A senior Egyptian al-Qaeda figure fighting in Syria was killed in a US drone strike this week, the latest to be killed in such attacks in Syria, a Syrian opposition monitoring group and relatives said on Friday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Rifai Ahmad Taha was killed in a strike Tuesday in […]
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An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for his failure to appear before the court in the 2007 judges’ detention case. 72-year-old Musharraf, who last month flew to Dubai for purported treatment after the Supreme Court lifted bars on his foreign trips, was not present
The birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution and Dalit rights activist, would be observed at the United Nations for the first time with focus on combating inequalities to achieve Sustainable Development Goals. The Permanent Mission of India to the UN in association with the Kalpana Saroj Foundation and Foundation
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The first look of Aditya Chopra’s ‘Befikre’ starring Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor surely teases us. Ranveer Singh shared the first look on his twitter handle with this line – “You wanted a tease, you’ve got it! Here’s presenting the #BefikreFirstLook with @Vaaniofficial @BefikreTheFilm”. The image shared by the ‘Bajirao Mastani’ has surely upped our
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Bollywood’s lovely ladies Sushmita Sen, Preity Zinta, Shilpa Shetty Kundra and Lara Dutta Bhupathi have wished Bipasha Basu and her bridegroom-to-be Karan Singh Grover a “lifetime of happiness” following news that they will wed on April 30. The couple officially announced details of their forthcoming wedding on Thursday. Celebrities took to Twitter to wish the
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Iran is exporting around 350,000 barrels of crude oil a day to India, Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh was quoted as saying on Saturday after meeting Indian counterpart Dharmendra Pradhan. The Shana news agency, linked to Iran’s oil ministry, quoted Zanganeh as saying Indian oil purchases from Iran were at 350,000 barrels a day, and that
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Greece’s coast guard says at least five migrants have drowned in the eastern Aegean Sea after a small plastic boat capsized. The five victims, four women and a child, were found around dawn Saturday northeast of the Greek island of Samos, close to the Turkish coast. A coast guard spokeswoman says there were also five
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a successful test of a new engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), state media said on Saturday, in their latest report of advances in an arms programme that has attracted U.N. sanctions. South Korea and the United States have shown scepticism over the North’s statements about rapid
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Chief Justice of India Justice T.S. Thakur said on Saturday the process of appointing judges must go on while improving the system, as the delay in appointments will deprive people of their fundamental right of access to justice. He said 130 names recommended from various high courts are in the process with the law ministry.
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Finally, some good news for Hrithi Roshan fans worldwide. The Bollywood Greek God in looks most anticipated period epic MOHENJO DARO has warped its shoot and is ready to face the wrath of Bollywood’s new age poster boy of patriotism Akshay Kumar’s RUSTOM in the coming Independence day weekend. Hrithik Roshan announced the wrap on
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HRD Ministry officials have rejected the demand of outstation students of NIT Srinagar for shifting the institute out of Kashmir but assured them of addressing their “genuine” issues. A group of outstation students of the NIT met Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh and Education Minister Naeem Akhtar along with officials from Union HRD ministry to
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Check-in bags are not coming off Air India One these days, as on most of the nights, the Prime Minister aims at sleeping on the plane rather than in foreign hotels to shorten his trips. In his latest trips to Belgium, US and Saudi Arabia between March 30 and April 2, Narendra Modi spent three
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A school was set ablaze by an irate mob in Malegaon on Friday, after its principal refused to meet the parents of a child who was allegedly molested by a staff member. Two police vehicles, motorcycles were also burnt down. There were no casualties as students and staff in the school were evacuated safely. According
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Shah Rukh Khan is too tied up with his never ending tinsel town commitments. The actor who is gearing up for the release of his film ‘Fan’ has another thing now which is keeping him occupied. SRK apart from his films and shooting schedules is now looking forward to the visit of Prince William and
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A day after Pakistan’s envoy to India Abdul Basit said that the Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue remains ‘suspended for now’, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval dialled his Pakistani counterpart Naseer Khan Janjua on Friday and lodged a strong protest. The telephonic conversation between Doval and Janjua happened late last night, a day after Basit also ruled
