Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Unqualified students pursue LLM under cover of new norms

They got admission even after they failed to clear UG examination
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Congress stands with the people of Kerala: Rahul

Visits relief camps to extend solidarity with flood victims
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Rights activists arrested in multi-State raids, India takes gold and silver in 800m, and other top stories

In raids in six States, police arrest four activists, including poet Varavara RaoThe Pune Police on Tuesday raided the premises of rights activists in
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Thirumurugan Gandhi gets bail in one case

THOOTHUKUDI May 17 Movement coordinator Thirumurugan Gandhi was granted bail by a Thoothukudi court on Tuesday in a case filed for his participation
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Govt extends income tax filing deadline for Kerala assessees to Sept 15

The government on Tuesday announced that it has decided to extend the deadline for filing income tax returns to September 15 for all tax assessees i
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Reaching out to the needy

Kudumbasree units have been working to bring life back on track
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Charity that knows no bounds

Headload worker distributes Onam kits for seventh year
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Traders down shutters protesting against delay in relaying road

Corporation officials say that tender will be floated and work will begin soon
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BJP seeks white paper on opening of dams

Says flood in Kerala was not a natural calamity but a man-made catastrophe
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Assam NRC: SC asks Centre whether those left out are getting a second chance

Defers receipt of claims and objections against draft NRC from August 30 to a later date
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Stories from lands far far away

Tales from Romania, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, USA and United Kingdom found their way to the stage at Under the Aalamaram’s fifth anniversary

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Asian Games: Manjit Singh wins gold, Jinson Johnson silver in Men’s 800m

This is India’s 9th gold at the Games

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6000 railway stations will be WiFi-enabled in next 6 months: Goyal

Speaking at the Smart Railways Conclave, he said punctuality of trains has improved to 73-74 per cent
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Myneni makes a return to Davis Cup squad

Bhambri is back; Nagal and Paes fail to retain their place

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Isn’t She Lovely expected to score in Srikantadatta Narasimharaaja Wadiyar Memorial Million

Isn’t She Lovely, who is in fine fettle, is expected to score in the Srikantadatta Narasimharaaja Wadiyar Memorial Million (1,400m), the feature even

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Kudumbasree collects ₹5 cr for flood relief

They have so far cleaned up over 1.1 lakh households
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Delhi HC stays transit remand of Gautam Navlakha

Earlier the Delhi Police obtained permission from a local court.
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Activists, intellectuals condemn arrests of Varavara Rao, Navlakha, Gonsalves, Bhardwaj

Activists and public intellectuals have released a statement condemning the arrests of Dalit and human rights activists across India.Here is the full
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Punjab Assembly passes Bill seeking life sentence for sacrilege of religious texts

The amendments would need the assent of the President.
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Pickled goodness

Preetha Anand talks about how she launched her range of non-vegetarian pickles
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Poet Varavara Rao arrested in case relating to conspiracy to assassinate PM Modi

Hyderabad-based revolutionary writer Varavara Rao was arrested by Pune police in Hyderabad on Tuesday, following raids on his flat in the city in a ca
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Primum Non Nocere and Excellent Sorrento excel

Primum Non Nocere and Excellent Sorrento excelled when the horses were exercised here on Tuesday morning (August 28).Sand track:600m: Double Nine (rb

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Sir Cecil, Into The Spotlight, Mauritania, Donna Rossa and Reference excel

Sir Cecil, Into The Spotlight, Mauritania, Donna Rossa and Reference excelled when the horses were exercised here on Tuesday morning (August 28).Inne

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Pickled goodness

Preetha Anand talks about how she launched her range of non-vegetarian pickles

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Scaling mountains of garbage

Why are the Solid Waste Management Rules not yet implemented in our cities?

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Sindhu loses to Tai Tzu-Ying in Asian Games final; Spurs thump United 3-0 in the Premier League

Not in the mood to go through the sports news in detail, but can’t quite get yourself to do away with it either? Here’s what we have to offer: read on to get a summary of all the main sports events.

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Car of abundance

Giving customers what they want is the easiest way to guarantee success. And that’s exactly what Honda plans to do with the all-new, fifth-generation CR-V

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From a roar to a whine

Will the new battery-powered motorbikes command a cult following like their thrumming older brothers?

