The first round of seat-sharing talks between allies Congress and DMK was inconclusive, with the two sides failing to reach an agreement on the number of seats to be allotted to each. AICC general secretaries Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mukul Wasnik, accompanied by TNCC president EVKS Elangovan, met DMK chief M Karunanidhi and other party […]
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi risks a political backlash among the middle class, as he seeks to coax banks into lowering interest rates on savings schemes. Criticism is growing against his government’s move last week to slash interest rates on small savings schemes used by as much as a third of India’s 1.3 billion people.
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A day after 25 students and two faculty members of Hyderabad Central University (HCU)`were arrested by police, a 42-year-old mother in Kerala discovered through social media that her son had been arrested. The mother of 21-year-old student who did not wished to be named reportedly said that she had not given any details by the
Pakistan on Friday summoned Indian high commissioner Gautam Bambawale to lodge its protest over ‘subversive activities’ by an alleged RAW officer a day after the Pakistani security forces claimed to have arrested him. In New Delhi, the external affairs ministry said the person arrested had no link with the government since his premature retirement from
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Bollywood actress Sunny Leone reportedly slapped a reporter from a national news channel for asking an inappropriate question during an interview. According to a Mid-day report, the actress was in Surat, Gujarat for an event- ‘Play Holi With Sunny’, and was giving an interview to a national news channel before the event in her hotel
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Hopping for victory in Assam, BJP has promised to completely seal the Indo-Bangla border in the state to stop illegal infiltration if it comes to power and also take action against entities employing infiltrators. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley unveiled the vision document 2016-2025-Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas for the state while accusing Assam CM Tarun
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On the lines of the Centre’s Stand Up India programme, the state is set to come up with a comprehensive policy to facilitate and promote entrepreneurship among Maharashtra’s scheduled caste (SC) and scheduled tribe (ST) communities. The decision comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s formal inauguration of the Stand Up India scheme on April
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A 15-year-old national-level volleyball player was brutally murdered by a spurned lover -a senior national player -at a practice session in Barasat on Friday afternoon. Some 25 players and three coaches looked on in horror as Sangita Aich desperately ran towards them with the attacker at her heels, wildly hacking her with a dagger. Sangita
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On the third day of his deposition before a Mumbai court, David Coleman Headley threw light on a number of aspects related to his alleged terror links — from hatred to India going back to his childhood and allegations of being financed by United States agencies. Last month, Headley had been examined by special public
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Australia set up a showdown with India for a semifinal place at the World Twenty20 after knocking Pakistan out of the tournament with a 21-run win in Mohali. Both teams needed a victory to retain any chance of joining New Zealand in progressing from Group 2 and into the final four. In the end Australia’s
Arvind Kejriwal has been named among the world’s 50 greatest leaders by Fortune magazine with the Delhi Chief Minister being the sole Indian leader on the list topped by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Fortune’s third annual ‘World’s 50 Greatest Leaders’ list features men and women from across the globe from the fields of business, government,
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Former Indian pace bowler S. Sreesanth and several film personalities are in the second list of 51 BJP candidates who will contest the May 16 assembly polls in Kerala from Thiruvananthapuram segment. The state BJP early this month announced its first list of 22 candidates, including all senior state leaders. The second list of 51
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MDMK leader Vaiko on Friday alleged that the DMK and BJP had made offers, including money, to DMDK leader Vijayakanth, who had rejected them to join the People’s Welfare Front (PWF) to fight the coming Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. Talking to reporters, V Gopalsamy, popularly known as Vaiko claimed that the DMK had “offered”
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The decks seem finally clear for government formation in Jammu and Kashmir with PDP and BJP set to convey their readiness to retain their alliance with Mehbooba Mufti as the chief ministerial nominee to governor N N Vohra. The party delegations are likely to call on Vohra on Saturday with BJP also completing the in-house
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THE MINISTRY of External Affairs said on Friday that the Indian national arrested in Balochistan by Pakistani officials was a former Navy official but denied he was linked to the Government. The acknowledgement came a day after Pakistani officials accused the man, identified as Kulbhushan Jadhav, of “illegal entry” and “subversive activities”, and local media
