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Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu Tuesday cautioned against undermining constitutional bodies, saying issues should be sorted out through internal mechanisms. The vice-president, who was addressing management graduates at a convocation here, emphasised that patriotism does not mean only saying 'Vande Mataram' or 'Jai Hind' and said it also meant supporting each other. "Institution can be anything - a university, the judiciary, CVC, CAG, the Election Commission, parliament and state legislatures. Читать дальше...

In one of the biggest seizures, gold and foreign currencies worth Rs 5.5 crore were seized at the Delhi airport in a single day. "Indira Gandhi International Airport customs intelligence and preventive have been maintaining a heightened alert posture to curb smuggling. In last 24 hours contraband worth over 5.5 crore was seized," said Manish Kumar, commissioner of customs department at the airport. The department said a Japanese man was intercepted after his arrival from Hong Kong on Monday. A detailed... Читать дальше...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday described the Lok Sabha elections as "unique" as he met his Council of Ministers at a meeting convened by BJP chief Amit Shah for thanking them for their work.

Bangladesh Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen said Tuesday that his country did not stop issuing visas to Pakistanis, amid reports that Dhaka's high commission in Islamabad has stopped issuing visas to Pakistani nationals over a fresh diplomatic row. "The report should have appeared in the media in the reverse way," he told a press conference in Dhaka, attributing the current crisis to Pakistan's inaction in issuing visas to Bangladeshi diplomats to be posted in Islamabad. Earlier, the media reported... Читать дальше...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina day care center is closing after five of its toddlers escaped and wandered near a major road. The Winston-Salem Journal reports that officials at Pinedale Christian Day Care have informed the state Child Development and Early Education division that it’s closing in three weeks. State Health and Human […]

Assam police Tuesday busted a call centre racket and arrested 37 persons, including nine women, for allegedly duping a large number of people in the US. A database of around seven lakh American citizens was seized from the office of Avenir call centre, which was operating from a rented house in Guwahati, clocking a revenue of over Rs 50 lakh per month, police said. The money collected from the US nationals after duping them come through a "hawala network" from American soil to Guwahati with the help of brokers based in the two countries... Читать дальше...

Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi has joined the Euro T20 Slam as icon player while South African T-20 team's vice-captain J P Duminy and his country mate Imran Tahir will be among the six marquee players. The three-week long tournament will be held in Ireland, Scotland and Netherlands from August 30 to September 22. Afridi will be among six icon players along with Shane Watson from Australia, Brendon McCullum from New Zealand and Rashid Khan from Afghanistan. Duminy and Tahir will join the likes of Chris Lynn from Australia... Читать дальше...

The Ghana Advocacy Agenda of People Living with Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) has been officially launched to promote the meaningful involvement of people living with NCDs in the Non-Communicable Disease response framework. It is reported that about 94,000 preventable deaths occur in Ghana each year as a result of the growing case ...

Finsbury Park station was evacuated this evening and surrounding streets placed on lock down due to a "suspicious vehicle", police said.

1. Special counsel's team hesitant about Mueller testifying publicly, part of hold up securing testimony  CNN
2. CNN: Mueller hesitant on testifying to Congress | TheHill  The Hill
3. Mueller and House Democrats at impasse over how much of his testimony would be public  The Washington Post
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On 27 February, the daily newspaper Kashmir Vision reported that a combat Mi-17 V5 helicopter of the Indian Air Force crashed in the Budgam area in the state Jammu and Kashmir.

EXCLUSIVE: Marlon Wayans has been set to host the 20th annual Golden Trailer Awards, which recognize the year’s best in movie marketing trailers, commercials and posters. This year’s ceremony is May 29 at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Netflix leads this year’s nominations announced last week with 66 mentions, paced […]

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has denied the country is ‘sleepwalking’ into the legalisation of cannabis.

Technically speaking, the major U.S. benchmarks continue to whipsaw amid trade-fueled volatility though the bigger-picture damage has thus far been largely contained, writes Michael Ashbaugh.

Clarke only won six caps for Scotland.

One person was sent to hospital after a natural gas explosion ripped through a workshop on a rural property south of Calgary on Monday night. Witnesses reported seeing chunks of debris hurled several metres into the air when the blast occurred just before 8:30 p.m. about three kilometres west of De Winton. A 36-year-old man […]

Kate O'Connor, Leon Reid and Ciara Mageean are among the big names set to compete at this year's Belfast International Track and Field meet.

For beat writer Sam McDowell, Sporting KC’s latest string of losses have been a series of missed opportunities. The bright spot: Matt Besler is back, and perhaps he doesn’t get … Click to Continue »

In today's MoneyWatch headlines, American Airlines is suing its mechanics' union, Little Caesars is offering a plant-based sausage pizza, and Dressbarn is closing all its stores citing unprofitability.

Trump’s new plan won’t become law for now

CLINTON, New Jersey— Comedian and former sidekick on “The Howard Stern Show” Artie Lange was arrested Tuesday morning after he allegedly failed to comply with his court mandated rehab program, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. He was arrested without incident around 7:40 a.m. at the halfway house in Clinton, N.J. that he lives in as part of his program. Katherine Carter, spokeswoman for the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, said on Tuesday that Lange was taken into custody for […]

Corporate Affairs Ministry makes directors responsible for filing of ‘e-form ACTIVE’

Dundee is to create its own new fragrance as part of a festival imagining what form the city could take in future.

With the one-year anniversary of the EU's adoption of its GDPR coming up soon, Microsoft is calling on Congress to do the same in the U.S.