Australia slams 'extremist' PETA for sheep abuse video

SYDNEY: Australia's agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce has described animal rights group PETA as "extremist" and questioned their methods after the release of footage showing sheep being beaten by shearers.Joyce said Australia "does not condone the mistreatment...

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4 kidnapped in Assam’s Baksa district, indefinite curfew imposed

GUWAHATI: Four people, including two boys, were allegedly kidnapped by suspected NDFB (Songbijit) insurgents in Assam's Baksa district, following which a massive search was launched and indefinite curfew imposed.The four victims, part of a group of lemon...

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UK PM to carry our major cabinet reshuffle to include more women

LONDON: During a trip to India in February 2013, British Prime Minister David Cameron admitted he had not appointed enough women to his Cabinet.Now, over a year later, Cameron who said that his wife urges him to promote female talent is all set to rectify...

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At least three injured in Istanbul gas explosion: Governor

ISTANBUL: At least three people were injured, one critically, in a gas explosion at a packaging workshop in Istanbul on Saturday, city governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu said.The accident was caused by either a gas leak or an exploding gas canister, he said,...

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Aid-starved, drought-hit farmers protest in Vidarbha

NAGPUR: Nearly 1,000 farmers, including many women, staged a day's hunger strike and sit-in protest demanding minimum support price for cotton and waiver of farm loans in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, an NGO leader said here on Saturday.The protest...

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11,100 files destroyed on Modi's direction to week out irrelevant files, Rajya Sabha told

NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry on Friday told the Rajya Sabha that it had destroyed no more than 11,100 files, and not 1.5 lakh files as alleged, in deference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's instructions asking all government departments to weed...

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11,100 files destroyed on Modi's direction to weed out irrelevant files, Rajya Sabha told

NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry on Friday told the Rajya Sabha that it had destroyed no more than 11,100 files, and not 1.5 lakh files as alleged, in deference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's instructions asking all government departments to weed...

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Bombay adjourns Nitesh Rane's quashing plea to July 24

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Thursday heard at some length a quashing plea filed by cabinet minister Narayan Rane's son Nitesh Rane against a 2010 shootout case he is accused in.The HC however adjourned the matter after Goldie Sood said he wanted...

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Graduate education made free for girls in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR: In a major decision that would benefit nearly one lakh girls in the state, the Chhattisgarh government has made graduate education free for them in all public colleges and technical institutes.The decision, which was part of the BJP's 2013 election...

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National Cadet Corps gets 2000 people to pledge their eyes by November

KOLKATA: National Cadet Corps (NCC) volunteers of the West Bengal and Sikkim Directorate have succeeded in getting 2,127 people to pledge their eyes over the last ten days. It is now their aim to motivate 100,000 people to pledge their eyes by NCC Day...

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Don't send kids over border: Obama to Central American parents

DALLAS: US President Barack Obama on Wednesday warned parents in Central America not to send their children alone on a perilous journey through Mexico to illegally cross the US border.Obama also called on Congress to stop playing politics and to work...

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Gujarat CM congratulates Amit Shah for becoming BJP national president

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel congratulated Amit Shah, sitting MLA from Naranpura assembly constituency in Ahmedabad city and former Gujarat minister of state for home, for being appointed as the national president of the Bhartiya...

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Israel air strikes kill 14 in Gaza on third day of campaign

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Israeli air strikes on the southern and central Gaza Strip killed 14 people on Thursday including seven women and children, medics said, on the third day of a widening military operation.The first strike hit a coffee...

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Don't send kids over border: Obama to Central American parents

DALLAS: US President Barack Obama on Wednesday warned parents in Central America not to send their children alone on a perilous journey through Mexico to illegally cross the US border.Obama also called on Congress to stop playing politics and to work...

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Chennai building collapse: Opposition parties stage walkout in Tamil Nadu assembly

CHENNAI: Opposition parties - the DMK, the DMDK, the Congress, the CPM, the CPI, the MMK and the Puthiya Tamizhagam -- walked out of the Tamil Nadu assembly on Thursday when the Speaker denied them permission to speak on the Chennai building collapse...

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Madras high court asks police to stay off tenant-landlord disputes

CHENNAI: Police should stay off landlord-tenant disputes, as the parties have remedy only in the competent civil court, the Madras high court has said.Justice T S Sivagnanam, concurring with advocate S Namo Narayanan and passing orders on a petition...

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Shah will lead Maharashtra to victory in assembly polls: Mumbai BJP

MUMBAI: The Mumbai unit of the BJP on Wednesday expressed confidence that the new BJP President Amit Shah, would be able to replicate the performance of the party in Maharashtra, as he did in Uttar Pradesh in the recent Lok Sabha elections.50-year-old...

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NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden asks to extend stay in Russia

MOSCOW: A Russian lawyer for former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden says his client has applied to extend his stay in Russia.Anatoly Kucherena said in comments quoted on Wednesday by Russian news agencies that Snowden has applied to...

