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Karnataka: One-liners, memes give netizens a good laugh - Times of India
BENGALURU: Away from political mudslinging unfolding at poll rallies across the state, chat groups and social media pages across the spectrum are having a field day with catchy one-liners, jokes and memes all around. While political memes have been around for quite some time, they became far more prevalent ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka as smartphone users are increasingly being bombarded with them.
Ahmedabad: NRI loses battle for custody of love child to ex-girlfriend - Times of India
AHMEDABAD: UK-based NRI Nilesh Patel suffered a big setback as he lost the battle for custody of his love child to his ex-girlfriend, who returned to India to her husband and engaged herself in a decade-long legal battle for the child’s custody. The Gujarat high court not only upheld a Valsad court’s decision that the 11-year-old girl would stay with her mother, but also cancelled the biological father’s visitation rights. Now, Patel won’t be able to spend vacations with his daughter anymore.
New rules to help persons with ‘high support needs’ - Times of India
Now any person with benchmark disability (40% and above) and with a score in the range of 60 to 100 on the set out criteria under the newly included chapter in the rules under the Right to Persons with Disabilties Act will be eligible for “high support needs”. All such eligible persons may be recommended to notified state authorities by a district level assessment board for applicable benefits including support through relevant government schemes.
3 royal scions may fight on BJD tickets - Times of India
Bhubaneswar: Three descendants of royal families in Odisha are likely to make an electoral debut this time. Well-educated and smart, the royal scions are already in circulation in the segments from where they want to contest. Arkesh Singhdeo, 32, grandson of former chief minister Rajendra Narayan Singhdeo and son of former minister and BJD veteran A U Singhdeo, is keen to fight from Balangir assembly segment. The young scion was hoping for a ticket in 2014, but BJD fielded his father.
Neighbour kills elderly woman in a fit of rage - Times of India
TNN | Mar 17, 2019, 04:00 IST Rajkot: A 60-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her neighbour in Jamnagar following a petty dispute, the police said on Saturday. According to the complaint, victim Jayaben Parmar, a resident of Vaishali nagar near Dhararnagar had picked up a quarrel with her neighbour on Thursday, after her granddaughter, who had come to visit her, complained that Sanjay Parmar had misbehaved with her while she was playing outside their house.
Surat NGO wants detailed survey of halls, multiplexes - Times of India
TNN | Mar 17, 2019, 04:00 IST Surat: A strong demand has been made for a detailed survey of cinema halls and multiplexes in the city to check blatant violation of fire safety norms in these premises.
UNEA adopts India's resolutions on single-use plastic, sustainable nitrogen management
NEW DELHI: The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) has adopted two resolutions piloted by India on single-use plastics and sustainable nitrogen management. According to a statement released by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC), the resolutions were adopted at the fourth session of UNEA which was held in Nairobi from March 11 to 15 on 'Innovative Solutions for Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Production and Consumption'.
Angered parents thrash private school staff in Yamunanagar - Times of India
YAMUNANAGAR: Angered parents of Class IX students of Springdales Public School, Yamunanagar, thrashed some staff members and created a ruckus alleging the school management of not providing enrollment numbers and transfer certificates of 40 wards. The parents broke glass windows and also thrashed the president of school management.
LS Speaker returns protocol vehicles, security staff - Times of India
PTI | Mar 16, 2019, 20:43 ISTSumitra Mahajan INDORE: Lok Sabha Speaker and Indore BJP MP Sumitra Mahajan on Saturday said she had given up police vehicles and security personnel provided to her as part of protocol. Mahajan, in a letter to Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath, said she had stopped using these government vehicles from March 10 itself, when the Election Commission announced the Lok Sabha poll schedule.
Encounter breaks out in J&K's Kulgam - Times of India
PTI | Mar 16, 2019, 18:58 ISTFile photo used for representation SRINAGAR: An encounter broke out on Saturday between terrorists and security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. A brief exchange of fire took place between the forces and the ultras in Kulgam in south Kashmir, a police official said. He said the area has been cordoned off and searches were being carried out to track the terrorists. So far, there have been no report of any casualty, he said.
Students protest after National Law university suspends 6 students
Bharat Khanna Students of Rajiv Gandhi National Law University in Patiala staged a protest against the administration of the university following the suspension of six students who had raised their voice against the poor food being supplied in the university mess. | TNN | Mar 16, 2019, 18:51 IST The protesting students had to spend whole Friday night outside the university on main road after they were thrown out for protesting against the university authorities.
