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राज्यपाल कुरैशी का दावा गलत, नहीं मांगा इस्तीफा : राजनाथ

Nai Dunia - ‎24 minutes ago‎
विशेष विमान से। केंद्रीय गृहमंत्री राजनाथ सिंह ने उत्तराखंड के राज्यपाल अजीज कुरैशी के उस दावे को गलत बताया है जिसमें उन्होंने कहा कि गृह मंत्रालय के अधिकारी के जरिये उनसे पद छोड़ने के लिए कहा गया। इस मुद्दे पर पहली बार मुंह खोलते हुए राजनाथ ने कहा, उत्तराखंड के राज्यपाल को हटाने के लिए कोई प्रक्रिया नहीं शुरू की गई। वह राष्ट्रपति की इच्छा से संवैधानिक पद पर बने हुए हैं। अपने इसी दावे को लेकर उत्तराखंड के राज्यपाल कुरैशी ने सुप्रीम कोर्ट में याचिका दायर की है। इस पर कोर्ट ने केंद्र सरकार से जवाब मांगा है। गृहमंत्री ने कहा कि केंद्र जल्द ही इस मामले में उपयुक्त जवाब ...
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कथित रैगिंग के बाद बिहार के मंत्री के बेटे की हालत गंभीर

एनडीटीवी खबर - ‎2 hours ago‎
नई दिल्ली: बिहार के एक मंत्री के मुताबिक, उनका बेटा ग्वालियर के मशहूर सिंधिया स्कूल में हुई कथित रैगिंग के बाद दिल्ली के एक अस्पताल में जिंदगी और मौत के बीच झूल रहा है। पीड़ित बच्चे को बुधवार के दिन दिल्ली के एक अस्पताल में भर्ती कराया गया, जहां उसकी हालत अभी गंभीर बनी हुई है। पीड़ित के पिता ने बताया कि स्कूल के अधिकारियों ने उनसे कहा कि उनके बेटे ने बुधवार की रात आत्महत्या का प्रयास किया और उसकी हालत गंभीर है। उन्होंने कहा, 'लेकिन, मैं इसका खंडन करता हूं कि मेरे बेटे ने आत्महत्या का प्रयास किया। अपोलो अस्पताल में उसका इलाज कर रहे डॉक्टरों ने भी कहा है कि यह ...
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दिल्ली दुष्कर्म को मामूली बताने पर घिरे जेटली

दैनिक जागरण - ‎48 minutes ago‎
नई दिल्ली। दिल्ली दुष्कर्म कांड को मामूली घटना बताकर वित्त मंत्री अरुण जेटली ने सियासी बवाल में फंस गए हैं। राष्ट्रीय महिला आयोग समेत विपक्षी कांग्रेस ने उन्हें इस मुद्दे पर घेर लिया है। दुष्कर्म की उक्त जघन्य घटना में जान गंवाने वाली निर्भया के माता-पिता ने भी जेटली के बयान की आलोचना की है। बवाल बढ़ने पर वित्त मंत्री ने अपनी टिप्पणी के लिए खेद जताया है। जेटली का कहना है कि उन्होंने किसी खास घटना का जिक्र नहीं किया था और अपराध को कमतर करने का उनका कोई इरादा नहीं था। उनके बयान को तोड़मरोड़ कर पेश किया गया। बकौल जेटली, 'मुझे खेद है कि मेरे बयान का गलत अर्थ ...
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Iraqi forces make gains against ISIS, official says

CNN - ‎14 minutes ago‎
(CNN) -- Kurdish and Iraqi armed forces made gains against ISIS fighters in northeastern Iraq on Friday, taking back several villages as they surrounded the large ISIS-held town of Jalawla, a spokesman for Kurdish forces said.
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Gaza militants execute 18 alleged collaborators

Washington Post - ‎36 minutes ago‎
JERUSALEM - One day after three top Hamas commanders were killed in an Israeli airstrike, at least 18 Palestinians were killed Friday by firing squads in Gaza City, sentenced to death by a “revolutionary resistance court” for collaborating with Israel during ...
Gaza conflict: Israeli boy's death 'will intensify ops'
Netanyahu vows 'Hamas will pay heavy price' for death of Israeli boy
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Israel-Gaza conflict: Israel to call up 10,000 reservists as Hamas vows revenge for the killing of three of its commanders in an airstrike ‘Israel said it would call up 10,000 reservists as Palestinians vowed to avenge Israel’s killing of three Hamas commanders in Gaza this morning. The pre-dawn strike levelled a four-storey house in a densely populated neighbourhood of the southern town of Rafah, killing six people, including Mohamed Abu Shama...
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Ebola Outbreak Enters Sixth Month With No End in Sight

