The conditional bail for JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar may have been a minor victory for students demanding his release, but the content of the order of Justice Pratibha Rani delivers them a sobering message. The bail comes with several conditions, directives to JNU faculty and some serious observations on the exercise of freedom […]
Political strategist Prashant Kishor, who played a key role in victories of Narendra Modi-led BJP in general elections and JD(U)-RJD-Congress alliance in Bihar, on Wednesday attended a meeting with Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi to craft the party’s strategy for Uttar Pradesh polls. Congress leaders from the state confirmed Kishor’s presence during the meet and said
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Baking soda has been used as a home remedy for a number of beauty issues since times immemorial. “Baking soda which is easily available in all kitchens is an alkaline substance that has a crystalline composition has antibacterial, antifungal, antiseptic and anti inflammatory properties. One can use it as a face wash, face mask, it
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After garnering thousands of orders via its hugely successful flash sales, LeEco has set yet another record. The Chinese electronics giant that recently set foot in India managed to sell 2,00,000 LeEco smartphone in less than 30 days. This is an achievement for a brand that was until a few months ago, relatively unknown in
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Days after Snapdeal employee Deepti Sarna was abducted and found, a woman fashion designer has gone missing from Noida under mysterious circumstances. Shipra Malik left her home on Monday afternoon for Chandni Chowk. The last call made by the victim’s mobile phone was to 100. Her last location was found to be Lajpat Nagar in
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Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi addressed lawmakers in Lok Sabha, attacking the Modi government over black money among other issues. He said Modiji brought a ‘Fair and Lovely Yojna’ to convert black money into white and blamed him of destroying UPA’s work against insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir and terrorism. Here are the highlights of Rahul
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It has been confirmed now that talented actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui will share screen space with this talented actress who has been admired by many actors. Sridevi is going to be seen with Nawazuddin Siddiqui in a movie titled Mom. The movie will be produced by Sridevi’s husband Boney Kapoor. Mom is said to be a
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Brazilian police arrested a senior Facebook Inc executive on Tuesday as a dispute escalated over a court’s demand that the company provide data from its WhatsApp messaging service to help in a secretive drug-trafficking investigation. Court officials in Sergipe state confirmed that a judge had ordered the jailing of Facebook Vice President for Latin America
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A Saudi-led bloc of six Gulf Arab nations formally branded Hezbollah a terrorist organization on Wednesday, ramping up the pressure on the Lebanese militant group fighting on the side of President Bashar Assad in Syria. The move by the Gulf Cooperation Council comes less than two weeks after Saudi Arabia announced it was cutting $4
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After a massive operation, the army on Wednesday traced the body of a porter who had fallen into a 200 feet deep crevasse in Siachen’s Northern Glacier, with Army chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag saying all possible measures will be undertaken to retrieve it. The porter accidentally fell in the crevasse on February 27. Rescue
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Pakistan Prime Minister’s Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said that talks with India are likely to resume after a team visits Pathankot in the upcoming days, to investigate into the deadly attack on the Indian Air Force Base. According to the Dawn, an official transcript released on Tuesday quoted Aziz as saying that the
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Maharashtra government to grant licences to dance bars by March 15. The Court also refused to allow the state government’s demand that there be a live feed from a dance bar to the nearest police station. The court said that CCTV coverage of the performance area would be
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It’s bad enough that the tickets for the World Cup were delayed inordinately and there was so much confusion over whether Delhi would pass the test as a venue. But this latest twist in the cricket pretzel with Dharamshala backing off its responsibility to host the Indo-Pakistan tie on 19 March is certain to cause
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The highlight of India’s five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka on Tuesday was not the team’s third consecutive, comfortable win in Asia Cup, it wasn’t Virat Kohli’s Man of the Match-winning half-century, it was not even making the finals, it was Yuvraj Singh turning back the clock. Yuvraj produced a power-packed innings, hitting 35 runs off
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India has approached several countries, including Japan, Russia and the UK, for handing over of documents relating to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and some of them have responded, Rajya Sabha was told on Wednesday. Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said the issue of handing over documents relating to Netaji had been taken
