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500 Threat Calls, Says Lawyer Fighting For Women At Sabarimala Temple

A lawyer who is leading the campaign for the famous Sabarimala temple in Kerala to allow entry to women, has received 500 threatening phone calls, many of them from the US, in recent days, the Supreme Court was informed today. Naushad Ahmed Khan, President of the Indian Young Lawyers’ Association (IYLA), said the calls included

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PBL: Tommy Sugiarto powers Delhi Acers to final with trump match win vs Chennai Smashers

World Number 11 Tommy Sugiarto led turned out to be a hero for the Delhi Acers as he led his side to the summit clash of the Premier Badminton League (PBL) with his 15-11 15-10 win over Chennai Smashers’ Brice Leverdez in the trump match, in Bengaluru on Thursday. The scores were level 2-2 when

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Unacceptable: Sardar Singh backs exclusion of Pakistan players from HIL unless they apologise

Indian hockey team skipper Sardar Singh on Thursday asked the Pakistan players to apologise for their “unacceptable” behaviour during the Champions Trophy in Bhubaneswar in December 2014, backing Hockey India’s stand of not allowing the stars from across the border to play in HIL. “Pakistani players are suffering a lot but what they did during

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Australian Open draw: Serena and Sharapova on course to meet in quarterfinals

World number one and top seed Serena Williams faces a potential quarter-final with long time rival Maria Sharapova at next week’s Australian Open following Friday’s draw. Williams, who is chasing her seventh Australian crown and 22nd Grand Slam title after beating Sharapova in last year’s final, will have a testing start against Italian Camila Giorgi,

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White ball does nothing: Gavaskar bats for the bowlers, says use pink ball for ODIs

Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar says pink ball should be used in One-day cricket to make it more competitive since white ball leaves nothing for the bowlers. High-scoring matches have become the norm and even a score in excess of 300 is not considered safe these days. In the Perth ODI, India scored 309 for

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Attacks in Jakarta confirm fears of home-grown Islamic State jihadists: Analysts

A “Paris-style” suicide strike on the Indonesian capital on Thursday confirmed Southeast Asian governments’ worst fears — that citizens returning from fighting alongside the Islamic State group in the Middle East could launch attacks at home. Regional nations have been warning for months of the possibility of attack, mirroring concerns expressed by European authorities fearful

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Pathankot attack: India welcomes Pak probe team, talks deferred on ‘mutual agreement’

Aware of public anger after the terror attack in Pathankot, India has deferred Friday’s foreign secretary level talks with Pakistan but was clear that it “would take place in the very near future.” The idea is to cool temperatures keeping in mind the hard line supporters of the ruling BJP and its extended family. It

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‘Lagaan’ actor Rajesh Vivek dies of heart attack in Hyderabad

Bollywood actor Rajesh Vivek, mainly known for his roles in superhits like ‘Lagaan’ and ‘Swades’, died due to a heart attack in Hyderabad today. He was 66. “Rajesh passed away in Hyderabad due to a heart attack. He was shooting there for a south Indian film. It is very shocking news,” said Vivek’s friend Vishnu

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Car bomb attack at Turkish police station

Kurdish rebels detonated a car bomb at a police station in southeastern Turkey, then attacked it with rocket launchers and firearms, killing five people, including civilians, the governor’s office said Thursday. Thirty-nine other people were injured. The attack late Wednesday targeted the police station in the town of Cinar, in the mostly-Kurdish Diyarbakir province, and

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I was told I’d lose my job if SC didn’t uphold 2005 Bihar President’s rule: H R Bhardwaj

Former Union law minister H R Bharadwaj on Thursday revealed that he was under tremendous pressure from the Manmohan Singh government to get a favourable order from the Supreme Court, which was examining the UPA government’s decision to impose President’s rule in Bihar in 2005 to prevent the JD(U)-BJP combine from coming to power. Bharadwaj

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BSF wants phone-tapping powers, but Centre reluctant

The Union Home Ministry is likely to reject a proposal by the Border Security Force (BSF) to grant it technical surveillance powers along the western border with Pakistan, enabling it to pick up “chatter” among drug syndicates and terrorist groups. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been investigating the probability of drug smugglers arranging logistical

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Priyanka Chopra Does Things Which Parineeti Can ‘Just Dream Of’

Parineeti Chopra is proud of her sister, actress Priyanka Chopra and said that she is amazing. The 33-year-old actress has already created headlines with her debut American TV series Quantico. She is reportedly in talks to join Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron in Baywatch. “Is it confirmed though? I will call her soon. It’s amazing.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi: ‘Small’ people shape history, change society

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said narratives in India tend to focus on the royalty or the ruling class while the struggles and contributions of those considered ‘inferior’ by society are rarely recognized and celebrated. “It is the ‘small’ people who shape history and bring change in society,” Modi said. The PM was speaking as the

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Akshay Kumar: Hate any kind of nation-bashing in films!

Actor Akshay Kumar says he detests nation-bashing in films. ”It’s (Airlift) not about a nation, it’s about saving people. I hate any kind of nation-bashing in films. I don’t like it,” the actor told the media here on Thursday while promoting his forthcoming film “Airlift”. Directed by Raja Krishna Menon, “Airlift” also stars “The Lunchbox”

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Missing Mumbai engineer Hamid Ansari in Pak custody; facing trial in military court

More than three years after an Indian engineer from Mumbai went missing in Pakistan where he had reportedly gone to meet a girl he had befriended on the Internet, authorities have admitted that he has been in army custody and is facing a trial in military courts there. However, the officials did not provide details

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Preach To Your Wife About India’s Prestige: Ram Madhav To Aamir Khan

Denouncing actor Aamir Khan’s recent remarks on perceived intolerance in the country, BJP leader Ram Madhav on Thursday said the Bollywood superstar should not preach only to an auto-rickshaw driver about India’s prestige but also to his wife. “It will not work that you preach to an auto wallah how the country’s prestige has to

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