The mother and brother of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula, who committed suicide at Hyderabad Central University in January, converted to Buddhism on Thursday. Today is the 125th birth anniversary of Babasaheb Ambedkar, the Dalit icon and the principal architect of the Indian Constitution. Rohith’s mother and brother were given “deeksha” by Buddhist monks at […]
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After the makers unveiled Shahid Kapoor’s first look in Abhishek Chaubey’s upcoming film Udta Punjab, it has been revealed that Shahid’s ex-flame Kareena Kapoor Khan will portray the role of a doctor in the film. Clad in a simple salwar kameez, a white coat and a stethoscope, the 35-year-old actor looks determined in the first
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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or ISIS threatened to carry out ‘guerrilla attacks’ in India with the help of its fighters in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Shaykh Abu Ibrahim al-Hanif, the ‘amir’ of ISIS fighters in Bangladesh, in an interview carried by the Dabiq magazie – mouth piece of the terror outfit, vowed to implement
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At least two people have lost their lives and more than 70 have been injured in Assam after an earthquake measuring 6.8 at the Richter scale rocked eastern and north eastern parts of India on Wednesday evening. A strong earthquake epicentred in Myanmar shook parts of Bihar, West Bengal, northeastern India and Delhi-NCR on Wednesday,
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The Bombay High Court on April 12 granted interim protection from arrest till April 18 to actor-producer Rahul Raj Singh, who has been booked for abetting the suicide of his girlfriend and TV star Pratyusha Banerjee. Justice Mridula Bhatkar also directed Singh to appear before the Bangurnagar police station in suburban Goregaon in India’s western
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In a politically provocative move, the government today dissolved the board of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts or IGNCA, set up by Rajiv Gandhi, and announced a new chief. The premier arts body was founded in 1985 in the memory of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and inaugurated by her son and then
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While the current narrative of online conversation has been largely dominated by Shah Rukh Khan’s Fan and Salman Khan’s Sultan, take a couple of minutes to watch the trailer of Traffic. The film stars Manoj Bajpayee, Jimmy Shergill and Divya Dutta in pivotal roles and the trailer is heart-rending. Literally. Directed by the late Rajesh
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A strong earthquake struck Myanmar on Wednesday night and was felt in parts of eastern India and Bangladesh, but an official said Thursday that there were no immediate reports of serious injuries or major damage in Myanmar. The magnitude 6.9 quake struck at a depth of 135 kilometers (84 miles), 396 kilometers (246 miles) north
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Following the poverty line based on the Tendulkar formula coming under attack across the spectrum, the NITI Aayog has decided not to use poverty line to identify the poor but to track them for extending benefits under various government schemes and programmes. “We have taken a position that poverty line should not be used for
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It’s unusual when BJP leadership and the RSS mouthpiece Organiser act in tandem. The situations have to be compelling to make a public display of their meeting of minds. Commemoration of 125th birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar has provided that occasion to indicate that the Modi government and its ideological fountainhead are thinking alike on
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Kashmir Valley is witnessing a complete shutdown to protest against the killings of three people in firing by security forces at Handwara in Kupwara district. The three were killed after security forces opened fire on a mob protesting against the alleged molestation of a school girl by Army personnel in Handwara. All shops and business
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The alleged molestation of a schoolgirl by army personnel in north Kashmir’s Handwara town has triggered off a cycle of violence in police and army firing on protesters. While there are conflicting reports about the alleged molestation of the girl – the army and the police have released a video of the girl in which
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A narrow road in Banday Mohalla, about 200 metres from the main square of Handwara town in Kashmir Valley, leads to aspiring cricketer Nayeem Qadir Bhat’s home. Late Tuesday evening, a steady trickle of mourners poured into this young cricketer’s house who was killed by the Army in the afternoon, during a protest sparked by
India’s current growth rate of 7.5 per cent is not enough as per its own requirement standard and the country has the “potential” to do “better”, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said. Expressing concern over the decline in India’s exports, Jaitley said the country’s growth parameters were on track and the government is moving
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The Indian cricket board, BCCI, has said that it won’t be easy to move out games from Maharashtra midway through the tournament in response to the Bombay high court order of shifting 13 matches from the drought-hit state. The high court on Wednesday asked the BCCI to shift all the IPL matches after April 30
