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Punishment on Tamil prisoners in Qatar harsh, India has filed appeal: MEA
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 8 (ANI): External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup on Thursday said the penalty imposed on two men from Tamil Nadu, who were sentenced to death in Doha for allegedly murdering an elderly woman in 2012, is too harsh and a lawyer has been appointed while addin
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Chhattisgarh murder case: SC pulls up Delhi HC
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 8 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday raised serious questions on how the Delhi High Court could put a stay on the death penalty of Sonu Sardar, who has been awarded death penalty for killing five persons of a family during a dacoity bid in Chhattisgarh's Cher v
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India's Internet population likely to touch 600 million by 2020: Stud
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): With increased 4G and 3G penetration, the Internet user base in India is rapidly expanding and has reached a penetration of over 27 percent versus 50.3 percent penetration in China and expected to double to 600 million users by 2020 from 343 million users curr
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Maha Legislature Winter Session begins today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Nagpur [India], Dec. 5 (ANI): the Winter Session of Maharashtra Legislature will begin today in Nagpur, where eight pending bills and 14 new bills covering a wide range of issues will be brought for consideration during the session.
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Madonna professes love for ex hubby Sean Penn again at Malawi benefit show
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 4 (ANI): Madonna has publicly expressed her love for her former husband Sean Penn, something she has said twice to his face this year.
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Jill Stein withdraws petition for vote recount in Pennsylvania
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 4 (ANI): Green Party candidate Jill Stein has ended her state-wide ballot recount efforts in Pennsylvania. However, her team has decided to continue the fight.
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India's challenge ends at Macau Open with shuttler Praneeth's ex
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Macau [China], Dec.2 (ANI): Ace Indian shuttler B.Sai Praneeth knocked out of the ongoing Macau Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament after suffering a straight-games defeat at the hands of China's Zhao Jun Peng in the men's singles event here on Friday.
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Gold jewellery to be taxed at 75 pct with additional 10 pct cess in accord
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 1 (ANI): In the wake of Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Bill, 2016 which has been passed by Lok Sabha and is under consideration with Rajya Sabha, some rumors have been making rounds that all gold jewellery including ancestral jewellery shall be taxed at 75 percent pl
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Maya questions need for demonetisation if Centre wanted to convert black m
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 29 (ANI): After the Centre introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha that gives tax defaulters an opportunity to come clean by paying tax and penalties, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday said if the government had another voluntary income disclosure schem
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Pollution check: L-G directs officials to ensure construction sites follow
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 25 (ANI): While chairing the third high-level meeting to discuss the condition of air pollution in the national capital on Friday, Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Najeeb Jung directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the Delhi Police to ensure strict implementat
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Activist questions police's role in Navi Mumbai child beating case
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru/Mumbai[India], Nov. 25(ANI): Social activist Abha Singh on Friday questioned the role of the Police in the Navi Mumbai case, where a caretaker Afsana Sheikh was hitting and kicking the 10-month-old girl caught in a CCTV footage, while alleging that wrong application of the section
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Ex-Pak cricketers accuse ICC of being biased towards India
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Nov.23 (ANI):Despite the International Cricket Council's (ICC) clause nullifying the ball-tampering allegation against Virat Kohli, former Pakistan cricketers have demanded the world's cricketing governing body to penalise the Indian Test skipper in the incident
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