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None will be spared in AugustaWestland scam: Parrikar
Cuttack, Jun 26 () Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today asserted that those involved in the AugustaWestland chopper scam will not be spared.

CRPF mulls use of metal plates on convoy vehicles
Govt To Send Team To Study Infiltration

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Manipal's Ranjan Pai partners ex-Deutsche banker's NBFC
Manipal group’s Ranjan Pai is partnering ex-Deutsche banker Bhupinder Singh’s non-bank finance company — InCred — making big bets on education loans, mortgages and SME lending.

Nilekani puts $25 million in KKR realty unit
Billionaire and Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani has put in about $25 million in a real estate non-banking finance company (NBFC) unit of KKR India, one of the local arms of private equity giant KKR & Co.

Snack culture spices up packaged foods biz
What used to earlier be four meals daily, including a snack, has doubled to 8-10 meals among urban consumers. This shift in consumption patterns has triggered innovation in the packaged foods market.

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Prakash Javadekar to survey Aravali before finalising 'forest' definition

Darjeeling gets snow leopard from UK
Darjeeling zoo, left with eight female and a lone male snow leopard, has now got a male big cat from England while another from France will arrive later this year for breeding conservation programme. 'Makalu', the 2-year-old leopard from Dudley Zoological Gardens was flown in to Kolkata from the UK.

Environment ministry distances itself from contentious green proposals
Amid criticism for proposing green cess and permitting private players to use and develop government forest land, the environment ministry distanced itself from the draft national forest policy saying “the study report by IIFM, Bhopal was inadvertently uploaded as Draft Forest Policy on the website”.

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Labour in crisis: Corbyn's team wants him out
UK's Opposition Labour party on Sunday faced a full-blown revolt after Jeremy Corbyn sacked his foreign secretary which was followed by resignations of other key shadow cabinet members including an Indian-origin minister.

ISIS launch new attacks Afghanistan, dozens killed
Heavy fighting between Afghan forces and Islamic State jihadists has killed dozens of people in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said, raising fears that the terrorist group is staging a comeback, months after Kabul said they had been defeated.

Bahraini activist to be tried for tweets
Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab will face trial for tweets condemning the Gulf Arab kingdom's prison system and its involvement in the war in Yemen, his lawyer said, and he could face up to 13 years in prison. Rajab was arrested earlier this month on unspecified charges.

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Alia Bhatt to make her Hollywood debut soon?
Alia Bhatt's latest release 'Udta Punjab' fetched her several critical acclaims.

Anushka, Deepika in race for Kabir Khan's next?
Anushka Sharma and Deepika Padukone were reportedly trying to bag a role in Kabir Khan’s next film.

Pulkit gets clicked with Yami, threatens media
Pulkit Samrat and Yami Gautam's recently saw the release of their second film together – ‘Junooniyat’.

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Zika virus may not cause microcephaly: Study
The number of missing cases of microcephaly epidemic in several countries raises serious questions about the assumed connection between Zika and microcephaly, finds a new study. Prenatal Zika virus infection has been linked to adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes, most notably microcephaly.

Veggies grown on Mars-like soil found safe for humans
Four vegetables grown on soil similar to that on Mars have been found safe for human consumption, Dutch scientists say. Scientists have worked in greenhouses at Wageningen University in the Netherlands to grow crops on Mars and Moon soil simulants since 2013.

GM field trials in agri university farms?
The central regulator on transgenic organisms has proposed to utilize farms of select agricultural universities for field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops as a nationally-coordinated project under strict expert supervision.

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Euro 2016: Germany cruise into last eight with 3-0 Slovakia win
Germany thumped Slovakia 3-0 with goals from Jerome Boateng, Mario Gomez and Julian Draxler to cruise into the Euro 2016 quarter-finals and confirm their status as tournament favourites with a sparkling performance.

India will win hockey medal in Rio Olympics: Fernandes
Olympio Fernandes, goalkeeper of the World Cup winning team in 1975, has asserted that Indian hockey is set to recapture its past glory and the team will definitely return home with a medal from the Rio Olympics.

Euro 2016: Griezmann double sends France into last eight
Host nation France came from behind to beat 10-man Ireland 2-1 and reach the Euro 2016 quarter-finals after forward Antoine Griezmann struck twice in the second half to cancel out Robbie Brady's second-minute penalty.

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9 biggest smartphone launches of June
Here’s over to the 9 biggest launches of the month (so far) to make your decision easier.

Gionee Marathon M5 Plus review: Powerful performer
Bearing a price tag of Rs 26,999, Gionee Marathon M5 Plus is an upper mid-range smartphone. As such, it is bound to face tough competition from the likes of Xiaomi Mi 5 and OnePlus 3. We spent some days with the handset to find out whether it’s capable of making a mark for itself in the fiercely contested Indian smartphone market.

4 best Android smartphones under Rs 15,000 with fingerprint scanner
In this world of technology, everyone cares about security whether it’s your pictures or some top secret documents.

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Karnataka has most MBBS seats in country
Karnataka is home to 53 medical colleges, of which 18 are government colleges. The state has 7,355 MBBS seats and 3,646 postgraduate medical seats. Three more colleges with 150 seats each were added this year at Chamrajanagar, Kodagu and Karwar.

