Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to need a big rise in economic growth and a run of good weather to have a chance of fulfilling his promise to double farmers’ incomes by 2022. He may also have to allow farm gate prices to rise fast, agricultural and economic experts said, jeopardising a key policy […]
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As another edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) kicks off, Sunrisers Hyderabad will be hoping that the sun finally rises on a franchise that has struggled to make an impact since its inception in 2013. Sunrisers will open their campaign with a match against Royal Challengers Bangalore on 12 April. And while the owners
Critically acclaimed actor Irrfan Khan’s ‘Madaari’ will be releasing worldwide on June 10. Post his power-packed performances in ‘Piku’ and ‘Talvar’, Irrfan will be back on the silver screen with ‘Madaari’. Directed by Nishikant Kamat, ‘Madaari’ also features Jimmy Shergill in a pivotal role. A spokesperson of the film also confirmed the news. The film
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A dose of love, sex and drama will reign in at box-office this weekend for Vikram Bhatt is back with his latest offering titled Love Games. Starring three fresh faces namely Taara Alisha Berry, Gaurav Arora and Patralekha, the movie explores the concept of swinging, threesomes and other sexual fantasies. The movie has grabbed eyeballs
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Venkataratnam Naidu/Sardaar Gabbar Singh (Pawan Kalyan) is transferred to a border village, Rattanpur on a promotional transfer to control local feudal lord, Bhairav Singh (Sharad Kelkar). Besides that duty, Sardaar also tries to impress, a strong and silent Princess Arshi Devi (Kajal Aggarwal). Very soon the battle between Sardaar and Bhairav Singh becomes personal and
Bollywood star Akshay Kumar was made to wait at Heathrow Airport as UK immigration officials checked the details of his Canadian passport. The 48-year-old flew into London from Mumbai for the shoot of his film ‘Rustom’ but had to wait an additional hour-and-a-half as the authorities checked the entry requirements to the UK for Canadian
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Microsoft’s Lumia 650 Dual SIM smartphone has been launched in India at Rs. 15,299, and is now available to buy in the country. To recall, the smartphone had gone on sale in the country via a third-party seller earlier this week. Initially unveiled in February and listed on the company’s India site soon after, Microsoft
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Vietnam’s parliament approved a new prime minister on Thursday, handing former bureaucrat and legislator Nguyen Xuan Phuc the challenge of maintaining the momentum of one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies. Phuc rises from deputy prime minister to lead a government committed to overhauling its troubled state sector and broad reforms under a U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership, a
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A new ceasefire enters into effect in Yemen midnight Sunday, with the United Nations hoping it can be the cornerstone of a long-lasting peace deal at upcoming talks in Kuwait. Analysts are optimistic after mediation efforts have largely silenced the guns along the border with Saudi Arabia, which is leading a pro-government coalition that has
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Belgian prosecutors have launched a fresh appeal for help in finding the suspected surviving attacker in last month’s Brussels airport bombings, releasing a video of the escape route taken by the so-called “man in the hat”. Police have been desperately searching for the third suspect ever since he was seen on CCTV next to the
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A new law passed in France that makes it an offence to pay for sex and moves the punishment from prostitutes to clients, has been hailed as revolutionary by activists who hope it will help stamp out sex trafficking. Under the law, passed on Wednesday, those who pay for sex will face fines of up
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What happens when a chief minister has a team of men allegedly taking cash for work…well…the CM keeps apologising for their deeds. In the first of its kind apology and a statement that echoed a definite shift from the Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) usual confident undertone, party chief Mamata Banerjee accepted that there have been a
A city court on Thursday issued a non-bailable warrant against Union minister YS Chowdary in a case of alleged default on repayment of loans. The XIIth Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate issued the NBW as the minister again failed to appear in the court despite the summons. The minister of State for Science and Technology, Chowdary,
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Amid his hectic poll campaign on Thursday morning, cricketer S Sreesanth, the BJP candidate in Thiruvananthapuram, got a chance to aim for the stumps once again. Youngsters playing cricket on a ground at Arannoor invited the former Indian pacer to bowl when he passed by with BJP workers. He promptly said yes and joined them.
