Militants attacked an outdoor market on Sunday in eastern Baghdad, killing at least 59 people and wounding nearly 100, said officials. A bomb ripped through the crowded Mredi market in the Shiite district of Sadr City, said a police officer. Minutes later, a suicide bomber blew himself up amid the crowd that had gathered at […]
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday came down heavily on the BJP, accusing it of hatching a conspiracy to scrap reservations and break the nation by playing divisive politics. The two leaders were attending a function to mark the 639th birth anniversary of Sant Shiromani Ravidas, organized by Ravidas
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One of the most awaited award events of the year have finally happened! The 88th Academy Awards,or the Oscars as we like to call them, are indeed a fantasy tale for every cinema lover with the who’s who of Hollywood including names like Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kerry Washington, Sylvester Stallon, Priyanka Chopra (the only
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Indian budget airline IndiGo said on Monday it would receive its first A320neo jet in March, three months later than originally planned after manufacturer Airbus said it could not deliver the aircraft on time. IndiGo, India’s biggest airline by market share, had expected its first A320neo in December and nine jets by March. The airline
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants the budget unveiled on Monday to appeal to India’s rural poor, officials familiar with his thinking said, in a strategy shift that could boost his ruling party in coming state elections but disappoint investors. His government is expected to increase spending on agriculture, health and social sectors, a change from
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The Haryana government, represented by two of its top officials, is likely to present two affidavits, along with a detailed police report in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday. The first affidavit, which will be submitted by DS Dhesi, chief secretary, Haryana pertains to the estimation of total damage to public and private
With the CPI(M) central leadership leaving the state unit to decide on the candidature of 93-year-old veteran VS Achuthanandan, all eyes are on the party state secretariat meet on Tuesday. Will he or won’t he — a debate is on in party circles and outside. Although he won’t suffer ignominy of the earlier two elections
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Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury were among the nine persons who have been booked on sedition charges in connection with the JNU row, the Hyderabad police said. An FIR has been registered against Rahul, Kejriwal, Yechury, Congress leaders Anand Sharma and Ajay Maken, CPI leader D
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Hasnain Warekar was no butcher but he always had a cleaver handy. While talking about the 35-year-old, friends and neighbours said they occasionally used to approach him to assist during a ‘qurbani’. “During festivities, people from the Kasarwadavli village would sometimes approach him to sacrifice a goat and it worked in their favour as he
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Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury are among nine persons who have been booked on sedition charges in connection with the JNU row, police said on Monday. An FIR has been registered against Rahul, Kejriwal, Yechury, Congress leaders Anand Sharma and Ajay Maken, CPI leader D
It seems that the divorce battle between Karisma Kapoor and her estranged husband Sanjay Kapur is turning uglier by the day. After Sanjay claimed that the actress married him for money, the mother of two has now registered an FIR against him and his mother Rani Sunder Kapur at the Khar Police Station (Mumbai) alleging
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At least 10 people were killed and over 40 injured in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar on Saturday, officials said. “A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle detonated his explosives in a market in Asadabad the provincial capital, 10 people were killed and over 40 were injured,” Ghani Mosamem, spokesman for the
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Adani Enterprises, the flagship firm of the Adani Group, has incorporated subsidiary Korba Clean Coal Pvt Ltd for carrying on the business of coal washing. “We would like to inform you that the company has incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary namely ‘Korba Clean Coal Pvt Ltd (KCCPL) on February 26, 2016,” Adani Enterprises said in a
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Ireland faced political uncertainty on Saturday after two exit polls indicated voters had punished the outgoing governing coalition in Europe’s fastest-growing economy, which is feeling the pain of years of austerity. Both Prime Minister Enda Kenny’s centre-right Fine Gael and its Labour junior partner lost support as voters angry at continuing hardship in the eurozone
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will address the Kisan rally in Belgaum to talk about the new crop insurance scheme launched by his government. He will be arriving in Belgaum, as part of his tour to address the needs of farmers and tell them about Prime Minister Fasal Bima Yojana. Elaborate security arrangements are
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The Cyberabad police have sought the help of Collector of Guntur district to establish the caste status of research scholar Rohith Vemula, whose suicide triggered country-wide protest. In an affidavit filed in the High Court of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, the Gachibowli police investigating the research scholar’s suicide stated that the crucial point of the
