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AgustaWestland yet to return entire down payment made by India for VVIP choppers: Report

Amid the ongoing political tussle over the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper bribery scam, a report has claimed that the defence firm in question has not returned the entire down payment made by India for the purchase of 12 such helicopters. NDTV reported on Friday that AgustaWestland, a UK-based subsidiary of Italian conglomerate Finmeccanica, has yet to […]

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Waqar Younis blames Shahid Afridi for Pakistan’s defeats in World T20, Asia Cup 2016

Former chief coach, Waqar Younis has urged the cricket authorities to drop Umar Akmal from the Pakistan team and blamed Shahid Afridi for the side’s run of T20 defeats against England, New Zealand and in the Asia Cup and World T20. In a hard-hitting report on his two-year tenure as Pakistan coach, Waqar has directly

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Here’s Every WWE Superstar To Kick Out Of The Undertaker’s Tombstone Piledriver

WWE put together a compilation of everyone who’s ever kicked out after an Undertaker Tombstone Piledriver … all eight of them, from the first official kickout from Kane to the most recent, from Brock Lesnar. The video’s a great nostalgic look back, but you’ll notice a trend: there’s almost a decade before the first kickout

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‘China Has Given India Business Deal,’ Alleges Activist Lu Jinghua, Denied Visa

Chinese activist Lu Jinghua, who alleges that she was about to board a flight to New Delhi at New York’s JFK airport on Monday when she was told that her visa had been cancelled, says India is the first country to deny her entry after China. “I 100 per cent believe it’s the Chinese government’s

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17-yr-old IIT aspirant ends life in Kota despite clearing exam

A 17-year-old IIT aspirant from Ghaziabad ended her life by jumping from the fifth floor of her apartment building in Kota on Thursday despite clearing JEE (Mains), the results of which were announced a day earlier, taking the total number of stress-related suicides this year by co aching students in the educational hub to five.

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Families of Dabholkar, Pansare slam tardy probe of murders

Family members of the slain rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare on Friday asked whether the government was serious about the probe into two cases. While Dabholkar, an anti-superstition activist, was murdered in Pune in August 2013, CPI leader Pansare was murdered in Kolhapur in February 2015. Maharashtra police have arrested one person in Pansare

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UN Security Council considers response to North Korea missile test

The UN Security Council is weighing a response to North Korea’s failed test-firing of ballistic missiles, diplomats said Friday following emergency closed-door talks in New York. The consultations were urgently requested by the United States following North Korea’s unsuccessful launch of two missiles and as fears grow that the regime is preparing to conduct a

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Maharashtra aspirants in a fix after Supreme Court orders NEET from this year

The apex court’s order directing the Medical Council of India to hold the National Entrance and Eligibility Test (NEET) from this year itself has put hundreds of medical aspirants from Maharashtra and other states in a fix. They are supposed to prepare for an exam which is not only based on a different syllabus, but

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Nargis Fakhri: After signing ‘Azhar’, I got to know that Emraan Hashmi is known as the serial kisser

Nargis Fakhri will be seen playing Sangeeta Bijlani in ‘Azhar’. Nargis will be seen sharing screen space with ‘serial kisser’ Emraan Hashmi in the film. In an interview with The Indian Express, the actress was quoted as saying, “After I signed the contract, I got to know he (Emraan Hashmi) was known as the serial

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Pak wants ‘result-oriented’ dialogue process with India: Aizaz Chaudhry

Pakistan has highlighted the need for a structured, “result-oriented” comprehensive dialogue process with India for resolving outstanding issues, foreign secretary Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry said on Wednesday. Chaudhry, who had met his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar in New Delhi on the sidelines of the Heart of Asia Conference a day earlier, said in a statement that

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Dagger Stolen From Nehru Memorial Museum Recovered, 2 Held

With the arrest of two persons, Delhi Police has recovered a dagger stolen from the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in New Delhi earlier this week. The accused, Ramchander and Sandeep, worked as ‘safai karmacharis’ (cleaning staff) in the building. They have been arrested for theft and the dagger has been recovered, Joint Commissioner of

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Narendra Modi to bring Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has sent out special invites to Bollywood A-listers for a star-studded event that marks the second anniversary of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. The guest list is headlined by Aamir Khan, Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan. A crowd of over 60,000 people is expected to gather at India Gate

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Amitabh Bachchan’s gift to his hardworking cast of ‘PINK’

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is presently shooting for his upcoming project ‘PINK,’ recently appreciated his colleagues’ hard work with a gift. The 73-year-old actor took to his Twitter handle and posted a snap with the cast of the flick, which is being produced by Shoojit Sircar, holding the actor’s biography in their hands. The

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Slow networks in India preventing Apple from full bloom: Tim Cook

India presents a “really great opportunity” for Apple but slow networks and the informal retail structure there is preventing the tech giant from realising its full potential, its CEO Tim Cook said as the company’s revenues plunged for the first time in 13 years. Cook said while India is the third-largest smartphone market in the

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Taliban must face consequences for calling off peace talks: US

The Taliban must “face the consequences” for calling off peace talks with the Afghan government, the US said on Thursday as it once again asked Pakistan to go after terrorists that threaten its neighbours. “Unfortunately, the Taliban have refused to come to the table, so it is our view that they should face the consequences

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Focused on scoring runs for KKR, not on India comeback, says Gautam Gambhir

Team India discard and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Gautam Gambhir on Wednesday said his primary aim is to score runs for the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise and help his team win rather than think about a comeback to the national side. Two-time winners Kolkata sit comfortably at the top of the points table

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Only one test for medical admission from this session itself, rules SC

Even as lakhs of students prepare for entrance examinations conducted by state governments and private colleges for admission into medical colleges, the Supreme Court on Wednesday insisted that multiple tests must give way to the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) for the current (2016-17) session itself. The test season was to kick off from May

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India deeply appreciates US’ engagement in Asia-Pacific: Ashton Carter

US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has said new ways of investing and operating were required to tackle five evolving strategic challenges that America is facing even as he termed India as a “new friend” which “deeply appreciated” its engagement in the Asia-Pacific. “We are entering a new strategic era. Today’s security environment is dramatically different

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Shashank Manohar may leave BCCI post if appointed as ICC’s chairman

BCCI president Shashank Manohar’s name is being floated as the first independant chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) which might mean that there remains a possibility of him stepping down from world’s richest cricketing body. While Manohar is BCCI’s nominated chairman in ICC, the executive board of the global body has passed a rule

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