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High Court Directs Home Ministry To Consider Plea To Confer Bharat Ratna To Netaji Bose

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The Madras High Court today directed the Union Home Ministry to consider a plea seeking conferment of Bharat Ratna to Netaji Subas Chandra Bose. A division bench comprising Justice MM Sundresh and Justice S Vimala gave the direction while disposing of a PIL by KK Ramesh, Managing Trustee of Tamil Nadu Centre for Public Interest […]

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Uttar Pradesh: Samajwadi Party MLA seeks independent inquiry into Shamli firing case

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Samajwadi Party MLA Nahid Hasan has sought an independent inquiry into the alleged firing incident here in which an eight-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet, saying that rival groups were conspiring against him. The local MLA claimed that those belonging to rival camps were involved in the matter a day after he was

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#PachauriHatao: For everyone who asks why women delay harassment complaints, remember the TERI case

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I can’t remember the last time I was so infuriated. I had just heard the news of RK Pachauri being reinstated as executive vice chairman of TERI by its governing council. It was even more galling because the message that was being sent out to women in the corporate world was this: No matter what

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North Korea restarts plutonium reactor that could soon facilitate nuclear weapons

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North Korea has expanded a uranium enrichment facility and restarted a plutonium reactor that could begin recovering material for nuclear weapons in weeks or months, the U.S. intelligence chief said Tuesday in delivering the annual assessment by intelligence agencies of the top dangers facing the country. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper also said Islamic

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Ten killed, scores injured after trains suffer head-on collision in Germany

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Two commuter trains crashed head-on Tuesday in southern Germany, killing 10 people and injuring around 90 as they slammed into each other on a curve after an automatic safety braking system apparently failed, the transport minister said. The regional trains collided before 7 a.m. on the single line that runs near Bad Aibling in the

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Plan was to attack defence scientists at Taj Mahal Hotel, but logistics didn’t allow, says Headley

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Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley on Wednesday continued his deposition for the third consecutive day before a court in Mumbai. Deposing from a undisclosed location Headley told the special judge GA Sanap that Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) was helping different terror outfits in Pakistan by providing financial, military and moral support. He also revealed that

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Bernie Sanders Defeats Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Wins In New Hampshire

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Bernie Sanders won a commanding victory over Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, and Donald Trump also scored a big win in a triumph of two candidates who have seized on Americans’ anger at the Washington political establishment. Both outcomes would have been nearly unthinkable not long ago. Sanders, a self-described democratic

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Answers to 8 health questions everyone has ever had

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Does olive oil prevent heart disease? Yes. Scientists have found that eating more olive oil lowers risk of coronary artery disease.A Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra olive oil cuts risk of breast cancer. Does cough syrup work? No. Doctors now agree that most over-the counter cough medicines don’t work. Prescription cough suppressants such as levodropropizine,

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First look: Emraan Hashmi as cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin in ‘Azhar’ will make you nostalgic

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Actor Emraan Hashmi presented the first look of Azhar to cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin, who celebrated his 53rd birthday on February 8. Emraan, 36, who will be playing the lead role in the film, wished him on Twitter: Happy 53rd Birthday @mpazhar. Here is my birthday present.Me as You in #Azhar! #HappyBirthdayAzhar @AzharTheFilm pic.twitter.com/0LWBie2GmT — emraan

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Not just Waris Ahluwalia: Irrfan Khan, Kabir Khan and Kamal Haasan have also faced airport racism

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It’s now happening to Indians in Sikh turbans. Earlier if you were a Khan you got questioned /detained /screened /scanned at airports. While Waris Ahluwalia is in the news for being barred from a flight for wearing a Turban, Irrfan Khan has gone through the ordeal on two occasions on American airports. He opens up

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DDCA row: Delhi HC dismisses Kirti Azad’s plea seeking court-monitored probe

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The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea filed by former Indian cricketers Kirti Azad and Bishan Singh Bedi demanding a court-monitored investigation by the CBI into alleged criminal offences committed by DDCA officials. Justice Manmohan refused to entertain the plea, saying the petition was “premature” while noting that the Central Bureau of Investigation

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India vs Sri Lanka: Even without Kohli, Dhoni and co look to continue momentum against neighbours

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Boosted by their 3-0 clean sweep of Australia Down Under, a confident India would seek to continue their winning momentum when they take on a depleted and new-look Sri Lanka in the first of three T20 Internationals in Pune on Tuesday. After the comprehensive series triumph in Australia, these three matches would certainly act as

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Vin Diesel and Deepika Padukone release a behind-the-scenes video from ‘XXX’

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The excitement for the next film in the Hollywood franchise ‘XXX’ skyrocketed in India ever since it was announced that Deepika Padukone will be a part of it. While a few Bollywood actors have played cameos in Hollywood flicks, Deepika has landed a meaty role in the film. The first look poster featuring the film’s

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Om Puri separates from wife Nandita

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Relationships in Bollywood have always been unpredictable. After Ranbir-Katrina, Farhan-Adhuna, Virat-Anushka, yet another couple has decided to go separate ways this year. Veteran actor Om Puri and wife Nandita have decided to end their 26-year-long marriage. Om and Nandita’s differences came out in the open just before Nandita launched the actor’s biography titled ‘Unlikely Hero:

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Train crash in Germany kills at least 2, injures scores

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Two trains crashed head-on in southern Germany today, leaving at least two people dead and around 100 injured, police said. More than two hours after the crash, emergency services were still trying to reach people trapped in the wreckage. Police spokesman Stefan Sonntag told The Associated Press the two regional trains crashed near Bad Aibling,

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After miraculous rescue, Lance Naik taken from Siachen to hospital in Delhi

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Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad, who was miraculously found alive after remaining buried in snow for six days, was on Tuesday flown to the Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi from the Siachen glacier. His condition is critical but stable and he is undergoing various tests in the hospital, army sources said. Earlier, he was evacuated

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Kiren Rijiju’s chopper makes emergency landing at Hindon airbase

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A chopper carrying Union Minister Kiren Rijiju and a BJP MP on Tuesday made an emergency landing at Hindon airbase near here following engine trouble after being airborne for nearly 20 minutes. “We are all safe,” Rijiju told PTI over phone. The Minister, along with Lok Sabha member from Tehri-Garhwal Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, had

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Amit Shah holds meeting with allies ahead of Union Budget 2016-17

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Facing opposition attack ahead of Budget Session, BJP chief Amit Shah on Monday held a meeting with allies for better floor coordination in Parliament and also decided to hold one-to-one meeting with them, some of whom complained against lack of coordination. Shah will meet Akali Dal and TDP leaders tomorrow and hold similar meetings with

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J&K govt formation: Ram Madhav to hold talks with Mehbooba Mufti to break impasse

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BJP general secretary Ram Madhav is likely to hold talks with PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti next week as the party makes fresh efforts to break the impasse over formation of government in Jammu and Kashmir following the death of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. Madhav, who had played a key role in forging alliance with PDP, may

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Nepal ex-PM Sushil Koirala dead; Modi calls him India’s valued friend

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Former prime minister Sushil Koirala, who spent 16 years in exile in India, died here on Tuesday. He was 80. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India has lost a valued friend. Koirala, who was also president of the Nepali Congress (NC), died at his residence in Kathmandu’s Maharajgunj area. Doctors told the media

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