With the ban on beef in some states and the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha triggering a fierce debate on cow slaughter across the country, a group of Islamic scholars in southern India has appealed to Muslims to avoid sacrificing cows, bulls and bullocks in the community’s larger interest. The scholars have advised Muslims to show pragmatism in […]
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Three labourers have been trapped for more than 130 hours inside a tunnel that collapsed on Saturday night near the hill town of Shimla in Himachal Pradesh. Efforts to rescue them looked promising on Friday after workers were able to contact two of the men. Images on digital camera were the first proof that the
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A 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death in north Delhi on Wednesday, allegedly by his friends in an argument over a metro seat. Five teenagers have been taken into custody by the police. The incident took place at around 1 pm on Wednesday, the police say. The boy who was killed, Ishu, and two of
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BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya, who was admitted to hospital on Thursday night after he complained of chest pain, underwent angiography, hospital sources said. The 75-year-old has been admitted to the city’s B.M. Birla Hospital. “He complained of severe chest pain and now has been put in the Intensive Care Unit, doctors are constantly monitoring his
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About a 1000 Asian pilgrims were evacuated by the civil defense forces, from the eighth floor of an unnamed hotel in Mecca, after a fire broke out, early on Thursday; two people were injured in the fire, the civil defense agency said. Spokesperson for the civil defense services in Hajj, Colonel Abdullah Al Orabi Al
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Here’s a simple question: If you have an actor who is popular and on top of their game and another who’s struggling to find success, who would be the obvious choice for the star of a film? It seems obvious that one would choose the first. Now let’s rephrase the question: If you have an
The Army on Friday foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Gurez sector in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, killing two militants. “An infiltration bid has been foiled in Gurez. Two terrorists have been killed,” Defence Spokesman Lt Col N N Joshi said. He said post midnight, the alert troops posted on
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George Takei, best known for his roles in the evergreen television series Star Trek, is also a director, author and an activist. Takei is a power on social media. His Facebook page has currently over 8.9 million likes. He is an avid user of the social network and regularly posts content with original humourous commentary.
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The secret files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose that will be declassified in Kolkata on Friday may contain enough circumstantial evidence that he was alive till at least 1964, say sources. An American intelligence report prepared in the early 1960s suggests that Netaji could have returned to India sometime in February 1964 — 19 years
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Pakistani Taliban attacked air force base in Peshawar on Friday morning, injuring more than 25 people, including an army major and three soldiers. The military claimed to have killed six terrorists so far while a clearance operation was under way in Pakistan’s Air Force (PAF) base and its surroundings in Badaber area of Peshawar. A
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The end of the monsoon brings round one of Mumbai’s most beloved festivals – Ganesh Chaturthi. Ganesha Chaturthi is celebrated by Hindus around the world as the birthday of Lord Ganesha, the destroyer of obstacles. Observed during the Hindu month of Bhadra (mid-August to mid-September), it lasts for 10 days, ending on the tenth day
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says actress Waheeda Rehman, with whom he has paired up for hits like “Kabhi Kabhie” and “Trishul”, has been his “favourite” since the time he started watching cinema. The cine icon went to add that the childlike innocence in her talks takes him back to the time when they “first met”. “And
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Ever since Virat Kohli took over as India’s Test captain, the one issue of constant debate has been the batting order. More specifically, the crucial No 3 spot. Kohli had strongly hinted before the Sri Lanka series that he wanted someone with flair at that position. “We felt that if he (Rohit Sharma) gets going
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Railways shot putter Manpreet Kaur today became the latest Indian athlete to qualify for next year’s Olympics when she shattered an 18-year-old national record enroute to a sixth title at the 55th National Open Athletics Championship today. The Patiala-based shot putter threw 17.96 metres in her second attempt to claim the gold medal, a hat-trick
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World number one shuttler Saina Nehwal today presented her racquet, with which she became the first Indian to win a silver medal at the Badminton World Championships, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an advanced birthday present. Modi turns 65 on Thursday. The 25-year-old Saina was delighted to have met the Prime Minister. “I am
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Like many girls in India and across the world, Badminton star Saina Nehwal is in love with Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and the fact is now well known to the world, courtesy her appearance in the popular TV show ‘Comedy Nights With Kapil’. When Saina featured on the show, the name she blushed on
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The who’s who of world cricket will descend on The Oval in London on Thursday for a T20 match whose proceeds will go for the Help for Heroes Foundation in the United Kingdom. The Foundation takes care of wounded British soldiers. India’s ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be part of the Heroes team that
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There are clothes that look just right on us and make us look fabulous, and there are those that don’t. If the latter is something that bothers you, this list is for you. We bring you 13 styling mistakes that make you look bulkier than you are – read up, and fix them stat! 1.
