Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the spiritual guru with a worldwide following, today told NDTV that “We have not done anything wrong…we will go to jail but not pay a penny.” This afternoon, India’s top green court was informed that the 59-year-old’s organisation has so far not deposited the five-crore penalty judges have ordered ahead of […]
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Trying to push the government on the backfoot, a combative Rahul Gandhi on Thursday asked how it allowed liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who owes over Rs 9,000 crore to banks, to leave the country and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley have failed to answer this question in their speeches. The
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Prosecutors in Sao Paulo state have filed money laundering charges against former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is accused of hiding his alleged ownership of a seafront penthouse in the city of Guaruja. Silva has denied he owns the apartment, which belongs to constructor OAS. OAS is one of the biggest targets
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Top Islamic State commander leader Omar al-Shishani, known as Omar the Chechen, was “seriously injured” in a recent strike in northeastern Syria but not killed despite US suggestions to the contrary, a monitoring group said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Wednesday that according to its sources the March 4 strike had indeed
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A Pakistani militant carrying a bounty for his role in Udhampur attack last year, Abu Okasha, has been killed in an encounter in Pulwama district but a top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander and four other ultras managed to escape the security ring due to alleged connivance of locals. NIA had announced a reward of Rs five
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Ever since Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley made the startling claim on 11 February this year about the 2004 Gujarat encounter, the already murky Ishrat Jahan case has become even murkier. The Lok Sabha is likely to discuss on Thursday the raging controversy over the affidavits filed in the Ishrat Jahan encounter killing case when it
Vishal Bharadwaj’s upcoming film ‘Rangoon’ has been in news ever since it has been announced. The movie brings together three stellar performers namely Shahid Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan and Kangana Ranaut. In a new set of pictures that have surfaced on the internet, Shahid was recently spotted filming some crucial scenes at the Komli Ghat.
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Actress Sonam Kapoor recently took to the social media to slam the body shamers and got the support from none other than Anushka Sharma. The 30-year-old ‘Khoobsurat’ actress tweeted, “Fat shaming or skinny shaming.. It’s still body shaming!” Anushka was quick to catch the wind of it and retweeted Sonam’s comment, writing “Word” along with
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At least five people were killed and several injured on Wednesday in a shooting near Pittsburgh, with police and paramedics rushing to the scene, media said. Four women and one man were shot and killed in a residential neighborhood in Wilkinsburg, about 8 miles (13 km) east of the city, news station WPXI said, adding
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The Balkan trail from Greece to northern Europe used by floods of migrants was blocked on Wednesday after a string of nations slammed shut their borders, hiking pressure on the EU and Turkey to nail down a “game-changing” grand bargain. Slovenia and Croatia, two of the countries along the well-trodden route, said late on Tuesday
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Republican leaders opposed to Donald Trump becoming the party’s US presidential candidate warned on Wednesday that the billionaire businessman could become unstoppable if he wins two crucial nominating contests next week. One of Trump’s fiercest critics in the Republican Party, US Senator Lindsey Graham, said that if the billionaire businessman extends his winning streak into
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US Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called for sanctions against Iran after the Islamic Republic brushed off US concerns and test-fired two ballistic missiles that it said were designed to be able to hit Israel. Iranian state television showed footage of two Qadr missiles being launched from northern Iran, which the Islamic Revolutionary
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Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) has proposed a close friend of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as its presidential candidate, ending a four-month wait for the identity of a president expected to rule in her name. The NLD put forward Htin Kyaw, who joined the party just two months ago, as its lower
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Vietnam has identified an extremely rare case of bi-paternal twins — twins with different fathers — a professor at a DNA testing lab in Hanoi told AFP Tuesday. A set of twins born to a Vietnamese couple, whose names have not been released, were recently taken for testing because of stark differences in the children’s
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JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who is out on bail in a sedition case, is facing ire of the BJP’s youth wing for his remarks on the security forces in Kashmir. Speaking on the Armed Forces Special Powers Act or AFSPA, Kanhaiya said, “No matter how much you try to stop us, we will