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Vivo has previously broken records by launching the slimmest smartphone – the Vivo X5 Max, with a thickness of 4.75mm. Now the Chinese tech company has once again set a benchmark for others by launching world’s first smartphone with 6GB of RAM – the Vivo Xplay5 Elite. It also launched a more affordable version, the
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China has stationed several ships near a disputed atoll in the South China Sea, preventing Filipino fishermen from accessing traditional fishing grounds and raising tensions in the volatile region, Philippine officials said on Wednesday. China had deployed up to seven ships to Quirino Atoll, also known as Jackson Atoll, said Eugenio Bito-onon Jr, the mayor
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Google-owned traffic app Waze hit back on Wednesday at suggestions its directions led Israeli soldiers into a Palestinian refugee camp where they were attacked, sparking bloody clashes. Two Israeli soldiers were said to be using the app when they mistakenly drove into the Qalandiya refugee camp overnight, sparking clashes as security forces deployed to rescue
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The Telangana government is planning to invite spiritual leader Dalai Lama for the inauguration of ‘Buddha Vanam’ (Buddha garden) project in the city. K T Rama Rao, IT and Panchayat Raj Minister said this during a meeting with an official of Dalai Lama Centre for Ethics and Transformative values from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
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A 35-year-old CISF constable posted at the Ratnagiri Gas and Power Plant Ltd unit at Anjelwal, Dabhol has allegedly shot dead an Assistant Sub- Inspector and a colleague using his service rifle. The incident occured on Tuesday between 9.30pm and 10.15pm. The accused Jawan had an alleged tiff off with the victim ASI whom he
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Afghanistan and Indian security forces on Wednesday killed a team of suicide bombers who targeted the Indian consulate in the eastern city of Jalalabad, following an attack in which at least six people were wounded, officials said. A bomb in a car driven by one of the attackers was detonated near the Indian consulate, shattering
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The United States and China are risking a tit-for-tat escalation over the Paracel Islands as Beijing asserts its authority over one of its most tightly-held assets in the South China Sea and Washington challenges a growing military build-up. Both Chinese and foreign security experts say Beijing won’t compromise over the Paracels, and it views its
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Ties between India and the US are blossoming as the two countries, after 12 years of talks, are closer than ever to signing an agreement to share military logistics, said a Pakistani daily. An editorial “US-India relations” in the Daily Times on Wednesday said that two weeks ago, India was up in arms about the
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The renowned Dalai Lama Centre for Ethics and Transformative Values which is based at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, is set to open its South Asia Centre in Hyderabad. The director of the Dalai Lama Centre for Ethics and Transformative Values Tenzin Priyadarshini informed the Telangana IT Minister K.T.Rama Rao and Tourism Minister
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Amid the furore over former undersecretary RVS Mani’s revelations in the Ishrat Jahan case, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday told her party MPs that former home minister P Chidambaram has already explained his position, adding that the grand old party has been targeted since it has been in the government. “Chidambaram ji has already
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In the new instalment of the set images from Deepika Padukone’s XXX: The Return of Xander Cage, Bollywood diva looks all menancing filming an action sequence. Deepika plays Serena opposite to Vin Diesel’s Xander Cage. All tatted and clad in leather hot pants and strapped boots, Deepika is standing opposite a stuntman, ready to strike,
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Pakistan has vowed to take action against all terrorist groups, including the Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT), and not let its territory be used by such outfits to destabilise other countries. The LeT is said to be behind the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, which killed 164 people and wounding at least 308. Islamabad’s commitment to target all terrorists
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Tens of thousands of Pakistanis chanting anti-government slogans on Tuesday attended the funeral of a police officer executed the day before for assassinating a secular governor in 2011 over accusations of blasphemy. As a precaution against violence, authorities closed all schools and stepped up security in Islamabad and the adjacent city of Rawalpindi, where the
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The Patna high court on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of pictures published in a newspaper showing candidates taking an Army recruitment exam in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur on Sunday in undergarments. Altogether 1,159 candidates wrote the test, which the Army Regional Office (ARO) in Muzaffarpur conducted for recruitment of clerks. After advocate Dinu Kumar mentioned the
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Delhi Police has written to the Director General of Health Services (DGHS) to form a special team comprising doctors and forensic scientists to examine the medical reports and evidence in Sunanda Pushkar’s death. A letter was sent to the DG Health Services after the Special Investigation Team probing the case failed to draw any conclusion
