TOP Stories Of The Day – 13th August Photogallery

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Protesters have taken to the streets in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) against human rights abuses and crackdown by the Pakistani security forces.

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An all-party meeting called on August 13, 2016 to discuss the recent violence in Kashmir unanimously rejected a move by the UNHRC to send a team to the state to investigate alleged human rights violations by Indian security forces. (PTI)

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Parliament functioned overtime in the monsoon session with Lok Sabha working for 110.84% and Rajya Sabha for 99.54% of their scheduled time, according to the figures shared by the government. (PTI)

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There will be no separate railway budget from next financial year, putting an end to a practice that started in 1924, with the finance ministry agreeing to the proposal to merge the transporter's annual exercise with the general budget.

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The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a fresh case against business tycoon Vijay Mallya after a complaint by the State Bank of India in connection with loan default, an official said on August 13, 2016. (BCCL)

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British Secretary of State for International Development Priti Patel called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 13, 2016. Patel said that Britain was deepening its economic partnership with India to deliver long-term progress. (PTI)

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A minor girl, who was gang-raped near Bulandshahr last month, has moved the Supreme Court demanding that FIRs be registered against Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Azam Khan and the erring police officials. (BCCL)

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Senior lawyer and former attorney general Soli Sorabjee on August 13, 2016 termed Chief Justice TS Thakur’s criticism of the government in an open courtroom, wherein he accused the ruling dispensation of bringing the judiciary to a standstill by stalling the appointment of judges to high courts, as ‘genuine and not theatrical’. (BCCL)

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on August 13, 2016 warned police officials that action would be initiated against them for failing to enforce the liquor ban in the state. (BCCL)

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Indian Navy divers on August 13, 2016 found the wreckage of the second MSRTC bus that had been washed away when a bridge across the Savitri River here collapsed on August 3, a defence spokesman said. (BCCL)

See more of : Maharashtra, Indian Navy, Bridge