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Who’s the real Narendra Modi, asks a baffled Nepal as Madhesi conflict deepens

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Nepalis are scratching their heads, wondering what happened to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Indian leader the people embraced with much enthusiasm last year. In August, two months after taking office, Modi set out on a visit to Nepal. His mantra ‘neighbourhood first’ was appreciated not just at home but by neighbours too. The visit […]

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ISL 2015: Struggling Kerala Blasters upset table toppers FC Pune City

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Kerala Blasters gave themselves hope of securing a place in the semifinals of the Indian Super League (ISL) with a 2-0 victory over table-toppers FC Pune City at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi on Wednesday. Chris Dagnall (45th minute) and Sanchez Watt (60th minute) scored for Kerala in a match they dominated for long spells

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Want to break into top 10 by year-end and qualify for Super Series finals: Jwala Gutta

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India’s top women’s doubles pair in badminton, seasoned campaigners Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa, are aiming to crack the top 10 in world rankings before the year comes to an end. “We are currently ranked 11th. We had broken into the top ten after the Canadian Open but I fell sick during the Japan and

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Shah Rukh Khan – Intolerance row: Kerala film personalities support SRK

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Malayalam film director B. Unnikrishnan and ace comedian Jagdish on Wednesday supported Shah Rukh Khan in the row over his comment on growing intolerance in the country and BJP MP Yogi Adityanath’s statement comparing the Bollywood superstar with Pakistani terrorist Hafiz Saeed. Comedian Jagdish said this sort of “fascist outlook” should be rejected outright. “I

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Forbes ranks PM Narendra Modi at No.9 on its list of world’s most powerful people in 2015

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been ranked as the world’s ninth most powerful person by Forbes magazine in a 2015 list which is topped by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Modi was placed 14th in the 2014 Forbes list of world’s powerful people. Forbes while releasing the list today at the same time said governing 1.2

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Pawan Hans helicopter crashes off Mumbai coast, two pilots missing

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A Pawan Hans helicopter with two pilots onboard crashed into the Arabian sea shortly after taking off from an ONGC installation in the Mumbai high field this evening, Defence sources said. The pilots are missing and Coast Guard and ONGC have pressed their vessels into service to locate them. The Medivac chopper was on its

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‘Highly possible’ that bomb caused Russian plane to crash in Egypt, says US official

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It is “highly possible” that the Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt was brought down by a bomb, a US official said Wednesday. “A bomb is a highly possible scenario,” the official told AFP, four days after the Airbus crashed in the Sinai, killing all 224 people on board. “It would be something that ISIL

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I have cancelled all my future concerts in India, will never come back: Ghulam Ali

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Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali, whose concert in Mumbai was called off after resistance from the Shiv Sena, has cancelled all his scheduled performances in the country, saying that he won’t return to India until “things are settled down”. Ghulam Ali also expressed his disappointment over the recent incidents, asserting that Indian fans have always

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Second phase of voting begins in Kerala civic elections

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The second phase of the Panchayat elections in Kerala began on Thursday morning in the remaining seven districts, with ruling Congress-led UDF, opposition CPI(M)-led LDF and BJP locking horns in the electoral contest. Among the early voters were IUML supremo Panakkad Shihab Thangal, Industries Minister P K Kunhalikutty and UDF convener P P Thankachan. A

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Rahul Gandhi arrives in Faridkot to meet families of police firing victims

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With a possible view to getting political mileage against the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP alliance government in Punjab, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi arrived in Faridkot district on Thursday to meet families of two victims of police firing last month. Rahul, who arrived in Kotkapura town earlier in the dau, visited the house of police firing

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Mumbai Police’s big plans for Chhota Rajan: Special jail cell, dialysis machine and a surprise meeting

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The Mumbai Police is determined to get custody of Chhota Rajan and preparations are already underway. The 55-year-old gangster’s deportation to India has been delayed due to a volcanic eruption in Indonesia which has stopped all flight services. The security agencies concerned have decided that he will initially be taken to Delhi and kept in

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Final phase of Bihar polls: Beef back on the plate as BJP eyes polarisation of votes

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Just when everyone thought beef was a non-issue in Bihar and it was only a passing election-time topic, it is back on the voters’ plates. Up against heavy odds in the fifth and final phase in a region with a significant concentration of Muslim and Yadav population, the BJP is debating beef again. It’s not

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Violence, discrimination: In a first, India takes Nepal to the UN Human Rights Council

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Taking a stand against Nepal for the first time at an international forum, India told a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council Wednesday that it was “concerned” over “lack of political progress” and incidents of “violence, extra-judicial killings and ethnic discrimination” in the Himalayan country. Referring to the Madhesi protests against the new Constitution

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After Lingaa’s average box office run, could ‘Kabali’ be Rajinikanth’s comeback blockbuster?

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There’s no doubt that one of the biggest stars in Indian cinema is superstar Rajinikanth. He will be turning 65 on December 12, and the kind of frenzy he creates wherever he goes is phenomenal. Rajinikanth is currently in Malaysia shooting for his new film Kabali, and the film has created quite a stir across

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ISL 2015: After Pele, it could be Brazilian legend Ronaldo to make his visit to India

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Brazilian football legend Ronaldo could soon make his maiden whistle-stop visit to India as he has been invited by his former national and Real Madrid teammate Roberto Carlos to be the special guest in one of the Delhi Dynamos’ ISL games. Carlos is the marquee manager cum player of Indian Super League (ISL) outfit Delhi

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All Stars T20 cricket in New York: Sachin, Warne, Ganguly, Sehwag, bring your woollens along!

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On America’s East Coast, it’s already down to single digit celsius temperatures, outdoor swimming pools have closed shop by first week September, local cricket leagues have stopped playing their weekend matches. The leaves are falling, the wind is rising, flu vaccines are in, school kids are down with upper respiratory infections; overcoats, boots and and

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Fog hits UK travel: London airports face third day of disruptions

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For the third day in a row, passengers using airports in the London area will face disruption on Tuesday because of heavy fog. At Heathrow, the “flow rate” of landings and take-offs will be reduced tomorrow morning, forcing airlines to cancel flights. British Airways is offering short-haul passengers the chance to postpone their journeys free

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Don’t Interfere in Our Internal Affairs: Nepal PM Oli Warns India

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On a day when customs points along the India-Nepal international border saw renewed tension, Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today warned India not to interfere in the Himalayan nation’s internal affairs. Tensions inflamed by anti-Constitution sentiments flared anew today with agitating activists of Madhes-based political parties clashing with the police in Nepal’s southern city

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Oye hoye! Punjabi is now the third language in Parliament of Canada

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Four years after Punjabi became Canada’s third most common language, it has now attained the same status in the country’s new Parliament after English and French. It happened after the election of 20 Punjabi-speaking candidates to the House of Commons. Twenty-three Members of Parliament of South Asian-origin were elected to the House of Commons, Parliament

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Congress to hold march against ‘rising intolerance’, BJP terms it ‘joke of the century’

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Congress president Sonia Gandhi will lead her party’s protest march to the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday against “rising intolerance” under the BJP-led regime but the government dismissed the talk of intolerance as a “perception being manufactured by certain sections” against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Congress leaders said the march on Tuesday would include party vice

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15 years on, Irom Sharmila still fasts, but repealing AFSPA remains a distant dream

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The date: 27 October 2015; the place: the court of the chief judicial magistrate, Imphal West, Manipur. Reporters were milling around, evidently a VIP visit was on the cards. And it was. Irom Sharmila Chanu had been brought there by ambulance from the Security Ward of Imphal’s Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences where she

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