Against the spirit of Kartarpur corridor, Pakistan lays down several conditions - Times of India
AMRITSAR: As against the earlier stance of the Pakistan government of providing visa-free access to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan through the proposed Kartarpur corridor, the high-level delegation of Pakistan which held a meeting with their Indian counterparts on March 14 at Attari international border did more to scuttle the project by creating obstacles and laying down conditions.
Cool ‘March’ to continue, hints forecast of IMD - Times of India
Most parts of the country saw cooler than normal temperatures in the first 15 days of the month. The upcoming week, and probably the next fortnight, is likely to be no different. The second fortnight of March is likely to be cooler than normal in major parts of India, as per the latest extended range forecast of the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Boarding pass reading gates plan on hold for security alert - Times of India
Joy Sengupta | TNN | Mar 16, 2019, 13:05 ISTPune airport PUNE: The airport authorities have deferred the plan of installing boarding pass reading gates in the facility because of security concerns. “Additional checks are being conducted at the airport at present. Passengers have to go through extra layers of checks now. So, the plan has been postponed. We don’t want flyers to be confused by a new system,” an airport official told TOI on the condition of anonymity.
PMK manifesto attacks alliance partner BJP’s govt - Times of India
Shanmughasundaram J Calling the state governments ‘malnourished’ children after the Centre usurped most of their rights, PMK founder S Ramadoss said his party’s aim is to get back the lost rights by being part of the AIADMK-BJP alliance.
Is it end of the road for Yatra man? - Times of India
The Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat has almost become synonymous with L K Advani. First-time voters were not even born when he won it for the first time. In all of the six general elections he has won from Gandhinagar, his victory margin has been of over a lakh votes. Until 2014, he held the record for the highest Lok Sabha seat winning margin from Gujarat. In 1998, he won this seat with a gigantic 2.77 lakh margin.
Tamil Nadu MPs don’t make the grade: Below par in Lok Sabha on most counts - Times of India
Jayaraj Sivan Tamil Nadu’s outgoing MPs may not have put up the best of performances in the 16th Lok Sabha. A look at the statistics put out by Delhi-based PRS Legislative Research show that on most parameters MPs from the state have performed far below the national average. | TNN | Updated: Mar 16, 2019, 09:10 ISTIn raising questions in the House, Tamil Nadu MPs have performed better than their counterparts from other states.
'He leaped on someone to save them': Stories of New Zealand massacre victims
CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND: A right-wing extremist has been charged over Friday's horrifying gun attacks on two New Zealand mosques, which left 49 people dead and dozens more injured. The worshippers and their families caught up in the attacks in the normally peaceful city of Christchurch came from around the world.
Company that certified Mumbai footbridge 'safe' operates from small flat - Times of India
MUMBAI: The structural auditor, now in the dock for certifying the Himalaya foot overbridge as fit for use less than seven months before it collapsed on Thursday, had checked 38 other busy bridges in the island city, like Princess Street flyover, Byculla bridge and Priyadarshini bridge on Nepeansea Road. The contract is worth Rs 63.18 lakh.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Mayawati makes southern foray with pacts in Telugu states - Times of India
TNN | Mar 16, 2019, 08:17 ISTMayawati LUCKNOW: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has stitched alliance with actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan led Jana Sena Party in Telangana for Lok Sabha and Andhra Pradesh for general as well as assembly elections. Announcing the alliance at a press conference in Lucknow on Friday with BSP chief, Kalyan said, "We would like to see Mayawati as the prime minister of country.
Ex-boyfriend helps teen flee police custody, both nabbed - Times of India
Nagpur: An unusual drama was witnessed at Mayo Hospital when a 17-year-old girl, who was rounded up along with four male accomplices including her current boyfriend for planning a dacoity, managed to escape from police custody with the help of her ex-boyfriend on Thursday during medical examination. However, the rekindled love affair was cut short as the cops managed to nab the girl and the former boyfriend, Rakesh Wankhede, on Friday.
As polls near, govt officials seen ignoring basic duties - Times of India
TNN | Mar 16, 2019, 04:19 IST Mangaluru: As the Lok Sabha polls are around the corner, officials from government departments and local governments seem to be taking advantage of the situation to evade their administrative functions under the pretext of election duty. The public has been complaining that their documents have been held up at the government offices and institutions since three weeks, as seats of the officials are found to be unoccupied on most occasions in the last couple of days.
SC refuses to take up 10-year-old rape charge against CM - Times of India
She claimed that she was sexually assaulted by the person, posing as an Army officer, in 2008 when she was only 15 years old and was making ends meet as an employee at a public call office (PCO) in the state. She claimed that she identified her assaulter in 2012 when his photographs started appearing in newspapers as the then tourism minister of the state. After three years in 2015, she lodged a complaint with the police at the capital city of the state but no FIR was lodged, she complained.
