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‘Voting is a luxury I cannot afford’ - Times of India
Parul Kulshrestha | TNN | Jan 19, 2019, 08:07 IST Achu Uddin Miya works at a momo shop in Jaipur and makes a meagre salary. He travels back to his native place in West Bengal, where his family lives, only if it’s utterly necessary. A trip involves not only spending three days in the unreserved compartment of the train and the travel expenses but also a pay cut for the leave taken. Going there to cast his vote in assembly or Lok Sabha polls is a luxury he might not be able to afford, ever.
Third in row: Now, UP gives nod to 10% quota for poor - Times of India
LUCKNOW: After Gujarat and Telangana, Uttar Pradesh is the third state in the country to implement 10% reservation for economically backward persons in government jobs and educational institutions as announced by the Centre. On Friday, the UP cabinet gave its nod to implementation of 103rd amendment to the Constitution, which provides for maximum 10% quota for economically backward among the general category.
51 women between 10-50 years visited Sabarimala: Kerala govt - Times of India
Appearing for Kerala government, advocate Vijay Hansaria said the state police were already providing round-the-clock security to the petitioners and there was no need for them to rush to the SC.
Pakistan to host next round of Afghan peace talks: Report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will host the next round of talks between the US and Afghan Taliban in Islamabad, it was decided on Friday during a meeting between foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and US special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad, according to a media report. Quoting diplomatic sources, GEO News reported that Pakistan decided to extend an invitation to the Afghan Taliban representatives to come to Islamabad and hold talks.
Cong running malicious campaign on Rafale deal, has abandoned national interest: BJP - Times of India
PTI | Jan 18, 2019, 19:36 IST NEW DELHI: The BJP on Friday alleged that the Congress was running a "malicious campaign" against the government on the Rafale deal and has "abandoned" nation interest for its false propaganda.
Trump announces intent to appoint Indian American to advisory committee
Parameswaran is the only Indian American among the 12 members the president intents to appoint to the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Tamil Nadu man pours acid on widow for refusing to marry him, commits suicide - Times of India
M K Ananth A 29-year-old man poured acid on a widow for refusing to marry him and committed suicide at Eattracodu in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu on Thursday night. | TNN | Jan 18, 2019, 17:05 IST MADURAI: A 29-year-old man poured acid on a widow for refusing to marry him and committed suicide at Eattracodu in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu on Thursday night. Police said John Rose, who was a labourer, had been compelling M Girija, 36, to marry him.
IGNOU OPENMAT 2019(XLV) registration begins; exam on March 10
NEW DELHI: Indira Gandhi National Open University(IGNOU) has begun the online registrations for IGNOU OPENMAT 2019(XLV) on January 17, 2019. All the candidates who wish to study through distance learning can take admissions in IGNOU MBA program. For admissions into IGNOU management program , candidates have to appear in OPENMAT XLV exam.
ASI unearths fragments of life dating back to Mauryas - Times of India
BHUBANESWAR: The excavation branch of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Bhubaneswar region, has unearthed signs of an urban civilisation contemporaneous to the Mauryan period (322 -185 BC) at Asurgarh in Kalahandi district. During the excavation at an ancient fort, the ASI team found imperial variety silver coins with punch marks, coral and bead jewellery and floor tiles that indicate that it was an urban and cultured civilisation with advanced lifestyle traits.
Nearly 1,000 Central American migrants in new caravans enter Mexico
TECUN UMAN: Almost 1,000 Central American migrants entered southern Mexico on Thursday in a test of the new government's pledge to manage an ongoing exodus fueled by violence and poverty that has strained relations with the Trump administration. Mexico's National Migration Institute said 969 migrants from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua crossed into Ciudad Hidalgo just days after new US-bound caravans of people set off from Central America.
Small buses from Chennai sent to Salem - Times of India
The CM on Wednesday flagged off government buses on new routes in and around Salem, according to an official release. Among them four small buses. All four were owned by the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC), Chennai, and plied on Chennai roads since 2016, say transport department records. On January 10, these four old buses were given a facelift at the MTC depot at Chrompet, Chennai. MTC sources said damaged seats were repaired and worn out parts replaced.
