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Daily update ⋅ 13 June 2015
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Cartoon of the day: Politics over garbage in Delhi
Sanitation workers in the capital have been on strike for over two months, citing non payment of their salaries by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
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Analysis: Rahul Gandhi's new-found aggression gives new lease of life to poll ...
After his return from the nearly two-month-long political sabbatical on April 16, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has been unsparing in his attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government over issues concerning farmers, landless labourers ...
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Jitendra Tomar fake degree row: Delhi BJP demands CM Arvind Kejriwal's ...
NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP today demanded Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's resignation owning moral responsibility over AAP leader Jitender Singh Tomar's arrest in the alleged fake degree case.
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Air India denies reports of lizard in food tray
NEW DELHI: National passenger carrier on Saturday denied reports of a lizard being found in the food tray of a passenger on board its New Delhi-London flight.
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Students attack Tomar with eggs, slippers
Former Delhi Law Minister and AAP leader Jitendra Singh Tomar on Friday was pelted with eggs, tomatoes and slippers by students at Tilka Manjhi University in Bhagalpur where he was taken by the Delhi Police for investigation in the fake degrees case.
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PM has crores for Mongolia, none for Mongolpuri: AAP
NEW DELHI: In a hard-hitting attack on BJP- ruled municipal corporations, the Aam Aadmi Party on Friday called them the "world's most corrupt" and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "abandoning" the national capital even though it was facing serious ...
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MCD sanitation workers call off strike
NEW DELHI: In what will come as a relief to millions living in East Delhi, sanitation workers employed by the city's municipal corporation have called off their strike.
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State vs Centre episode could damage BJP as AAP remains PM Narendra ...
By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Unki Jung. Most Indians would have caught this latest potboiler from Delhi. The nation is gripped by this drama because of two reasons.
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Media boycotts Congress briefing over not being informed about Rahul Gandhi ...
A majority of the media squarely blamed Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Ajay Maken for the faux pax, saying that they were misled by the latter and his representatives about the event.
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Garbage posing serious threat to citizens' health: High Court
Observing that the overflowing garbage in east Delhi had reached "alarming proportions, posing a serious threat to the health of citizens", the Delhi High Court on Friday directed the East municipal corporation, the Delhi government and police to "cooperate" ...
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Tomar episode a body blow to AAP's diminishing credibility
NEW DELHI: On Tuesday, AAP had aggressively reacted to arrest of Arvind Kejriwal's law minister Jitendra Tomar by questioning the justification of Delhi Police's action and screaming political vendetta.
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AAP in a fix as RTI on degree is 'fake'
NEW DELHI: The party that staunchly defended former law minister Jitender Singh Tomar over allegations of a fake degree has found itself red-faced after it emerged that the RTI on the basis of which AAP backed Tomar was also reportedly fake.
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Eggs, tomatoes, ink thrown at Jitender Singh Tomar in Bihar
Students on Friday threw eggs, tomatoes and ink on former Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar, who was taken to Bhagalpur by a Delhi Police team in connection with its probe into his law degree.
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Passenger files complaint after lizard found in Air India meal; flight authorities ...
After the incident came to light, other passengers refused to order anything from the flight. File Photo. A lizard was reportedly found in a lunch tray of a passenger onboard an Air India flight on Thursday.
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Union Minister Ananth Kumar made BJP's Bihar poll in-charge
New Delhi: Union Minister Ananth Kumar was today made election in-charge of BJP in poll-bound Bihar where it will take on the formidable RJD-JD(U)-Congress combine.
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AAP, BJP take on each other in 'cleanliness drive' in Delhi
NEW DELHI: A day after Delhi's sanitation workers called off their strike over payment of salaries, it was a battle for broom-upmanship as both Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders took to cleaning the streets of Delhi while blaming ...
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5 Dead, 100 Injured in Ammonia Gas Tanker Leak in Ludhiana
Ludhiana: Five persons were killed and over 100 others had to be hospitalised after inhaling hazardous fumes in an ammonia gas tanker leak early today in Punjab's Ludhiana district, police said.
