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RAHUL GANDHI
Start delivering on promises, Rahul tells Modi

Accusing the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "arrogance", Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said Modi should begin to deliver on his poll promises with speed or else the people would "throw...

Bihar vote
Bihar election: Final party position

The following is the final party position in the Bihar assembly, after all results in the five-phased October-November elections were declared after counting on Sunday

meghalaya poll
Nearly 9.5 lakh Bihar voters chose NOTA

Around 9.5 lakh voters in Bihar chose not to vote for any candidate in the assembly elections and pressed the "None of the Above" (NOTA) button on the electronic voting machines (EVMs)

Naveen Patnaik
Odisha CM congratulates Nitish over Bihar poll victory

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday congratulated Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar for the resounding victory of the Grand Alliance in the Bihar assembly elections

firecrackers
Diwali fireworks allowed in Canadian city

Toronto: The Indian-Canadian community in the city of Mississauga on the outskirts of Toronto will be able to celebrate Diwali with fireworks this year. Mississauga, the sixth largest city in Canada and the second largest...

Stress
Feeling feverish? It might be stress

Tokyo: Are you running high fever and not feeling like going to office? Well, this fever may not be any illness but just psychogenic fever. Psychogenic fever is a stress-related psychosomatic condition that manifests itself...

chinese airway
Chinese airline offers Wi-Fi on long haul flights

Beijing: China Eastern Airlines is set to provide a 3G Wi-Fi service on selected long-haul flights, the media reported on Sunday. The offer, set to launch on November 12, will initially be available on flights...

marathon
Record number of US runners for Havana Marathon

Havana: Around 600 Americans have registered for the 29th edition of the Havana Marathon, known as the Marabana. “A total of 567 runners from the United States have officially registered. A record number for such...

nitish kumar
Modi congratulates Nitish Kumar

New Delhi/Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday telephoned Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and congratulated him on the victory of his Grand Alliance in the assembly elections. Modi tweeted that he had “a telephonic...

BJP concedes defeat in Bihar battle

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday conceded defeat in the Bihar elections. “BJP lost only because of alliance arithmetic,” union minister Prakash Javadekar told the media. BJP vice president Prabhat Jha added:...

bacteria
Competition between 'good bacteria' important

London: Competition between “good bacteria” in our gut is important for our health, say researchers from Oxford University. The vital ecosystem of bacteria in the human gut operates like a jungle, with competition between microbes...

ebola
Simple saliva test detects Ebola in a jiffy

London: A simple saliva test to detect the deadly Ebola infection has been found effective under field conditions in Senegal and Guinea, a new study says. The sophisticated point-of-care saliva test can be contained within...

fast food
Fast food not to be blamed for obesity: Study

New York: Soda, candy and fast food are not the leading cause of obesity in the US, suggests a new Cornell University study which says that intake of foods like cheese burgers, chocolate bars and...

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Vijender destroys opponent for second pro win

Dublin: Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh knocked out Dean Gillen of England in the opening round to register his second consecutive victory at the professional level at the National Stadium here on Saturday. Vijender, who...

Anupam-Kher
Anupam Kher meets Modi over intolerance issue

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met a delegation of artistes led by Bollywood actor Anupam Kher protesting against a section of artistes who are returning their awards over “intolerance” in the country....

BJP
BJP workers celebrate as trends show party leading

Patna: Celebrations broke out at the BJP office here as initial vote count trends on Sunday showed BJP-led NDA was leading. The JD-U and RJD offices wore a deserted look. A group of BJP workers...

k.v. sINGH
New Odisha DGP vows to make police more accessible

Bubaneswar: Kanwar Brijesh Singh, the newly appointed director general of police (DGP) in Odisha, on Sunday said he was committed to bridging “the gap between police and the common man”. The Odisha government on Saturday...

POWER
States agree to reducing power distribution losses to 15 percent

New Delhi: All the states have unanimously endorsed the central government’s ambitious plan of electricity for all by March 2017 and bring down distribution loses to 15 percent in five years, an official statement said...

orop
OROP implementation notification issued

New Delhi: The government on Saturday issued the notification regarding implementation of ‘One Rank One Pension’ for defence personnel. The government had announced on September 5 the modalities for implementation of OROP. About 25 lakh...

IRCTC Railway new train time table 2018-19
ECoR introduces battery-operated vehicle at Bhubaneswar station

In its bid to assist elderly and physically challenged passengers, the East Coast Railway on Saturday introduced a battery operated four-wheeler from the platform in Bhubaneswar station till the trains

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