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Formidable opposition alliance can be stitched to defeat BJP in 2019: Chidambaram - Times of India
KOLKATA: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has said that a formidable alliance of opposition parties can be stitched together to defeat the BJP and free India from the "reign of fear" in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.Chidambaram, however, avoided directly answering a question on the leadership issue or who would be the prime ministerial candidate of the alliance, saying it is a premature question."Let us form the alliance and let the elections take place.
Another death at St Thomas Mount station - Times of India
CHENNAI: A worker died after he fell from the roof while removing asbestos sheets over platform four at St Thomas Mount railway station on Saturday.The incident comes weeks after the death of five passengers when they were crashed against a concrete fencing abutting platform three of the station.
Opposition leaders to meet in Tamil Nadu on August 30 for Karunanidhi memorial - Times of India
NEW DELHI: A meeting of opposition parties that had been planned here for August 30 is likely to be held later in the capital as the leaders are set to congregate on that day in Chennai in memory of DMK patriarch M Kurananidhi who passed away on August 7.West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee , one of the key movers for opposition unity ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, and Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be among the opposition leaders who will be...
Soil bureau to dedicate 3 apps to country’s farmers on Monday - Times of India
Nagpur: The National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (NBSS & LUP), an institute under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), is all set to dedicate three first-of-their kind mobile applications which will come useful to the farmers of the country.The bureau will be launching the applications on its 42nd foundation day which will be celebrated in Nagpur on Monday.
Three booked for businessman’s suicide - Times of India
Rajkot: Three persons were booked on Saturday for allegedly driving a businessman to suicide on Kotharia Road in the city.The accused, identified as Mansukh Vora, a resident of Khokhaddal area, one Vijay, a resident of Kotharia Road, and Puna Tolia, a resident of Gondal bypass, had allegedly harassed Hasmukh Asodaria (50) so much that he hanged himself to death on August 9 at his factory.Police have booked the trio on the complaint of Asodaria’s son Piyush Asodaria.
Special category issue: Won’t leave the betrayers, says Andhra CM - Times of India
KURNOOL: “We will not spare all those who have betrayed us by denying the bifurcation benefits , particularly the special category status. We will show what Telugu pride is,” said chief minister Chandrababu Naidu Addressing a public meeting of Dharma Porata Deeksha here on Saturday, the chief minister took the BJP to target in hitting hard for doing injustice to the state. “You have promised special category status during the elections at Tirupati.
Iran's tanker fleet gives it lifeline as sanctions loom - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Iran’s own fleet of tankers may provide a lifeline for its crude and condensate exports that’ll be slashed as US sanctions against the Persian Gulf nation take hold.As Iran’s customers give in to mounting US pressure, shipments from the OPEC member may drop to under 1 million barrels a day by mid-2019, down from a daily 2.5 million this year, according to industry consultant FGE.
Asian Games: Weightlifter Vikas Thakur finishes 8th - Times of India
JAKARTA: Indian weightlifters' listless campaign in the 18th Asian Games came to an end on Saturday as Vikas Thakur finished eighth in the men's 94kg category competition here.Thakur lifted a total of 335kg (145kg+190kg).After two unsuccessful attempts, Thakur managed to lift 145kg in his snatch.In the clean and jerk, he successfully lifted 190 kg but faltered in his final two attempts of 197kg.For the 24-year-old Indian, a total of 335 kg was a climb down from the Commonwealth Games earlier...
Bullet train: HC asks Centre to file reply - Times of India
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Friday asked the Centre again to file a reply to petitions filed by farmers from south Gujarat, who are opposing the land acquisition process for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project.When the hearing took place before a bench headed by the chief justice, the petitioners’ advocate pointed out that the state government and Indian Railways have tendered affidavits, but the central government has not.
Campaign to keep kids away from tobacco in Assam - Times of India
GUWAHATI: The Pledge for Life Campaign, which aims at saving children from the harmful effects of tobacco, has been initiated in Assam with campus activities in Gauhati, Dibrugarh and Assam universities.The campaign, supported by the Centre's National Service Scheme (NSS), aims at preventing children from tobacco intake at an early age. As per Global Adult Tobacco Survey, 2017, Assam has 1.05 crore tobacco users, which is 48.2% of the state's adult population above the age of 15.
