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NEW DELHI : NDA Presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind on Friday pledged to uphold the dignity of the country's top constitutional post.

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JAIPUR : Jat community protesters demanding job quotas blocked road and train services on Friday in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district, police said.

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SRINAGAR : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday denounced the lynching of a senior police officer here and said the crime was a "murder of trust".

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CHENNAI : Actress Sridevi credits her upbringing and her mother for her successful career and everything that she has achieved so far.

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NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he will accompany NDA Presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind when he files his nomination for the July 17 election on Friday.

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SRINAGAR : A mob in Srinagar lynched a senior police officer during the night, official said on Friday.

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Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): In yet another multiple satellite launch, India on Friday successfully put into orbit its own earth observation satellite Cartosat, nano satellite NIUSAT and 29 foreign satellites from 14 countries.

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NEW DELHI : The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday took the BJP to task over the Delhi High Court's criticism of the three municipal corporations a day earlier over improper garbage disposal in the national capital.

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NEW DELHI : NDA Presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind will now be staying at 10, Akbar Road, currently allotted to Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma.

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LONDON : Putting paid to the idea that married couples have better physical health because of increased social support, a new study has found that marriage actually makes men fatter, and the early days of fatherhood add to the problem.

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NEVADA(USA) : Hindus are urging all public school districts and private-charter-independent schools in Texas to close on Diwali, most popular of their festival, which falls on October 19 this year.

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KABUL : At least 15 Afghans were killed and 50 others injured in an explosion and gunfire at a bank in Helmand province on Thursday, authorities said.

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CHANDIGARH : Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has assured of a thorough probe into any irregularities in the distribution of sports kits to youth clubs under the erstwhile SAD-BJP rule.

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THANE : Hundreds of farmers agitating against land acquisition on Thursday blocked a road and pelted stones and torched a police van near Kalyan in Thane in Maharashtra, police said.

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NEW DELHI : Promoting ancient Indian tradition of de-stressing though control of the body and mind, the Indian Embassy is hosting a three-day yoga and cultural festival across 15 cities in Hungary this week, an official said on Thursday.

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NEW DELHI : NDA's Presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday met ailing former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his residence here.

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CHENNAI : The 28-hour countdown for the Friday launch of India's earth observation satellite Cartosat and 30 co-passenger satellites with Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) began on Thursday, ISRO said.

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SRINAGAR : Three militants were killed and an Army Major was injured on Thursday in a gunfight between the holed up militants and the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district

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GURDASPUR: A farmer was allegedly killed in land dispute at Dera Pathana village under Kotli Surat Malhi police station in Batala police district today.

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NEW DELHI : Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot on Wednesday said that DTC will procure 1,000 new standard floor, non-AC buses and will also take care of maintainance on its own.