Mamata-led Opposition wants Sharad Pawar to be presidential candidate

New Delhi, 15/6:Leaders of several Opposition parties on Wednesday urged NCP supremo Sharad Pawar to be the joint Opposition candidate for the presidential election, but the veteran leader once again declined the offer at a meeting convened by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee here.     As many as 17 Opposition parties attended the…

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Aaditya Thackeray in UP for non-political Ayodhya trip

Mumbai, 15/6: Maharashtra Tourism Minister Aaditya Thackeray reached Lucknow for his scheduled trip to the holy land of Ayodhya here on Wednesday morning.     At the Lucknow airport, a large number of Shiva Sainiks accorded a warm and enthusiastic welcome to Thackrey, carrying the party flags, banners and raising full-throated cries of ‘Jai Shri…

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Rahul quizzed by ED for third day, Congress continues protesting

New Delhi,16/6:  The Congress continued to protest near the party headquarters on Wednesday as Rahul Gandhi appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the third straight day in the National Herald case.     Party leaders cound be seen sloganeering and holding banners and being ushered by the Delhi Police, which had heavily barricaded the…

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Militant who killed J&K bank manager gunned down in Shopian encounter

J&K, 15/6: Two Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants, one among whom was involved in the recent targeted killing of a bank manager, were killed in an overnight gunfight with security forces in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday.     The gunfight erupted in Kanjuilar Arsa village of Shopian on Tuesday night after the security forces launched…

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Neeraj Chopra shatters own national record in first competition after Tokyo Olympics gold

New Delhi, 16/6:India’s superstar javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra made a spectacular return to competition after his historic gold in the Tokyo Olympics, a stunning throw of 89.30m shattering his national record and placing him second in a star-studded field at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland, on Tuesday.     The 24-year-old Chopra’s first…

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Moosewala killing: Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi brought to Punjab under heavy security

Chandigarh, ,15/6: Punjab Police brought gangster Lawrence Bishnoi under heavy security to the state from Delhi in the early hours of Wednesday to question him in the singer Sidhu Moosewala murder case.     Bishnoi was produced before a court in Mansa district which remanded him to seven-day police custody, sources said.   A Delhi…

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