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Saturday, August 16, 2014, Chandigarh, India

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updated at 9:55 pm

23 killed as rains wreak havoc in U'khand, HP
New Delhi: Twenty-three persons were killed in rain-related incidents in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh as heavy showers wreaked havoc in the hill states.

Modi inducts INS Kolkata, says military prowess biggest deterrent to war
MUMBAI: Terming military might as the biggest deterrent to war, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said defence forces will be modernised to ensure that �nobody casts an evil eye� on the nation.

2 BSF jawans killed in militant attack in J&K
SRINAGAR: Two BSF jawans were killed while four others injured when militants opened fired at their vehicle just outside Awantipora IAF airfield in Jammu and Kashmir today.

Amit Shah announces new BJP team
NEW DELHI: Varun Gandhi was today dropped as general secretary by BJP president Amit Shah who constituted his new team, inducting former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa as vice-president and new RSS pointsman Ram Madhav as general secretary.

IS jihadists kill 80 in northern Iraq
 BAGHDAD: Islamic State jihadists carried out a "massacre" in the northern Iraq village of Kocho, killing dozens of people, most of them members of the Yazidi religious minority, officials and a witness said on Saturday.

Birender Singh joins BJP
JIND (Haryana): Rebel Congress leader Chaudhary Birender Singh today joined the BJP in the presence of its chief Amit Shah at a rally here, ending his over four-decade association with the party in poll-bound Haryana.

Friday, August 15, 2014, Chandigarh, India
Edition update time 2:30 am (IST)

Embattled Sharif reaffirms support to �Kashmir cause�
 Storm at home as Imran, Qadri begin separate march to Islamabad
Nawaz SharifNew Delhi/Islamabad, August 14
 On Pakistan�s Independence Day, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif raked up Kashmir, amid a rising storm back home: Thousands of protesters, spearheaded by two powerful leaders, began a march towards the Capital in an attempt to topple the government.

Imran Khan (C) gestures as he begins his anti-govt rally from Lahore on Thursday. Imran Khan (C) gestures as he begins his anti-govt rally from Lahore on Thursday. AP/PTI


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Cong suspends Birender, Brar for �hurting party�
New Delhi, August 14
 The Congress on Thursday suspended rebel leaders Birender Singh (Haryana) and Jagmeet Brar (Punjab) from the party for �engaging in anti-party activities�. 

Shut down illegal industries in Solan, says green tribunal
Shimla/ New Delhi, August 14
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board to shut down all industries operating without obtaining consent from the board in Solan district.

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For Bishnoi, BJP draws the line: Take it or leave it
Mahendragarh, August 14
 Sounding the bugle for the forthcoming Assembly elections, the BJP national president Amit Shah has made it clear that the party would go alone in the Assembly polls if its ally HJC does not accept the revised conditions of seat sharing.

LS Poll debacle
 Arrogance , graft did Congress in: Antony panel
New Delhi, Aug 14
 The AK Antony Committee looking into reasons behind Congress' rout in the Lok Sabha elections tonight submitted its report to party president Sonia Gandhi.

Army Major awarded Ashok Chakra
New Delhi, August 14
Major Mukund VardarajanMajor Mukund Vardarajan, who killed two terrorists in Kashmir before he was shot dead in April this year, has been awarded the Ashok Chakra, the nation's highest peace-time gallantry award.

Nation page: CRPF men get 71 gallantry medals

Live border with Pak: Sweets and sounds of gunfire
Jammu, August 14
For all the serious fireworks going on for some days at the Line of Control, here�s something to chew on: On Pakistan�s Independence Day, Indian Army officers exchanged sweets and pleasantries with their counterparts at Chakan-da-Bagh and Roshini points in Mendhar, Poonch district.

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