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Two planes collide in air in Poland; two people dead

WARSAW (Poland): Officials say two small planes have collided in the air in central Poland, killing two people.Firefighters spokesman Pawel Fratczak said the collision took place Wednesday near the city of Radom, 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of Warsaw.Fratczak...

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Deadly chemical weapon Sarin, used in the civil war in Syria, traced back to Britain

LONDON: The deadly chemical weapon - Sarin that was used in the civil war in Syria has been traced back to Britain.Britain it seems oversaw the sale of chemicals to Syria that were eventually used in the manufacture of the deadly nerve agent Sarin.Sarin...

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Uproar in Rajya Sabha during laying of Rail Budget

NEW DELHI: The presentation of Railway Budget in Rajya Sabha was marked by a row today as Congress leader Madhusudan Mistry alleged that the budget speech has already got printed in a newspaper, which is a "breach of privilege" of the House.As soon as...

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Jayalalithaa urges Centre to reconsider UPA policy of linking rail fares to fuel price hike

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday welcomed the Railway Budget and commended Prime Minister Narendra Modi and railway minister Sadananda Gowda for recognizing the deep crisis in which the railways were left by the previous UPA...

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Jayalalithaa urges Centre to reconsider UPA policy of linking rail fares to fuel price hike

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday welcomed the Railway Budget and commended Prime Minister Narendra Modi and railway minister Sadananda Gowda for recognizing the deep crisis in which the railways were left by the previous UPA...

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Uproar in Rajya Sabha during laying of Rail Budget

NEW DELHI: The presentation of Railway Budget in Rajya Sabha was marked by a row today as Congress leader Madhusudan Mistry alleged that the budget speech has already got printed in a newspaper, which is a "breach of privilege" of the House.As soon as...

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Centre to hold high-level meeting this month over hazardous tar balls in Goa coasts

NEW DELHI: With Goa tar balls phenomenon getting wider attention of environmentalists and parliamentarians, the Center on Tuesday announced calling a high-level meeting of stakeholders, including experts from across the country, later this month to find...

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Temporary relief for Mumbai Metro passengers, fares to be between Rs 10-20 till July 31

MUMBAI: Reliance Infrastructure-led Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL) on Monday offered to bring down the rates of Mumbai Metro from its fare structure of Rs 10-40 to Rs 10-20 till July 31. The statement about the discounted fare was made before the Bombay...

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Punjabis trapped in Iraq: Punjab CM Badal to meet Sushma Swaraj again

CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday said he would again meet external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj to ask her to expedite the process of bringing back 39 people from the state "trapped" in Mosul region of strife-torn Iraq.An...

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17 miners killed in coal mine blast in China

BEIJING: Seventeen miners, who were trapped after a blast in a coal mine in China's Xinjiang province, have died, rescuers said on Monday.The explosion took place on Saturday when 20 people were working inside a pit mined by Dahuangshan Yuxin Coal Mining...

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Each MBBS seat is sold for Rs 1 crore in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry: PIL

CHENNAI: Private medical colleges in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry charge up to Rs 1 crore as capitation fee for MBBS courses, says a PIL which wants Madras high court to ask state and Central governments to form statutory committees to curb the racket.Tamil...

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Sankararaman murder case: Puducherry govt to appeal against acquittal of Kanchi seers, others

PUDUCHERRY: The Puducherry government has decided to file an appeal against a local court order that acquitted Kanchi seers Jayendra Saraswathi and Vijayendra Saraswathi and 22 others in the Sankararaman murder case.Lt Governor Virendra Kataria issued...

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Haseena Parkar, Dawood Ibrahim’s sister, dies of heart attack

MUMBAI: Haseena Parkar, younger sister of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, died in Mumbai on Sunday afternoon after she suffered a massive heart attack.Parkar (55), stayed at her posh first floor apartment in the Gorden Hall building at Nagpada. She is...

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Hurricane Arthur hits eastern Canada, causes power outages

HALIFAX (Nova Scotia): Arthur hit Canada's Maritime provinces with near-hurricane strength winds and torrential rains, knocking down trees and leaving about tens of thousands of people without power.Canadian Hurricane Centre spokesman Chris Fogarty said...

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Three injured in grenade blasts in Assam's Chirang district

BIJNI (Assam): Three people were injured on Sunday when some unidentified youths lobbed grenades in Bijni town in Assam's Chirang district, police said.Motorcycle borne youths lobbed a grenade near Bolanguri bus stand at Kuklun Road area of Bijni town...

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Gunmen kill 17 in attacks on police stations, barracks in Uganda

KAMPALA: Gunmen killed 17 people when they attacked three police stations and a military barracks in western Uganda, the military said on Sunday.Paddy Ankunda, spokesman for the Uganda People's Defence forces, said they killed 41 of the attackers and...

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Three Boeing 737 fuselages crashes into river in Montana in US

CHICAGO: A freight train derailment has reportedly damaged three Boeing 737 fuselages being transported to the facility of the aviation giant when three cars crashed into a river in the US state of Montana.The freight train derailed in western Montana...

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