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Chris Gayle to file defamation case against Fairfax Media

Under-fire Chris Gayle has sought the services of a leading Australian lawyer to start defamation proceedings against Fairfax Media over allegations that the West Indian cricketer indecently exposed himself to a woman in Sydney during the World Cup last year. The allegations came to the fore following Gayle’s widely-criticised live interview with Ten Sports’ female

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Deepika Padukone’s fees after ‘Bajirao Mastani’ will make you drop your jaws

Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s periodical drama ‘Bajirao Mastani’ is minting crores at the box office since its release. While the movie is receiving accolades from everyone, it is indeed doing wonders for its lead cast, especially Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone. While Ranveer Singh is enjoying all the appreciation he is getting after the movie,

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German police identify 3 suspects in New Year attacks on women in Cologne

German police have identified three suspects in connection with attacks on women at New Year celebrations in the city of Cologne but have not yet made any arrests, the interior minister of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) said on Wednesday. About 90 women reported being robbed, threatened or sexually molested at New Year celebrations

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Check out the adorable images of Prince George’s first day of nursery school

Britain’s Prince George had his first day at nursery on Wednesday, prompting his proud mother Kate Middleton to take his photograph as she and Prince William dropped him off. The two pictures, released by royal officials, show the two-year-old prince in a navy blue quilted coat and with a sky blue rucksack on his back

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TMC warns Idris Ali after MP claims PM Modi has links with Pathankot terrorists

Trinamool Congress leader Idris Ali is once again in the news for making a controversial statement. Just a few days after being pulled up for stating that Bengal will burn if Mamata Banerjee was arrested by the CBI in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam, Ali, a member of Parliament, has gone a step

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Despite Bihar debacle and differences with RSS, Amit Shah to be re-elected as BJP president

Despite the fact that the BJP won the state assembly polls for Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand held in 2014 and was able to form a coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir in alliance with PDP because of its numbers in J&K state polls, Amit Shah did not really have what one might call a successful

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75 percent seats open as Delhi govt scraps all quotas except economically weaker sections in pvt schools

In a far-reaching reform initiative, Delhi government scrapped management and all other quotas except for the economically weaker sections in private schools for nursery admissions, putting 75 per cent of total seats in the open. It also warned that institutions flouting the order would be taken over by the education department. After a Cabinet meeting,

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2016 will see interesting political events, Rahul Gandhi may replace mother to become Congress president

The new year promises to be politically significant with elections in four major states, Rahul Gandhi’s possible elevation as Congress president and would see political fallouts from legal cases involving some top leaders. The Bharatiya Janata Party will seek to regain its political momentum after setbacks it suffered last year in the Delhi and Bihar

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Kejriwal Government Scraps Management Quota In Nursery Admissions

The Delhi cabinet has scrapped a separate quota in nursery admissions for children chosen by private school managements, popularly known as the ‘management quota.’ The only quota that will now remain is the 25 per cent seats set aside for children from the Economically Weaker Sections or EWS, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Wednesday.

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Finance minister Arun Jaitley to fast-track Namami Gange projects

Government has set up a cabinet committee under finance minister Arun Jaitley for faster approval of projects under the flagship “Namami Gange” programme. Another high-powered panel has also been constituted for overseeing the implementation and progress of the mission under shipping minister Nitin Gadkari. A senior Cabinet minister told TOI that with the panel under

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20 FTII students lathicharged, detained for protesting against Chauhan

The police have detained more than 20 Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) students who were protesting against the institute’S chairman Gajendra Chauhan outside the campus in Pune on Thursday. The police also lathi-charged students after they refused to clear the way for Chauhan, who is taking charge on Thursday during his first visit

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UN Security Council prepares ‘further measures’ against North Korea

The UN Security Council today agreed to prepare further unspecified measures against North Korea after it carried out a fourth nuclear test. The 15-member council including China, Pyongyang’s ally, “strongly condemned” the test and described it as a “clear threat to international peace and security.” Uruguay’s Ambassador Elbio Rosselli, this month’s council president, recalled that

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Neighbours fret as North Korea shows off Hydrogen bomb

North Korea on Wednesday claimed to have carried out its first ever successful test of a ‘miniaturised hydrogen bomb’, triggering strong concerns from its neighbours and raising the prospect of further sanctions against the reclusive state. The North’s fourth nuclear test since 2006, which triggered the equivalent of a 5.1-magnitude earthquake and was felt in

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Mehbooba Mufti faces tough challenge, but is well equipped to succeed as J&K’s chief minister

It is almost impossible to underestimate the challenge that Mehbooba Mufti faces as she gets set to take charge of Jammu and Kashmir. She has to consolidate her position within her party, allay the misgivings that linger in the minds of her coalition partners such as the BJP and Sajad Lone, and reach out to

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Mufti Mohammed Sayeed passes away: A democrat at heart, nationalist to the core, a Titan of modern Kashmir

A leader committed deeply to democracy and liberalism, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed was also a patriot of steely resolve. He should be remembered as one of India’s foremost nationalist leaders of the past half-century. He stood like a rock, holding aloft the tricolour in Kashmir even when that was a life-threatening thing to do in the

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