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Maharashtra polls: BJP drops Eknath Khadse, fields his daughter; Vinod Tawde also dropped | India News - Times of India
PTI | Updated: Oct 4, 2019, 9:56 IST MUMBAI: The BJP on Friday released its fourth list of seven candidates for the October 21 Maharashtra Assembly polls, dropping senior leader Eknath Khadse and cabinet minister Vinod Tawde. It fielded Eknath Khadse's daughter Rohini from his Muktainagar constituency in north Maharashtra. The decision to field Rohini Khadse indicates the BJP succeeded in placating her father, who had been representing Muktainagar since 1991.
Protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill in Manipur | India News - Times of India
IMPHAL(MANIPUR): Manipur People against Citizenship Amendment Bill (MANPAC), a conglomerate of several civil bodies in the state on Thursday organised a protest march against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB). The march began with loud ringing of bells and by forming human chains during which slogans against the contentious bill were chanted.
Pratt engine snags: US issues new rules, India says already asked IndiGo, GoAir to comply
NEW DELHI: The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued new directives for Pratt & Whitney (PW) engines powering the Airbus A320 Neos — a combination used in India by IndiGo and GoAir — following multiple instances of inflight shutdown of this snag-prone engine.
FAKE ALERT: Movie clip shared as Swami Vivekananda’s 1893 speech at Chicago
A Facebook user by the name of Sachin Kumar posted a video claiming it was the original video of speech given by Swami Vivekananda at Chicago. He claimed that the speech was delivered on September 13, 1893. Highlights A video is being shared with the claim that it was the original video of speech given by Swami Vivekananda at Chicago. The video shared is a scene from a film based on the life of Swami Vivekananda. Times Fact Check has found the claim to be false.
EU summit focus on Brexit, migration, cool tension: Austria
PARIS: Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz says Brexit and bridge-building will be centre-stage at a two-day European Union summit this week.Kurz met with French president Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Monday, having met the previous day with German chancellor Angela Merkel "We have to do everything to avoid a hard Brexit," Kurz said.
Sakshi Malik books World Championship spot, Ritu to take on Pinky in trials - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Struggling wrestler Sakshi Malik has made it to India's World Championship squad without facing the trials as her opponent Sarita Mor has withdrawn from the 62kg clash, due to an injury.The Olympic bronze medallist has been battling poor form since the start of the 2018 season.
Odd Even rule in Delhi: Supreme Court stays NGT order making odd-even applicable to 2-wheelers, women-driven vehicles
NEW DELHI: Two-wheelers and four-wheelers driven by women plying in the national capital would be exempted from the odd-even vehicle rotation scheme with the Supreme Court Monday staying the National Green Tribunal 's 2017 direction which had made it applicable for all vehicles.Under the scheme, which is currently not in force in Delhi, odd and even numbered vehicles are to ply on alternate days.As per the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) for Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), the...
Narendra Modi birthday: Boy born in Chennai gets gold ring from BJP leader - Times of India
CHENNAI: BJP state president Tamilisai Soundararajan on Monday gifted a gold ring to a newborn boy in a primary health centre in Chennai to celebrate the 68th birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi BJP functionaries said they wanted to celebrate the birthday of Modi differently and decided to gift a gold ring to a boy born in the Chennai Corporation-run primary health centre in Thana Street at Purasawalkam on Monday.Was BJP copying the tradition of the AIADMK gifts gold rings to babies born...
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation wastes zero-waste vision - Times of India
AHMEDABAD: Six years ago, on September 13, 2012, even before Swachhta Survekshan rankings were born as buzzwords, Ahmedabad had committed itself to becoming a zero-waste city by 2031. A road map document was released, the only of its kind in the country with the help of United Nations Center for Regional Development (UNCRD), which identified a consultant and sponsored $20,000 for the report for Ahmedabad.
UK PM Theresa May cautions: The alternative to my Brexit deal is no deal
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May has warned rebels in her party that the alternative to her potential Brexit deal with the EU is no deal.The United Kingdom is due to leave the EU on March 29 and yet little is clear: There is, so far, no full exit agreement and some rebels in May's Conservative Party have threatened to vote down a deal if she clinches one."I think that the alternative to that will be having no deal," May told BBC TV.The main sticking point to agreeing a deal between...
