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New Delhi: Ram Nath Kovind takes over as India's 14th president, on a day of ceremony and regalia during which he underscores that the key to India's success is its diversity.
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New Delhi: China is expanding its influence across the Himalayas in India's neighbourhood and is bound to be a "threat" in the coming years, says a top Army general.
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Mumbai: At least eight persons are killed and many others injured in collapse of a four-storey residential building in suburban Ghatkopar, in which several others are still feared trapped, say civic officials.
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court directs Sahara group chief Subrata Roy to deposit Rs 1,500 crore in the SEBI-Sahara refund account by September 7.
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi says Ram Nath Kovind's swearing-in as the next president is a "significant milestone" in the journey started by BJP's ideologue Shyama Prasad Mookerjee.
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New Delhi: Eminent Indian scientist Professor Yash Pal, noted for his contribution to the study of cosmic rays as well as for being an institution builder, died last night, says his family.
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Ahmedabad: The city police's special operations group (SOG) arrests two convicts in the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre case who had jumped parole.
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Kolkata: Former Calcutta High Court judge C S Karnan makes a representation before newly sworn-in President Ram Nath Kovind seeking remission of the six-month jail term awarded to him by the Supreme Court.
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Darjeeling (WB): The ban on internet services in the Darjeeling Hills, facing indefinite shutdown for the last 41 days for carving out a separate state of Gorkhaland out of West Bengal, is extended till August 4.
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Chennai: The Madras High Court makes singing of the national song Vande Mataram mandatory in schools across Tamil Nadu, at least twice a week.
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Beijing: China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi says that India should "conscientiously withdraw" its troops from the disputed Dokalam area in the Sikkim sector for a "simple" solution to the over a month-long border standoff. By K J M Varma
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Beijing: Ahead of NSA Ajit Doval's visit, China's state media strikes two different notes with the China Daily hopeful of a peaceful resolution to the deadlock with India while the Global Times saying the "main schemer's" trip wouldn't sway Beijing. By K J M Varma
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Washington: The US announces resuming faster processing of H-1B work visas, popular with Indian techies, for high skilled foreign professionals in categories exempt from Congress-mandated limit, which are mostly for higher education and scientific research institutions. By Lalit K Jha
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London: A 19-year-old Indian-origin Muslim woman is kidnapped, raped and murdered in the UK in a suspected honour killing for dating an Arab Muslim, says a media report.
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