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The 17-year-old boy who allegedly knocked dead a man with his father’s Mercedes in Civil Lines in Delhi has now been charged with culpable homicide considering his past record of negligent driving, police said on Saturday. “On examination of CCTV footage, the possibility of knowledge to the accused juvenile offender that his extremely fast driving
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Bollywood actor Karisma Kapoor and her businessman husband Sunjay Kapur are all set to divorce by mutual consent as they signed the “consent agreement” in which she was given the full-time custody of their two children and the man was given adequate visitation rights over them. The “consent terms” was submitted before the Supreme Court,
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Liquor baron Vijay Mallya has refused to present himself before the investigators in Mumbai on Saturday in connection with a money laundering probe in the over Rs 900 crore IDBI loan fraud case and has sought time till May end to respond to Enforcement Directorate’s notice. The agency had issued fresh summons, also the third,
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MNS Chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of “betraying the trust” and dared the Shiv Sena to quit the BJP-led government which, he claimed, wasn’t giving due credit to the Uddhav Thackeray-led party. “Which PM undertook so many foreign trips? Where are the ‘achche din’,” Raj asked at a
Defending champions Mumbai Indians will aim to get their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016 campaign off to a winning start when they take on debutants Rising Pune Supergiants in the opening match of the cash-rich T20 tournament at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. Mumbai who have won the title twice in 2013 and 2015, have
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It wouldn’t be wrong to call Mahendra Singh Dhoni a Chennaiite despite him hailing from Ranchi. India’s limited-overs captain is mostly referred to as a Chennaiite, thanks to being part of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the first eight seasons of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Come Saturday night, it will be the first time
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Countries across Asia-Pacific region have been voicing concern over massive Chinese militarization and assertiveness, US defence secretary Ashton Carter said, noting Beijing’s actions in the disputed South China Sea are raising regional tensions. “Recently not all the news out of the Asia-Pacific has been positive: indeed, in the South China Sea, China’s actions – in
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Belgian police detained two key suspects on Friday in the Islamic State attacks on Paris and Brussels as operations go on to track down militants who have fought with or take direction from leaders in Syria. Mohamed Abrini, a Belgian thought to have helped prepare the Nov. 13 bombing and shooting attack that killed 130
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Saudi King Salman on Friday announced plans to build a bridge over the Red Sea to Egypt, in a lavish show of support for the government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The 80-year-old monarch is on a rare five-day trip to Egypt, a country that Riyadh views as a cornerstone to its ambitions in the
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Pope Francis on Friday opted for no change in the Catholic approach to homosexuality but signalled a more open stance on cohabiting and divorced believers under new Church guidelines on family life. In his 260-page “apostolic exhortation”, a long-awaited document which is likely to disappoint advocates of more radical change, Francis strongly reiterates the Church’s
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The US government is believed to have received about 250,000 petitions for H-1B visas – the most sought after American work visas – with a majority of them being from either Indian companies or having huge footprint in India. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services on Friday said it has reached the Congressional mandated cap
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Pakistan has bared its fangs towards its larger and overly indulgent neighbour for the nth time. Many, including some in India’s security establishment, had predicted no matter how much one reaches out to them, nothing will change as long as the Deep State (the army, ISI and their terror tanzeems) rules the roost in Pakistan.
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Reiterating their demand for a JPC probe to take note of a CAG report on the KG basin gas blocks, Congress on Friday alleged Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) suffered from crony capitalism. Around Rs.19,576 crore were invested in KG basin gas blocks by the then Gujarat government led by Narendra Modi, the present day
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Under fire over the lathi-charge on outstation students of the National Institute of Technology (NIT )here, two senior officers of the Jammu and Kashmir police have hit back, saying they don’t need a “certificate” of nationalism or impartiality from anyone. The police officers — Mubassir Latifi, an SSP posted with the elite Crime Branch, and
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Friday charged the Supreme Court with crossing judicial limits by interfering in its private affairs, like internal management, flow of finances earned from distributing media rights for matches and membership patterns, prompting the court to ask the BCCI if it is “refusing to be reformed.” The
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