Learning with the Times: Why hunger around the world is rising again - Times of India
World hunger rose for the third straight year in 2017, jeopardising the progress made to end the scourge of food insecurity that affects vast swathes of the planet. While scientific advancement has ensured great leaps in food production, the causes behind the latest spurt in global hunger are conflict and climate change . A look…With increasing global wealth one may assume that hunger has been declining over the years. That, however, is not true.
Burglar flew down south to commit heists - Times of India
A gang of seven interstate burglars were arrested by JB Nagar police in east Bengaluru. This include a 27-year-old youth who used to fly from New Delhi to Chennai and drive to Bengaluru to commit burglaries. Police claimed the arrested included five receivers of stolen booty in New Delhi.
Hero Cycles gets lucrative offer from Himachal Pradesh govt - Times of India
LUDHIANA: In a development which may be nothing less than a setback for the Punjab government’s campaign to attract industrial investment in the state, the Himachal Pradesh government has given a lucrative offer to the bicycle major Hero Cycles Limited to set up its proposed bicycle manufacturing plant in the state.The company had long been contemplating to set up its unit in the proposed Cycle Valley at Dhanansu (near Ludhiana).
‘Nothing new’: Dalai Lama on abuse by monks
THE HAGUE: The Dalai Lama said on Saturday that he has known about sexual abuse by Buddhist teachers since the 1990s and that such allegations are “nothing new”.The Tibetan spiritual leader made the admission during a four-day visit to the Netherlands , where he met on Friday with victims of sexual abuse allegedly committed by Buddhist teachers. “I already did know these things, nothing new,” the Dalai Lama said in response on Dutch public television on Saturday. “Twenty-five years ago ...
Former aide who shot at pulse mill owner ends life - Times of India
Vadodara: A trader, who had shot at pulse mill owner Prasannchand Jain in Dahod on Saturday, allegedly committed suicide on Sunday.Bhupendra Darda was found dead in an open plot near Padwal Women’s Hostel under the jurisdiction of Dahod (rural) police station. Police said that Darda’s body was noticed by a passerby.On reaching the spot, police found the gun lying beside his body and there was a wound of gunshot in his chest.
Officials go slow on Gosikhurd PAPs evacuation - Times of India
Nagpur: After acting tough initially, the district administration has now softened its stance on Gosikhurd project affected persons (PAPs). The last batch of over 110 families in the district have to be evacuated, so that by December water in the dam can be increased to 245 meters, which is the maximum level.Increasing the dam’s level will hike the irrigation potential by 40,000 hectares.
Mayor takes along son as pvt secy on official US tour - Times of India
Nagpur: Mayor Nanda Jichkar is being accompanied by her younger son Priyash, who she introduces as her private secretary in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), on an official tour of the US.
Mithali hits career-best unbeaten 125 but India lose 3rd ODI to Sri Lanka women - Times of India
KATUNAYAKE (Sri Lanka): Skipper Mithali Raj 's career-best knock of 125 not out went in vain as Sri Lanka women shocked India women by three wickets in the inconsequential third and final one-day international on Sunday.India had already sealed the series by winning the first two ODIs but in the 3rd match they could not defend the total of 253 for five, built around Raj's unbeaten 125 and opener Smriti Mandhana 's 51.They had shared a 102-run stand for the second wicket after young Jemimah...
Rajnath to launch India's first 'smart fence' project along India-Pak border tomorrow - Times of India
NEW DELHI: India's first ' smart fence ' pilot project, which entails deploying laser-activated fences and technology-enabled barriers to plug vulnerable gaps along frontiers, will be launched by home minister Rajnath Singh in two 5-km each patches along the India-Pak border on Monday.Singh will travel to a forward area in Jammu to inaugurate the ambitious project as part of a day-long tour, a senior official said.The technology is being implemented by the Border Security Force and senior...
Congress alleges deliberate manipulation in Telangana voters list - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Accusing the Telangana government of trying to vitiate the upcoming Assembly polls by "manipulating voters lists", the Congress on Sunday demanded the intervention of Election Commission (EC) for verification and sanitisation of electoral rolls.Alleging that as many as 70 lakh names in the electoral lists have been manipulated, Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi wondered if the "contamination of the voter lists" was the reason behind the K Chandrashekhar Rao government prematurely...