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‘I love driving, especially manual vehicles’

Prajwal Devaraj on the musical memories in his first car

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More Sheeran than Guetta

With a mild makeover and a new hybrid petrol engine, Maruti’s flagship sedan gets ready to carry on the battle in the mid-size sedan segment

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Flavours with a punch

Candice talks about her restaurant, Chinita, dedicated to serving Mexican food

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Pune police raid activists’ homes across four States

The homes of Dalit and human rights activists were raided in Maharashtra, Telangana, Delhi and Goa.
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Heavy rains disrupt traffic in Gurugram

Incessant rains for several hours on Tuesday morning wreaked havoc in the Millennium City leading to water-logging in most of the city's roads and m
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U.S.-Mexico deal muddies waters for Canada in continental trade talks

U.S. and Mexican officials met separately over the past five weeks to hammer out key bilateral issues before announcing the agreement that updates provisions on financial services, labor and e-commerce, and importantly the auto trade.
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Plastic manufacturers look at new options

Eye non-woven shopping bags made from biodegradable fibres
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Asian Games 2018: PV Sindhu nets the silver medal in Badminton

This is also her third major finals loss of the year

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Asian Games 2018: Silver for both men’s and women’s teams in compound archery

It was a dramatic men’s final in which the Indian team was a point ahead of the Koreans at the end of the regulation four sets.

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Five killed in explosion at aluminium plant in China’s Jiangsu: state media

Five people were killed by an explosion at an aluminium plant in eastern China's Jiangsu province on Tuesday morning, state-run China News reported,
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U.S. military dominance in the Indo-Pacific spurs Chinese naval heft

The Type 003 that is under construction in Shanghai’s Jiangnan Shipyard, is being developed on the same lines as the U.S. Navy’s super-carriers, says a National Interest article.
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Williams gets warm welcome and win in U.S. Open return

Serena Williams took the first cautious step towards a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title with a 6-4 6-0 first-round win over Magda Linette on M

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Asian Games 2018: India women’s compound team win silver in archery

Indian women’s compound team signed off with a silver medal after losing to South Korea in the finals at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta on Tuesday.

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Asian Games 2018: India stuns Japan, assures historic table tennis medal

Men’s team assures historic TT medal

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Halep crashes out of US Open first round

The French Open champion, Simona Halep, had no answer for Kanepi's powerful groundstrokes.

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A big throw just in time

He is now India’s best ever athlete in the throws and Neeraj Chopra is just getting better. Just in time too.The 20-year-old has two big competitions

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Rich reward

Life has been rather tough and cruel for Ayyasamy Dharun.The youngster from Tiruppur, in Tamil Nadu, lost his dad to an illness when he was just eight

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Asian Games 2018: Neeraj Chopra continues to rewrite record books

Up next would be the World Championships next year and then the Olympics.

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BCCI has 90 days to form new body, says Vinod Rai

CoA to hand over administration as soon as new set-up is in place

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Khawaja, Wildermuth put Australia-A in final

The duo helps Aussies pull off a thrilling last-ball victory against India-B

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It’s 50-50 for Sindhu, says Saina

It’s India’s first badminton final at the Asian Games, so where would Saina Nehwal put her money on when P.V. Sindhu plays the very dangerous and dece

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Malcolm — fast, furious and terrifying

For all his raw pace, though, he had a reputation for being erratic and inconsistent

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Asian Games 2018: Neeraj’s throws do all the talking

Dharun, Neena and Sudha win silver medals

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Asian Games 2018: Unimpressive India blanks Thailand

The women protect themselves in extreme heat with focus on the semifinals

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Shahbaz Nadeem prepared to wait

Assurance from selectors has helped

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A dream medal, says Ankita

‘I feel that I can go farther than what I had set as my goals’

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Asian Games 2018 Day 10: Indians in action today

Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on the 10th day of the Asian Games on August 28, 2018.

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Asian Games: Neeraj Chopra becomes first Indian to win javelin throw gold

Liu Qizhen of China was a distant second while Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem won the bronze.

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Asian Games 2018: Neena Varakil wins silver in women’s long jump

Varakil’s best jump of 6.51m came in the fourth attempt, which was enough to fetch her the silver.

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Realmsoffantasy wins main event

Realmsoffantasy (Suraj Narredu astride) won the Deccan Fillies Championship Stakes, the first classic of the season held here on Monday (August 27).

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Asian Games 2018: Sudha Singh wins silver in women’s 3000m steeplechase

Sudha clocked 9 minute 40.03 seconds to win her second Asian Games medal.