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The Human Resource Development Ministry on Thursday announced that the aspirants for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for premier engineering institutes from 2017 onwards will be required to score 75 percent marks in their Class 12 board exams. However, Class XII marks will not be a factor for determining rankings in the JEE for admissions
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Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who is facing legal proceedings for alleged default of loans worth over Rs 9,000 crore from various banks, was directed by the Supreme Court to disclose the total assets owned by him and his family in India and abroad by April 21. The apex court also sought an indication from him
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India and the United States will conclude talks on three vital defence pacts during the three-day visit of Defence Secretary Ashton Carter beginning in Goa from Sunday. The three agreements are the Logistics Support Agreement (LSA) on military cooperation, Communication Inter-operability and Security Memorandum of Agreement (CIS MO A) on transfer of technology, and the
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Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju today called upon the personnel of Assam Rifles to keep up the good name of the armed force through their hard work and dedication. “Keep the Assam Rifles’ flag flying high in the true spirit of Sentinels of the Northeast and Friends of the Hill People”.
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A European Union official threatened Thursday to sanction Panama and other nations if they don’t cooperate fully to fight money laundering and tax evasion, after a leak of data showed the small country remains a key destination for people who want to hide money. The 11.5 million documents from the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca
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It is in the realm of an exhibition tennis match. More sulky in texture than displaying substance. Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit was clearly given the mandate from Islamabad to nobble the Indo-Pak peace talks for now but, at the same time, to lob the ball pointlessly at the relatively low diplomatic level rather than
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A 28-year-old Bangladeshi law student, who was critical of radical Islamists, has been hacked to death in Dhaka by machete-wielding militants, the latest in a series of attacks on secular bloggers and activists in the Muslim majority country. Nazimuddin Samad, a masters student of the state-run Jagannath University’s law department, was killed by suspected Islamist
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In a boost to the ruling Congress-led UDF ahead of May 16 Assembly elections in Kerala, Election Commission has given its nod for implementing the free rice supply scheme which the state government had announced in its 2016-17 budget. The EC had earlier restrained the government from rolling out of the scheme under which 25
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Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma’s relationship went kaput after the Dil Dhadakne Do actor refused the cricketer’s marriage proposal. The gossip mills are abuzz with the rumours of Virat and Anushka’s break-up. Their split came as a shock for the B-Town celebs. And since then, the gossip mills have been churning out stories around their
Virat-Anushka spotted on a dinner date. Are they back together? Read More »
The Board of Control for Cricket in India continues to find itself in choppy waters. Facing an existential crisis in the Supreme Court vis-a-vis implementing the Justice Lodha panel recommendations, another hurdle now confronts the beleaguered body, threatening to affect the IPL. Hearing a PIL filed by an NGO against wastage of water during IPL
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Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders will appear before a Delhi court on Thursday in criminal defamation case filed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Besides Kejriwal, AAP leaders Kumar Vishwas, Ashutosh, Sanjay Singh, Raghav Chadha and Deepak Bajpai have been asked to appear before the court. The court
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Several local deities are going thirsty, following the total prohibition of manufacture, sale, and consumption of liquor in Bihar. There are many temples in the state where country-made liquor, toddy, and even IMFL (Indian-made foreign liquor) was mandatorily offered to the gods. With total prohibition in force, shrines of Dak Baba, Masan Baba, Goraiya Baba,
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The Supreme Court wants loans defaulter Vijay Mallya to declare all his assets by April 21 and by that same date inform the court when he can appear before its bench. The court on Thursday also told Mallya – who owes more than Rs 9,000 crores to as many as 17 banks – to deposit
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To aid scientists on Earth in studying microgravity and space life sciences, China sent a retrievable scientific research satellite into space in the early hours of today. Named SJ-10, the satellite was launched from a space craft at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China’s Gobi Desert. According to Xinhua, the mission hopes to
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Bollywood star Salman Khan has told the Supreme Court that he was not driving his Toyota Land Cruiser when it killed a man in Mumbai in 2002 but police were trying to implicate him in the case. Claiming that his driver Ashok Singh was at the wheels, Salman said in an affidavit filed on March
For weeks now, we’ve seen speculation after speculation and rumour after rumour sparking up in what can easily be called the ugliest legal battle B-Town has ever seen, that of Hrithik Roshan and Kangana Ranaut’s. Despite all the gossip that has surrounded the case, neither Kangana nor Hrithik have ever commented on the matter, though
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