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Nation Current Affairs 20 Oct 2017

Nation, Current affairs, 20 Oct 2017

Gandhi earlier took a swipe at the BJP and the government over the latter extending legal help to Jay Shah in the defamation case. (Photo: PTI/File)

Mitron won't speak about ‘Shah-zada’: Rahul attacks PM over Jay Shah's case

Both the Congress and its vice president Rahul Gandhi have repeatedly questioned Modi’s 'silence' on the issue.
20 Oct 2017 9:21 PM
The ambulance was carrying the baby from Permbavoor Taluk hospital to Ernakulam Medical College at a critical stage for emergency medical care. (Photo: ANI)

Kerala: Driver blocks way of ambulance carrying new-born baby, booked

he booked car driver, Nirmal Jose, in his statement to police said that he was trying to pilot the ambulance.
20 Oct 2017 9:07 PM
Disclosing that Chinese agencies are frequently meeting the NSCN-K leaders in Ruli and Kunming in Southern China’s Yunnan province, authoritative security sources in the home ministry told this newspaper that they have conclusive intelligence inputs---indicating indulgence of China with Northeast insurgent groups. (Photo: Representational/File)

China stopping NSCN-K from joining peace-talks in Nagaland: Home Ministry

The Northeast insurgent groups operating from Myanmar have easy access to frontier towns of Yunnan in China.
20 Oct 2017 8:47 PM
Abhijeet, a class 10th student, hanged himself from a ceiling fan at his house in Ambikapur town on Thursday, said station house officer Vinay Singh Baghel. (Photo: Representational/File)

C'garh: Upset over 'small' quantity of crackers, boy hangs himself

Preliminary investigation revealed that Abhijeet was unhappy with the quantity of crackers and decorative lights his father had bought.
20 Oct 2017 7:50 PM
The railways has started the exercise of an internal audit through which 50 mail and express trains will be upgraded to super-fast services. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Run time of 500 long distance trains to be cut by up to 2 hours: Railways

The new timetable will also provide each railway division two to four hours for maintenance works.
20 Oct 2017 7:18 PM
The movie directed by Atlee was released on October 18, coinciding with Diwali festival.  (Photo: File)

TN BJP fumes over 'untruths' of GST in 'Mersal', wants dialogues deleted

Senior BJP leader H Raja also slammed the references to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the movie.
20 Oct 2017 6:03 PM
Speaking to reporters in Gandhinagar, Rupani said, 'Chidambaramji and the Congress are scared of the upcoming (state assembly) elections'. (Photo: File)

Cong scared of polls: Gujarat CM slams Chidambaram over EC remarks

Rupani had earlier countered Cong's allegations that the govt was putting 'pressure' on poll panel to 'delay' the announcement of polls.
20 Oct 2017 5:20 PM
A minister has said the state government has all the required clearances for the multi-purpose irrigation project, accorded national project status by the Centre. (Photo: PTI/File)

Won't stop Polavaram dam construction: AP rejects Odisha's request

The dam, being constructed across the Godavari river, has its reservoir spread in parts of Chhattisgarh and Odisha.
20 Oct 2017 5:02 PM
In a major India-policy speech, the first by the Trump administration, Tillerson had referred to the rise of China, saying its behaviour and action was 'posing a challenge to the rules-based international order'. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

India appreciates, shares Tillerson's optimism for Indo-US ties: MEA

Tillerson has made a significant policy statement on India-US relations and its future, an external affairs ministry statement said.
20 Oct 2017 4:26 PM
The man had gone to meet the village head to avail a government scheme. (Photo: ANI)

Bihar man made to lick spit for entering Sarpanch's house; 8 booked

Bihar Cabinet Minister Nand Kishore Yadav on Friday condemned the Nalanda incident and assured that culprits will be booked.
20 Oct 2017 3:10 PM
Ranjit Kumar has resigned as Solicitor General on Friday. Cites 'personal reason' for his decision. (Photo: PTI | File)

Ranjit Kumar resigns as Solicitor General, cites 'personal reasons'