Funky yellow: This is a great colour for patios as it’s uplifting and energising. Add this citrusy shade to your garden, balcony or verandah. You could have some yellow crockery to brighten up your dinner table or coffee tray too. Lilacs and purple: Give these soft hues a twist by combining them with greys and
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In pursuit of different flavours, bakers are experimenting with a sundry of stuffed dough. Have you tried a loaf of bacon and honey mustard, or sundried tomato and basil yet? As a paying guest in Bandra a couple of years ago, my meagre income allowed me a few precious indulgences. One of them was to
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While we all know what it takes to make that relationship with your in laws work, there are some things that are a complete no no. These are the four things you should never tell your mother in law. You know her son better This is the worst thing to tell her since she is
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In this cricket frenzied environment, Hindi film industry churning out not one, but two biopics on Indian cricket captains is certainly a treat considering our long-standing love affair with both, Cricket and Bollywood – the two aspects of pop culture that are nothing short of religion in India. So we have films on the life
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If you call a film Rocky Handsome, you had better deliver what the title promises: action that would do Sly Stallone proud plus a handsome man. Rocky Handsome does not fall short on those fronts. They say 1 Helen is the amount of beauty required to launch a thousand ships. The reference, of course, is
Olympic bronze-medallist MC Mary Kom (51kg) and World Championship bronze-winner Shiva Thapa (56kg) were given the top billing in the Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament draw held in Qian’an on Friday. Other Indians to be seeded were Commonwealth Games silver-medallist L Devendro Singh (4th in 49kg division) and Asian silver-medallist Vikas Krishan (2nd in 75kg category).
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A total of 17 people have been detained in China following the publication of a letter calling on President Xi Jinping to resign. The letter was posted earlier this month on state-backed website Wujie News. Although quickly deleted by the authorities, a cached version can still be found online, BBC reported. In most countries, the
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Boko Haram gunmen have abducted 16 women in a remote area of northeast Nigeria’s Adamawa state, police, a lawmaker and locals told AFP on Thursday. “We received report of the kidnap of 14 women and two girls by gunmen believed to be Boko Haram insurgents near Sabon Garin Madagali village”, said Adamawa state police spokesman
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Expressing concern over India’s recent ballistic missile launch, the US has said such actions could potentially “increase” the risk to nuclear security and have an impact on regional security. “We’re concerned by any nuclear and missile developments that could potentially increase the risk to nuclear security risk or lower the threshold for nuclear use,” the
Congress leader and lawmaker from the parched Latur city constituency Amit Desmukh has been reportedly missing from his assembly constituency for the past week. This is at a time when the area is reeling under a severe water crisis, with drinking water being supplied to the residents at a shocking interval of 40 days, that
Actress Athiya Shetty, who stepped into showbiz with Salman Khan’s production ‘Hero’, says she is not sceptical about going sans make-up in front of the camera, saying that she “would love to” do de-glamourised roles. The actress, who has carved a name for herself in tinsel town for her acting skills as well as fashion
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Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt and Fawad Khan’s film Kapoor And Sons has received positive reviews from both the critics and viewers. The film hit the screens last Friday (March 18) and has an impressive first-week box office collection. Shakun Batra’s film has earned Rs 46.93 crore in its seven days of release. Trade analyst Taran
A day after Holi Sunny Leone found her name embroiled in a slapgate episode with reports emerging that the actress slapped a journalist for quizzing her about her charges for ‘night performances’. The incident is alleged to have occurred in Surat yesterday at a Holi event where Sunny Leone was one of the celebrity guests.
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After wooing audience in the song ‘Sab Tera’, the ‘Baaghi’ couple Tiger Shroff and Shraddha Kapoor have raised the temperature of dance floor in the latest peppy dance number ‘Let’s talk about love’ which was released today. The peppy number that is high on energy shows the 26-year-old actor and the 27-year-old actress showing flawless
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A bomb squad was rushed to Chakki Bridge area of Punjab’s Pathankot District on Thursday evening after a suspicious suitcase was found. The police, meanwhile, evacuated the area and took control of the situation. Earlier on Tuesday, three armed men hijacked a car at gunpoint in Sujanpur area of Pathankot District near the Jammu and
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