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Learning with the Times: What new amendments mean for Right to Information Act

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U.S.A. Basketball Will Pay Some Women’s Players Ahead of Olympics

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Mookie Betts’s 3 Homers Lead Another Red Sox Demolition of the Yankees

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Encounter underway between forces and terrorists in J&K's Shopian

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ED arrests Satish Babu Sana in connection with Moin Qureshi case

During investigation by the law enforcement agency, it came to the fore that Sana was a close aid of Qureshi, who is accused of hawala transactions through Delhi-based operators. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3129HSG

Hong Kong Protests: Site of Mob Attack Is Demonstrators’ Next Stop

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CLAT authorities warn against fake message offering admission to aspirants

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Vijay Diwas 2019: Remembering Kargil conflict

Today (July 26) marks the 20th anniversary of the successful culmination of Operation Vijay against Pakistani infiltrators. The Indian Army, supported by the Indian Air Force forced the Pakistani forces to withdraw and won back all the high outposts. India lost 527 soldiers in the conflict. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/32U6yWL

We salute grit, valour of those who defended India: President on Kargil Vijay Diwas

"On Kargil Vijay Diwas, a grateful nation acknowledges the gallantry of our Armed Forces on the heights of Kargil in 1999. We salute the grit and valour of those who defended India, and record our everlasting debt to those who never returned. Jai Hind," President Kovind tweeted. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JY3oby

May be Modi meant meditate and Trump heard mediate: Khurshid

Referring to the controversy, the former external affairs minister said in a lighter vein, "May be prime minister Modi wanted to say why don't you meditate for Yoga, and he thought Modi was asking to mediate." India has denied Trump's claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi requested him to mediate between India and Pakistan for resolving the Kashmir issue. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JY3kZm

US has very good, growing relationship with India: White House

"We have a very good and growing relationship with (Prime Minister) Mr (Narendra) Modi and the Indian government," White House counselor Kellyanne Conway told reporters during a press gaggle. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LEhjqF

Thrust on Make in India weapons: Army chief

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MS Dhoni on patrol duty in Jammu & Kashmir from July 31

Former cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will undertake patrolling and guard duties in Kashmir from July 31 to August 15 during his stint with the Territorial Army's 106 TA Battalion (Para) as an honorary lieutenant colonel. Dhoni, who has opted out of the cricket team's tour of the West Indies, will be deployed in Pulwama under the Victor Force of the Rashtriya Rifles. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Y6w9Nh

Why this Kargil hero’s daughter does not celebrate her birthday

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Blown up by Maoists, school reopens 14 years on

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President Ram Nath Kovind completes 2 years in office

President Ram Nath Kovind, who completed two years in office on Thursday, has been one of Rashtrapati Bhawan's most hospitable occupants. Since he assumed charge, the President has thrown open the doors of Rashtrapati Bhawan to public visitors four times a week and the presidential palace has hosted over one lakh people since July 25, 2018 - President Kovind's inauguration day. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2MgmDA3

Om Birla: MPs will get bills well in advance from next session

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Rumble strips to check speeding on Yamuna Expressway

The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to install rumble strips every 15km on the Yamuna Expressway to prevent drivers from exceeding the speed limit and to keep them alert on the wheel, state industrial development minister Satish Mahana said. The announcement comes a fortnight after a bus skidded off the Yamuna Expressway, killing 29 passengers on board. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2MedAzz

Bring plastic, study in this Assam school for free

A young couple from Assam has set up a school with a unique enrolment criterion - students must collect and bring 25 items of plastic waste every week. The plastic waste is then processed by the students at the recycling unit on the premises and turned into ecological bricks, which are used for developing the campus infrastructure. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2MgE3wm

Karnataka: BJP waits for signal from Delhi; speaker and rebels hold the key

The BJP’s government-formation attempts slipped into the slow lane on Wednesday as the party has to clear many legal and procedural hurdles before it could stake claim to form a government. The central leadership is expected to send an observer from New Delhi to witness the entire process — from electing the BJP Legislature Party leader to government-formation exercise. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2K5eE5Z

Can trace WhatsApp message source: Expert in court

People spreading rumours through social media platforms like WhatsApp causing unrest could be tracked to the original sender, if this expert's submission in a court stands the test of technology. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2K0XVAV

Mega diabetes drug to be cheaper soon

With one of the relatively newer but important anti-diabetic drugs, Vildagliptin manufactured by Novartis, losing patent protection in December, dozens of companies are readying plans to launch the generic version to get a slice of the action in the growing Rs 13,000-crore diabetes therapy. The cost of therapy is expected to reduce by over 50%. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/30VklKU

Sonia takes charge of LS floor management

Soon, DMK members, too, joined Congress in the well shouting slogans demanding a statement from the PM. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Gq8m04

Financial creditor status meant to protect homebuyers' interests: SC

Senior advocate Shyam Divan, appearing for one of the companies, termed the amendment a draconian provision which has the potential to crush the entire real estate sector. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZdkFEm

To aid states, govt may take leaf out of corporate book

Some of the ministries are working on plans to minimise the conventional "fixed entitlement or grant" (financial assistance) under different programmes to states. The new norm for providing more central assistance would be linked to performance and outcome that a state shows, something akin to KRAs (key result areas) specified to employees in corporates. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/32RrwVW

Lok Sabha clears bill on Motor Vehicles act as Gadkari allays states' fear

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Was Gumnami Baba Netaji? Not sure: Report

The findings of the Justice Vishnu Sahai Commission formed in 2016, reportedly only draw parallels between Bose and the Baba. It mentions that other than literature in English, Bengali and Hindi, the three languages in which Netaji was fluent, books on Bose himself and authors he liked to read have been recovered. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2M8GcdG

Two women lawyers who helped overturn Section 377 came out as couple

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MP's Kamal Nath govt orders fresh probe into Vyapam scam

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Karnataka trust vote put off again, speaker sets Tuesday 6 pm deadline for trust vote

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Kashmir a bilateral issue between India, Pakistan; US welcomes them sitting down: State department

The Trump administration has launched a damage control exercise after the President's remarks on Kashmir, with the state department saying it was a "bilateral" issue between India and Pakistan. On Monday, Trump stunned India by saying that PM Modi, during the G20 summit in Osaka, sought his help in resolving the Kashmir issue. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2XZnpbQ