SC notice to Centre on plea against marriage laws forcing estranged couples to cohabit - Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Friday asked the Centre to respond to a plea challenging the Constitutional validity of provisions in matrimonial laws empowering courts to ask estranged spouses to "cohabit" and "take part in sexual intercourse".
Delhi court summons Kejriwal, others in defamation case - Times of India
PTI | Mar 15, 2019, 16:01 ISTArvind Kejriwal. (File photo) NEW DELHI: A Delhi court Friday summoned chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and others in a defamation case filed by BJP leader Rajeev Babbar. Additional chief metropolitan magistrate Samar Vishal directed Kejriwal and other accused to appear on April 30.
22,000 automated challans in 15 days on south Delhi stretch - Times of India
NEW DELHI: The traffic police have issued more than 22,000 challans for red light and stop line violations within a fortnight of automated cameras being installed at traffic signals on Ring Road in south Delhi. The automated system collects information about the car owner from the vehicle numberplate and issues a notice to the violator through an SMS. The violators are asked to visit the traffic police headquarters at Todapur to pay the challans.
Flagship clean Ganga project falters, ‘holy’ water fails purity tests on critical indicators - Times of India
Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi had set an ambitious 2019 deadline when he launched the flagship Rs 20,000-crore ‘Namami Gange’ project in May 2015 to conserve, clean and rejuvenate the river. Last year, the deadline was advanced to March 2020 by Union minister Natin Gadkari. However, data on water quality clearly suggests the ‘Namami Gange’ project has failed to achieve its results on ‘nirmalta’ (purity or cleanliness) of water.
Saudi Arabia rejects call for international probe of Khashoggi murder
GENEVA: Saudi Arabia on Thursday reiterated its rejection of calls for an international, independent investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, insisting it was well equipped to bring the perpetrators to justice. The head of a Saudi delegation speaking before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva insisted that his country was taking all the "measures required for us to resolve this heinous crime".
Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule renominated; grand nephew missing in NCP Lok Sabha list - Times of India
PTI | Updated: Mar 14, 2019, 19:16 ISTFile Photo: Supriya Sule MUMBAI: NCP chief Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule figures in the first list of 12 candidates for next month's Lok Sabha poll, declared by the party on Thursday. The list does not include the name of Pawar's grand nephew Parth Pawar, as it does not mention Maval constituency from where the young politician is likely to be fielded.
Saudi official says kingdom pursuing justice in Jamal Khashoggi murder
Three dozen Western countries, including all 28 European Union members, called on Saudi Arabia last week to cooperate with a U.N.-led investigation into the murder of Khashoggi, a critic and Washington Post columnist. Reuters | Mar 14, 2019, 15:48 IST GENEVA: The head of the Saudi human rights commission said on Thursday that the kingdom was bringing those accused over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to justice and rejected an international investigation into the case.
Till now he used to 'abuse' PM Modi: Cong on Vadakkan criticising it after joining BJP - Times of India
In a huge embarrassment to the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Vadakkan, once a key aide of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, joined the BJP and attacked his former party for its stand on the Balakot air strikes. PTI | Mar 14, 2019, 15:29 IST NEW DELHI: After its spokesperson Tom Vadakkan joined the BJP, the Congress on Thursday dismissed his criticism of the party saying that till now he used to "abuse" Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
'Kalank' new poster: Varun Dhawan as fearless Zafar takes on a mighty bull head-on! - Times of India
The second look of Varun Dhawan from the upcoming period-drama ' Kalank ' has been unveiled and it is definitely a sight to behold. Varun Dhawan as an iron-hearted and fearless Zafar is always prepared to take on any challenges head-on. The poster shows him locking horns with a mighty bull, which reminds us of the famous scene from the film 'Baahubali'. With his hair let loose and beard like a lion's mane, Varun looks menacing with his ferocious eyes as he stares into the eyes of his enemy.
Ajay Devgn and Alia Bhatt join Ram Charan and Jr NTR in SS Rajamouli's 'RRR' - Times of India
Two years after his last film became a marvel in Indian cinema, SS Rajamouli is back on sets with another movie of epic proportions. 'Baahubali 2: The Conclusion' released in the summer of 2017 and broke all box-office records. Not just that, the 'Baahubali' films crossed the language barriers and became nationwide phenomenons. The multiple National Award-winning filmmaker's next venture was highly anticipated and a lot of speculation was going around its star cast.
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