as Arsenal suffer Europa League setback
- Chelsea claimed a 2-1 victory at Malmo in the Europa League last-32 first leg to ease some of the pressure on beleaguered coach Maurizio Sarri, while Arsenal suffered a shock loss to BATE Borisov.
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