FIR will be filed by CID soon for Shapar groundnut blaze - Times of India
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat CID crime, probing the fires at groundnut godowns is set to lodge two FIRs for fires which engulfed 980 tonnes of groundnut at Shapar on May 7 2018. CID crime sources said the fire at the groundnut godowns was not deliberate or part of a multicrore scam, the quality of groundnut recovered at Shapar Vevaval was of low quality.“We are going to lodge an FIR against the owner of the godown and those involved in the welding of the shed which sparked the blaze.
UK leader: Talk of leadership during Brexit 'irritating'
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May concedes that she gets "irritated" by the debate over her leadership during the difficult Brexit negotiations.She told the BBC in an interview scheduled to be broadcast Monday that she is concerned for the country's future, not her own, as talks about Britain's upcoming exit from the European Union continue.May faces a split in her Conservative Party, with some influential figures preferring a more complete break with the EU than she is advocating.
Crime branch PSI shoots himself in Alkapuri Chowky - Times of India
VADODARA: A police sub-inspector (PSI) posted with the detection of crime branch (DCB) in the city committed suicide by shooting himself in Alkapuri police chowky early on Sunday morning. Sanjaysinh Jadeja, who was in his 40s, used his service revolver to end his life. Jadeja has left a one line suicide note in a diary stating that he won’t be able to continue with the PSI job.
Odisha hikes bus fares - Times of India
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government Saturday announced hike in bus fares across all categories under automatic fare adjustment mechanism in view of the rise in diesel prices, official sources said.A notification issued by Commerce and Transport Department said that the fare of ordinary buses and express category buses have been increased by Rs 2 paise per kilometre.The deluxe category buses will now charge Rs 1.5 per kilometre as against Rs 1.1 paise per kilometre.Similarly, the passengers...
Congrats! We've used Earth's quota for 2018
NEW DELHI: Today is Earth Overshoot Day -- the date when we (all of humanity) have used more resources from nature than our planet can regenerate in the entire year.Alarmingly, we have used a year's worth of resources in just seven months!Currently we are using the equivalent of 1.7 Earths (and 2 Earths by 2030) -- thanks to overfishing, overharvesting forests, and emitting more CO2 into the atmosphere (60% of humanity's ecological footprint) than ecosystems can absorb.
Serena Williams handed worst defeat of her career - Times of India
LOS ANGELES: Serena Williams suffered the most lopsided loss of her career at the WTA San Jose event on Tuesday, losing the final 12 games in a shocking first-round upset to unseeded Johanna Konta The 23-time Grand Slam winner struggled mightily against the British No. 1 and former winner Konta, who crushed Williams 6-1, 6-0 in just 51 minutes on the main Stadium.Williams, who was playing her first match since dropping the Wimbledon final, is trying to regain her top form after missing most...
Manchester United hold on to beat Real Madrid 2-1 - Times of India
MIAMI: Jose Mourinho was finally given something to smile about as a tempestuous trip to the United States ended with Man United's 2-1 win over former club Real Madrid thanks to first-half strikes from Alexis Sanchez and Ander Herrera.Mourinho has cut a miserable figure during their two-week trip to the United States, lashing out at a lack of transfer activity while reserving stinging criticism for a number of first team players.But seeing his side establish a two-goal lead in the first half...
Rohingyas staying illegally should be shot dead: BJP MLA - Times of India
Illegal Rohingya migrants will be sent back, says Rijiju The government on Tuesday said some of the Rohingya living in India do not have the status of "refugee" but are "illegal migrants" who would be deported once their details have been prepared. HYDERABAD: Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis living illegally in India should be shot dead if they do not leave the country, said BJP MLA from Goshamahal Assembly constituency Raja Singh . He is known for his hardcore Hindutva remarks.
11, including former municipal member, get 5 years' jail for attack on police in 2015 - Times of India
GHAZIABAD: A local court on Tuesday sentenced 11 persons, including a former member of Loni Palika Parishad, to five years in jail for attacking a police team in 2015. In the attack, a sub-inspector and a constable were grievously injured.According to the additional district government counsel (ADGC) Rajeev Kumar Gurjar, Parishad member Mukesh Pal had given false information about a clash between members of two communities in Loni border on September 26, 2015.
