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DEL53 INDOPAK-LD DGMO

India, Pak DGMOs agree to fully implement 2003 ceasefire pact

New Delhi/Islamabad: Director General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan today agreed to "fully implement" the ceasefire pact of 2003 in "letter and spirit" forthwith to stop cross border firings in Jammu and Kashmir.

FGN31 PM-INDONESIA-LD ARRIVAL

PM Modi arrives in Indonesia on the first leg of his three-nation tour

Jakarta: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today arrived here in the Indonesian capital on the first leg of his three-nation tour to East Asia to cement the political, economic and strategic interest of the two friendly maritime neighbours.

 

DEL46 EC-LD REPOLL

EC announces re-election in 123 polling stations of UP, Maharashtra, Nagaland

New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) today announced re-poll in 73 polling stations in Uttar Pradesh's Kairana, 49 polling stations in Maharashtra's Bhandara-Gondia and one polling station in Nagaland, after VVPAT machines developed snags during yesterday's Lok Sabha bypolls.

DEL54 POL-LD SHAH

Shah kicks off BJP's massive mass contact drive

New Delhi:

Launching his party's "contact for support" drive, BJP president Amit Shah today met former Army chief Dalbir Singh Suhag and former Lok Sabha secretary-general Subhash Kashyap, and announced that 50 lakh party workers would reach every household to inform people about the Modi government's works.

DEL20 DL-CBSE LD RESULTS

CBSE declares Class 10 board exam results

New Delhi: Four students topped the Class 10 CBSE examinations this year even as girls once again stole a march over boys. The overall pass percentage was 86.70, it said.

DEL45 UP-RAJNATH

Jawans' hands not tied during Ramzan: Rajnath

Lucknow: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today made clear that the security forces would act if there were terror attacks during Ramzan, the period during which the Centre has halted anti-militancy operations in Jammu and Kashmir

DEL48 2ND LDALL-STORM

Storms kill 34 in Bihar, UP

Patna/Lucknow: Thunderstorms struck at several places in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, killing at least 34 people as hutments collapsed and trees fell, officials said today.

NATION:

MDS8 LDALL TUTICORIN

TN cancels land allotment to Vedanta plant, Tuticorin violence rocks Assembly

Chennai:

The Tamil Nadu government today cancelled the land allotment to the Vedanta groups copper plant in Tuticorin, while the killing of 13 people in police firing there resonated in the state assembly, with opposition DMK deciding to boycott the proceedings until the unit was "permanently shut".

DEL36 BIZ-GADKARI

Dreams of vibrant infra taking shape; unmatched work in 4 yrs: Gadkari

New Delhi: The government is undertaking projects worth over Rs 2 lakh crore in the North East and J&K as part of efforts to create vibrant infrastructure across the country which has seen "unmatched work" in this space in the last four years, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said today. By Namita Tewari

DEL39 GOVT-EX-PREZ

Retired Prez to get Rs 1 lakh as office expenses every year, ex-VP to get Rs 90000

New Delhi: The government has decided to extend Rs 1 lakh to a retired President and Rs 90,000 to a retired Vice-President on account of office expenses every year, the Home Ministry said today.

LEGAL:

LGM1 TN-HC-SCHOOLS No lugging books to school,no homework for Class I&II pupils: Court

Chennai: Children are neither weightlifters nor school bags loaded containers, the Madras High Court said today, as it asked the Centre to instruct state governments to reduce weight of satchels of school children and do away with homework for classes I and II.

LGD15 DL-HC-COBRAPOST

Cobrapost in HC against restraint on making documentary public

New Delhi: Web portal Cobrapost today moved a plea in the Delhi High Court challenging its single judge's order restraining the organisation from making public a documentary alleging that various media houses have indulged in unethical practices like paid news.

BUSINESS:

CM100 BIZ-RESULTS-PAYTM

Paytm trims losses to Rs 899.6 cr in FY17

New Delhi: One97 Communications, which is the parent company of Paytm, has reduced its losses to Rs 899.6 crore in the financial year 2016-17 compared to the previous fiscal, as per regulatory documents.

FOREIGN:

FGN36 NEPAL-SWARAJ

Nepal terms Swaraj's remarks on Modi's Janakpur reception as 'unfortunate'

Kathmandu: Nepal today termed as "unfortunate" the remarks of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj that Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed lakhs of "Indians" during a civic reception in his honour in Nepal's Janakpur recently.

FGN34 US-CHINA-TARIFF

US announces 25 per cent new tariffs on Chinese tech goods

Washington: The US will impose a hefty 25 per cent tariff on the USD 50 billion worth of Chinese goods containing "industrially significant" technology, the White House said today, days after the two sides reached an agreement and vowed not to launch a trade war against each other. By Lalit K Jha

SPORTS:

SPD13 SPO-GAMES -RELAY

New Delhi to host torch relay of Asian Games on July 15

New Delhi: A host of sports personalities from the past and present will be part of the 2018 Asian Games' torch relay to be held in the national capital on July 15.