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Clash of brooms: AAP, BJP indulge in 'garbage politics'; Delhi still stinking
New Delhi: A day after sanitation workers in east and north Delhi called off their strike, garbage-filled roads in the national capital on Saturday became a political battleground as leaders belonging to the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party ...
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Punjab: Five dead, 100 injured in ammonia gas tanker leak in Ludhiana
The leak occurred when the tanker got stuck under a flyover on the Doraha Bypass Road along a canal, about 25 kms from Ludhiana. The leak occurred when the tanker got stuck under a flyover on the Doraha Bypass Road Image Courtesy: ANI Twitter.
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Delhi garbage mess: AAP MLAs, leaders wield broom after end of sanitation ...
Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia takes part in a cleanliness drive in New Delhi. (ANI Photo). Share. A day after the strike by the sanitation workers ended, Aam Aadmi Party legislators and senior members were out cleaning garbage strewn on the streets ...
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Ammonia gas leak in Ludhiana kills six
At least six people were killed and over 100 hospitalised due to ammonia gas leak from a tanker on the outskirts of this industrial town in Punjab, police said on Saturday.
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Missing Dornier Aircraft's Beacon Signals Picked Up By Navy Ship
New Delhi: A Navy ship has picked up beacon signals from what is likely to be a Dornier aircraft that went missing off the coast of Chennai on Monday with three crew members on board.
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AAP, BJP out for photo-op now: Congress on garbage crisis
NEW DELHI:Congress today stepped up attack on BJP-led government at the Centre and AAP's Delhi government over the garbage crisis in the city as a number of sanitation workers called on Rahul Gandhi to thank him for his support.
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Andhra Pradesh: At least 21 pilgrims killed after van falls into Dowlseswaram ...
According to reports, a van fell into Dowleswaram Barrage near Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district at 5:30 am.
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Missing Dornier: Intermittent transmission detected
Raising hopes of getting a clue in locating the missing Coast Guard Dornier, a hydrographic vessel of the Navy has detected intermittent transmission while searching near the last known location of the aircraft.
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A Battle of Brooms Between AAP and BJP as Delhi Grapples With Garbage Crisis
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party today launched a cleanliness drive in the national capital a day after 11,000 municipal sanitation workers called off a 12-day strike, averting a looming health crisis as thousands of tonnes of garbage piled up in many parts of ...
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MCD sanitation workers call off strike
In what will come as a relief to millions living in East Delhi, sanitation workers employed by the city's municipal corporation have called off their strike.
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Students Raise Slogans as Former Delhi Minister Jitender Singh Tomar Arrives ...
Students of the Bhagalpur university raised slogans against former Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar. New Delhi: A group of students threw eggs at former Delhi Law Minister Jitendra Singh Tomar of the Aam Aadmi Party as he was brought by the ...
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AP mishap: PM condoles loss of lives
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday condoled the death of 22 pilgrims, including seven children, in a road mishap near Rajahmundry.
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Rahul Gandhi urges Delhi's MCD workers to take wage battle forward
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday joined a striking sanitation workers' dharna outside the East Delhi Municipal Corporation headquarters and slammed both the Delhi Government and the Centre for not solving their problems.
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Rahul asks staff to rely on 'shakti', forgets stink
NEW DELHI: The East corporation sanitation workers, who have been on strike for the past 11 days, had a surprise visitor on Friday morning outside the civic body's headquarters at Patparganj industrial area—Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi.
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Engaging with diverse sections is Rahul's forte
On Friday morning, when Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi sat on the ground in solidarity with striking sanitation workers in East Delhi's Patparganj, pledging his support to their fight to get long overdue wages, it was not a random solitary act.
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Delhi sanitation workers call off strike, but future stirs haunt municipal ...
A heap of garbage near Geeta Colony in New Delhi on Friday. (Arun Sharma/HT Photo). Share. Sanitation workers in Delhi may have called off their agitation but the possibility of future strikes is still haunting the municipal corporations.
