China and Vietnam on Friday agreed to maintain peace and jointly try to resolve the South China Sea controversy. Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is visiting Hanoi, extended his hand of friendship to Vietnam amid rising tensions in the South China Sea ever since a US naval ship sailed into the disputed waters recently. Xi’s […]
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Rescue teams searched through mud and debris on Friday for people still missing from a village devastated by the collapse of two dams at a Brazilian mine owned by the world’s largest mining company, BHP Billiton. While only one worker has been confirmed dead, the local governor said the mining disaster caused the most environmental
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Buoyed by a knockout start to his professional career, Indian boxer Vijender Singh will be up against Dean Gillen in his second bout on Satruday in front of an audience which will not just have boxing aficionados but also Hollywood executives exploring his potential as a movie star. Vijender, who notched up a Technical Knockout
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Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar and legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, becoming the first cricketers to perform the ceremonial activity at the world’s largest stock exchange. The stars are in the city for the All Stars T20 series, which begins on Saturday. Indian
The government tonight hiked excise duty on petrol by Rs 1.60 per litre and the same on diesel by 40 paisa a litre to mop up additional revenue to meet budgetary targets. The basic excise duty on unbranded or normal petrol was increased from Rs 5.46 per litre to Rs 7.06 a litre, according to
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Making it clear that the US was not trying to create divisions in Asia, Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has said America wants China to be part of the Asian security system and not stand apart from it. Speaking to reporters aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt in South China Sea, Carter refuted reports that the United States
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Veteran actress and BJP MP Hema Malini on Friday came out in support of superstar Shah Rukh Khan, saying he was “targeted” for no reason. “Shah Rukh has not said he is going to return the award or anything. I feel he has been targeted (“nishana bana rahe hai”). I feel personally that it is
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The official notification for One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme will be issued before Diwali, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Friday. The announcement comes on a day when protesting ex-servicemen decided to step up their protests and return their medals across the country starting 9 November. “As you are aware, it will be issued
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War with India is not an option as use of force could only worsen the situation, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said while hoping to resolve all outstanding issues between the two countries. Sharif, during a meeting with President Mamnoon Hussain on Friday, wished to resolve all outstanding issues with India through dialogue as
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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said he has invited intellectuals for discussion in the wake of returning of awards by many of them claiming “growing intolerance” in the country. “I still don’t know the reason behind returning of awards by them… As the home minister, I have invited intellectuals for discussion. I would
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To provide a boost to the clean India initiative, the government on Friday said it will impose a Swachh Bharat cess of 0.5% on all services liable for service tax, effective from November 15, 2015. In his budget speech in February, finance minister Arun Jaitley had proposed an enabling provision to levy the cess at
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The spectre of a ticking bomb in the belly of a commercial airliner has returned to haunt the airline industry after world leaders virtually confirmed that is what brought down the Russian airplane in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula last Saturday. President Obama on Thursday came close to backing British PM David Cameron’s assertion of the bomb
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An exit poll on NDTV on Friday predicted an edge for the BJP-led alliance in the Bihar Assembly elections giving it 120 to 130 seats in the 243 member House. A post-poll survey ( not an exit poll) done by Lokniti-CSDS for The Indian Express, points to a turnaround in favour of the Mahagathbandhan. A
Following 27 years of being on the lam, Chhota Rajan — or Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje, if you prefer — was brought back to India early on Friday morning, and whisked straight to the CBI headquarters. In anticipation of a massive media presence at the airport, the CBI used a decoy car to ward them off.
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36 hours to go for the all-important Bihar election results, Rash?riya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has told ET that Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has already conceded defeat by saying that Amit Shah will get a second term as BJP President irrespective of the Bihar poll results. The Home Minister had made
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Two Indian brothers are among four men charged by a US court with providing material support to al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed in a US drone strike in 2011. The two Indians have been identified as Yahya Farooq Mohammad, 37, and his brother Ibrahim Zubair Mohammad, 36, while the other two are Asif
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Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today criticised India for raking up human rights abuses in the Himalayan nation at a UN Human Rights Council meet in Geneva. India, for the first time, raised the issue of war crimes committed during the decade-long conflict in any international forum and urged Nepal to carry out the
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Hero MotoCorp that exceeds the landmark of 6 lakh plus monthly sales in September 2015, introduced the Maestro Edge scooter in India at a starting price of Rs. 49,500 (ex-showroom, Delhi). Available in two variants – LX and VX – the Hero Maestro Edge features a more contemporary styling than the regular Maestro. Unveiled at
Fiat has finally rolled out the Abarth Punto and Abarth Avventura in India at Rs. 9.9 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi) . Both the vehicles are based on the same platform, and share several components, and engine. Similar to the Abarth Punto, the Fiat Abarth Avventura receives significant cosmetic and mechanical updates. Powering this performance crossover is
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The Chevrolet Trailblazer, General Motors’ first ever body-on-frame SUV for India, has been finally launched in the Indian market at Rs 26.40 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). The SUV is powered by a 2.8-litre, Duramax 4-cylinder diesel engine that offers a class-leading power of 197bhp. The vehicle comes with first-in-segment projector fog lamps, and offers the best-in-class
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While we are relieved to have survived the October heat, we need to take a second look to the after effects of the same on our skin. Face and body tan is a nuisance now that we are into the festive season and before you get to some serious polishing, we have some home remedies
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FC Goa scored two penalty goals to beat Chennaiyin FC 2-0 and jump to the top spot of the Indian Super League football on Thursday. Leo Moura (64th minute) and Jonatan Lucca (74th minute) converted from the spot to give FC Goa the top spot in the league standing with 14 points, one more than
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Bollywood superstar Salman Khan said that the best thing that director Kiran Rao has done after marrying Aamir Khan is to organise MAMI festival. “I am so happy that Kiran Rao reintroduced MAMI. I think it is the best thing that you (Kiran) could have ever done in your life after Aamir Khan. The best
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Bollywood director Zoya Akhtar said that if she had a national award to her credit she would have returned it given the current atmosphere in the country. “If I had the national award, I would have returned it. It is a peaceful way of saying things, expressing things. I support them,” Zoya said on the
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A breakaway faction of the Taliban has appointed its own leader, in the first formal split in the militant movement under new leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, posing a fresh hurdle to potential peace talks. Mullah Mohamed Rasool was named the leader of the faction in a mass gathering of dissident fighters this week in the
A Picasso picture of a cabaret artist, which carries a second painting on the reverse, sold for $67.45 million in New York on Thursday, scoring a windfall for American billionaire Bill Koch. It was the top lot of the season so far, proving a savvy investment for the Republican party donor who paid just $3
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A thirteen-month-old baby and a man were the only survivors of a cargo plane that crashed soon after taking off from a South Sudan airport, killing 37 people, a witness and relatives said Thursday. Stephen Warikozi, who heads South Sudan’s Civil Aviation Authority, said the plane was not authorized to carry passengers. He told The
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