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LeT commander Abu Qasim’s killing: Police claim big victory, but attendance at funeral reflects sobering reality

It is easy to lose sight of the wood for the trees in a warzone like Kashmir’s, and the state police appear to have done just that over the funeral of Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Abu Qasim on Thursday. He was killed earlier that day in an operation led by the Rashtriya Rifles. Senior police officers said […]

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Pathankot Admin gears up to deal with the traffic in festival season

Pathankot deputy commissioner (DC) Sukhvinder Singh and SSP RK Bakshi on Wednesday discussed the plans to deal with the traffic problems around the corner in the coming festival days with their junior colleagues and mediapersons today. The suggestions were rolled down by the mediapersons and ways were suggested to ensure smooth traffic in the crowd

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Shiv Sena publicly warns BJP to shed arrogance, threatens to withdraw support

On the eve of one year of their alliance, the Shiv Sena and the BJP are back to squabbling and Sena president Uddhav Thackeray has threatened to withdraw support to the Maharashtra government if the BJP does not shed its arrogance. The rift between the parties comes just ahead of the Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation

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‘Sardar Patel Didn’t Indulge in Dynastic Politics’: In PM’s Tribute, a Veiled Attack on Congress

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the ‘Run For Unity’ in New Delhi today on 140th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and urged people to take inspiration from his life and work for the country’s unity and integrity. Addressing the people at Rajpath after paying floral tributes at Sardar Patel statue on Parliament Street,

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India all set to buy world’s most advanced missile defence system from its ‘all-weather friend’ Russia

Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar left for Moscow on 30 October for a three-day visit before he travels to Malaysia for the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM-Plus). The takeaway from this trip, however, is the fact that all measures are in place for India to acquire the world’s most advanced anti-ballistic missile system — the

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Chandrabhan Sanap gets death sentence for murder: All you need to know about the Esther Anuhuya case

Nearly two years after Esther Anuhuya, a techie from Andhra Pradesh, was murdered by a man in Mumbai, a special women’s court has given the convict, Chandrabhan Sanap, the death sentence. The decision on sentencing came two days after the court held him guilty for Esther’s rape and murder. While giving the death sentence, the

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Yoga for weight loss

Yoga can play an important role in treating obesity. Yoga techniques affect the internal organs, endocrine glands, brain, mind and other factors concerning the body mind complex. Read on to know more… Today millions of people of all age groups across the globe are facing this health hazard of obesity.Obesity makes life lazy and sedentary.

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A letter to Kapil Dev: We love Sachin Tendulkar for what he was, not what he could’ve been

Dear Kapil Paaji, First things first. You are not the first person to criticise Sachin Tendulkar. Over the years, all of us have heard people find faults with his batting. People have said he played for personal milestones, that he slowed down when he was nearing a landmark, that he made centuries only when India

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With Rio Olympics looming, Abhinav Bindra quits TOP committee

Star shooter Abhinav Bindra has decided to quit the Target Olympic Podium Committee, which selects Olympic medal prospect Indian athletes for availing government funds for top class training in the run up to next year’s Rio Games. In a letter to TOP Committee chairman Anurag Thakur, Bindra said that he has decided to resign from

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Indian grandfather attacked by US cops was slammed like ‘cutting down a tree’, says expert witness

An Alabama police officer used a too violent technique, like “somebody cutting down a tree”, to slam an Indian grandfather to the ground, an expert witness testified in the retrial of the cop. Former Madison Officer Eric Parker did not use a takedown consistent with prevailing national police standards for Sureshbhai Patel, who had arrived

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Box Office – Shaandaar Is One Of The Biggest Flops Of 2015; Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 Does Very Well

Shaandaar has turned out to be one of the biggest commercial failures of 2015. There have been flops in the last 10 months but nothing really matches the kind of fall that the Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt starrer took when compared to the opening day. If one looks at the biggest disaster of 2015,

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German rapper ‘Deso Dogg’ who joined Islamic State killed in US airstrike

A former German rapper who participated in propaganda videos for Islamic State and sought to lure foreigners to the militant group has been killed in a US airstrike in Syria, two US officials said on Thursday. Born in Berlin, Denis Cuspert was once a popular rapper known by the name ‘Deso Dogg.’ But he turned

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Too little too late? End of China’s one-child policy unlikely to boost economy soon

China abandoned its decades-old one-child policy Thursday to confront a looming slump in the economy’s workforce that it is probably powerless to prevent, analysts say. All couples will be allowed to have two children, China’s official Xinhua news agency announced as the Communist Party brought an end to decades of strict, sometimes harsh enforcement of

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Vladimir Putin Stirs Soviet Memories With New Schoolchildren Movement

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday stirred memories of the Soviet-era Pioneer movement by setting up a state-backed organisation for schoolchildren. The Kremlin strongman signed a decree establishing the Russian Movement of Schoolchildren to help “build characters based on the system of values of Russian society”, according to the text published online. Russian media immediately

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Student discovers 120 million-year-old fossil in China

A student in China has discovered a 120 million-year-old fossil that belonged to an ancestor of the modern long-horned grasshopper. The fossil, found in Yumen in Gansu province, preserved a 3-cm section of the ancient insect’s wing. “Most insects only have their wings preserved in the fossils,” Wang He, who unearthed the fossil was quoted

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Defence ministry moves to put an end to buffalo slaughtering ritual in Army

In a move which may further fuel the debate over slaughtering of certain bovines in the country, the defence ministry has asked the army to stop the practice of ritual killing of buffaloes carried out by some of its units. According to an ET report on Friday, the ministry has instructed the army to put

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Whether Mahagathbandhan wins or BJP, Rahul will only be remembered as a dignified extra in Bihar polls

Like a stylus stuck in the groove of a vinyl, Rahul Gandhi is still talking about suit and boot in Bihar. Is it then a big surprise that when almost the entire country is talking about the election in Bihar, not many care about the Congress vice-president’s campaign? Rahul was in Motihari on Friday to

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Dalit killings: Fire started in room, not outside, say Haryana forensics experts

Days after an arson attack in Faridabad district left two Dalit children dead, Haryana forensic experts have concluded that the “origin and source of fire was from inside the room and not from outside”. According to Reports, experts have also found a kerosene oil plastic bottle, which is half-burnt, under the partially burnt bed. A

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