India may have constructed over one crore toilets in a year under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet programme Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, but it does not appear to have brought about speedy behavioural change. Not even half the toilets built under the cleanliness mission are being used, an all-India survey conducted by the National Sample Survey […]
Trendy marker pens could soon replace bottle and brush at polling booths for marking index fingers of voters with indelible ink as a proof that they have voted. The Election Commission has started “testing” the marker pens, provided by Mysore Paints, as replacement for bottles of indelible ink and brushes. Indelible ink has been an
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Tamasha actress Deepika Padukone will be seen entering the Bigg Boss Nau house on Sunday night to promote her movie, but alone. Where Ranbir Kapoor had always accompanied her for the film’s promotions, he chose not to come to Bigg Boss house. What could be the reason behind this? The reason being Katrina Kaif. Ranbir
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Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja thrived on a spinners’ paradise in Mohali, bamboozling South African batsmen in the first Test to secure a 108-run victory and a 1-0 lead with more than two days to spare. The ghosts of Mohali then returned to haunt the South Africans in Bangalore as Ashwin and Jadeja again shared
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Belgian police arrested 16 people in a wave of anti-terrorism raids but key Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam slipped the net, with Brussels set to remain under security lockdown on Monday. Schools and the metro will be shut as Brussels stays at the highest possible alert level over what Prime Minister Charles Michel called a
At least 16 people were hospitalized after a shooting at a playground in New Orleans, a local TV station reported on Sunday, citing police. The shooting occurred around 7 pm local time (0100 GMT on Monday) in Bunny Friend Park in the city’s Upper Ninth Ward. The Times-Picayune newspaper quoted New Orleans Police Superintendent Michael
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Star tennis player Sania Mirza says it is tough to have a better year than 2015 but she will strive hard to at least match the achievements of this season, in which she won two Grand Slams and also became world number one in individual doubles rankings. “Next year, if not better it, hopefully, we
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India’s star boxer Vijender Singh today met Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at his residence here and discussed about his plans of developing professional boxing in the country. Vijender also thanked the minister for his constant support in his professional debut. “I thanked the Minister for his continuous support in my professional career. He assured me
Kareena Kapoor Khan has disapproved of the trend of writers and filmmakers returning their awards to protest against the growing ‘intolerance’ in the country, and advised them to instead address the issues bothering them. “Returning an award would not solve any problem. We should learn to address the issue (of intolerance) rather than getting it
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Acting on a tip-off, police and members of People for Animals (PFA) – an NGO helmed by BJP leader and Union minister Maneka Gandhi – raided a private school here on Thursday and to their surprise found female foetus among other species preserved in the lab there. Police seized 30 jars, which also contained preserved
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Are exotic pet birds safer in cages or do they have a fundamental right to fly? This is the cardinal question the Supreme Court has agreed to answer. The debate will see the apex court consider, on one side, the right to livelihood of thousands of pet shop owners spread across the country, and on
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Opposition Congress and radical Sikh groups on Friday slammed Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal for his remarks that Congress was planning to align with radicals in the forthcoming assembly elections. “We are strong enough on our own to make you march out of Punjab and we really don’t need anybody’s help, much less
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Asserting that the time had come for India to make its mark in the resurgence of Asia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called the world leaders to come to India and witness the ‘winds of change’ as he pitched his ‘Make in India’ initiative on the global forum. “I have been saying that the
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Bruno Herrero scored a penalty and Diomansy Kamara tapped in late to give NorthEast United a well deserved 2-0 win over a struggling Mumbai City FC and propel them into the top four of the Indian Super League. Backed by a typically vociferous crowd, The Highlanders saw off early pressure from the visitors, who were
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Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan says his friends and filmmakers Karan Johar and Farah Khan are “such wannabe actors” as they are always keen to be in front of the camera rather than behind it. Karan, who has directed Shah Rukh in most of his directorial ventures, got nostalgic when he saw Shah Rukh and
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The UN Security Council on Friday authorized countries to “take all necessary measures” to fight the Islamic State group in a resolution that won unanimous backing a week after the Paris attacks. The French-drafted measure calls on all UN member states to “redouble and coordinate their efforts to prevent and suppress terrorist attacks” committed by
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Belgium raised its terror alert to the highest level in the capital Brussels on Saturday, with the OCAM national crisis centre warning of an “imminent threat” a week after the Paris attacks. “Following our latest evaluation… the centre has raised its terror alert to level 4, signifying a very serious threat, for the Brussels region,”
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The U.S. Navy will likely carry out another patrol within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands in the South China Sea before the end of the year, a U.S. Navy official said on Friday. The USS Lassen, a guided missile destroyer, last month sailed close to one of China’s man-made islands in the Spratly Islands
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A 19-year-old engineering student of Sathyabama University in Chennai committed suicide in his Hyderabad home late on Thursday night, leaving behind a note in which he said some seniors ragged him severely and extorted money from him. K Venkata Krishna Chaitanya, a second-year BTech student, hanged himself with a cord from the ceiling of his
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Around 31 meritorious students and five teachers of 36 schools were felicitated with ‘Chhattisgarh jewels’ award at the concluding ceremony of Child Rights Protection week, on Friday. Award was presented by chief minister Raman Singh and UNICEF’s brand ambassador Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor, who was present at the event as special guest. Dr. Raman Singh
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India Test captain Virat Kohli has said that there is no set combination in the team and that everyone is ready to put their hand up and perform whenever needed. After winning the first of the three match Test series, India came in with a huge boost in confidence here for the second but after
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Friday said that though India is a country with various beliefs, religion should not be a hurdle in health and medication. The 73-year-old actor, who is the brand ambassador of India in the fight against tuberculosis (TB), said during the polio eradication campaign he found that there were few communities who
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Suspected Islamist gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Mali’s capital Friday, firing automatic weapons and seizing more than 100 guests and staff in a hostage-taking that left at least 27 people dead. Mali state television says the government has declared a 10-day state of emergency beginning at midnight. Special forces staged a dramatic floor-by-floor rescue
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Russia is pounding the Islamic State jihadists in Syria with bombs emblazoned with the words “For our people” and “For Paris” after Moscow vowed vengeance following the bombing of a plane over Sinai. Russian television broadcast a video in which a man is seen scrawling “For our people!” and “For Paris!” in black pen on
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