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The Koh-i-noor effect: Queen Elizabeth II may face legal challenge over the world famous diamond

A lobby group made up of Indian businessmen and actors is mounting a legal challenge against Queen Elizabeth II demanding the return of the world famous Koh-i-noor diamond to India. The 105-carat stone, believed to have been mined in India nearly 800 years ago, was presented to Queen Victoria during the Raj and is now […]

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After Bihar debacle, Modi to attend BJP meet to analyse reasons

BJP’s Parliamentary Board, its top decision-making body, will meet on Monday to analyse its rout in Bihar assembly polls, a second humiliating defeat in a row for the party after the Delhi assembly election. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to attend the meet in which almost all top party leaders, including its chief Amit

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Six sentenced to death for brutal murders of two children in Bangladesh

Six people were sentenced to death today by two Bangladeshi courts for torturing to death two young boys, including a 13-year-old whose death had triggered protests in the country after video footage of the brutal attack went viral. Four people were ordered to gallows in Sylhet where the culprits murdered 13-year old Samiul Islam Rajon

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India condemns Nepal deputy PM’s remarks on Terai, calls them ‘baseless and malicious’

India on Sunday strongly condemned Nepalese Deputy Prime Minister’s allegations that it is trying to disintegrate Nepal and annex the Terai region, saying such “baseless and malicious” comments vitiate the age-old historical and familial ties between the two countries. The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu in a statement reiterated that “India’s only objective is peace, stability

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Myanmar election: Suu Kyi supporters confident of landslide win

Supporters of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi were confident on Monday her party had won a landslide victory in the country’s first free general election in 25 years, with the biggest question whether the margin was enough to claim the presidency. Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) was expected to win the largest share

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Heavy rains lash Puducherry, but no threat of cyclone in Tamil Nadu

Normal life was hit in Puducherry with incessant rains pounding the Union Territory since Sunday, reports PTI. Official sources said to PTI that Puducherry and its suburbs recorded 13.3 cm rainfall in the 24 hours ending 8:30 am on Monday. Low lying areas were inundated. As Tamil Nadu is set to receive heavy rain throughout

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Bihar impact in TN and Kerala: Setback for Modi in states where BJP has little presence, but big ambitions

The sweet taste of setting a new record in the Kerala local body polls would have likely turned bitter in the mouths of BJP leaders in the southern state on Sunday as Bihar gave a thumbs down to the ruling party at the Centre in a decisive verdict. Patna might well be 2,800 kilometres from

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Bihar elections result a ‘referendum’ against Narendra Modi, says Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday termed the Bihar poll verdict a referendum against the Narendra Modi government as the BJP-led NDA stared at defeat at the hands of the grand alliance in the state. “The Bihar results are in a way a referendum (on Modi government). The way the prime minister was working

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Sashastra Seema Bal cancels Diwali leave of officers along Indo-Nepal border

Border guarding force SSB has cancelled Diwali leave of its officers commanding battalions deployed along the Indo-Nepal border in view of the prevailing situation in the neighbouring country and the declaration of poll results in Bihar. The paramilitary’s headquarters in New Delhi has asked its field formations to implement the latest directive, also for Bhutan

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‘March for India’ protest: Anupam Kher meets PM Modi on intolerance issue

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met a delegation of artistes led by Bollywood actor Anupam Kher protesting against a section of artistes who are returning their awards over “intolerance” in the country. “He (Modi) listened to us and said the intolerance issue is harming the country and its reputation,” Kher said after meeting the

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Eight earthquakes in eight hours send shivers down Andaman and Nicobar islands

Six medium intensity earthquakes jolted the Andaman and Nicobar islands in a span of four hours on Sunday, with each measuring around five or more on the Richter Scale, but there was no tsunami alert. Another earthquake not far from the archipelago hit North Sumatra island in Indonesia, measuring 5.7 on the Richter Scale at

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Nitish’s arrow hits the bullseye in Bihar, thanks to Lalu’s lantern

The arrow hit the bullseye in Bihar on Sunday with the support of lantern while the lotus wilted in a politically crucial state. As the JD(U)-led Grand Secular Alliance swept the Bihar Assembly elections, the outcome was very crucial for Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)), whose election symbol is arrow, as it was decimated in 2014

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Bihar: Grand Alliance gets highest vote share, BJP on top among individual parties

As the verdict of people in Bihar gave it a thumping victory, the Nitish Kumar-led Grand Alliance also emerged on the top, with the largest vote share of nearly 46 per cent as against NDA’s nearly 34 per cent. On single-party basis, however, the BJP managed a face-saver with a vote share of nearly 24.8

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Bihar elections: Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Arun Jaitley responsible for BJP’s loss, says Arun Shourie

Former Union Minister Arun Shourie on Sunday said Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and Arun Jaitley should be held accountable for BJP’s loss in Bihar elections and predicted that the “silent non-cooperation movement” in the party against the leadership will now deepen. He said a “Modi-centric” campaign “lacked credibility” because of the unkept promises of the

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Bihar elections 2015: BJP leaders rule out change in leadership

The crackers suddenly went silent at the BJP office two hours after counting for the Bihar election began. It was time for introspection. Will it go beyond just introspection? BJP leaders ruled out change in leadership. “Organisational elections are approaching and Amit Shah will be party president again,” said BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya. After

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PM Modi to open Rs 75,000-crore purse-strings in Srinagar today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will announce a special package worth over Rs 75,000 crore for Jammu and Kashmir in Srinagar on Saturday, eight months after the PDP-BJP alliance assumed charge in the state. According to government sources, Modi is likely to spell out the details of the package during a public meeting at the Sher-e-Kashmir

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SC orders Bollywood star Aditya Pancholi to vacate Mumbai bungalow by year-end

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant relief to Bollywood actor Aditya Pancholi’s on his plea to retain tenancy rights over a bungalow in Juhu in Mumbai and directed him to vacate the premises by the end of the year. A bench, comprising justices J S Khehar and R Banumathi, directed Pancholi to vacate

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‘Chauthi Koot’, Nawazuddin’s ‘Haraamkhor’ win big at MAMI

Gurvinder Singh’s “Chauthi Koot”, India’s official entry at Cannes this year, bagged the best film award, while actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui-starrer teacher-student love story “Haraamkhor” won the runners up trophy at the closing ceremony of Jio MAMI 17th Mumbai Film Festival. The two films were screened in the India Gold section category of competition held during

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