Two pieces of debris recently discovered along the coast of Mozambique are “highly likely” to have come from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Australian and Malaysian officials said on Thursday. An analysis of the parts by an international investigation team showed both pieces are consistent with panels from a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft, Transport […]
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26/11 Mumbai terror attack operative David Coleman Headley, who had been vehemently denying that he had not been paid by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence, finally made a sensational revelation before a court on Thursday that the ISI had massively funded his entire operation. Speaking to the media after Headley’s cross-examination, Special Prosecutor in the case Ujjwal
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni was lauded for his coolness and his captaincy after India clung on for a one-run win over Bangladesh in the World Twenty20. The criticism would have flowed had India lost in the last over, but instead the likes of former test captain Sunil Gavaskar were praising Dhoni for his composure in controlling
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Veteran Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor was doing fine, his family said as it rubbished rumours that he was in hospital in a critical condition. Reports of Shashi being hospitalised were doing the rounds of the social media since morning. When asked about it, son Kunal told PTI, “He is at home…Stop spreading rumours. He is
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Jackie Chan arrived in Jaipur early Tuesday morning to shoot his upcoming film ‘Kung Fu Yoga’ at Mansingh Palace, Amber Fort. Though shooting began early in the morning Chan, shot his scenes in the afternoon, as he was resting for a few hours in his hotel. Since cars aren’t allowed at the Fort during the
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The good news just hasn’t stopped flowing in for India’s beleaguered aviation sector. Last year, the country’s biggest Initial Public Offering came from the aviation sector when Gurgaon-headquartered IndiGo decided to hit the bourses. Soon after, the Narendra Modi government unveiled a new aviation policy that tried to ease operations for airlines and lower the
Close on the heels of a salary increase recommended by the seventh Pay Commission and pension hike for the armed forces under the one-rank-one-pension scheme, Holi eve saw the dearness allowance (DA) of central government employees hiked by six percentage points to 125%. The Cabinet’s decision will benefit 50 lakh central government employees and 58
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Sepoy Jagdish Chand, who bravely chased and killed one of the terrorists who had attacked the Pathankot airbase before being martyred, was among the 58 personnel who were honoured with gallantry and other service-related awards by President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday. Chand was honoured with Kirti Chakra, the second highest peacetime decoration, for displaying great
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Three armed men allegedly snatched a civilian’s car at gunpoint in Pathankot’s Sujanpur area in Punjab this evening. The car-jacking brought back memories of the January 1 night when men dressed in military fatigues had taken away an SUV belonging to a Punjab Police Officer. The men were among six terrorists who struck hours later
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Police in Argentina have arrested a man who allegedly walked into a radio station carrying a belt with fireworks and threatening to use them as explosives. The security ministry says police arrested journalist Carlos Alberto Serbali in the office of state-run Radio Nacional in downtown Buenos Aires after he threatened to detonate a bomb inside
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The EU sent its foreign policy chief to Geneva on Wednesday to breathe new life into Syrian peace talks, as the two sides remained at odds over the country’s political future. Federica Mogherini spoke to negotiators on both sides, and the head of the government delegation, Bashar Ja’afari, said after his meeting that he believed
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Jeb Bush endorsed Ted Cruz for the White House Wednesday in the latest bid by party heavyweights to stop Donald Trump’s relentless drive toward the Republican nomination, after he notched another win in Arizona. Hillary Clinton easily defeated Democratic rival Bernie Sanders in Arizona, but the Vermont senator scored resounding victories in Utah and Idaho
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Paris: More than 30 people have been identified as being involved in a network behind the Paris attacks on 13 November, with links now established to this week’s bombings in Brussels. This is what we know so far about the attackers and their support network. Paris attacks A 10-man team of suicide bombers and gunmen
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On February 17, a group of officials from the RAW and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) walked into Delhi University professor S.A.R. Geelani’s detention cell and asked him to explain his position on the Kashmir issue. Booked on sedition charges on February 16 for co-hosting an event at the Press Club of India to commemorate the
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed top officers to act within one month to ensure that grievances, barring some exceptions, are disposed of within 60 days and noted that grievance redressal is one of the biggest aspects of democracy. Modi called for integration of all land records with Aadhaar at the earliest. He was chairing
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Delhi, Punjab and Assam police were today alerted by security agencies about an ex-Pakistani soldier having crossed over to India along with six hardcore terrorists through the Indo-Pak border in Pathankot with a plan to carry out attacks on hotels and hospitals in Delhi during Holi. In a communication, the central security agencies said Mohammad
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Government formation in Jammu and Kashmir, which looked imminent after Tuesday’s meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, may still take some time. BJP general secretary Ram Madhav, instrumental in forging the alliance between the parties, said no new conditions had been accepted at the meeting between Mr. Modi and Ms.