Ranjit Kumar was appointed solicitor general in 2014, soon after the BJP-led NDA government came to power.
20 Oct 2017 2:34 PM
In Lutyens' Delhi, the Raisina Hill complex, which includes the iconic North Block and South Block buildings and the monumental Rashtrapati Bhavan, were wrapped in a misty cover even till 10:30 am. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Day after Diwali, shallow fog, mist loom over Delhi; visibility drops

According to the MeT Department, the visibility reported at 8:30 am was 500 m and it improved as the day progressed.
20 Oct 2017 2:14 PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting at Kedarnath in Uttarakhand on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Was stopped by Cong to reconstruct Kedarnath as Gujarat CM: Modi

PM said modern infrastructure will be built preserving the traditional soul of Kedarnath and not flouting environmental laws.
20 Oct 2017 1:30 PM
In a letter to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah demanded total waiver of GST on handmade products, saying not doing so would cause the collapse of the rural economy. (Photo: File) 

K'taka CM urges Centre to exempt handmade products from GST

Siddaramaiah said imposition of GST on such products has had an adverse impact on livelihood of artisans engaged in the business.
20 Oct 2017 12:39 PM
BJP Tamil Nadu chief Tamilisai Soundararajan said people criticising central schemes are not appreciable tax-payers. (Photo: File)

BJP condemns 'misconceptions' about GST, note ban in movie Mersal

BJP Tamil Nadu chief also stressed on the impact of celebrities' words on general public.
20 Oct 2017 12:20 PM
Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday criticised the Election Commission saying that by not announcing the Gujarat poll schedule, it has ‘authorised’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the dates at his last rally, after all ‘freebies’ for the state were doled out. (Photo: PTI)

EC authorised PM to decide Gujarat Assembly poll dates: Chidambaram

The EC had earlier said the polling in the western state of Gujarat would be held before December 18.
20 Oct 2017 11:29 AM
The aircraft will land and then take-off from on the Agra Expressway near Bangarmau in Unnao district. (Representational Image | File)

20 IAF planes to land on Agra expressway on Oct 24 in special drill

A traffic blockade has been put in place from Friday to prepare the highway stretch for the event.
20 Oct 2017 11:24 AM
Tamil Nadu Health Minister said he had inspected the wards and spoke to patients affected by dengue. (Photo: File) 

Dengue will be brought under control in 10-15 days:TN minister

C Vijayabaskar said incidents of dengue have come down due to the state govt taking steps on a war-footing to check vector-borne disease.
20 Oct 2017 10:20 AM
Three people were rescued from the debris. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

8 killed as portion of TN transport corporation's building collapses

3 others sustained injuries after portion of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation's building collapsed in Nagapattinam.
20 Oct 2017 9:40 AM
Talking to party workers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the people of Gujarat were emotionally attached to the saffron party because they were 'progressive and development-oriented'. (Photo: File | PTI)

In poll-bound Gujarat, PM addresses BJP workers through tele-conference

PM addressed around 23,000 BJP workers through the 'audio bridge' technology and extended Diwali greetings to them.
20 Oct 2017 9:24 AM

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Kerala transman gives birth to baby, first case in India

Ziya Paval recently took to Instagram and announced that Zahhad was eight months pregnant. Paval and Zahhad have been living together for the past three years. (Twitter)
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A boy bathes in the Ranbir water canal to cool himself on a hot summer day in Jammu. Climate change has made India’s heat wave hotter, said Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at the Imperial College of London. She said that before human activities increased global temperatures, heat waves like this year’s would have struck India once in about half a century. (AP Image)

In Pictures | India reels under intense heatwave
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao sat on a dharna for one-and-a-half hours at Delhi on Monday, and set a 24-hour deadline to the Centre to announce its decision on the Telangana government's demand that it procure all the paddy produced in the state in the rabi season. (Telangana CM KCR and BKU leader Rakesh Singh Tikait during the protest at Telangana Bhavan in Delhi- DC Image)

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Farmers celebrate after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repealing of the three Central farm laws, at Singhu Border in New Delhi, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. (PTI)

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Low visibility due to smog after Diwali celebrations, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

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Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday carried out a successful trial of drones that will be used for aerial surveillance on August 15, which marks the 75th Independence Day. (Photo by - HU Naqash)

Digital surveillance: Drones used ahead of Independence Day celebrations in J&K
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