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Chances are you gobbled down way too many Easter eggs this year. And while you may well be on a sugar high, you are probably wracked with guilt about the amount of sugar you’ve consumed in one go! With about 50 grams of sugar (12 teaspoons) in an average Easter egg, it’s not hard to
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Your home is where you spend a considerable amount of time. Which is why it should not be the cause of your ill-health or stress. Simple changes to your house can make a big difference to your physical, mental, emotional as well as spiritual well-being. Here’s what you can do. – Take a good hard
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Coffee lovers are constantly tinged with guilt. You can’t do without it, but each time you gulp a cup of creamy steaming coffee, the fact that you are consuming something unhealthy keeps plaguing your mind. But it’s actually not that bad. Coffee, when had the right way, can actually help you on your way to
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So do you think your eight glasses of water can be substituted with coffee, tea, milk or other beverages? Well, experts say that all kinds of drinks and fluids do the job of hydrating our body to some extent, but there are some that could work otherwise, due to the components they have. You need
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From using potato juice, egg white to oatmeal, keep away your summer tanning woes with these easy-to-do de-tanning home remedies. Tomato pulp contains lycopene which acts as good sun protecting factor. Keep the application for 20 minutes to let your skin get rid of its tanned layer and then just rinse it off with regular
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The early-April heat wave has at least left some people smiling. These are the dealers and retailers of ACs and fridges, who are reporting a quantum jump in sale in the space of just three days. BUSINESS UP BY 30% Vijoy Purohit, general manager of E-Mall, is pleased with the sudden surge in business. “The
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Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza feels actress Parineeti Chopra would be the perfect choice to portray her onscreen if there is a biopic made on her life. “Both Deepika (Padukone) and Parineeti are very good friends (of mine), but Parineeti is closer to me. If there is a biopic made on me, I would love
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Any one who has grown up on a diet of watching Jackie Chan movies doesn’t dither to accept it as China’s indigenous art form. However, in a recent interview Tiger Shroff, who has honed the skill for his next film Baaghi, claimed it to be an Indian art form that gained popularity through China. This
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A CRPF officer, who suffered severe IED splinter injuries and had slipped into coma for a month after an anti-Naxal operation in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, on Tuesday died at a hospital in Hyderabad. The officer, Deputy Commandant BK Shyam Niwas, had been under intensive care of doctors due to grievous injuries on his head during
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A 14-year-old boy was allegedly murdered by slitting his throat in Kathua district here triggering protests by locals, police said on Tuesday. Karan Kumar, a class 8 student, was found murdered in the school in Basholi late on Monday night, DIG, Jammu-Kathua range, Ashkoor Wani said. Kumar had gone missing on Monday following which a
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Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said there is an “urgent” need for a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements, in an interview ahead of a multi-country diplomatic tour. “The Security Council is a very important subject because it has now become urgent due to settlement activities and because Israel has not stopped these activities,” Abbas told AFP,
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hosted lunch for Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who are on a visit to India. “A royal summer in Delhi! PM @narendramodi receives the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at Hyderabad House,” External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup tweeted along with pictures of
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If confidentiality prevents revealing their names, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said it should atleast publicly expose the “huge and substantial amounts” owed by the rich who took loans above Rs. 500 crore and defaulted. “People taking thousands of crores to run their empires and then later declare insolvency only to take more loans from
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India and the United States have agreed in principle to share military logistics, US defense secretary Ashton Carter said on Tuesday, as both sides seek to counter the growing maritime assertiveness of China. Washington has been urging New Delhi to sign the Logistics Support Agreement that allows the two militaries to use each other’s land,
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Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who has been married to entrepreneur Gauri Khan for over 24 years now, says it was not easy for him to get in touch with his wife before marriage and he even used to fool her family by speaking to them in a girl’s voice. Shah Rukh Khan, who is
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