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After Human Resource and Development Minister (HRD) Smriti Irani’s spirited defence against the two controversies that broke out in the Hyderabad Central University (HCU) and the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), the Congress on Friday decided to remain firm on debating nationalism in Parliament. Sources said party president Sonia Gandhi made it clear that “the leadership
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Farah Khan had decided to not choreograph any more songs in Bollywood and concentrate only on direction. But she cannot say no to her friends. After Rohit Shetty and Shah Rukh Khan roped her to choreograph the love track from Dilwale- titled Gerua, we hear Aditya Chopra has also asked Farah to choreograph the romantic
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A Pakistani court has granted bail to a young die-hard fan of ace Indian batsman Virat Kohli after he spent more than a month behind bars over treason charges for hoisting the Indian tricolour atop his home. The additional district and sessions court in Okara admitted bail plea of 22-year-old Umar Daraz, a tailor by
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Despite objections from India and some US lawmakers, the Obama administration on Friday defended its decision to sell eight F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan. “We support the proposed sale of eight F-16s to Pakistan to assist Pakistan’s counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations. Pakistan’s current F-16s have proven critical to the success of these operations to date,”
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Congress leader Digvijay Singh was granted bail by a Madhya Pradesh court on Saturday in connection with an alleged recruitment scam which took place when he was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. The court on Friday had issued a non-bailable arrest warrant when the ex-CM, an accused in the alleged scam, did not turn up
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Congress party workers on Saturday protested against BJP leader Subramanian Swamy by throwing rotten eggs and tomatoes at his car in Kanpur. Protesters also threw ink and waved black flags at the BJP leader. Swamy is in Kanpur to attend an event at VSSD College in Nawabgunj. #WATCH Subramanian Swamy's car pelted with eggs &
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India and Pakistan will face off in the fourth game of the Asia Cup 2016 T20 2016 at Dhaka on Saturday. Both the nations are up on their feet and all set to witness the captivating encounter between arch-rivals India and Pakistan. As Twenty20 (T20) is acknowledged as a batsman’s game yet there are certain
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Amid a raging debate on the sedition law, President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said the Indian Penal Code (IPC) requires a thorough revision to meet the needs of the 21st century and changes are necessary in the “archaic” police system. “The IPC has undergone very few changes in the last 155 years. Very few crimes
The Delhi Police on Friday said that it has alerted its Punjab counterparts over a death threat to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is currently visiting Punjab. The complaint over the issue was registered at IP Estate police station on 20 February, a police official said. “We received complaint from the CM’s office. The
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The Indian Right is abysmally low on intellectual content. That’s the reason playing to emotions is critical to its game plan. Emotional messages don’t travel well without theatrics and the drama quotient. So it does not surprise that we see a lot of both in Parliament during the great nationalism debate. It’s only natural that
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Hizb-ul-Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin heaped praise on the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants, who attacked Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) campus, a report said on Friday. According to a report published in ‘The Times of India’, Salahuddin, who is currently based in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, announnced Hilal-eShuja’at, considered a bravery award, for the militants. The Hizb-ul-Mujahideen
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Products from at least seven Indian companies figure in a large supply of components that have ended up in explosives used by Islamic State terrorists, according to a study released on Thursday. The European Union-funded 20-month-long study by the Conflict Armament Research (CAR) states that the seven Indian companies “manufactured most of the detonators, detonating
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The duty doctor at the University of Hyderabad health centre has challenged the claim of HRD minister Smriti Irani that no doctor was allowed near the body of research scholar Rohith Vemula on the day he had died, either to revive him or remove him to hospital. Dr M Rajshree, the doctor on duty when
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Two things Suresh Prabhu did not dwell upon in his speech and these two are the biggest challenges for the Railways going forward. These were the revenue projections for 2016-17 and revenues achieved in the current year 2015-16. After all, budget is about projections of revenues and expenditure based on the past year’s performance. The