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North Korea still ‘serious and imminent threat’: Japan

Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera acknowledged in the document that North Korea had begun dialogue with former foes the U.S. and South Korea.
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U.S. military dominance in the Indo-Pacific spurs Chinese naval heft

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IPS officer ‘writes’ to Adityanath, says willing to campaign for BJP

In the letter leaked on Monday, Surya Kumar Shukla, Director General, Homeguards, also seeks top government position post-retirement.
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Muslim countries failed to tackle blasphemous content: Imran Khan

Pakistan’s Foreign Office last week had called the charge d’affaires of the Netherlands to record a protest against the announcement by Mr. Wilders.
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Stalin elected DMK president, Duraimurugan treasurer

A total of 1907 persons had either proposed or seconded Mr. Stalin name.
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Shooting suspect was twice hospitalized for mental illness

Divorce filings from the parents of the suspect in a deadly shooting at a Florida video game tournament say that as an adolescent he was twice hospi
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Two Indians among 19 people arrested for entering U.S. illegally from Mexico

In order to protect the US national security, President Donald Trump introduced a controversial ‘zero-tolerance policy’ for people that enter the country illegally.
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Rouhani vows to defeat ‘anti-Iranian’ officials in the White House

Iran will overcome newly reimposed U.S. measures against Tehran, sanctions that will only serve to unify the nation, President Hassan Rouhani said o
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14 Cambodian opposition figures freed from prison

Fourteen Cambodian opposition activists have been freed from long prison terms, their pardons coming as the latest in a series of releases engineered
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Bolivian woman might be world's oldest at nearly 118

Julia Flores Colque still sings with joy in her indigenous Quechua tongue and strums the strings of a tiny Andean guitar known as the charango, desp
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Stalin's elevation, US Open, and other news in pictures

 11:45 am Stalin's elevationIt's celebration time for DMK cadre across Tamil Nadu as party's working president M.K. Stalin was unanimously elected as
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Satya Tripathi appointed Asst Secretary-General & Head of New York Office of UN Environment agency

Mr. Tripathi was previously the Director and Executive Head of the United Nations Office for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries Coordination in Indonesia, as well as for the United Nations Recovery Coordinator for the $7 billion post-tsunami and post-conflict recovery efforts in Aceh and Nias.
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Live | Rahul Gandhi arrives in Thiruvananthapuram to visit flood-hit people

The Congress chief has been urging the Centre to declare the floods a national calamity.
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Trump, under pressure to honour McCain, orders flags to half-staff

“We weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries that have sown resentment and hatred and violence in all the corners of the globe,” McCain said.
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Facebook bans Myanmar military chief, others to ‘stop hate’

Facebook has said that it is banning Myanmar’s powerful military chief and 19 other individuals and organisations from its site to prevent the sprea
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Colourful array of flowers on sale amid muck, slush

Putrid smell hangs in the air at Mattuthavani flower market
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HM demands relaxation of norms for Vinayaka Chathurthi celebrations

Cadre of Hindu Munnani outfit submitted petitions to District Collectors of Coimbatore and Tirupur on Monday during the grievances redress meet to re
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Attendance in Kodagu schools improving as water recedes

Children can continue studies in neighbouring districts
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Green corridor: Salem farmers thank Anbumani Ramadoss for moving court

A group of farmers from the villages through which the proposed Salem – Chennai green corridor project will pass met Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) leade
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‘Education provided by India is notcoated with any ideology factor’

Union Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar launched the China Study Centre at Manipal academy of Higher Education (MAHE) here on Monday.
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Delay in fixing rate for land causing concern

Owners whose land in Permude, Kuthettur and Tenka Yekkar villages is slated to be acquired for the fourth phase expansion of Mangalore Refinery and Pe
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‘Challenge is to tackle emotional stress’

‘Floods have brought out the beautiful aspect of humanity in Kerala’
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DKMUL now proposes to launch cattle insurance

The cooperative is planning to cover 10,000-20,000 animals on trial basis
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Schoolchildren paint to promote cleanliness

In an attempt to highlight the importance of maintaining cleanliness and hygiene, the HPCL and Skill Development Centre jointly organised a painting c
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Collector flags off DCCB mobile ATM

It will cover rural and tribal areas
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Mount station deaths: faulty design blamed

Railway officials were ignorant: report
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839 manholes covered with mesh, says BMC

HC directs it to put up warning signs
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Unseeded, unglamorous, this Zilla Parishad school is making a difference

The school has sent 19 students to the no-fee, six-year integrated B.Tech course at IIIT, Basar
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Adivasis’ plea on agency area certificates

Adivasis from across undivided Adilabad district on Monday demanded the government not to issue Agency Area certificates to Lambada applicants. They a
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Centre sanctions ₹63-cr dairy project for Karimnagar

Processing capacity to go up from 2 lakh litres to 5 lakh litres
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Ways of the arrogant

The Drupta Paddhati of Vedanta Desika’s Subhashita Nivi deals with the ways of a proud man, said M.K. Srinivasan, in a discourse. A man may have the

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Women Struggling to Get Pregnant Turn to Fertility Apps


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What You Might Not Know About E-sports, a $620 Million Industry


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Student Loan Watchdog Quits, Saying Trump Administration Is Harming Students


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3-D Printed Gun Plans Must Stay Off Internet for Now, Judge Rules


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