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Tuesday, Jun 18th 2019
Tuesday, Jun 18th 2019
Junior doctors across the state were protesting against an assault on two of their colleagues, at the NRS Medical College and Hospital, allegedly by the family members of a patient who died last week. The protest grew into a nationwide movement with doctors in Delhi, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka and other states boycotting work to support their striking colleagues in West Bengal.
Gandhi's tweet came after murmurs grew loud in the Parliament questioning his absence in the morning. Gandhi clarified in his tweet that he would be taking the oath in the afternoon.
While stressing upon the role of an active Opposition, PM Modi said that Opposition's role is important and they need not bother about their numbers in the Parliament. "The role of an active Opposition is important. Opposition need not bother about their numbers. I hope they will speak actively and participate in house proceedings.”Just before the first session of the Parliament after the 2019 polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to welcome the new members of parliament.
Tightening the screws around tax evaders, the revised guidelines issued by the tax department has made serious offences of black money and 'benami' laws 'generally' non-compoundable. This in general terms means that a person or entity would not be able to settle a case of tax evasion by just paying the tax demand, penalty and interest. The new guidelines will kick in from June 17, 2019 and apply to all cases for compounding received on or after this date.
Former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari was on Monday arrested by the top anti-corruption body of the country after the Islamabad High Court rejected Zardari'...
It is indeed tragedy of immense magnitude that when one hundred fiftieth birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the father of our nation, is being celebrated across the nat...
Explaining the rationale behind not attending the Niti Aayog meet, the chief minister had said that the participation would be "fruitless” since the body has neith...
by : FnF Correspondent
DELHI: The government will bring a bill to ban the practice of instant triple talaq again in Parliament, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Monday. ...
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It was a more or less predictable 15-member squad picked by the national selection committee with another notable inclusion being Tamil Nadu's seam bowling all-rounder Vijay Shankar, who is expec...
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Earlier in the day, Singh also alleged that Mamata was using the police machinery to further her own interests. "She has come to a level where she is using her party and also the police to harass the ...
by : Desk FnF
The shooting happened just after 4 pm (local time), when the gunman entered one of the buildings at the Virginia Beach municipal complex and "immediately began to indiscriminately fire on all of the v...
by : FnF Desk
In an unprecedented development, Israeli lawmakers Thursday voted to dissolve Parliament and hold a fresh elections on September 17 after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a coalition g...
by : FnF Desk
Seven private schools in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province have been sealed for inciting mass hysteria against the polio drive and discouraging parents from cooperating with vac...
by : FnF Correspondent
The initial collaboration between ST and Gaia focuses on collecting feedback from users about the cleanliness of the public utilities offered by the government. The versatile solution can also be adap...
by : FnF Correspondent
India's economic growth rate slowed to five-year low of 5.8 per cent in January-March 2018-19, due to poor performance in agriculture and manufacturing sectors, official data released Friday sai...
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The benchmark BSE Sensex rallied over 200 points in early trade Monday driven by gains in financial stocks ahead of the Reserve Bank's bi-monthly policy review. The 30-share index was trading 20...
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After facing an anti-trust issue with the United States government, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has cautioned against those wanting to regulate technology conglomerates just for the sake of doing it. In ...
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A number of leading venture firms are also joining to help drive innovation on the Libra network. We're hoping to have over 100 co-founding members of the Libra Association by the time the networ...
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Jonas Brothers—Kevin, Nick and Joe's comeback song 'Sucker' topped the Billboard chart with number one spot and this has got the famjam celebrating the big way. The 'Sucker'...
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Aamir Khan's nephew and actor Imran Khan, who made a success Bollywood debut with hit 2008 film 'Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na' opposite Genelia D'Souza, was last seen opposite Kangana ...
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She posted another video in which she can be seen addressing the fans while seated on the sets and she explains further that her character is a Pakistani girl in the film titled 'Dhara 370' ...
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Ashish Mehra (Ajay Devgn), a 50-year-old London-based business man, separated from his wife Manju (Tabu) and two grown up children, who live in India, falls in love with Ayesha (Rakul Preet Singh) an ...
by : FnF Correspondent
Cancer is an umbrella term for a large group of diseases caused when abnormal cells divide rapidly, and spread to other tissue and organs. Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world....
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More than a quarter of adults over age 50 take supplements for brain health, but a new report suggests these dietary aids may be ineffective and unnecessary...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is taking several steps to curb India's tobacco consumption. It has increased taxes on tobacco products and ordered companies to print more health w...
by : Priti Prakash
In solidarity with India and demonstrating tangible action against terrorism, France is the first co...
by : Satya Narayan Sahu
Election to Patkura Assembly constituency in Odisha scheduled to be held on 19th May was postponed b...
by : Rajeshwar Singal
This may sound like a dilemma, but it is not far from truth. Conduct Rules are meant to govern condu...
by : Sunita Narain
The idea of secularism is this very idea of India which respects the equality of all. Of course, wit...
by : Ravi Kishore
Today every one is talking about judicial accountability i.e. how the whole system of judiciary is t...