Increased salinity in river Phalguni increases jelly fish population - Times of India
MANGALURU: The river Phalguni, which hosted the first-of-its-kind river festival in the coast recently, has seen interesting phenomena over the last few days. Jelly fish, a saltwater species otherwise found drifting in the sea, have swum their way into the river. According to scientists, increased salinity in the river and rise in temperature are the primary reasons behind this development.
Opposition rally will sound the death knell for BJP: Mamata - Times of India
PTI | Jan 17, 2019, 19:37 ISTWest Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the mega opposition rally being hosted by her Trinamool Congress here on January 19 would sound the "death knell" for the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls and regional parties would be the deciding factor. She also claimed that the BJP's seat count in the general election will not cross more than 125.
Journalist murder case: Dera chief, 3 others awarded life term - Times of India
Rajinder Nagarkoti | TNN | Jan 17, 2019, 18:36 ISTGurmeet Ram Rahim CHANDIGARH: Special CBI judge in Panchkula, Jagdeep Singh, on Thursday, awarded life term to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim and three others for the 2002 murder of Sirsa-based journalist Ram Chander Chhatarpati, the editor of 'Poora Sach' newspaper.
Kejriwal to launch AAP's election campaign in Punjab on January 20 - Times of India
Shariq Majeed | TNN | Jan 17, 2019, 17:47 ISTFile photo of Delhi CM and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal LUDHIANA: The Ludhiana wing of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday organised a meeting at village Ladhian in Gill constituency ten kilometers from here. The meeting was held as part of a series of meetings to mobilise "maximum" people for Barnala Rally of AAP national convenor and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal being held on 20th January.
Cold wave grips west UP; Muzaffarnagar coldest at 3.2 deg C - Times of India
PTI | Jan 17, 2019, 17:16 ISTRepresentative image. LUCKNOW: Cold wave conditions prevailed at isolated places over western Uttar Pradesh with Muzaffarnagar recording the lowest temperature in the state at 3.2 degrees Celsius, the meteorological department said Thursday. Weather remained dry in the state on Thursday with shallow to moderate fog occurring at many places, it said. Dense to very dense fog was also witnessed at isolated places in the state, the MeT office added.
Mettur forest range officials impose Rs 1 lakh fine on hunter - Times of India
V Senthil Kumaran Officials in the Mettur forest range in Tamil Nadu on Thursday imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on a man for attempting to hunt spotted deer. | TNN | Jan 17, 2019, 10:31 IST SALEM: Officials in the Mettur forest range in Tamil Nadu on Thursday imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on a man for attempting to hunt spotted deer. The accused has been identified as G Manickam, 47, of Nattamangalam near Mettur.
Karolina Pliskova fires up to reach Australian Open third round - Times of India
Seventh seed Karolina Pliskova recovered from a slow start to storm home against unseeded American Madison Brengle and grab a spot in the Australian Open third round Thursday. AFP | Jan 17, 2019, 10:26 ISTKarolina Pliskova (Reuters Photo) MELBOURNE: Seventh seed Karolina Pliskova recovered from a slow start to storm home against unseeded American Madison Brengle and grab a spot in the Australian Open third round Thursday.
FBI: Man wanted to attack White House with anti-tank rocket
ATLANTA: A Georgia man accused of plotting to use an anti-tank rocket to storm into the White House was arrested in a sting Wednesday after he traded his car for guns and explosives, authorities said. Hasher Jallal Taheb, 21, of Cumming was arrested Wednesday and is charged with attempting to damage or destroy a building owned by the United States using fire or an explosive, US Attorney Byung J "BJay" Pak said.
American anchor for Iranian TV is arrested on visit to US
Marzieh Hashemi, who worked for the network's English-language service, was detained in St. Louis, where she had filmed a Black Lives Matter documentary after visiting relatives in the New Orleans area. She was then taken to Washington, according to her elder son, Hossein Hashemi. The FBI said in an email that it had no comment on the arrest of the woman who was born Melanie Franklin in New Orleans and has worked for Iran's state television network for 25 years.
