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Isro will get us to farther galaxies: Sachin Tendulkar - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday lauded Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for their efforts on India's second lunar mission Chandrayaan 2, saying the space agency will not just get the country to the moon, but to farther galaxies. In a tweet, Tendulkar said, "Rakesh Sharma, on how India looked from space, said Saare Jahan Se Achcha, Hindustan Humara.
France, Portugal back on track; England ride on Kane hat-trick in Euro 2020 qualifiers - Times of India
PARIS: France and Portugal got their Euro 2020 qualification campaigns back on track with impressive wins over Balkan pair Albania and Serbia that boosted the world and European champions chances of making next summer's tournament. France moved back top of Group H with a 4-1 thumping of Albania thanks to a Kingsley Coman's first international goals in more than three years and further strikes from Olivier Giroud and substitute Jonathan Ikone at the Stade de France.
FATF to evaluate Pakistan's efforts against terrorism next week: Report
ISLAMABAD: The Asia Pacific Group of the FATF, a global watchdog for terror financing and money laundering, will evaluate Pakistan's anti-terror efforts next week, according to a media report. A Pakistani delegation will leave for Bangkok on September 7 to meet the Financial Action Task Force officials from September 8 to 10, Samaa TV reported.
Pope hails Mozambique peace deal, offers solidarity for cyclone victims
MAPUTO: Pope Francis, on the first full day of his visit to Mozambique, heaped praise Thursday on a peace deal between government and rebels and offered solidarity to victims of two devastating cyclones. His maiden visit to the poor southeast African country came a month after the government and the former rebel group Renamo, now the main opposition party, signed a historic treaty.
Pakistan trying to escalate violence along border ahead of UNGA: Official | India News - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Pakistan is trying to escalate violence along the International Border and the Line of Control to draw attention of the world community on Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Thursday. Quoting intelligence inputs, a security official said terrorist infiltrations and firing from across the border are expected to increase in the coming days so that Islamabad can paint a picture of trouble in Jammu and Kashmir.
Chidambaram left with option of regular bail | India News - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Veteran Congress leader P Chidambaram who was sent to Tihar jail Thursday did not press for bail in a Delhi court on the expiry of his CBI custody in the INX Media corruption case, leaving him with the option of seeking regular bail.
Court issues notice to ED on Chidambaram's plea seeking to surrender in INX money laundering case | India News - Times of India
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court Thursday issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a plea by former finance minister P Chidambaram seeking to surrender in the INX Media money laundering case. Special judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar sought response from the agency and directed it to file its reply by September 12. "Let notice of the application be issued to ED," the judge said. The court sent him to judicial custody till September 19.
SC asks Muslims if they accept Akhara's claim on Ayodhya land despite tall claims of witnesses | India News - Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday took note of allegations of Muslim parties that many witnesses of Nirmohi Akhara made "tall claims" in their testimonies and asked them whether they still accept that it has rights over the disputed Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri masjid land at Ayodhya.
UK plans another vote to push for snap election
LONDON: The UK government said on Thursday that the members of parliament will get another chance to vote for an early election on Monday. The move comes after the House of Commons rejected Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan for a snap election on October 15 in a vote on Wednesday. Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said Labour Party wanted an election, but its priority was stopping a no-deal Brexit.
Govt working on setting up nationwide 'Ayush Grid' | India News - Times of India
NEW DELHI: With an aim to boost research in Ayush system of medicines, the government plans to set up a nationwide Ayush grid connecting all hospitals and laboratories so that case histories and observations can be collated to generate evidence about the efficacy of the traditional systems of medicine, including Ayurveda, Unani and homoeopathy.
#MeToo fallout: MJ Akbar resigns as minister of state for external affairs - Times of India
NEW DELHI: MJ Akbar , who is accused of sexual harassment, tendered his resignation from the post of Union minister of state for external affairs on Wednesday."Since I have decided to seek justice in a court of law in my personal capacity, I deem it appropriate to step down from office and challenge false accusations levied against me, also in a personal capacity, (sic)" he said in a statement.Akbar is facing allegations of sexual harassment and had on Tuesday filed a criminal defamation case...
