Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) led by Kuldeep Bishnoi on Thursday merged with the Congress in the presence of party leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. However, former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was conspicuous by his absence. The HJC was floated by Mr Bishnoi’s father and former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal in 2007 after parting […]
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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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UB Group chairman and former liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, who flew to the UK last month, has said he is in “forced exile” and bankers “are not getting any money” by taking his passport or arresting him. In a four-hour interview with the Financial Times, Mallya said he remains an Indian patriot, who is “proud
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Defence Ministry on Thursday vowed to leave no stone unturned in pursuing all means to bring to justice the “corrupt” and the “wrong-doers” in the AgustaWestland chopper case. Refuting Congress party claims that the Anglo-Italian helicopter-maker was blacklisted by the UPA government, the Ministry said it was the NDA which put on hold prospective
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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 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
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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Veteran actress Hema Malini on April 28 congratulated Deepika on her engagement, which took everyone by surprise. Hema Malini wrote, “Deepika, All good wishes on ur engagement! Pray God both of u have a bright future, happiness & joy in ur life together.” The fans and her followers were shocked to know that Deepika, who
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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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Sidharth Malhotra has just wrapped up the shoot of Baar Baar Dekho and will soon start prepping for his next — an action film. Buoyed by the success of his last release Kapoor & Sons, especially coming on the back of the disappointing Brothers, the actor is now more confident and has learnt to take
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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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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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Kabir Khan, who was in Karachi on Tuesday for a marketing conference, discussed his films and met up with Pakistani actors. During his departure from the Karachi airport, some men were seen shouting slogans, claiming that his films portray Pakistan in a bad light and threatened to hit him with a shoe. The filmmaker told
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The shocking details revealed by Kangana Ranaut’s ex-boyfriend Adhyayan Suman are blood-curling indeed. But the star kid admits that he was forewarned, none other than Aditya Pancholi. It is said that Kangana and Aditya were in a tumultuous relationship, one that she has on many occasions has referred to as an exhausting experience. When rumours
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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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The future of 850 asylum seekers and refugees held illegally on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island is shrouded in uncertainty as Canberra scrambles to find a solution, according to an Australian refugee lawyer. PNG’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled the detention of asylum seekers and refugees, who had been transferred by Australia to Manus, was
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The U.N. envoy for Syria appealed to the U.S. and Russia to intervene to help revive Syrian peace talks that sputtered to a pause on Wednesday, saying a recent spike in fighting has overshadowed the talks and put an increasingly feeble truce in “great danger.” Staffan de Mistura spoke to reporters early Thursday after briefing
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino dangled the carrot of more World Cup spots for Asia during a visit to Seoul on Wednesday but while the Swiss was keen to press his case for an enlarged 40-team tournament, he will not try to twist anyone’s arm. Infantino, who arrived in South Korea earlier in the day to
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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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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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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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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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Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to meet External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who is undergoing treatment at the renowned hospital for chest congestion and fever, last night. According to reports, the Prime Minister reached the hospital at 9 p.m. and left at around 9.25 p.m. The AIIMS has
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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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