A Taiwanese county has built an enormous glass shoe as a tribute to local women who suffered from a debilitating foot disease. Completed last month, the transparent 17-metre (55-foot) tall structure in Chiayi county in the southwest of the island has already attracted large numbers of visitors even before it officially opens in two weeks. […]
At least 13 students of Pune’s Inamdar College on Monday drowned in the sea near Murud beach in Raigad, Maharashtra, according to reports. ANI reported that over 13 bodies have been recovered till now while IANS reported that the death toll is likely to rise as 10-12 students are still missing. The tragedy took place
As MGNREGA completes ten years on Tuesday, Narendra Modi govermment, which earlier appeared critical of the UPA’s flagship rural job scheme, on Monday hailed the measure saying the achievements of a decade are a “cause of “national pride and celebration”. In a statement, the government also claimed that the last financial year saw a “revival”
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Actor Anupam Kher said today that he was “sad and disappointed” that he was denied a visa by Pakistan to attend the Karachi literature festival. He says he has cancelled his visit. “I am very sad and disappointed that out of 18 participants, 17 were given visa and I was denied,” Mr Kher told the
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The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (IS) had elaborate plans to target foreigners and vital defence installations in Goa and Maharashtra, investigators questioning the chief of the terror group’s Indian wing have learnt. The Maharashtra anti-terrorism squad (ATS), during its ongoing probe, has found that Shafi Armar alias Yusuf, who defected from Indian Mujahideen
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Deepika Padukone flies to Canada for another adventure on Tuesday; this one with a Hollywood twist. The actress, who took a mini break after a hectic and rewarding 2015, has been fulfilling her brand commitments as she sweats out every day in the gym working hard on an already toned body. Deepika, who joins Vin
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One of the world’s most respected chefs, Benoit Violier, whose 3-star restaurant in Switzerland recently topped the list of world’s best 1,000 restaurants, has been found dead at his home in an apparent suicide, police said on Monday. The 44-year-old ran the 3-star Michelin eaterie Restaurant de l’Hotel de Ville in Crissier, near Lausanne in
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Authorities dealing with Europe’s migrant crisis have lost track of about 10,000 unaccompanied children amid fears that organized crime gangs are beginning to exploit the vulnerable youngsters, a senior official at the European Union’s police agency said Monday. Europol Chief of Staff Brian Donald said that the figure “would be a conservative estimate across all
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At least 20 policemen were killed Monday when a Taliban suicide bomber struck a police base in Kabul Monday, just days before a fresh round of international talks aimed at reviving dialogue with the Islamist group. Scores of people were also wounded as the attacker blew himself up in a queue of police officers waiting
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The Supreme Court Monday reproached some states, including Gujarat, for laxity in implementing the National Food Security Act, and questioned their adherence to the federal scheme. “What is Parliament doing? Is Gujarat not a part of India? The Act says it extends to whole of India and Gujarat is not implementing it. You want to
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The 35-member martial band of the Army was all decked up, ready to impress foreigners in Dhaka on Indian Republic Day. With ceremonial dresses and musical instruments, the band reached Kolkata to cross into Bangladesh by road well in advance, and awaited the final clearance. The band kept waiting, as the bureaucratic red tape in
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When talks were on last winter on the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance, Mehbooba Mufti had gone into a shell, refusing to attend any meeting. From day one, the PDP president was reluctant for an alliance with the BJP. Ten months later, after her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed passed away, she asks:
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Archana Ramasundaram, a 1980-batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, has been appointed director general of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), a paramilitary organisation guarding the country’s eastern frontiers with Nepal and Bhutan. She is the first woman IPS officer to head SSB since its in ception in 1963 and will continue in that post till
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley wants to present a credible budget this month with realistic targets for tax revenues and asset sales, people involved in the process say, but businesses may end up picking up much of the tab. Jaitley is staring at a big revenue shortfall as India again misses an unrealistic target for raising
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Akshay Kumar and Nimrat Kaur’s film has become the first film of this year to enter the Rs 100-crore club. Airlift is based on a real story of evacuating 1.7 lakh Indians in Kuwait in 488 flights over a span of 59 days. Akshay Kumar is back with a power packed performance in his film
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, who has made a successful international debut with American show ‘Quantico,’ is all set to present at the upcoming 88th Academy Awards. Her name comes in the second slate of presenters that includes Steve Carell, Quincy Jones, Byung-hun Lee, Jared Leto Julianne Moore, Olivia Munn, Margot Robbie, Jason Segel Andy Serkis,
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Its the biggest battle for votes in Hyderabad. On 2 February, the city goes to poll for much awaited Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections. After formation of Telangana state, this is the first time that GHMC elections are being held and therefore it is being seen as litmus test for all parties in the fray.