Passport police verification time down to eight days - Times of India
PUNE: The city police’s special branch has brought down the police verification time for passports to an average of eight days from the stipulated period of 21 days, as of October 16.As per the regional passport officer (RPO) of Pune, Anant Takwale , the verification period would reduce further by the end of the month. “The Pune police have sent a request for two additional dongles and an application for the same has been sent to the ministry of external affairs.
Short tempered SPO shot Judge’s family: SIT - Times of India
GURUGRAM: Special Investigation Team (SIT), formed to probe the shot out in Arcadia Market in sector 51 of Gurugram in which person security officer (SPO) of additional session judge Krishan Kant shot his wife (Ritu) and son (Dhruv), blamed instant provocation as motive of the murder.Wife of judge succumbed to her injuries on Sunday, while Dhruv is still critical and under treatment at a private hospital.SIT head DCP Sulochana Gajraj blamed ‘short temper nature’ of SPO for the incident.
Me Too movement: AMMA supports Akshay Kumar and Aamir Khan, regrets Siddique’s statement - Times of India
It came to light recently that Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes' secretary Siddique had called a press conference where he had slammed Akshay K
Brawl at Hyatt: Cops didn’t know of incident till video went viral 48 hours later - Times of India
NEW DELHI: The first information report about the fracas at Hyatt Regency hotel was filed almost 48 hours after the incident because police did not receive any communication about the brawl involving a gun-wielding man until a video on the episode went viral.In the FIR, Sawan Kumar, the assistant security manager of Hyatt Regency, reports, “I was on night duty and reached the hotel at 11pm on Saturday and I was to stay there till 7am on Sunday.
Man displays rashes, claims wife developed pathogen to poison him - Times of India
BENGALURU: The Vanitha Sahayavani (women’s helpline) of the Bengaluru City Police (BCP) had to deal with a bizarre case recently: A 50-year-old man with rashes all over his body claimed that his wife, a PhD holder in Organic Chemistry , had created a deadly pathogen and was poisoning him.The woman, however, has accused him of domestic abuse and torture.Counsellors at the Women’s Cell at the police commissionerate were taken aback when Devesh (name changed), a resident of Uttarahalli, recently...
This festive month, residents pray for water - Times of India
NOIDA: If residents are not queuing up outside Puja pandals in the evening, they are doing so in front of water tankers in the morning. The festive season has been marred by a scarcity of water in most of the sectors.With the Upper Ganga Canal closed since October 6 for the annual de-silting exercise, residents have been getting only half an hour of supply every day.
Nitish Kumar makes poll strategist Prashant Kishor his deputy in JD(U) - Times of India
PATNA: Just a month after he joined JD (U), poll strategist Prashant Kishor was on Tuesday appointed the national vice-president of the party helmed by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar.First-ever appointee to the post, the 41-year-old is credited with having played an instrumental role in the election wins of PM Narendra Modi and Nitish in 2014 parliamentary and 2015 assembly elections resepectively.Kishor was handed over the JD (U) membership certificate by Nitish in Patna on September 16.
Seven men from Bihar attacked for wearing ‘lungi’ - Times of India
Vadodara: Even as state government and police are claiming that hate crime against migrant workers have stopped, a civil engineer and six plumbers from Madhubani district in Bihar were attacked by locals in Sama late on Monday night.Police, however, claimed that the attack had nothing to do with the victims’ origin.
Container bins taken off, garbage strewn on roads - Times of India
Surat: Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) officials’ presumption that once they remove garbage containers from the roads, people will begin to hand over waste to staff of door-to-door supply vans has simply failed.
