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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaches out to strife-hit Kashmiris, saying abuses and bullets will not resolve their problems but embracing them will, as he praises his government's economic reforms in a wide-ranging Independence Day speech.
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi says sympathies of the entire nation are with the families who lost their children at a state-run hospital in Uttar Pradesh, and asserts that the Centre will leave no stone unturned to extend help to them.
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Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Kashmir outreach has been welcomed in Jammu and Kashmir with PDP chief and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti stressing only dialogue can resolve problems and NC leader Omar Abdullah saying it has been "very well received" by people in the state though there was need for action.
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Palakaad (Ker)/ New Delhi: Defying the CPI(M)-led government in Kerala, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat unfurls the national flag at a school here.
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New Delhi: Indians cutting across faith and ethnicity should feel proud of who they are, this is what the Constitution is all about, Chief Justice of India Justice J S Khehar says.
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti says that she has faith in institutions of the country and expresses confidence that the Supreme Court will dismiss a petition that challenges Article 35A of the Constitution.
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New Delhi: Government directs Internet majors - Google, Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Microsoft and Yahoo - to immediately remove the links of dangerous online game Blue Whale Challenge, which has led to suicide of children in India and other countries.
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Washington: President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have agreed to enhance peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region by establishing a new two-by-two ministerial dialogue, which would elevate their strategic consultations, says the White House. By Lalit K Jha
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New Delhi: Patriotic fervour grips the nation on the 71st Independence Day as people from across states and Union territories came together to celebrate the occasion underlining the spirit of unity in diversity.
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Srinagar: The six-year-old daughter of slain CRPF Commandant Pramod Kumar and his wife unfurl the tricolour from the same battalion camp here, where exactly an year ago he hoisted the flag and was killed minutes later in a militant encounter.
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