Jash-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar has warned his ‘enemies’ that any action against the jihadis operating against India from Pakistan will have dangerous consequences. Azhar, one of India’s most wanted terrorist, wrote in Peshawar-based jihadi magazine al-Qalam that his ‘army’ loves death. The Indian Express quoted Azhar as saying, “I have prepared an army that
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The World Health Organization declared a global emergency over the explosive spread of the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects in the Americas, calling it an “extraordinary event” that poses a public health threat to other parts of the world. The U.N. agency took the rare step despite a lack of definitive
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In an attempt to curb female foeticide, Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said the Central government was mulling to lift the ban on sex determination of the foetus. While addressing All India Regional Editors Conference in Jaipur on Monday, the Minister said, a proposal is with the Cabinet which is contemplating on
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The Supreme Court’s decision to hear in open court curative petitions – the last legal recourse available to litigants – on Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) is an opportunity for it to rectify the mistake of re-criminalising homosexuality in the country. Typically, judges decide a curative petition after discussing it among themselves through
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Actor Sidharth Malhotra, who is reported to have been dating Alia Bhatt, said that the actress is just his good friend. “We are great friends and colleagues. We also have a film coming up called Kapoor And Sons. We (Alia and I) have a great working relationship. I know her since my first film, so
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After returning to the director’s chair for ‘Shivaay,’ Ajay Devgn is now all set to lend his voice to the action-drama’s title track. “I discussed the idea with him in January before he left to shoot in Bulgaria. Ajay has a great ear for music and this song is the heart of the film. He
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Ten people were killed and 20 wounded, most of them civilians in Monday’s suicide bomb attack outside a police station in a busy area of western Kabul, Afghan Deputy Interior Minister Ayub Salangi said in a Twitter post. The attack was the latest in a series to hit the Afghan capital this year as the
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Ace comedian-turned-actor Kapil Sharma enthralled the audiences for good three years before calling curtains on his popular television show ‘Comedy Nights With Kapil’ (CNWK). The show became the hot bed for celebrities wanting to promote any of their upcoming ventures. From sports bigwigs to Bollywood A-listers—Kapil and on-screen family tickled the funny bones of our
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Cricket is outrageous. Andrew Flintoff once described it to Jennifer Lopez as a sport that lasts five days where players spend a lot of time “rubbing their balls on their trousers”. And if test cricket is outrageous that way, T20 is even more so in its own designs. So outrageous that a team can go
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Rishabh Pant smashed the fastest-ever Under-19 fifty to help the Indian team thrash Nepal by a big margin of seven wickets in the Group D match of the ongoing ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2016 match at at Dhaka on Monday. Pant began to accelerate the Indian innings right from the world ‘go’ after Nepal
Former India opener Virender Sehwag was appointed mentor of the Kings XI Punjab team for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday. In his new role, Sehwag will work closely with head coach Sanjay Bangar and would be responsible for guiding and motivating the squad, a statement from the Kings XI franchise stated. “Virender
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International pressure mounted on Libya to form a national unity government as the Islamic State jihadist group expands at the doorstep of Europe and the rest of Africa. In Libya itself, prime minister-designate Fayez al-Sarraj met controversial army chief General Khalifa Haftar on Monday as part of a series of encounters to press the creation
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