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Hours after former NDA ally in Tamil Nadu, Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, decided to join hands with the People Welfare Front, BJP’s national president Amit Shah chose to chastise the AIADMK at a function organised to celebrate the eightieth birthday of Kanchi acharya Jayendra Saraswati here on Wednesday. Crediting the acharya for “ensuring peace between
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A Seoul court said on Thursday (March 24) it had dismissed a defamation suit filed by the US-based aunt of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un against three defectors now living in South Korea. Ko Yong Suk, who looked after Kim for years when he was at school in Switzerland, filed the suit last year,
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The two brothers who blew themselves up in the deadly train and airport attacks in Brussels were known by police for serious crimes and are linked to November’s Paris massacre. Khalid and Ibrahim El Bakraoui are Belgian nationals with major convictions “not linked to terrorism”, federal prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw said at a dramatic news
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In the end, the India-Bangladesh match came down to the most primitive of sports: Running. After 39.5 overs of a game that swung from one extreme to the other, making viewers across the two countries pop pills to stop their hearts from exploding, all that mattered was who could run faster: Mahendra Singh Dhoni or
Terrorist David Coleman Headley told a Mumbai court today that Shiv Sena patriarch late Balasaheb Thackeray was targeted by the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) on two occasions. An earlier attempt by the Lashkar to kill Mr Thackeray had failed and one person was apprehended by the police, but he escaped, said Headley, who is being
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A new eye makeup trend -quilted eyes -debuted at the Paris Fashion Week recently when a big fashion brand used it to pay tribute to their iconic handbags. Makeup artist Tom Pecheux drew the smoky criss-cross weave on the eyelids of the likes of Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner with an ultra-fine makeup brush, black
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The braid undercut is quite popular among celebrities. We have seen everyone from Kristen Stewart to Khloe Kardashian sport this hairstyle. Perfect for the summer, here are a few DIY tips to get a faux braid undercut. Read on… — Start with a deep side partition and make sure the distance between the line and
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We pit a gym rat against a moderately active and health conscious person and deliver a verdict on who is fitter. For years, we have believed that the only way to keep yourself fit and healthy is to stick to an exercise regimen. The popular, general notion seems to be that you either have to
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In spite of an escalating number of mental health patients, the subject of mental health illness, is still by and large a taboo topic for several Indians. “World Health Organisation (WHO) estimated that globally over 450 million people suffer from mental disorders,” says Dr (Captain) Kushilab Bose, chief of medical operations at a network of
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Well, it’s that time of the year again. Once again the stage will be set for divas and dudes in white waiting to be drenched in a sea of colours. Everyone’s into planning that perfect get-together where they can indulge in some colourful and joyous moments. Planning for a Holi or a Dhuleti party, has
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Trying to hold back time? The secret lies in your plate, say experts and every day the evidence supporting this fact just gets bigger. The first big must for those who are serious about anti ageing is to include protein in the diet. While this would mean chicken, eggs and seafood for non vegetarians, it
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Actress Priyanka Chopra, who is currently busy shooting for Quantico in the US, will not be able to travel to India to celebrate Holi on Thursday with her family and friends. Priyanka took to Twitter on Tuesday to express her sadness over missing the festival of colours. “I miss Holi in India already!” Priyanka tweeted.
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Bollywood superstar Salman Khan and Anushka Sharma, who will next be seen in Sultan, will wrap the shooting of the Ali Abbas Zafar directorial by next month. Zafar, who has previously directed films like Mere Brother Ki Dulhan and Gunday, took to Twitter on Monday night to share that only 30 days are left now
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