Follow Rajdharma, RSS chief tells Tripura CM - Times of India
Nagpur: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat advised Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb to follow ‘Rajdharma’ (politics of values) while governing the eastern state. Deb was in the city to meet Bhagwat for the first time after taking over as CM. The two had an hourlong deliberations.Deb landed in the city on Monday night and went to Reshimbagh facility of the RSS on Tuesday morning to pay homage to founder KB Hedgewar and later had a meeting with the RSS chief.
MHA tells states: Don't deal with outfits from countries of concern - Times of India
NEW DELHI: After cracking down on foreign funding of non-government organisations (NGOs), the Centre has now decided to keep tabs on the activities of organisations and agencies from " countries of concern " dealing directly with state governments or local police, particularly when it comes to "matters of internal security".The home ministry has written to all state governments directing them "not to facilitate or entertain any requests from foreign organisations or agencies from countries of...
Chhattisgarh: Panchayat diktat forbids father from reporting rape of minor daughter - Times of India
RAIPUR: In yet another shocking incident, a panchayat in Chhattisgarh's Balod district imposed fine of Rs 3051 on a teen boy for raping a 7-year-old to hush up the matter and threatening girl's father of being fined of Rs 10000 if he reports the matter to police. Fortunately, the matter reached police after a month when the father revealed the incident to someone in inebriated condition.
This July, monsoon fails to wash away previous records of showers - Times of India
PUNE: The monsoon’s performance in the city this July failed to wash away past rain records despite heavy showers across the state.The city recorded 175.6mm rain this month — lower than monthly precipitation in eight years since 2007. Only three years — 2008, 2012 and 2015 — during this 12-year period recorded less volume of rain.This July recorded the lowest rainfall for the month in Pune in three years. In July 2015, there was only 62mm.The July rainfall was over 200mm in six years since 2007.
Woman arrested for blackmailing boss to get Rs 50L - Times of India
Nagpur: A 30-year-old MBA graduate, who works at an accountancy firm, has been arrested for blackmailing her managing director by threatening to register a fake rape case against him.The woman, identified as Diksha Shrivastava, has been arrested by Ambazari police station on the charges of extortion following a complaint from her boss Arun (name changed). The accused had allegedly demanded 50 lakh from Arun.
LJP asks Rahul Gandhi to clear stand on NGT head's removal - Times of India
NEW DELHI: After putting pressure on its ally BJP, the Lok Janshakti Party on Monday asked the Congress to clear its stand on demands made by several parties that National Green Tribunal Chairman Justice AK Goel be sacked.LJP leader Chirag Paswan targeted the Congress after its leader and former law minister Ashwani Kumar was reported to have said the demand to remove Goel cannot be justified.After a fiery press conference last week in which he had asked the Modi government to sack Goel and...
Despite civic chief’s directive, encroachers stay put on footpaths - Times of India
Nagpur: The municipal commissioner’s directives to make all footpaths in the city encroachment free has, it seems, fallen on deaf ears for all the ten assistant municipal commissioners of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC).All the main roads in the city are clogged with hawkers who cause inconvenience to motorists.
Trump arrives in 'hot spot' Britain, questioning May's Brexit plan
LONDON: US President Donald Trump arrived in "hot spot" Britain on Thursday after casting doubt on Prime Minister Theresa May 's plans for leaving the European Union and with protests planned across the country where he says the people like him a lot.After a Nato summit where he provoked a crisis session to force allies to raise their defence spending, Trump landed in Britain having described the closest US ally in Europe as being in turmoil over Brexit.May hopes Trump, who arrived at...
Mamata Banerjee accuses BJP of targeting Missionaries of Charity - Times of India
KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the BJP of targeting the Mother Teresa-founded Missionaries of Charity (MoC) and maligning it.Her accusation followed the arrests of a sister of the order and a woman staffer of 'Nirmal Hriday', a shelter home run by it, in Ranchi last week for allegedly selling a child born to a minor inmate to a couple from Uttar Pradesh Mother Teresa herself set up Missionaries of Charity. And now they are also not being spared.
