‘Insult to my mother an insult to every mother in India’: PM Modi hits out at RJD, Congress

New Delhi, 2/9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 2, Tuesday hit back at the recent remarks directed at his late mother by leaders of the Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), calling them not just a personal attack but an affront to women across the country. At the virtual inauguration of the Bihar Rajya…

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Maratha quota agitation: Manoj Jarange-Patil ends hunger strike as govt accepts most of his demands

Mumbai, 2/9: Quota agitation leader Manoj Jarange-Patil has decided to break his hunger strike on Tuesday evening after the Maharashtra government agreed to most of the demands. Cabinet sub-committee head Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil offered fruit juice to him. “Please go to your villages…peacefully and safely,” he told the protesters.    

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Punjab AAP MLA Harmeet Pathanmajra, arrested on rape charges, flees after allegedly firing at police

Chandigarh, 2/9: Punjab AAP MLA Harmeet Singh Dhillon Pathanmajra allegedly fled police custody on Tuesday while being taken to a local police station after his arrest, reports news agency ANI. He along with his accomplices fired at the police and even ran over one police officer. According to Punjab Police, one of the police personnel…

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Donald Trump’s aide Navarro calls Modi-Putin-Xi SCO bonhomie a ‘shame’, warns India must choose Washington over Moscow

Washington DC, 2/9: US President Donald Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro on Monday sharply criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the latter’s meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin, China. Navarro called it “a shame” to see Modi “getting in bed with Xi…

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Australia’s legendary bowler Mitchell Starc announces retirement from T20Is

Sydney, 2/9: Australia’s white-ball pace spearhead Mitchell Starc has retired from Twenty20 internationals to extend his career in test and one-day cricket. The 35-year-old left-armer retires with 79 wickets from 65 T20Is, second on the all-time list for Australia behind spinner Adam Zampa. “Test cricket is and has always been my highest priority,” he said…

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6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Southeastern Afghanistan, over 800 dead

Kabul,1/9: One of Afghanistan’s worst earthquakes killed more than 800 people and injured at least 2,800, authorities said on Monday, as helicopters ferried the wounded to hospital after they were plucked from the rubble of homes being combed for survivors. The disaster is set to further stretch the resources of the war-torn nation’s Taliban administration,…

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Weeks after resigning from post, Jagdeep Dhankhar vacates official Vice-President’s residence

New Delhi, 1/9: Former vice-president Jagdeep Dhankhar has shifted from his official residence to a private farmhouse in the Chhatarpur area of south Delhi, six weeks after he resigned from his post, according to officials. The farmhouse in the Gadaipur area of Chhatarpur belongs to INLD leader Abhay Chautala. An official told PTI that Dhankhar…

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