Donation boxes broken, cash stolen from three Mohali temples - Times of India
TNN | Updated: Jan 17, 2019, 07:49 ISTPolice at crime scene in Phase 11, Mohali. MOHALI: Unidentified miscreants targeted three temples in Mohali early on Wednesday morning and fled with money running into lakhs kept inside donation boxes. According to the temple management, the actual amount of the cash stolen is yet to be ascertained. Police said the accused targeted three donation boxes in the Phase 11 temple, one donation box of a temple in Phase 10 and two boxes of a Phase 9 temple.
SI test: HC tells PRB to delete 6 faulty questions, rework merit - Times of India
Sagar Kumar Mutha | TNN | Jan 17, 2019, 07:18 ISTPicture used for representational purpose only HYDERABAD: The High Court has told Telangana State Level Police Recruitment Board to delete six faulty questions framed for recruitment of sub-inspectors and ordered it to rework the selection by omitting these questions for all the affected candidates. While ordering the PRB to redetermine merit, Justice M S Ramachandra Rao said that all those who had already qualified need not be disturbed.
Delhi: 39-year-old man married women, vanished after raping them - Times of India
TNN | Updated: Jan 17, 2019, 03:42 ISTRepresentative image The accused has been identified as Surya Babu (39), who allegedly works for an IT firm in Bengaluru, Karnataka. He belongs to Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh, police said. NEW DELHI: The south district police have arrested a 39-year-old man who allegedly married women after befriending them on matrimony portals and then disappeared with their belongings after sexually assaulting them.
Cabinet okays Rs 3,600 crore to construct 13 central varsities - Times of India
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave its approval for Revised Cost of Estimate (RCE) for the construction of 13 new central universities, to facilitate completion of the project within 36 months. IANS | Jan 16, 2019, 18:44 ISTUnion Minister Piyush Goyal.
HIV care: Karnataka bags top spot - Times of India
When it comes to providing care, support and treatment to HIV patients, Karnataka has been adjudged the best performer among states with a high HIV burden. TNN | Updated: Jan 16, 2019, 08:04 IST BENGALURU: When it comes to providing care, support and treatment to HIV patients, Karnataka has been adjudged the best performer among states with a high HIV burden. The state receieved awards under two categories: Best performance and Innovation and state initiative.
BJP creating nuisance, crisis to fizzle out soon: Kumaraswamy - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Amid political turmoil in Karnataka, chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday accused the opposition BJP of creating "nuisance" to destabilize the government, but expressed confidence that the current crisis would fizzle out soon. Kumaraswamy, who is preoccupied with pre-budget consultation meetings in Bengaluru, also dismissed reports of meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the likely resignation of four Congress ministers from the state cabinet.
Theresa May faces confidence vote as Brexit goes down to the line
LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May's government faced a no confidence vote on Wednesday after the crushing defeat of her Brexit divorce deal by parliament left Britain's exit from the European Union in disarray just 10 weeks before it is due to leave. Lawmakers voted 432-202 against her deal, the worst defeat in modern British history, triggering political chaos that could lead to a disorderly exit from the EU or even to a reversal of the 2016 decision to leave.
'Uri' box office collection Day 5: The Vicky Kaushal starrer military drama crosses Rs 50 crore on Tuesday - Times of India
Vicky Kaushal starrer 'Uri: The Surgical Strike' helmed by Aditya Dhar has emerged as the first hit film of 2019 as the movie crossed the Rs 50 crore
'Petta' box office collection Day 6: The Rajinikanth starrer continues to lead ahead of Ajith's 'Viswasam' in a close battle - Times of India
Superstar Rajinikanth's Pongal 2019 release ' Petta' directed by Karthik Subbaraj is battling it out at the box office with Ajith's Viswasam. Both the movies released on the same day, 10th January, and are performing exceptionally well. However, the Rajinikanth starrer has a slight edge ahead in the collection but figures in Tamil Nadu are better for the Ajith starrer as it probably has more for the local audience.
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