Rampal gets life term in murder case - Times of India
HISAR: A local court on Tuesday sentenced controversial preacher Rampal and 14 of his followers to life imprisonment without remission in a murder case. The court also directed them to pay Rs 2 lakh as fine.The quantum of punishment in another murder case will be pronounced on Wednesday. A total of 23 people were convicted in the two murder cases five days ago. Six of them have been convicted in both the cases.
Farmers’ protests erupt in Saurashtra - Times of India
Rajkot: Farmers protests led by Congress leaders erupted in several places across Saurashtra on Tuesday over issues like inadequate water for irrigation, falling returns on garlic and land compensation.Nearly 2,000 farmers organized two separate rallies in Surendranagar town and both congregated at the district collector’s office.Farmer leader Giriraj Zala said, “We are demanding that the state government declare our district as scarcity-affected and provide water to save our standing crop,...
Save food campaign kicks off - Times of India
A school in Mohali has taken an initiative to raise awareness on food security by mobilizing resources to support the poor farmers. The event, held on World Food Day , saw teachers and experts talking about the importance of healthy food habits with children. The students were made aware about several ways to avoid wastage of food. An interactive session was also held on the occasion which saw students sharing their ideas.
US announces sanctions on Iranian paramilitary force
WASHINGTON: The US Treasury on Tuesday slapped sanctions on businesses providing financial support to an Iranian paramilitary group as part of its so-called maximum pressure campaign against Tehran.In announcing the sanctions, the Treasury said a network of more than 20 businesses known as the Bonyad Taavon Basij was financing the Basij Resistance Force, a component of Iran 's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)."The international community must understand that business entanglements...
Fire crackers ban: Madras High Court bans online sale of firecrackers till Nov 15
CHENNAI: The Madras high court on Tuesday passed an interim order staying online sale of firecrackers till November 15.Justice S Vaidyanathan passed the order while admitting a PIL moved by M Shaik Abdullah, a resident of Chennai seeking to prohibit retail sale of firecrackers through online mode.
Labour dept secy promises to take up plantation workers’ issues - Times of India
Coimbatore: Labour and employment department secretary Sunil Paliwal promised to take up some issues faced by tea planters in the state with the chief secretary and agriculture department soon.Speaking at the 65th annual conference of the Planters Association of Tamil Nadu in the city on Monday, Paliwal said he would look at the list of demands made by the planters and address them one by one.The planters’ association had earlier presented him with a list of requests, which they believed...
No differences, all support Vasundhara in Rajasthan: Prakash Javadekar - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Dismissing reports of differences among BJP leaders in Rajasthan as a "communication gap" that has been sorted out, the party's election in-charge for the state Prakash Javadekar says the entire unit in the poll-bound state is behind chief minister Vasundhara Raje The senior Union minister also asserted that the combination of Prime Minster Narendra Modi 's charisma and BJP chief Amit Shah 's political strategy is the party's biggest strength in the upcoming assembly...
Anirbhan Blah resigned from the position, no more a trustee of KWAN Entertainment - Times of India
With MeToo movement getting pace, victims are coming out in open with their horrifying story. Thanks to Tanushree Dutta for gathering courage and comi
Antelope named Taylor Swift briefly escapes zoo enclosure
SACRAMENTO (CALIFORNIA): Officials are trying to determine how a young antelope named Taylor Swift managed to get out of its enclosure at the Sacramento Zoo The bongo calf’s escape led officials to briefly close the zoo Sunday.Zoo spokeswoman Laurel Vincent tells the Sacramento Bee the 1-year-old was with its mother when visitors reported it had gotten out.
Obesity surgery may lower heart attack danger in diabetics
SEATTLE: New research suggests obesity surgery may dramatically lower the danger of heart attacks and strokes in people with diabetes.The study reinforces evidence that the benefits of stomach-shrinking surgery extend beyond weight loss.Researchers tracked about 20,000 severely obese patients with Type 2 diabetes.
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