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Left Front-Congress deal a ‘rainbow alliance’: Mamata

Continuing her tirade against the Left Front and Congress alliance, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday dubbed the electoral understanding a “rainbow coalition” and said in the upcoming electoral contest her party would surpass all the political rivals. “CPI(M) , you believe in the ideas of Marx, Lenin, Ho Chi Min and Mao, […]

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Bollywood superstar Priyanka Chopra on her authority issues, her ‘wild child’ nature and her move to TV

Bollywood superstar Priyanka Chopra has revealed her “wild child” tendencies that attracted her to her new TV show. The actress and former Miss World takes on the role of FBI recruit Alex Parrish in drama Quantico, her first big role outside of her native India, where she is a household name for her starring turns

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Delay pregnancy for four years: IAF advise to trainee women fighter jet pilots

India’s to-be first women fighter jet pilots have reportedly been advised by the Indian Air Force not to get pregnant for at least four years from the day they are commissioned in June. A report in the Hindustan Times quoted IAF vice chief Air Marshal BS Dhanoa as saying that the women trainees have been

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Akhilesh Yadav takes dig at Congress on roping strategist Prashant Kishore

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today had a dig at Congress saying the party which got the country its Independence is today taking the help of poll strategist Prashant Kishore for the next Assembly elections. “The party which claims that it got the country its Independence is today taking help of a PR agency,”

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Capital punishment for making hooch in Bihar, bill coming soon

The Bihar government is bringing a bill to award capital punishment for manufacturing illicit liquor once prohibition comes into effect in the state from April one, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Wednesday. The government would bring a legislation in the ongoing budget session of the Assembly against liquor sale in which there would be

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GOP Debate: Trump asks for more tariffs on foreign-made goods

U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump called for raising tariffs on foreign-made goods on Thursday, in a further break from his party’s long-standing free-trade philosophy ahead of nominating contests in big industrial states hit hard by globalization. The billionaire businessman has harnessed working-class anxieties about immigrants and trade to supercharge his bid to become the

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Why Sri Sri going to jail is only empty talk; AOL is not even directly involved in culture fest

Only a day remains for Art of Living’s founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to honour the order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to pay a fine of Rs 5 crore for causing ecological damage to Yamuna floodplains for the upcoming World Culture Festival. Will he pay or will he not? If he does, it’ll

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Vijay Mallya Tweets, ‘Did Not Flee, Am An International Businessman’

Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who faces pressure to repay nearly a billion dollars owed to banks by his collapsed airline, tweeted early this morning that he is “not an absconder” and would comply with the law. In a series of tweets, Mr Mallya also alleged a “witch-hunt” by the media. I am an international businessman.

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Hospital urges Punjab authorities to shift bodies of Pathankot terrorists

The Pathankot Civil Hospital has requested the Punjab Government authorities to shift the bodies of four terrorists killed in the attack on the Air Force base, citing lack of space in the mortuary. The terrorists’ bodies have been lying in the hospital’s mortuary for the last two months. Civil Surgeon Ajay Bagga told ANI that

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Shoaib Akhtar calls Virender Sehwag ‘immature’, then deletes tweet!

Fomer pacer Shoaib Akhtar on Monday hit back at Virender Sehwag for the remarks he made with regards to Pakistani cricketers. During an interview with comedian Vikran Sathaye last week, Viru said that Akhtar was praising Indian players due to commercial and business interests. “Shoaib Akhtar became a really good friend because he wanted to

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Panasonic T50 With 4.5-Inch Display, Sail UI Launched at Rs. 4,990

Panasonic on Thursday launched its new smartphone in India, the T50, priced at Rs. 4,990. The highlight of the budget smartphone is the company’s own Sail UI, which it says is the “smoothest Android user interface yet.” The Sail UI on Panasonic T50 is based on Google’s Android 5.1 Lollipop version and is said to

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Maharashtra not your ‘baap ki jaagir’: Lalu’s son Tejaswi hits back at Raj Thackeray

Lalu Prasad’s son and deputy Bihar Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav has hit out at Raj Thackeray over his remarks on non-Marathis getting autorickshaw permits in Maharashtra. Thackeray, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief, had yesterday asked his partymen to burn auto-rickshaws of non-Marathis. Reacting sharply to Thackeray’s comment, Tejaswi said Thackeray should know that “Maharashtra is

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Ouch! Brit tabloid names Deepika Padukone ‘female companion’ on being snapped with Djokovic

As one of Bollywood’s leading heroines, Deepika Padukone is used to having reams of print devoted to her every move. But when she was spotted out and about town with tennis star Novak Djokovic in Los Angeles, for once, the shoe was on the other foot. British tabloid The Daily Mail published images of the

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Hint, hint: Alia Bhatt says she loves ‘Kapoor and Sons’ co-star Sidharth Malhotra

After actress Alia Bhatt stated in a recent interview that she loves Sidharth Malhotra and the news went viral, she again hinted at loving her Kapoor & Sons co-star. Recently, at a press meet for the promotions of the film, Kapoor & Sons, Alia sported shoes with ‘life’ written on the left shoe and ‘love’

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All-England Championships: India’s B Sai Praneeth stuns three-time champion Lee Chong Wei in first round

Three-time champion Lee Chong Wei was sensationally beaten by India’s B Sai Praneeth in the first round of the All-England Championships on Wednesday, putting a firm dent into his preparations ahead of the Rio Olympics . The Malaysian second seed was beaten 24-22 22-20, which ended a promising few months where he had won his

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‘I am so proud to call you my fans’: Maria Sharapova pens Facebook post thanking her fans

Days after stunning the sports world by announcing she had failed a drug test at the Australian Open in January, Maria Sharapova thanked her fans for their “wonderful words” that put a smile on her face. The Russian faces a ban of up to four years pending an investigation by the International Tennis Federation after

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The Iceberg That Took Down The Mighty Titanic Was Nearly 100,000 Years Old!

Researchers are now saying that the iceberg that RMS Titanic hit, causing it to sink on April 14, 1912, was a whopping 100,000 years old! According to experts, the massive block of ice responsible for sinking the ocean liner had probably originated in southwest Greenland. Expert Grant Bigg of Sheffield University, UK, collected data from

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Pakistan demands ‘explicit’ security assurance, defers cricket team visit

Hardening its stance, Pakistan on Wednesday deferred the departure of its cricket team to India demanding “explicit” security assurances. “Pakistan is still waiting for an explicit assurance from the Government of India about security of its team and Pakistan spectators. Without that Pakistan team is unlikely to participate in the Twenty20 ICC World Cup,” a

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