Three terrorists from Pakistan, allegedly traveling with explosives and a suicide belt in a Maruti Swift Dzire car, are on the move and may target Delhi, Mumbai and Goa, police have alerted. According to reports, the car has the license plate, JK-01 AB-2654. A ‘local’ from Punjab is also allegedy believed to be traveling with […]
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Kolkata police on Wednesday arrested the head of IVRCL’s east India operations, the company responsible for the construction of the flyover that collapsed last week in Kolkata, taking the count upto nine. Ranjit Bhattacharya was booked by police for the Vivekananda Road flyover collapse that killed almost 30 people and injured dozens more. About a
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West Indies players and coach have defended batsman Marlon Samuels over his controversial outburst against legendary legspinner Shane Warne after his 85* helped WI win the ICC World Twenty20 on April 3 beating England in a dramatic final at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Samuels, who was Man-of-the-Match in the final, took aim at the
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A special POTA court here today sentenced to life three of the 10 convicted in the multiple blasts that rocked the metropolis between December 2002 and March 2003, killing 13 people while key accused Saquib Nachan was given a 10-year jail term. Special Pota Judge P R Deshmukh said that convict Muzammil Ansari (who had
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Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday joined jewellers protesting against the imposition of excise duty on non-silver jewellery, saying the government’s proposal was to crush small businessmen in India. “We would stand with you for your cause. I am not here to make speeches. I feel your pain, I stand with you,” Gandhi Gandhi
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The Bombay High Court on Wednesday rapped Maharashtra Cricket body for the wastage of water for IPL matches. The Court was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the government and cricket boards to not water the pitches during the forthcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) crickets season, starting from April 9. Questioning the
China has expanded its presence in the contested South China Sea by switching on a lighthouse atop a reconstructed reef also claimed by Vietnam and the Philippines, state media said. The 55-meter-high (180-foot) facility on Subi Reef in the Spratly chain contains technology to monitor passing ships, the official Xinhua news agency reported late Tuesday.
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The UN has defended its stance against terrorism, saying it is “certainly” trying to take a responsible attitude in dealing with the menace, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised the world body over the issue. “We certainly are trying to take a responsible attitude in terms of dealing with terrorism and the spectre of
US President Barack Obama has said that destroying the Islamic State (IS) group remains his “top priority” at a time when the jihadist group continues to lose ground in Iraq and Syria. “We continue to take on their leadership, their financial networks, their infrastructure,” Obama said yesterday at a meeting with senior military officials in
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The HRD Ministry is sending a two-member team to NIT Srinagar campus today which has been gripped by tension following clashes among students over the Indian cricket team’s loss against West Indies in the T20 World Cup last week. “The Ministry has decided to send a two-member team comprising a Director and a Deputy Secretary
Search engine giant Google on Tuesday launched new health cards in Knowledge Graph with which anyone in India searching for health information can now access it quickly and easily. Now when people ask Google about common health conditions, they will see information cards with typical symptoms as well as details on how common the condition
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The Uttar Pradesh police probing the killing of National Investigation Agency (NIA) officer Mohammad Tanzil Ahmed believe personal enmity to be the motive behind the murder on Tuesday, as they released photographs of two unidentified guests at a wedding the cop attended as prime suspect. A police officer said the investigation team has important leads
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The Delhi High Court today refused to grant any interim protection to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh’s two children, who have challenged the Enforcement Directorate’s provisional attachment of some of their assets in a money laundering case. “We will give them (ED, Ministry of Finance) an opportunity to file response and then we will
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While the Centre has made 85 per cent pictorial health warnings mandatory on both sides of tobacco products from April 1, 2016, the Union Health Ministry has alerted all the government departments to strictly implement the rule. Officials said the tobacco packets not bearing the prescribed pictorial warnings would be seized by the concerned authorities
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Shah Rukh Khan says the idea of his forthcoming film ‘Fan’, which will bring forward a story about a fan’s obsession with a star, was first narrated to him by late veteran filmmaker Yash Chopra. The superstar is glad that he could bring the idea to life. The 50-year-old star shared the news during an