Jharkhand: Police demands CBI probe in child trafficking case - Times of India
RANCHI: Additional Director General ADG ) Law and Order Jharkhand, RK Mallik on Wednesday requested for a Central Bureau of Investigation ( CBI )-led probe in child trafficking case.He said, "Requested state government for a CBI inquiry in this issue, also requested that all accounts of Missionaries of Charity and five of its associate organisations should be seized.
100 NDRF teams deployed in 71 locations across India to deal with floods - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Nearly 100 teams comprising about 4,500 personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed in 71 locations across the country to deal with floods and heavy rains.Additional teams are also on standby in all NDRF battalions and will be mobilized as per demand.The NDRF has deployed 97 teams at 71 locations in at least 14 states across the country for rescue and relief operations of flood affected people, a Home Ministry official said.A team of NDRF comprises...
Cabinet approves 1,000 electric buses by next year - Times of India
NEW DELHI: From June next year , Delhiites will be able to travel in air-conditioned and low-floor electric-run buses. The Delhi cabinet , in a meeting chaired by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday, gave its approval for engaging 1,000 electric-run buses and appointed Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) as the project consultant.“This is a big decision for the capital’s public transport and pollution issue.
SC: Wake up or you’ll have zero groundwater by 2020 - Times of India
NEW DELHI: With Delhi staring at an alarming situation to reach virtually zero groundwater level by 2020, the Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the Centre and Delhi government for not taking steps and asked them to file response on how to ward off the crisis.A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta took note of a Niti Aayog report projecting a disturbing picture that no groundwater would be available in Delhi and 21 other major cities by 2020 and asked the authorities concerned to...
Audi’s window smashed, laptop stolen in Sector 8 - Times of India
CHANDIGARH: Miscreants broke the backseat window glass of an Audi car and stole a bag containing an Apple laptop, cash and documents in Sector 8 market on Tuesday evening.According to police, the incident occurred between 5.30 pm and 7.30 pm, when the car owner Aryan Goel, a resident of Sector 9, had gone for a haircut after parking his car in the Sector 8 market on Madhya Marg. When Aryan returned, he found the quarter window broken and his laptop missing.
Priyanka Chopra 'hates' dental work! - Times of India ►
Many don't look forward to dental appointments and dread going to the dentist. Bollywood superstar Priyanka Chopra is also one of them.
Guidelines soon for multilevel marketing companies - Times of India
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state government has prepared a comprehensive guidelines to regulate the functioning of multilevel marketing companies, the first state to do so in the country following a direction from the Centre.“Kerala is the first state to prepare such a guideline, following a direction from central government to the states to formulate own guidelines on the basis of the one issued by it in 2016.
State to form SIT to probe Bitcoin fraud - Times of India
Nagpur: Maharashtra government on Tuesday, announced that a special investigation team (SIT) would be constituted for investigating into Bitcoin fraud that runs into crores.Minister of state for home Deepak Kesarkar made a statement in this regard while replying to a calling attention motion by MLCs Hemant Takle, Sunil Tatkare, Narendra Patil and others in the council.He said a panel of Economic Offences Wing (EOW), under additional director general of police, was also formed looking into the...
Three girls missing from Jamnagar towns - Times of India
Rajkot: At least three complaints for teenage girls going missing were lodged on Monday night at various police stations in Jamnagar district.A 15-year-old girl from Dhundhoraji village in Kalavad taluka went missing on June 27. Her parents suspect she has either been kidnapped or has eloped with someone.
Maharashtra: Opposition forces CM to soften stand on Nanar refinery - Times of India
NAGPUR: After asserting that the proposed oil refinery would be started from Nanar in Ratnagiri, now chief minister Devendra Fadnavis seems to have softened his stand on the location of mega project , in view of strong opposition, not only from the Congress, NCP and others, but also from its alliance partner Shiv Sena While replying to a calling attention motion moved by Sanjay Dutt Sunil Tatkare and others, the CM on Tuesday, stressed on that the project would be a reality in west coast that...
Distillers oppose Kerala tax sops to imported liquor - Times of India
Mumbai/Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government’s decision to offer favourable tax treatment to imported brands has split the Indian alcoholic beverage industry, with local distillers pointing out that the public exchequer could end up as the big loser.
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