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A Navi Mumbai (Vashi) resident, Santosh Pachlag, had filed a petition in the Bombay High Court last year against “illegal use of loudspeakers” by mosques in the satellite city. The court had then directed the police to prohibit religious places from using loudspeakers between 10 pm and 6 am. 45 out of 49 mosques had
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“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get” – this dialogue from Tom Hanks film Forrest Gump is Alibaba founder Jack Ma’s favourite. And going by the billionaire businessman’s humble beginnings and subsequent success, it seems the words were written just for him. In a republished interview recorded during
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On Wednesday night, a growing pile of cash had policemen in Rajasthan gaping as they counted what they had seized from raids on senior government officials in Udaipur. The stacks at the anti-corruption department’s office added up to Rs. 3.8 crore. The trail led the police to senior bureaucrat Ashok Singhvi, who was arrested at
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This year marks an important milestone for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) as it observes the 40th anniversary of two of its pioneering projects. Two missions executed successfully in 1975 were the launch of India’s first satellite, Aryabhatta, onboard a Soviet launcher and an experiment in education television called SITE (Satellite Instructional Television Experiment)
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Here are some interesting facts about Prime Minister Narendra Modi: – During Modi’s childhood, he served the Indian army as a volunteer during 1965 Indo-Pak war at the railway stations and also helped flood victims in Gujarat in 1967. – He doesn’t smoke, drink nor eat non-vegetarian food, he was and still is a teetotaler.
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Salman Khan and Saif Ali Khan have spent a lot of time together and have been friends in the past. But for reasons best known to only the both of them, their relationship has not remained the same over the years. So when we heard about Salman having invited Saif to his special screening of
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Evidently, the name Ahmed Mohamed was arresting enough to warrant police detention even though he is a high-school teenager who so obviously geeky. In what appears to be a case of xenophobic overreach that has appalled most people who heard the news, a 14-year Muslim boy was arrested by the Texas police after he brought
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A major earthquake just offshore rattled Chileans, killing five people and shaking the Earth so strongly the tremor was felt in places across South America. Authorities worked into the early hours Thursday assessing damage in several coastal towns that saw flooding from small tsunami waves set off by the quake. The magnitude-8.3 quake hit off
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Every person has a specific style of kitchen which reflects their personality. Whether it is the typical urban kitchen or the old world charm of the cottage style kitchen, everybody has a preferred style that goes with their personality . Says interior designer Bindya Chhabria, ” A home decor expert can only work on the
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Someone truly said that eyes can say a thousand words. But if the dark circles under your eyes also give out a lot about your health, lifestyle and routine. Dark circles can affect both men and women. Now there are many reasons for dark circles to appear under your eyes; from stress, lack of sleep,
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The district administration of Pathankot sorted out the clash between management of Sri Guru Harkrishan Senior Secondary School and sangat of Gurdwara Sant Ashram over demolishing of Gurdwara sahib, by arranging a meeting between two factions. Sub’d District Magistrate Amit Mahajan and Sub Tehsildar Gopal Sharma were present in the meeting while the Deputy Commissioner
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