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

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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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ISRO’s sixth navigation satellite IRNSS-1F: All you need to know

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch its sixth navigation satellite IRNSS-1F on Thursday at 4 pm. The satellite will be launched into orbit from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. This system aims at developing an independent regional navigation satellite system for India just like

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Preity Zinta shares first selfie post ‘hush-hush’ marriage

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Bollywood’s dimpled beauty Preity Zinta has a beautiful gift for all those who complained that her marriage was a concealed affair. The ‘Soldier’ actress has shared her first selfie post marriage. The 41-year-old actress recently took to her Twitter and Facebook handles to post the photo with a beautiful message, “All I want to say

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Names of 22,000 Islamic State group members leaked to news channel: Report

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Tens of thousands of documents containing the names, addresses, phone numbers and family contacts of jihadis who joined the Islamic State group have been given to the UK’s Sky News, the broadcaster said Wednesday. Sky reported that a disillusioned former member had handed over the documents on a memory stick that had been stolen from

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We Will Go To Jail But Not Pay Any Fine: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the spiritual guru with a worldwide following, today told NDTV that “We have not done anything wrong…we will go to jail but not pay a penny.” This afternoon, India’s top green court was informed that the 59-year-old’s organisation has so far not deposited the five-crore penalty judges have ordered ahead of

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Samsung Galaxy J1 mini goes official with 4-inch display and 768MB of RAM

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Samsung has finally put the rumours to rest and made official its Galaxy J1 smartphone. The smartphone has been announced for markets in the Philippines and is currently listed on Samsung’s Philippines website with no details about availability and more importantly, its price. The Samsung Galaxy J1 mini packs in a 4-inch TFT LCD display

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Brazil’s ex-president Lula charged in money laundering probe

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Prosecutors in Sao Paulo state have filed money laundering charges against former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is accused of hiding his alleged ownership of a seafront penthouse in the city of Guaruja. Silva has denied he owns the apartment, which belongs to constructor OAS. OAS is one of the biggest targets

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IS commander `Omar the Chechen` survived US strike: Monitor

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Top Islamic State commander leader Omar al-Shishani, known as Omar the Chechen, was “seriously injured” in a recent strike in northeastern Syria but not killed despite US suggestions to the contrary, a monitoring group said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Wednesday that according to its sources the March 4 strike had indeed

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Rajnath to raise Ishrat Jahan case in Parliament: How fresh allegations made the case even murkier

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Ever since Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley made the startling claim on 11 February this year about the 2004 Gujarat encounter, the already murky Ishrat Jahan case has become even murkier. The Lok Sabha is likely to discuss on Thursday the raging controversy over the affidavits filed in the Ishrat Jahan encounter killing case when it

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Sonam Kapoor, Anushka Sharma join hands to slam body shamers

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Actress Sonam Kapoor recently took to the social media to slam the body shamers and got the support from none other than Anushka Sharma. The 30-year-old ‘Khoobsurat’ actress tweeted, “Fat shaming or skinny shaming.. It’s still body shaming!” Anushka was quick to catch the wind of it and retweeted Sonam’s comment, writing “Word” along with

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Donald Trump rebounds in White House race; Bernie Sanders surprises Hillary Clinton

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Republican leaders opposed to Donald Trump becoming the party’s US presidential candidate warned on Wednesday that the billionaire businessman could become unstoppable if he wins two crucial nominating contests next week. One of Trump’s fiercest critics in the Republican Party, US Senator Lindsey Graham, said that if the billionaire businessman extends his winning streak into

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US Elections 2016: Hillary Clinton calls for sanctions on Iran after more missile tests

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US Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called for sanctions against Iran after the Islamic Republic brushed off US concerns and test-fired two ballistic missiles that it said were designed to be able to hit Israel. Iranian state television showed footage of two Qadr missiles being launched from northern Iran, which the Islamic Revolutionary

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Aung Suu Kyi’s party nominates her former driver for Myanmar president

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Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) has proposed a close friend of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as its presidential candidate, ending a four-month wait for the identity of a president expected to rule in her name. The NLD put forward Htin Kyaw, who joined the party just two months ago, as its lower

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As Rare As it Gets: Genetic Laboratory Test Discovers Twins Have Two Separate Fathers

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Vietnam has identified an extremely rare case of bi-paternal twins — twins with different fathers — a professor at a DNA testing lab in Hanoi told AFP Tuesday. A set of twins born to a Vietnamese couple, whose names have not been released, were recently taken for testing because of stark differences in the children’s

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‘Growing intolerance, narrow interpretation of nationalism main challenges before Church in India’

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The Church in India has identified ‘growing intolerance’, ‘narrow, culture-based interpretation of nationalism’ and ‘saffronisation of the education system’ as main challenges facing it. The key challenges were identified at the 32nd plenary of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI), which ended here on Wednesday. The ambiguous stand of the Central government on the

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Supreme Court issues notice to Delhi, TN over advertisements

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice on a plea to initiate contempt action against the Delhi and Tamil Nadu governments for allegedly defying an apex court judgment barring the publication of Chief Ministers’ photographs in government advertisements. The petition was filed by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation, represented by advocate Prashant Bhushan. The

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Sterilise stray dogs, vaccinate them, but as per law, Supreme Court tells states

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the states and the local bodies to take steps to sterilise and vaccinate nuisance-causing stray dogs, under the provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. The bench, headed by Justice Dipak Misra, observed that there is a need to balance compassion for animals and the existence of

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Has Hrithik Roshan finally given his nod for Hindi remake of ‘Rambo’?

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It was recently reported that filmmaker Siddharth Anand is ready to reboot the ‘Rambo’ franchise in Hindi, sparking off speculations over the casting. “Hrithik (Roshan) is always on top of my mind, but I haven’t finalised anyone as yet. It can be a new actor as well,” he had said. But now sources working on

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Singer Jazzy B becomes the face of team Chandigarhiye Yankies for ‘Box Cricket League-Punjab’

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Wednesday became special for the city when Punjabi singer Jazzy B showed up to launch his cricket team ‘Chandigarhiye Yankies’ which would be competing in the upcoming north region’s biggest sports entertainment show and Punjab’s first ever unisex celebrity cricket show Box Cricket League-Punjab. Though this is the last team to be launched for this

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Arvind Kejriwal summoned in criminal defamation case filed by Arun Jaitley

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his five party colleagues, who were named as accused in the criminal defamation case filed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, have been summoned for a court hearing on April 7. The move comes after the court observed that the remarks made by the six were derogatory in nature. The

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North Korea fires missiles, says will liquidate South assets

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North Korea looked to ratchet up already elevated tensions on the Korean peninsula still further Wednesday, firing a pair of short-range missiles and announcing the liquidation of all remaining South Korean assets on its territory. The moves were a direct response to unilateral sanctions announced by South Korea on Tuesday to punish the North for

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ICC WT20 2016: India-Pakistan match shifted to Eden Gardens; Pakistan team delays departure on security fears

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The World Twenty20 match between India and Pakistan scheduled for 19 March has been switched from Dharamsala to Kolkata but Pakistan continue to delay their departure for the tournament over security concerns. ESPNcricinfo reports that the Pakistan Cricket Board response is not knee jerk and limited to the immediate issue but has been festering over

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