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Five injured in fire at Bharat Dynamics Limited in Hyderabad, three critical
Five people have been injured in a fire at the Bharat Dynamics Limited, a manufacturer of ammunitions and missile systems, in Hyderabad today.
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MS Bitta slams shifting of Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar to Amritsar jail from Tihar
NEW DELHI: All-India-Anti-Terrorist Front (AIATF) chief M S Bitta today voiced anguish over shifting of 1993 Delhi blast convict Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar from Tihar prison to a jail in Amritsar, saying it may lead to revival of terrorism in Punjab.
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Andhra Pradesh: 21 pilgrims feared dead after mini van falls into barrage
At least 21 people are feared dead after a mini van they were travelling in plunged into the Dewleshwaram Barrage near Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday morning.
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Dust storm, rain hits Delhi; brings relief from heat
NEW DELHI: A sudden change in weather brought respite to the residents of the national capital as gusts of wind carrying thick dust blew across the region this afternoon.
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Lawyer who killed 2 in mishap out of police custody, seeks bail
MUMBAI: A day after it emerged that the alcohol content in Janhavi Gadkar's blood was four times the allowed limit, a metropolitan magistrate's court sent the 35-year-old corporate legal executive who had slammed her Audi Q3 into a taxi on the Eastern ...
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FTII students to step up stir against Gajendra Chauhan's appointment as the ...
About 150 students pursuing various courses at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) went on a flash strike on Friday.
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Six die, 100 injured in ammonia gas tanker leak in Punjab
At least six persons were killed and around 100 others were injured when an ammonia gas tanker leaked early on Saturday in the district, police said.
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Govt. moves to re-impose ban on NSCN(K)
Following the ambush and killing of 18 soldiers allegedly orchestrated by the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) in Manipur last Tuesday, the government on Friday initiated proceedings to once again ban the organisation.
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Centre wraps up arguments on NJAC, launches stinging attack on collegium ...
"It is the collegium that gave him (the former judge) laurels after laurels and brought him here (apex court) and sent him to NHRC," he said adding that some names were "not worthy of acceptance".
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Centre set to ban NSCN-K again
The Centre is all set to reimpose the ban on NSCN-K, the insurgent group believed to have been behind the June 4 attack on an Army convoy in Chandel district of Manipur in which 18 soldiers were killed.
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Dear Janhavi Gadkar: How difficult was it for you to call a goddamn cab?
On 9 June, 35-year old corporate lawyer Janhavi Gadkar decided to celebrate a corporate deal by having a few (the number is still under dispute) drinks at a hotel with her colleagues on Marine Drive.
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BJP forgets Giridhar Gamang's trust vote that fell Vajpayee govt, takes him on ...
BHUBANESWAR: Putting speculation to rest, former chief minister Giridhar Gamang joined the BJP on Friday. The nine-time MP had resigned from the Congress on May 30.
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The brimming woes of Jitender Tomar: As doubts over degrees grow, AAP ...
Even as a Delhi Police team travels with former Delhi law minister Jitender Tomar in order to verify his degrees from different colleges, they maintain that as per their initial findings, the AAP leader was studying two unlikely courses at the same time: arts and ...
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22 pilgrims killed as vehicle falls off bridge in Andhra Pradesh
RAJAHMUNDRY: As many as 22 persons, including seven children, were killed today when their vehicle fell off a bridge over Godavari river at Dowleswaram here, police said.
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TMC, Left, Congress Move Motion Against Land Ordinance
Arch political rivals Trinamool Congress, Left Front and Congress today came together to move a motion in the West Bengal Assembly against Land Ordinance, terming it as anti-farmer and demanded its withdrawal.
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Who died? How many? Sticky questions cast unflattering shadow over Myanmar ...
Even as the Modi government steadily dialled down its rhetoric on the Indian Army operation in Myanmar, questions are now being raised over just how much the mission achieved.
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AAP does 180-degree turn on Jitender Tomar's law degree
NEW DELHI: On Tuesday, AAP had screamed vendetta at the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal's law minister Jitender Tomar by questioning the justification for Delhi Police's action.
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