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No other cricket event in the whole world brings as much oomph and panache to the sport as the Indian Premier League does. The T20 tournament brings together the superstars of the game in an epic festival of club cricket at its best. In its ninth edition, the 2016 VIVO IPL promises to be even
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia could unnerve Pakistan as economic and strategic opportunities are bringing India closer to the oil-rich gulf nation, a top US expert has said. “After years of considering Saudi Arabia as a major ally and economic benefactor, Pakistan may be on the verge of losing its erstwhile
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An unidentified militia group in strife-torn Libya abducted an IT engineer from Koorachundu in the district, according to information received here. Regi Joseph (43) was reportedly abducted by suspected anti-government militia group on March 31 from his workplace at Souk al Jumaa near the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Three other people, reportedly Libyan nationals, were also
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He may be pushing 40, but as captain of Delhi Daredevils in the ninth season of the IPL, Zaheer Khan is upbeat about not just his own performance but also the chance to pass on his expertise to the youngsters in the side. His pre-tournament press interaction peppered with words like “young energy”, “obsession with
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A huge clap for Zarine Khan for her recent Instagram post with a blast from the past. Known for her portrayal of Princess Yashodhara in the Salman Khan starrer ‘Veer’ and the sexy Siya Diwan in ‘Hate Story 3,’ the 28-years-old actress shared her pictures from the past when she was ‘big’ and said that
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TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee’s father Shankar Banerjee said that actor Rahul Raj Singh, with whom his daughter was in a relationship, should be hanged or imprisoned for the rest of his life. “Rahul should be either hanged or kept in prison for the rest of his life. He has ruined my daughter’s life, she should
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Islamic State or Isis has named London, Berlin and Rome as its next targets in a new video released on 4 April. The video shows monuments from the cities, including the Houses of Parliament in London, the Colosseum in Rome. The video called Fight them, Allah will punish them by your hands was released by
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Iceland’s opposition parties still want a snap general election despite news that Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson will resign, party officials told Reuters on Wednesday. “It is clear our demand for new elections still stands,” Left Green Party leader Katrin Jakobsdottir told Reuters. Gunnlaugsson is to resign, his party said, becoming the first casualty of
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Much is made of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal rapport with US President Barack Obama. One remembers the PM referring to the US President as ‘Barack’ during his visit to India last January. Thankfully, Prime Minister Modi quickly realized that this kind of familiarity was not part of diplomatic protocol and wisely stopped addressing him
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Only four days after enforcing partial liquor ban in Bihar, the Nitish Kumar government on Tuesday implemented total prohibition in the state with immediate effect. A decision to make Bihar a dry state was taken at the state cabinet meeting during the day. Announcing the decision, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that the manufacturing, distribution
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BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday came out in support of yoga guru Baba Ramdev for his remarks on the row over Bharat Mata Ki Jai, even as Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu said the government’s position is that it is not mandatory. “Baba Ramdev is not a member of the BJP. However, I want
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Already under fire for his role in the Rohith Vemula suicide controversy, Hyderabad University Vice-Chancellor Appa Rao Podile is now facing flak for plagiarism in his three papers published in 2007 and 2014. Rao has also accepted the ‘mistake’ and said that he will ensure that such mistakes are not repeated in future. According to
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Members of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) were left disappointed on Tuesday (April 5) afternoon when the two-judge bench at the Supreme Court, comprising Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justice Ibrahim Kalifulla, criticised the board’s methods of disbursing funds to state associations. In a hearing that lasted close to an hour-and-a-half,
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Amitabh Bachchan, whose name was linked to shipping companies in tax havens in the Panama paper leaks, on Tuesday denied any connection with the entities and said his name may have been “misused”. He said all his overseas remittances were legal and after paying Indian taxes. Meanwhile, the Iceland PM has resigned, becoming the first
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A sense of surprise and shock pervaded the People’s Welfare Front (PWF) on Tuesday over DMDK propaganda secretary and MLA V.C. Chandhirakumar’s discordant view on his party’s alliance with the front. Till last week, Mr. Chandhirakumar had actively participated in the election campaign with the PWF and had dismissed all reports that he was unhappy
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