Rahul Gandhi says 2019 election to be between BJP, Opposition alliance - Times of India
LONDON: The next general election will be fought between the BJP and the Opposition alliance as for the first time there has been a "systematic attack" on Indian institutions, Congress president Rahul Gandhi has said.In an interaction with the National Indian Students and Alumni Union (UK) at the London School of Economics yesterday, Gandhi said that the first priority of the Congress is to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and stop the institutions in India from being encroached...
Gang swindling government funds busted; 5 held - Times of India
LUCKNOW: Mahanagar police arrested five persons on Friday and busted a gang involved in preparing fake documents of the beneficiaries of various social welfare department and backward class welfare department schemes and using them to swindle the money.The accused were identified as Bodh Ram and Ayesha of Lucknow, and Suman, Kaushalya, and Kusuma of Sitapur .
Trader’s suicide: Five loan sharks booked - Times of India
Rajkot: The gold trader who attempted suicide by consuming poison in Jubilee Garden on August 22 succumbed on Thursday.
Man shot in stomach - Times of India
Rajkot: A man was shot in his stomach at Sant Kawar Rao Chowk in Bhavnagar early on Friday.Police said the accused, identified as Bharat Valecha and Ravi Muttonvala, arrived on a bike and opened fire at Dinesh Ramchandani (24). It was Valecha who fired, the police said. Dinesh survived the attack with injuries.“Dinesh works at the bakery owned by Suresh Sindhi. Sindhi had an enmity with Valecha, a history-sheeter out on parole after being jailed in a murder case.
Bhopal emits least pollutants, guzzles lowest amount of fuel for urban commute; Delhi worst on both parameters - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Bhopal emits least pollutants and guzzles lowest amount of fuel for urban commute while Delhi is the worst on both these parameters among 14 cities across the country, assessed and ranked by the Delhi-based think tank Centre for Science and Environment CSE ).In its study on cleanliness aspect of urban mobility in these cities, the CSE has found that though Kolkata and Mumbai figured at seventh and 10th position respectively in terms of overall emissions and energy consumption,...
Alcohol in NO AMOUNT is healthy, says new research
While smoking has been deemed as the devil out there, drinking alcohol, by the binary rule, becomes okay. Even if looked at legally, unlike cigarettes, alcohol bottles do not come with health warnings, though they are required to from next year onwards. This has led to the built-up of a social perception that drinking alcohol is okay. In fact, sided with multiples studies that say drinking alcohol in a certain amount every day is fine, the belief only gets concretized.
Telangana: Priests at Hindu temples to get salaries at par with government staff - Times of India
HYDERABAD: The Telangana government on Friday announced that priests at Hindu temples in the state will be paid salaries at par with government employees while 'imams' and muezzins at mosques will be paid Rs 5,000 each.Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao announced that the salaries will be paid from the treasury with effect from September 1.As and when pay revision is implemented for government employees, the same will be made applicable to the 'archakas' also.'Archakas' perform 'pooja' at...
Delhi Metro to run extra trips on Raksha Bandhan - Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro will run extra trips on Saturday and Sunday in view of high ridership observed on the eve of Raksha Bandhan , it was announced on Friday.Also, it said, those metro lines where the services begin from 8 a.m. onwards will start early at 6 a.m. on these two days."The Delhi Metro will be running 253 extra train trips on Saturday i.e, on the eve of Raksh Bandhan whereas, 598 extra train trips will be run on Sunday i.e, on the day of Raksha Bandhan in comparison to their...
New Delhi: Nearly 1,000 sealed shops can reopen by paying new charges - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Completing the circle of events around the sealing drive that began in Defence Colony last December, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation announced on Thursday a policy for regularising the violations that formed the basis of the sealing action ordered in local shopping centres by the Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee. The announcement paves the way for the de-sealing process to commence.
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