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China Open: Saina Nehwal sails into semifinals; to meet nemesis Yihan Wang

Defending champion Saina Nehwal sailed into the semifinals of the USD 700,000 China Open Super Series Premier after she saw off Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara in straight games on Friday. A relaxed Saina didn’t break a sweat and her cool demeanour helped her to stave off the challenge from the World No. 10, notching up a […]

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Paris terror attacks: ‘It’s the fault of President Hollande, he should not have intervened in Syria’

One of the assailants in Paris Friday mentioned France’s intervention in Syria’s war to justify the attacks, said a witness who was at a concert venue where some 100 people were killed. “I clearly heard them say ‘It’s the fault of (French President Francois) Hollande, it’s the fault of your president, he should not have

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Kurdish forces seize Iraq’s Sinjar town from Islamic State

Kurdish forces backed by US air strikes seized the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State on Friday, a Reuters witness said, in one of the most significant counter-attacks since the militants swept through the north last year. “ISIL defeated and on the run,” the Kurdistan regional security council said in a tweet, using

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7.0-magnitude quake hits off southwestern Japan, small tsunami reported

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Kyushu in southwestern Japan on Saturday, triggering a minor tsunami in the southern part of Kagoshima prefecture, Xinhua reported. The strong earthquake jolted about 160 km southwest of Makurazaki, Kagoshima, at 5:51 a.m. local time (20:51 GMT on Friday) at a depth of about 10 km, according

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‘Nationalist’ new catchword for SAD; Cong makes secular pitch

Going by the numbers, the recent radical Sarbat Khalsa should have alarmed the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal, but it ended up helping the party latch on to the new catchword of “nationalist”. The naming of Jagtar Singh Hawara, convicted of assassination of former Congress chief minister Beant Singh, as the Akal Takht jathedar and the

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OROP row: Burning medals insult to the nation, says Parrikar; Kejriwal backs veterans

The OROP row escalated with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar terming attempts by veterans to burn medals as an insult to the nation and asked the protesting ex-servicemen to prove there was no political motive behind their stir even as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal voiced support to them. “If I say something, it will become

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Paris Attacks: 120 Killed in Multiple Strikes, France Declares Emergency

Gunmen killed more than 120 people in a wave of attacks across Paris on Friday, shouting “Allahu akbar” as they massacred scores of diners and concert-goers and launched suicide attacks outside the national stadium. Four black-clad gunmen wearing suicide vests and wielding AK-47s stormed into the Bataclan venue in eastern Paris and fired calmly and

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Modi not under pressure to talk reconciliation with Pak: Mufti

Facing questions over Prime Minister’s silence on Pakistan during his Srinagar rally last week, chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Friday said Narendra Modi is not under “any pressure” to talk about it even as he observed that reconciliation with the neighbour is “my dream”. Sayeed said reconciliation with Pakistan is on the agenda of

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Modi at Wembley sticks to James Bond, Rupee Bond and safe rhetoric after crushing Bihar loss

Those expecting fireworks in PM Modi’s speech saw them only in the sky. He came. He saw. But for once not everyone concurred even though the stereophonic rhetoric won the day. Prime Minister David Cameron set the standard high with a crowd pleasing speech replete with a clamour for India’s stake on the UN Security

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PM vows to work towards a globally integrated economy

CEOs from India and the U.K. on Friday pitched for a more transparent and consistent decision-making regime as also a uniform treatment of corporates across the world, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to work “ceaselessly” towards Indian economy’s integration with the rest of the world. A reconstituted India-UK CEOs Forum, during its first meeting,

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Dozens killed in attacks in Paris, Hollande declares emergency

Gunmen and bombers attacked busy restaurants, bars and a concert hall at locations around Paris on Friday, killing dozens of people in what a shaken President Francois Hollande described as an unprecedented terrorist attack. Police sources said at least 40 people were killed and 60 wounded in up to five attacks in the Paris region.

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Four Naxals killed in encounter with police in Chhattisgarh

Four Naxals, including a commander-rank cadre, were on Friday killed in a fierce gun-battle with police in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district. “The operation was conducted by a team of the state’s District Reserve Group (DRG) this morning after they got a tip-off about movement of Naxals in Mirtur police station area of the district,” Inspector General

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Death toll in Tamil Nadu rises to 55 as heavy rain continues to pound state

Seven more persons lost their lives in rain-related incidents in Tamil Nadu, taking the death toll to 55 as the North East Monsoon continued to pound several parts of the state disrupting rail and road traffic. The government had on Thursday put the toll in rain-related incidents at 48, including 27 from Cuddalore district. According

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Prem Ratan Dhan Payo review: Salman and the film are predictably sweet, just like a Diwali ladoo

There is a scene in Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, where at it’s most romantic moment, Rajkumari Maithili (Sonam Kapoor) gives Prem Dilwala (Salman Khan) a huge, white feather pen and asks him to write on her back. She goes on to shut all the doors of the large palatial kitchen, signaling her surrender to Prem.

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Yuvraj Singh gets hitched to Hazel Keech, wedding next year

Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has reportedly got engaged to model-actor Hazel Keech in Bali on Wednesday evening. The 33-year-old’s private life has been subject of much speculation after Hazel had recently accompanied him to the wedding of his teammate Harbhajan Singh. “Finally, he found the right girl. This was the time when I felt he

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Warne’s Warriors wallop Sachin’s Blasters to seal series

Shane Warne’s Warriors walloped Sachin Tendulkar’s Blasters by 57 runs to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match Cricket All Stars Series here today. Tendulkar’s decision to put the opposition in to bat backfired as game’s heavyweights Kumar Sangakkara (70 off 30), Jacques Kallis (45 off 23) and Ricky Ponting (41 off 16) tore

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India vs South Africa 2nd Test: Ishant likely to replace Umesh, Steyn still a doubt

Having served a one-Test suspension, India’s pace spearhead Ishant Sharma is raring to have a go at the South African batting line-up and is all set to replace Umesh Yadav in the playing XI for the second cricket Test, starting Saturday. Ishant’s counterpart Dale Steyn, however, is still battling against time to get fit for

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China Open badminton: Saina Nehwal advances, PV Sindhu crashes out

Defending champion Saina Nehwal emerged as the lone Indian survivor at the USD 700,000 China Open Super Series Premier after P V Sindhu suffered a close defeat in the pre-quarterfinals of the women’s singles competition here today. Top seed Saina, who had a 2-0 record against Tee Jing Yi ahead of the match, notched up

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Para shooter Rajeev Malik’s rifles goes missing during travel before IPC Shooting World Cup

Indian para shooter Rajeev Malik has suffered a setback before the IPC Shooting World Cup at Fort Benning, USA as the marksmen lost both his rifles during his travel. The 34-year-old handicapped shooter finds himself in a spot of bother as the airlines in which he travelled from Delhi to Atlanta has misplaced his two

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