ABC News
1 hour ago
Written by
Sydney Lupkin
Though two American aid workers have recovered from Ebola, the outbreak continues to spread in West Africa with no end in sight. At last count, the virus had killed at least 1,427 people and sickened 1,188 more - numbers thought to “vastly underestimate” ...
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Shi'ite militia kill dozens of Iraqi Sunnis in mosque shooting

Reuters India - ‎1 hour ago‎
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Shi'ite militiamen machine gunned minority Sunni Muslims in a village mosque on Friday, killing dozens just as Baghdad is trying to build a cross-community government to fight Sunni militants whose rise has alarmed Western ...
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Rick Perry in New Hampshire: Is 'oops' still a 2016 problem?

Christian Science Monitor
59 minutes ago
Written by
Peter Grier
Many voters remember the disastrous 2012 presidential run by Gov. Rick Perry, highlighted by his 'oops' when words failed him in a debate.
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Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan talk Iraq, Ferguson, and 2016

CBS News - ‎2 hours ago‎
2012 Republican presidential ticket-mates Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., reprised their buddy act in a pair of appearances on Thursday, discussing foreign policy, racial tension in Ferguson, Missouri, and the possibility that one or both of them ...
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Harry Reid Apologizes, Says 'Wong' Comments Were In 'Poor Taste'

Huffington Post
1 hour ago
Written by
Paige Lavender
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) apologized Friday for controversial comments he made at a luncheon with the Asian Chamber of Commerce in Las Vegas.
Reid apologizes for Asian jokes at Vegas luncheon
Harry Reid Apologizes for Asian Jokes: 'Sometimes I Say the Wrong Thing'
Yahoo News
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is apologizing for jokes he made about Asians during a luncheon in Las Vegas this week. Reid later issued a statement saying the joke was "in extremely poor taste" and that he sometimes says "the wrong thing." What Reid said: http://yhoo.it/1sbqPxl
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Yellen Facing Hard Call on When Labor Market Has Healed

Bloomberg - ‎33 minutes ago‎
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said she still isn't satisfied with the U.S. labor market. Deciding when she is won't be easy.
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2.2 million bean bag chairs recalled after choking deaths

Christian Science Monitor
15 minutes ago
Written by
Schuyler Velasco
2.2 million bean bag chairs were recalled Friday following the deaths of two children in the US. The recalled bean bag chairs were sold at Mayfair, Walmart, and several other retailers.
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McDonald's Names new US unit president, second in two years

Reuters - ‎38 minutes ago‎
(Reuters) - McDonald's Corp MCD.N is changing the leadership at its struggling U.S. division for the second time in two years in a move that may signal increased pressure on Chief Executive Officer Don Thompson.
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Dynegy's Deals Mark Return of Ambition

New York Times - ‎26 minutes ago‎
Dynegy only got out of bankruptcy two years ago. Now two deals worth $6.25 billion, announced on Friday, mark a return of ambition for the power company.
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Researchers Hack Android Apps With Up TO 92 Percent Success Rate ...

Tom's Hardware Guide - ‎1 hour ago‎
Researchers from the University of California Riverside, have discovered a flaw in the Android operating system, that allows them to hack most Android apps between 82 and 92 percent of the time.
Columbia researchers figure out how to run iOS apps on Android
Researchers hack Gmail app with 92% success rate
Georgi Kaua
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Researchers exploit OS weakness to hack into + Gmail  with 92 per cent success rate Washington: A team of US engineers has developed a method that allows them to successfully hack into apps including Gmail up to 92 per cent of the time. They have identified a weakness believed to exist in Android, Windows and iOS mobile operating systems that could be used to obtain personal information from unsuspecting users. Researchers tested the method and fou...
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Rebel NSA and GCHQ agents are actually helping make Tor more secure

BetaNews
3 hours ago
Written by
Mark Wilson
For anyone looking to stay anonymous online, Tor seems like an obvious option. At the same time, it could lull users into a false sense of security -- after all, this is a network that was, at least in the past, funded by the military and US government -- and ...
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'Sin City: A Dame to Kill For' isn't to die for, reviews say

Los Angeles Times
48 minutes ago
Written by
Oliver Gettell
Nearly a decade after "Sin City" leaped from the pages of Frank Miller's comics to the big screen, Miller and codirector Robert Rodriguez are back with another round of ultra-stylized neo-noir intrigue.
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Harry Styles Takes The Ice Bucket Challenge

MTV.com - ‎26 minutes ago‎
By now, who hasn't done the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to raise money for charity? Harry Styles is latest to pour icy water over his head, which is covered in his shaggy, lion-mane hair.
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Emergency Edition of Nine Innings! Red Sox Sign Cuban Star (and Future Marlin ...

