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It's Not Marriage, But Money That Keeps Most Urban Housewives Away From Starting Own Business: Study
The study found that 1 in 4 of the women interviewed said they had tried starting their own enterprise but that 25 percent of these women were unable to maintain it.
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Novak Djokovic's #10yearchallenge is Unmissable! Tennis Great Bares it (All) Most in These Pics!
Now Novak, who is a known prankster with a penchant for theatrics, decided to make fun of himself and posted a decade old photo of him where in the first half of the pic he is in nothing but tight black underwear.
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Strive to re-install Narendra Modi as PM, Nitin Gadkari tells BJP workers
Gadkari, who is being seen as the alternative contender for the Prime Ministerial post in 2019 general elections, was speaking as chief guest at the inaugural session of the party's SC front Anusuchit Jaati Morcha's two-day national convention.
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Seniority cast aside
Collegium courts controversy by elevating relatively junior judges. When, by one stroke, 32 judges including chief justices are passed over, it is bound to create a flutter and a feeling of unease.
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Sirsa journalist murder: Two polygraph tests nailed Haryana cop's lie
The Dera chief, along with three others - Krishan Lal, Nirmal Singh and Kuldeep Singh - was recently awarded life imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 50,000 each.
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JNU sedition-row: Court refuses chargesheet, says Delhi govt's permission needed
Five days after the Delhi Police filed a 1,200-page chargesheet against former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid, and others, the Patiala House Court has refused to accept the filing. The court has now told the police that it has to get approval from the Delhi government first. Here are the details.
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Zomato In Trouble Again? Man Alleges Plastic in Food, Hotel Owner Says 'Delivery App Rider Must Have Changed it'; See Pics
The owner of the restaurant which prepared the food blamed the Zomato delivery boy for the incident. The hotel owner has also registered a police complainant.
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Indian-American Sikh accorded with Rosa Park Trailblazer award
An Indian-American philanthropist and entrepreneur, Gurinder Singh Khalsa, has been presented with the prestigious Rosa Park Trailblazer award for his campaign that forced US authorities to change their policy towards headgear of the Sikh community. Indianapolis-based Khalsa, 45, was presented the award for his continued demonstration of courage and compassion. In 2007, Khalsa was refused access to board an airplane because of his turban.
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Maiden train to Amritsar flagged off, passengers say visiting Golden Temple mo more difficult
Most of the passengers who travelled in the train were all in smiles and while sharing their experience said that ab Golden temple Jana mushkil nahin (Now going to Golden temple is not difficult)."
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Indore IAS Officer Clears 13 Lakh Tonnes of Garbage in 6 Months
Asheesh Singh was appointed as the municipal commissioner of Indore Municipal Corporation in May 2018.
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Church closed after Orthodox, Jacobite factions clash in Kerala
Thrissur (Kerala), Jan 18 (IANS) The St Mary's Church at Mannamangalam near here was on Friday evening put under lock and key by the District Collector following clashes between the Orthodox and Jacobite factions. The police had to use force late on Thursday after the two factions indulged in stone-pelting that injured several persons from both sides, and 30 persons including five Orthodox priests were taken into custody. The police have registered a case against around 120 people from both factions and the first accused is Orthodox Thrissur Diocese Metropolitan, Yuhanon Mar Milethious, who is currently convalescing in a hospital following the clashes last night.
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Amid calls for rate cut, RBI Governor's caution: Growth OK, inflation a worry
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das expected growth to be more sustainable now, propelled by private consumption and investment. India will grow at around 7.5 per cent a year in the medium term, he said.
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Transferred nuns request Kerala CM's intervention
Kottayam (Kerala), Jan 19 (IANS) The four nuns, who publicly protested last year demanding rape accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal's arrest, and were handed transfer orders three days back, on Saturday sought Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's intervention in the matter. In the letter, they requested Vijayan to see to it that the transfer orders were revoked as their only agenda was their wish to remain with the victim, who was yet to receive any sort of support from the Church and was only banking on them.
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Kashmiri Pandits mourn 1990 'genocide' at Raj Ghat, demand closure
New Delh, Jan 19 (IANS) Around 50-70 Kashmiri Pandits, including school children, observed a silent protest here on Saturday at Raj Ghat-- the resting place of Mahatma Gandhi -- commemorating the 29th year of their forced exodus from their homeland. Nearly half a million Kashmiri Pandits were forced out of Kashmir by terrorists and Islamic fanatics in 1990 during a high tide of militancy in the region. Amit Raina, spokesperson of solidarity group "Roots for Kashmir", told IANS: "We are the only community which never indulged in any violence.
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Ten feared killed in avalanche in Ladakh
Two massive avalanches hit two civilian trucks. The Army has recovered four bodies.
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Kumbh Mela 2019 Passengers Robbed at Gunpoint On Board Tata Jat Express Train; Second Incident of Train Loot in 24 Hours
Reports inform that the incident took place around 2 am between Badli and Holambi Kalan in the national capital when robbers looted the passengers on board the Express train at gunpoint.
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Moustache Allowance to be Raised by 400 Per Cent For Policemen in Uttar Pradesh
According to a report, Binod Kumar Singh, ADG of PAC, has sent a proposal to raise the moustache allowance for PAC personnel.
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NTR remembered on 23rd death anniversary
Hyderabad, Jan 18 (IANS) Family members and leaders of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founded by N.T. Rama Rao remembered him on his 23rd death anniversary on Friday. Popularly called NTR, the former Chief Minister, was an actor-turned-politician and one of the most popular leaders in the history of undivided Andhra Pradesh. NTR's son and popular actor N. Balakrishna, daughter N. Bhuvaneswari, grandsons and actors Junior NTR and Kalyan Ram and others paid rich tributes to the late leader at NTR Ghat on the banks of the Hussain Sagar lake here.
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Hardik Pandya Makes First Public Appearance Since 'Koffee' Fiasco
Under-fire Indian cricketer spotted at the Mumbai airport, with no clarity yet on the course of action against him.
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CBI raids Sports Authority of India (SAI) HQ, arrests four officials
"When we found out corrupt practices by a few officers, we gave their info to relevant agencies, who arrested them today," Sports minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said.
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Tihar Jail officials move to bar AgustaWestland accused Christian Michel from making 15-minute calls
Tihar Jail officials moved an application in a Delhi court seeking review of the court's earlier order allowing AgustaWestland middleman, Christian Michel to make calls to his family and lawyer for 15 minutes in a week.
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As Swachh Survekshan takes centrestage, PMC drive against spitting in public slows down
Now, only 4-5 offenders face action daily; nearly 40 were penalised when drive took off
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New Chief Justice of Pakistan sworn in
Islamabad, Jan 18 (IANS) Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa took oath as the 26th Chief Justice of Pakistan at a ceremony here on Friday. Chief Justice Khosa is scheduled to retire on December 21, 2019, Dawn news reports. President Arif Alvi administered the oath to Justice Khosa before an audience of top government and military officials, Supreme Court judges, senior lawyers and dignitaries at the Aiwan-i-Sadr (Presidential Palace).
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Vadra's Aide Gets Interim Protection From Arrest Till 6 Feb
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) told Special Judge Arvind Kumar that Arora was cooperating in the probe.
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The peculiar case of Indian hockey where culture opposes hard grind of strategic planning
Hockey India, which has worked so hard to bring Indian hockey to a respectable level, could still make the painful choices that bolster Indian hockey.
