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‘Dilwale’ vs ‘Bajirao Mastani’: Box office mess or win-win game?

Big budgets. Big directors. Big stars. With ‘Dilwale’ and ‘Bajirao Mastani’, both much-awaited Bollywood cinematic extravaganzas, releasing together on Friday, industry experts believe the clash will have a strong impact on the overall collections of the year. However, it’s best not to expect a new record! “Clashes are obviously not great,” superstar Shah Rukh Khan,

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Bajirao Mastani review: This Ranveer, Deepika, Priyanka-starrer is the best film of 2015

You sense you are in the presence of something extraordinarily creative the minute you step into the world of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani, a costume drama clothed in the conceit of the times when royal arrogance permitted social injustices as a birthright, and brought to incandescent life by a filmmaker who understands the layered

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If DDCA is so clean, then why did Delhi HC intervene: Bishan Singh Bedi toes AAP line

Former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi on Thursday lashed out at the Delhi and District Cricket Association, stating that the state government does not need permission to probe the alleged financial irregularities in the sports body. Bedi’s statement came soon after the DDCA again strongly refuted AAP’s allegations of financial bungling by Finance Minister and

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Won’t need six rounds to knock out Samet Hyuseinov: Vijender Singh

Indian boxing star Vijender Singh, who competes in his first six rounds contest this Saturday night at the Manchester Arena, says he won’t need the extra rounds to finish off experienced Hungarian Samet Hyuseinov in his third professional bout. The fast rising middleweight star from Bhiwani, in Haryana, has steamed through his first two professional

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After Mary Kom and Dhoni, it’s time for a biopic on Saina Nehwal

Taare Zameen Par director Amole Gupte will be making a biopic on the world’s leading badminton player Saina Nehwal, the shooting for which will begin next year. “Taare Zameen Par director Amole Gupte will make a biopic on my daughter (Saina Nehwal), and the shooting will commence next year,” Saina’s father Harvir Singh told PTI.

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‘We will all miss you’: Out-of-favour Cesc Fabregas bids farewell to Jose Mourinho

Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas told Jose Mourinho “we will all miss you” after he was dismissed as manager of the struggling Premier League champions on Thursday. “Thank you for all you have done for me,” Fabregas wrote on Twitter, alongside a picture of the pair celebrating Chelsea’s league title success last May. “I owe you

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Vijay Hazare Trophy: Ajinkya Rahane ton in vain as Rajasthan down Mumbai

Rajat Bhatia’s unbeaten 94 eclipsed Ajinkya Rahane’s strokeful 114 in Rajasthan’s five-wicket win over Mumbai in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Thursday. Bhatia’s blistering innings off 71 balls helped Rajasthan chase down the 302-run target in 49 overs. Rahane, playing his second match of the domestic competition, steered Mumbai to 301 for nine. Besides Bhatia’s

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Pumped up for India-Pakistan World T20 match in Dharamsala: Captain Afridi

Pakistan’s T20 captain Shahid Afridi is prepared for a tough World T20 campaign in India after the ICC announced the draws of the biennial event in March-April. “It is a tough draw for us and we are looking forward to the second match against India in Dharamasala,” he told the media on Thursday. “We have

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Cameron pleads for leaders’ help to keep Britain in EU

Prime Minister David Cameron urged European Union leaders on Thursday to agree to “substantial reforms” and demonstrate the kind of flexibility on migration that Britain needed for him to persuade voters to stay in the bloc. In his longest address in more than five years attending European Councils, Cameron told the 27 other national leaders

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Re-examine literacy criteria for panchayat polls: Amartya Sen

There is a need for a Constitution bench to deliberate on the Supreme Court’s upholding of the Haryana government’s decision to make literacy an essential criterion to contest panchayat elections, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has said. “We need to distinguish between what our objectives are and what is the state of the country… It does

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National Herald case: Congress seeks to exploit Rahul Gandhi, Sonia day in court

Opposition leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi will appear in court on Saturday to defend themselves against graft allegations in a case they hope to turn to their advantage by energising their party faithful against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The mother and son are the political heirs of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, that ruled India for most

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Bihar to go dry? Nitish govt invites tenders for new liquor shops

In contrary to the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s announcement about liquor ban in Bihar from April 1, the Bihar State Beverages Corporation Limited (BSBCL) on Thursday invited tenders for the Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) shops in the state. The recent order seeking tenders for the new liquor shops in the state has raised the speculations

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai meets PM Narendra Modi

Google CEO Sundar Pichai today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Press Information Bureau shared a picture of the meeting on the microblogging website Twitter. Earlier in the day, India-born CEO addressed 1,800-people strong audience comprising school and college students and teachers at Delhi University’s SRCC. Speaking to the gathering at the country’s prestigious commerce college,

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India, Pakistan agreed on bilateral dialogue to address outstanding issues: Sushma Swaraj

To a question in Rajya Sabha on whether India has raised the issue of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir in international fora, Swaraj replied in affirmative and said government’s principled and consistent position on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir has been that the entire state is an integral part of India. “A new beginning has been

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China warns of widespread smog, Beijing issues second ‘red alert’

China warned residents across a large part of northern China on Friday to prepare for a wave of choking smog arriving over the weekend, the worst of which is expected to over capital Beijing, prompting the city to issue its second ever “red alert”. The National Meteorological Centre said the smog would stretch from Xian,

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Government clears purchase of Rs 39,000cr Russian missile systems

The government on Thursday approved the Rs 39,000-crore acquisition of five advanced Russian S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems, which have even rattled NATO countries because they can destroy incoming hostile aircraft, stealth fighters, missiles and drones at ranges of up to 400 km. The decision by the Manohar Parrikar-led defence acquisitions council (DAC), which

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ATS grills ‘radicalised’ Pune school girl who ‘wants to join IS’

A 16-year-old Muslim girl from Pune who was apparently radicalised by her ISIS contacts abroad and brainwashed to go to Syria, has been questioned by sleuths of Pune Anti-Terrorism Squad and sent to a de-radicalisation programme, an ATS officer said in Pune late Thursday. The officer said the girl is a bright convent educated class

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Russian president Vladimir Putin praises Donald Trump to the moon, GOP candidate returns favour

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US presidential candidate Donald Trump praised each other on Thursday, saying they would welcome an improvement in the now-icy relations between their two nations. Trump – who holds the lead in opinion polls in his bid for the Republican nomination and was dubbed the “absolute leader” in the race by

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As AAP sharpens attack, Jaitley calls it ‘diversionary tactic’

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP leaders intensified their attack on finance minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday, claiming his tenure as chief of Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) was marked by massive financial bungling while the minister rebutted the charges saying no inquiry had revealed any evidence of fraud. The heated politics over

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