Boston.com
56 minutes ago
Written by
Chad Finn
Chad Finn is the sports media columnist for the Globe and writes the irreverent Touching All the Bases blog for Boston.com. A frequent panelist on Globe 10.0 and the Red Sox Podcast, he previously worked at the Concord Monitor in New Hampshire.
Red Sox, outfielder Rusney Castillo agree to deal - by Pete Abraham
Red Sox finalizing 7-year, $72.5M deal for Rusney Castillo
Baseball America
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Rusney Castillo Agrees To Sign With Red Sox - Cuban outfielder Rusney Castillo agreed to sign with the Red Sox last night. According to a source, the deal is for six years, $72.5 million, making it the highest first-year [] The post Rusney Castillo Agrees To Sign With Red Sox appeared first on BaseballAmerica.com. http://ow.ly/2MdQxz
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MLB: Angels' Richards out for season with knee injury

Salt Lake Tribune - ‎1 hour ago‎
Boston • The Los Angeles Angels are going to be without Garrett Richards for a playoff run. One of the AL West leader's top starters sustained a serious knee injury, tearing his left patellar tendon Wednesday against the Boston Red Sox.
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Manziel Fined $12000 for Middle Finger, AP Reports

Bloomberg - ‎34 minutes ago‎
Johnny Manziel was fined $12,000 for flashing his middle finger during a National Football League preseason game this week, according to the Associated Press.
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Did the Atlantic Ocean slow down global warming?

Tech Times - ‎18 minutes ago‎
A group of researchers find a new reason for the current hiatus of global warming: the Atlantic Ocean could be keeping things cooler by drawing heat into its deepest fathoms.
Global Warming Pause Will Last Another 10 Years, New Research Suggests
Researchers discover the cause of the global warming hiatus
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Is this what's behind the slowdown in global warming? Excess heat is disappearing into the depths of the Atlantic and Southern oceans, making it seem as if the general rise in temperature is slowing down, the Guardian reports: http://wef.ch/1vqjoVp
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US drought has literally raised the ground, say scientists

Christian Science Monitor - ‎1 hour ago‎
GPS measurements reveal that between 2003 and 2014, land surface in the Western US has risen about 0.15 inches, a result of some 240 gigatons of water having been lost.
US drought causing Earth's crust to rise
Drought In Western U.S. Causing Land To Rise
Kevin Clift
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Going Up It seems as a result of the protracted and severe drought here that such a vast amount of snow has gone from the Sierra Nevada mountains in the U.S. West that the GPS stations, placed there to measure earth movements to better predict earthquakes, are reporting a median increase in their height of 15mm (.59 inches)! A similar story unfolds across the rest of the region as an estimated 240 metric gigatons of water mass is lost. But B...
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WHO warns of 'shadow zones', hidden cases in Ebola outbreak

Reuters - ‎1 hour ago‎
GENEVA (Reuters) - The scale of the world's worst Ebola outbreak has been concealed by families hiding infected loved ones in their homes and the existence of "shadow zones" that medics cannot enter, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
Ebola outbreak: Number of deaths are massively underestimated, warns WHO - by Charlie Cooper
Ebola: airlines cancel more flights to affected countries
Irina Tcherednichenko
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"The current outbreak of Ebola in west Africa constitutes the largest and most complex to date. Declared a public health emergency of international concern by WHO, the outbreak of a disease with no known treatment or vaccination is proving difficult to contain given the already fragile and under resourced health systems in the affected areas. The Lancet wishes to assist health workers and researchers working under difficult and dangerous ...
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Lifestyle Change Cost-Effective for T2D Patients

MedPage Today - ‎2 hours ago‎
Endocrinology. Lifestyle Change Cost-Effective for T2D Patients. Published: Aug 22, 2014. By Parker Brown. save. |. A. A. Post Test Complete · Take Posttest.
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Nigeria confirms 2 new Ebola cases

Washington Post - ‎54 minutes ago‎
ABUJA, Nigeria - Two new cases of Ebola have emerged in Nigeria and, in an alarming development, they are outside the group of caregivers who treated an airline passenger who arrived with Ebola and died, Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said ...
Nigeria Confirms First 'Secondary' Ebola Cases
FG Confirms 2 New Cases Of Ebola Virus Disease
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Nigeria records two new cases of Ebola - Abuja AFP - Nigeria said on Friday that two more people had tested positive for Ebola, taking the total number of confirmed cases of the deadly virus in the country to 14, including five deaths.Nigeria has now recorded the first two cases of Ebola Virus Disease in secondary contacts of the index case, Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu told a news conference in Abuja.The two patients ar ... http://ow.ly/2MdaHH
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