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P.V. Sindhu, Dipa Karmakar, Jitu Rai and Sakshi Malik get Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

August 29, 2016 admin India, News

Four athletes, including Olympic silver medallist P.V. Sindhu, gymnast Dipa Karmakar, shooter Jitu Rai and Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award from President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi on Monday. Fifteen sportspersons were honoured with the Arjuna Award and three with the Dhyan Chand Award. Besides, the Punjabi University of Patiala was awarded the […]

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60 people dead in Yemen army camp suicide attack

August 29, 2016 admin India, News, World

A suicide car bomb attack on an army training camp in Yemen’s second city of Aden killed at least 60 people on Monday, medical sources said. A security official said the attacker drove his vehicle into a gathering of new recruits at the camp in northern Aden. The assault killed 60 people and wounded 29 others, medical sources from the […]

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13 Pakistan. channels fined over ‘Imran wedding’ news

August 29, 2016 admin India, News, World

Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Saturday recommended fine of Pak.Rs. 5 lakhs each on 13 channels for airing news of a third marriage of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan. A press release by PEMRA posted on Twitter said that the head of PTI’s central media Iftikhar Durrani had sought fine on media channels for airing unconfirmed reports […]

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Naidu warns Modi on demands of State

August 29, 2016 admin Andhra Pradesh, India, News

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday issued strong signals that the Telugu Desam Party would not hesitate to wage a direct fight with the BJP-led Centre if it failed to honour the demands of the people, including Special Category Status (SCS), industries to Rayalaseema region, completion of Polavaram as national project, Vishakapatnam railway zone, metro cities and […]

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John Kerry in Bangladesh for talks on security and human rights

August 29, 2016 admin News, USA, World

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Bangladesh on Monday to discuss security cooperation after a series of killings by Islamist militants, as well as economic development and human rights. Mr. Kerry will meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Opposition and civic leaders during the one-day visit, his first to Bangladesh as Secretary of State.

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ISRO successfully test fires scramjet engine

August 28, 2016 admin Andhra Pradesh, India, News

India on Sunday successfully tested its own scramjet or air breathing engine with the launch of a rocket, said a senior official of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). “The mission was successful. Two scramjet engines were tested during the flight,” the official told. He said that as scheduled at 6 a.m., the two stage/engine RH-560 sounding rocket took off from the […]

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