NEET-II to be held on July 24: CBSE

NIT fee hiked to Rs 1.25 lakh from Rs 70000 per annum

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Film producer Firoz Nadiadwala gets bail in Rs 2.5 crore dud cheque case
Last week, the Juhu police received direction from a metropolitan magistrate at Saidapet in Chennai to arrest Nadiadwala and produce him in court by 10.30am on Monday

Can give fitting reply to Shiv Sena protests: BJP
The BJP-Shiv Sena sabre-rattling continued on Sunday with city BJP chief Ashish Shelar saying his activists too could hold demonstrations and burn effigies in retaliation to the Sena’s recent aggressive protest against the party

BEST workers to protest tomorrow, services may be affected
While the deadlock between Shiv Sena and BJP continues over the proposed outsourcing of buses and drivers, the workers’ union on Sunday announced that there will be no strike on Tuesday

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2 come in contact with live wire at eatery, critical
A birthday bash on a rooftop restaurant turned tragic for four friends on Saturday when three of them got injured after coming in contact with a high tension wire passing above the building in southwest Delhi’s Sagarpur. While two of them are in a critical condition with over 60% burns, the one who tried to save them has suffered minor injuries.

Faster, safer: With radio, Metro signals change
Delhi Metro’s Phase III is not only about driverless trains. It is also about trains moving at higher speeds, thanks to a communication system that relies on radio. The new phase of Delhi urban train system will use a communication-based train control (CBTC) system to bring the headway, or the distance and frequency between two trains, down to a quick 90 seconds from the current 150 seconds.

A ploy to divert attention, says BJP
BJP attacked chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP MLAs for their early morning march towards the Prime Minister’s residence and saw their subsequent detention as a ploy to divert attention from their failures.

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Video on Swedish youths' tryst with desi autowalahs goes viral
Aditi.Sequieira@timesgroup.Hampus Bergqvist, 25, and Johan Batoli, 26, studied business, but were bitten by acting bug.They landed in India from Sweden with Bollywood dreams.

Siddaramaiah offers Ambareesh an olive branch; seeks his return to cabinet

Police dogs won't die of depression in old age homes anymore
Ramu, the police dog which retired last month after spending 12 years snooping for criminals and bombs, died lonely and depressed.

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Trench snuffs out youth's life at Madhapur
In a case of sheer negligence on the part of civic authorities, a 24-year-old hotel worker drowned in a storm water-filled trench, dug up by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board to divert a sewer line, on Madhapur main road on Saturday night. The incident exposes how ill-prepared civic officials are for the monsoon.

Judges resign en masse
Judges marched from Gun Park to Raj Bhavan and submitted a representation to governor ESL Narasimhan on the issue.

Advocate burnt alive in his car?
In a shocking incident, the charred body of a man was found in a missing advocate's burnt car at Keesara on Sunday morning.Police suspect the body could be that of the missing advocate.

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Why have people become indifferent to crime?
A 24-year-old woman employee of Infosys was attacked with a sharp weapon by a man on the busy Nungambakkam railway platform in Chennai.

Tamil Nadu leads in skill training of urban poor
Tamil Nadu has taken the lead in skill training of urban poor in the past two years, followed by Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal.

HC raps housing board over unused public bldgs

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Two including a woman held for theft
Crime branch sleuths on Sunday nabbed Suresh Vedvani and his woman accomplice Manju Chunara, a resident of Thakkernagar in Bapunagar for stealing valuables from luggage of passengers who hired their autorickshaw.

Police raid nets top bookies in Vejalpur
A team of Vejalpur police raided a hotel near Jivraj Park early on Sunday morning and nabbed 23 persons for gambling.

Heritage graduates get offers from office of President
"There is a national need for heritage managers and it is being understood now.In Europe or US , cultural and creative industry is the biggest money spinner and being managed by qualified heritage managers.

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HC declines to entertain PIL on Kairana incident
Lucknow, Jun 26 () The Allahabad High Court has declined to entertain a PIL seeking a direction to restrain the electronic and print media from alleged glorification of the Kairana incident which may disturb communal harmony.

Former AUSU president writes to HRD minister

Public not too keen on helmets
UP cabinet's nod to make wearing of helmet for pillion riders on all two-wheelers compulsory evoked mixed response in the city.

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India to be made defence export hub: Parrikar
Bhubaneswar, Jun 26 () Union Minister Manohar Parrikar today said the Centre has decided to double the production capacity of two defence establishments in Odisha and concrete steps are being taken to make India an export hub in defence and make it self-reliant.

Attack on union ministers is 'panic reaction' of BJD: Parrikar
Bhubaneswar, Jun 26 () Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today claimed the attack on the convoy of two Union ministers in Odisha's Bargarh on Friday was a "panic reaction" of the ruling BJD. "General election in Odisha is scheduled to be held only in 2019.

Boy 'pushed' off train: GRP summons 3 TTEs to record statement
A day after a minor boy was allegedly pushed off a moving train by TTE, the Government Railway Police (GRP) on Sunday issued summons to three travelling ticket examiners (TTEs) to record their statement regarding the incident.

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Lens on Chinese nationals for eating beef in MP
Chinese nationals working for Sasan Power Project in Madhya Pradesh's Singrauli have come under the scanner of police on suspicion of consuming 'beef'.

Nightmarish train trip for 5 women

Tremendous similarity between BJP and Communist party of China: Shivraj

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Sidhu in, ex-foe min out in Punjab BJP core team

Punjab's largest heroin haul in poll year 2014

With 30 grace marks for class XII, Pappu can't fail in Punjab

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