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The Church in India has identified ‘growing intolerance’, ‘narrow, culture-based interpretation of nationalism’ and ‘saffronisation of the education system’ as main challenges facing it. The key challenges were identified at the 32nd plenary of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI), which ended here on Wednesday. The ambiguous stand of the Central government on the
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice on a plea to initiate contempt action against the Delhi and Tamil Nadu governments for allegedly defying an apex court judgment barring the publication of Chief Ministers’ photographs in government advertisements. The petition was filed by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation, represented by advocate Prashant Bhushan. The
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the states and the local bodies to take steps to sterilise and vaccinate nuisance-causing stray dogs, under the provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. The bench, headed by Justice Dipak Misra, observed that there is a need to balance compassion for animals and the existence of
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It was recently reported that filmmaker Siddharth Anand is ready to reboot the ‘Rambo’ franchise in Hindi, sparking off speculations over the casting. “Hrithik (Roshan) is always on top of my mind, but I haven’t finalised anyone as yet. It can be a new actor as well,” he had said. But now sources working on
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Wednesday became special for the city when Punjabi singer Jazzy B showed up to launch his cricket team ‘Chandigarhiye Yankies’ which would be competing in the upcoming north region’s biggest sports entertainment show and Punjab’s first ever unisex celebrity cricket show Box Cricket League-Punjab. Though this is the last team to be launched for this
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his five party colleagues, who were named as accused in the criminal defamation case filed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, have been summoned for a court hearing on April 7. The move comes after the court observed that the remarks made by the six were derogatory in nature. The
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North Korea looked to ratchet up already elevated tensions on the Korean peninsula still further Wednesday, firing a pair of short-range missiles and announcing the liquidation of all remaining South Korean assets on its territory. The moves were a direct response to unilateral sanctions announced by South Korea on Tuesday to punish the North for
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The World Twenty20 match between India and Pakistan scheduled for 19 March has been switched from Dharamsala to Kolkata but Pakistan continue to delay their departure for the tournament over security concerns. ESPNcricinfo reports that the Pakistan Cricket Board response is not knee jerk and limited to the immediate issue but has been festering over
A cache of leaked “surveys” given to would-be jihadis joining ISIS show the 23 questions that make up the terror group’s rigorous “entrance interviews”. The documents ask new recruits to detail a host of information in 23 fields, including their birth date, nationality, blood type and “previous jihadi experience”. Tens of thousands of the forms,
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Nat’l Green Tribunal slaps Rs 5 crore fine on Sri Sri’s foundation, asks 2 govt bodies to pay Rs 6 lakh for negligence, before giving its nod. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday gave its green signal to Art of Living (AOL) Foundation’s three-day World Culture Festival on the banks of the Yamuna, but
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The real estate bill slated for passage in the Upper House on Thursday after the Congress indicated its support for the legislation, seeks to set up a Real Estate Regulatory Authority in states and federal territories to oversee real estate transactions. It will help regulate sector and bring in clarity in terms of who governs/monitors
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Women employees of Kingfisher Airlines have written an open letter to embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, saying exploitation is in his blood and that is why he talked about one time settlement with banks and not with the employees. ”Because we are weak and vulnerable due to our system? Coincidentally today being’ “women’s day” we
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Most Wanted Munda is a peppy and cheerful song from Arjun Kapoor’s upcoming film Ki and Ka. The song talks about Arjun Kapoor aka Kabir’s skill sets and abilities and why he is the most desirable husband of the generation. He is good-looking, loving, he can cook, look after the house and what not. He
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big clash awaits the big screens and box office in May this year. It is none other than the Bollywood queen Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s ‘Sarbjit’ competing with her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘T3EN’ on May 20. The release date of Sarbjit has been announced today and surprisingly it will release on the same day as her
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Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha today remembered the women who left an impact on their lives as they lauded the role of those in the defence forces on the occasion of Women’s Day. Parrikar said his mother gave him several lessons when he was child, and though it was difficult
