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Bill for India's first sports univ tabled in LS
New Delhi: A bill to set up India's first full fledged sports university of international standards was introduced in the Lok Sabha today. The National Sports University Bill, 2017 will help set up the university in Manipur.
Leaders of Quit India'42 Vs Quit Poverty 2017
Nimrat Kaur: If the leaders of yester years could have envisioned the scene in the parliament yesterday, maybe their enthusiasm for the quit India movement would have waned down a notch or two. In 1942, it was a mass movement of the country dreaming of Freedom. And leaders truly wanted to achieve Freedom because when one truly wants something, one gets it.
Feeling of Unease and Insecurity Among Muslims, Says Hamid Ansari in Last Interview as Vice-President
New Delhi: Asserting that the "ambience of acceptance" is now under threat, in his last interview Vice-President Hamid Ansari on Wednesday said there is a feeling of unease and a sense of insecurity among the Muslims in the country.
Controversial Swami Om arrested on theft charges
New Delhi, Aug 9 (PTI) Controversial self-styled godman Swami Om was today arrested in a case filed by his brother who had accused the former Bigg Boss contestant of stealing bicycles along with some documents from his shop nine years ago, police said.
Pak pushing drugs through LoC
Poonch: In addition to sponsoring terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir by sending armed militants, Pakistan is now resorting to narco-terrorism by pushing drugs into the state through the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch and Rajouri districts.
10 killed as vehicle rolls down gorge in Reasi dist
Katra: Ten persons were killed and 12 others were injured when a vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a gorge near Jamsalan in Mahore tehsil of Reasi district on Wednesday morning.
Mufti likely to meet PM, Cong chief on Article 35 A issue
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in Delhi today to discuss the legal challenges to Article 35A of the Constitution, official sources said. The chief minister, who is scheduled to leave for Delhi in the afternoon, is also likely to meet leaders like JD(U)'s Sharad Yadav on the issue of Article 35A that gives special status to the state and has been challenged in the Supreme Court, they said.
Rising crime: Protesters stage a march, threaten to storm Vidhan Sabha
Shimla: Protesters seeking justice for the Kotkhai rape-murder victim, forest guard Hoshiyar Singh and Medh Ram, a property dealer who had been missing for the last three years, threatened to storm the Vidhan Sabha in the coming Monsoon session if the accused in all cases were not arrested.
Masked men snatch infant from mother in Una, flee
Una: Two masked men today allegedly kidnapped a 37-day-old infant from the possession of the mother from her residence on the Basoli road in Rakkar Colony, about six km from Una. The police have launched a hunt for the accused and the child.
Power union protests reduction in pay scales
Una: The Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Employees Union today lodged a protest in front of the office of the Board’s Superintending Engineer at Rakkar in Una district against the reduction of pay scales of 48 categories of employees.