India, All india, 11th Aug 2017, News & Stories from India

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India, All india, 11 Aug 2017

China and India have been engaged in a standoff in the Dokalam area near the Bhutan trijunction for past two months (Photo: AFP)

India deploys more troops along China border amid Sikkim standoff

The soldiers, deployed over 9,000 feet, have to go through a 14-day-long acclimatisation process.

11 Aug 2017 9:00 PM

17 children died in neo-natal ward, 5 in acute encephalitis syndrome ward and 8 in general ward. (Photo: ANI)

30 children die of encephalitis in last 48 hours at UP hospital

District Magistrate Rajeev Rautela said he found out from doctors that no death occurred due to lack of oxygen.

11 Aug 2017 8:42 PM

Jharkhand's chief forest and wildlife conservator LR Singh said the decision to kill the animal was made after a team failed to tranquilise and capture the elephant during a week-long mission. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Govt turns to sharpshooter to kill elephant that crushed 15 to death

In 2014, the shooter was licensed by Uttar Pradesh to capture or kill a man-eating tiger that was believed to have killed eight people.

11 Aug 2017 8:32 PM

The bench made it clear that the parties would have to strictly adhere to the time frame fixed by it and no adjournment shall be given in any circumstances. (Photo: File)

Babri Masjid dispute: Supreme Court to start final hearing from December 5

SC made it clear that no adjournment will be given in any circumstance.

11 Aug 2017 6:08 PM

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said the condition was tensed last year in the valley and now the situation is slowly normalising. The people of the state think that their identity can be in danger. (Photo: PTI)

Modi assured no fiddling with Article 370, says Mehbooba Mufti

J&K CM said, 'the basis of our agenda of alliance is that status quo of 370 has to be maintained and none of us can go against that.'

11 Aug 2017 4:16 PM

Students of Jadavpur University are firm to continue protesting until their demands are met. (Photo: PTI)

Jadavpur University students slam council model, call it 'undemocratic'

A JU student said the university is an autonomous body and the state govt cannot impose its rights and decisions to form the council.

11 Aug 2017 3:47 PM

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. (Photo: File/PTI)

Mehbooba Mufti meets PM to discuss J&K's special status

The meeting comes in the backdrop of the debate on Article 35A of the Constitution that grants special status to the state.

11 Aug 2017 3:16 PM

The Ambad police registered a case of accidental death, a police official said. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

8-month-old boy in Nashik suffocates to death after swallowing balloon

The infant was playing in his house in Nashik when he picked up the balloon lying on the floor and swallowed it, a police official said.

11 Aug 2017 2:56 PM

President Ram Nath Kovind administering the oath of office and secrecy to Venkaiah Naidu as India's Vice President in the Durbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

PM welcomes VP Venkaiah Naidu in RS; be unbiased, says Oppn

Venkaiah Naidu was sworn in as the 13th Vice President of India on Friday.

11 Aug 2017 12:55 PM

The incident took place at Nadoli village in Chhan Arorian of Hiranagar tehsil. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

J-K: Air Force drone crashes in Kathua

A police team of Rajbagh police station and a team of Air Force personnel reached on the accident spot and seized the remains of UAV.

11 Aug 2017 11:25 AM

GJM office torched, party claims no invitation for talks from WB govt

Petrol bombs were hurled at the GJM office in the early hours, the police said, adding that the entire office was gutted.

11 Aug 2017 10:12 AM

SC to hear Ayodhya land dispute matter today

On Aug 8, the Shia Waqf Board told the apex court that a mosque can be built near Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

11 Aug 2017 8:48 AM

The online game, which originated in Russia, starts by asking participants via social media to take self-harming tasks. (Photo: DC)

Pune: Teenager leaves home for 'Blue Whale' challenge; rescued

A teenager from Mumbai had recently ended his life by jumping off a building allegedly while participating in the Blue Whale challenge.

11 Aug 2017 8:37 AM

Buxar District Magistrate Mukesh Pandey. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Belief in human existence gone: Buxar DM commits suicide in Ghaziabad

In the note it was written that Pandey, a 2012-batch IAS officer, was fed up with his life and lost his 'belief in human existence.'

11 Aug 2017 8:26 AM

Srinagar searches by ED in hawala terror funds case

The ED is probing the case under sections of the Foreign Exchange Management Act.

11 Aug 2017 2:40 AM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo: PTI)

Mamata Banerjee meets President, invites him to West Bengal

While the TMC has 37 MPs in Lok Sabha, the Congress has 45.

11 Aug 2017 2:38 AM

The minister added that in the last two years, 29 crore bank accounts were opened, of which 25 per cent were zero balance accounts.

Lok Sabha nod to merger of banks with SBI

The merged entity began operation with a deposit base of more than Rs 26 lakh crore.

11 Aug 2017 2:32 AM

Outgoing vice-president Hamid Ansari is greeted by vice-president-elect M. Venkaiah Naidu during his farewell function at Parliament House in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Venkaiah Naidu, Hamid Ansari spar on ‘unease of minorities’

Outgoing V-P warns of ‘tyranny’ if criticism is not allowed; BJP hits back, VHP likens Ansari to Jinnah.

11 Aug 2017 2:24 AM

Share details with NIA: Supreme Court to Kerala

A bench of chief justice J.S. Khehar and justice D.Y. Chandrachud on August 4 had issued notice to the NIA seeking its assistance.

11 Aug 2017 1:55 AM

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj meets with Nepal's President Bidhya Devi Bhandari in Kathmandu. (Photo: PTI)

Sushma Swaraj in Nepal, meets President

This is Ms Swaraj’s sixth visit to Nepal and the first high-level visit since the new Nepalese government assumed office in Nepal in June 2017.

11 Aug 2017 1:40 AM

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