Police in Jammu and Kashmir say they have arrested a fidayeen (suicide attacker) who was part of the ‘Afzal Guru Squad’ that attacked a Indian army camp near the border in Kupwor district. Five other locals who were allegedly part of the Jaish-e-Muhammad have also been arrested. A senior police official told Kashmir Dispatch that […]
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Russia has interest in conducting joint space missions with India including a manned flight to Mars, Russian Consul-General in Chennai Sergey Kotov said. According to him, the topic about a joint Indo-Russian space mission came up during a discussion with one of the top scientists in space research, who also headed ISRO earlier. “Though history
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With their star players back in the squad, a buoyant Sri Lanka would like to get into the groove when they face minnows United Arab Emirates first-up in a round robin league encounter of the Asia Cup T20 tournament in Mirpur on Thursday. The Sri Lankan team bears a formidable look with the comeback of
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Statistical highlights of the opening match of the Asia Cup cricket tournament between India and Bangladesh in Mirpur. # India have won all three encounters vs Bangladesh in T20Is — by 25 runs at Nottingham on June 6, 2009, by 8 wickets on March 28, 2014 and by 45 runs at Dhaka on February 24,
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There are two prominent routes to enter Bollywood – winning beauty pageants and starring in reality TV shows. Director Rohit Raj’s upcoming film ‘Ishq Vs Luv,’ produced by Arsalaan Khan Production’s will see winners from both these fields in leading roles. The lead actor, Rishabh Sinha was a contestant on reality TV show, ‘Bigg Boss
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India’s government is expected to deliver on promises to overhaul the tax regime and ramp up public spending in its budget Monday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi bids to shore up his sagging reputation as a reformer. The business-friendly premier came to power almost two years ago with promises to overhaul Asia’s third-largest economy and
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India is sending at least 40 tonnes of medicines, food and tents through an Indian Air Force plane to cyclone-hit Fiji as the archipelago nation reached out for foreign help. IAF is flying a C17 transport aircraft from Delhi to Chennai with about 20 tonnes of medicine and food. From Chennai, another 20 tonnes of
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Exactly a year ago when India were playing the 50-over World Cup, it was difficult to imagine Yuvraj Singh making a comeback into the team that was brimming with youthful exuberance. Even more difficult was entertaining thoughts of Ashish Nehra, forced into international exile post the 2011 World Cup triumph, donning the blue jersey once
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Rohit Sharma has struck as many as 10 half-centuries in Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket so far, in 51 games. Shikhar Dhawan, who is likely to remain Rohit’s partner at the top, recently scored his maiden fifty in the format. While the two Indian batsmen remain quite different in their approach and batting styles, it is
A few days ago, the India Today magazine predicted a revival of sorts for Rahul Gandhi, arguing that he was emerging as a challenger to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Dissing the argument, somebody made an interesting remark. “Nobody can dislodge Modi till two factors do not change: oil prices and Rahul Gandhi.” On Wednesday, when
Bollywood Diva Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Selfie is doing rounds on social media. She was posing for a selfie along with Border Security Force jawan at Sarabjit Shooting. Sarabjit is a biopic drama directed by Omung Kumar. The movie features Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Randeep Hooda in titular roles. Darshan Kumar, Richa Chaddha, Shiwani Saini, Charanpreet
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Amid a very public battle with the FBI over demands that it open a phone belonging to one of the San Bernadino attackers, a report has said that Apple is already developing new security measures that would make it impossible for the government to break into a locked iPhone. The report in the New York
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If the Maharashtra government had its way with its funny new rules, only cops can watch performances in Mumbai’s dance bars and not the patrons, who come there shelling out big bucks. The state government, which was in October 2015 ordered to lift the ban on dance bars while being asked to crack down on
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Sonam Kapoor thanked Pakistani activist and youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai for watching her latest release Neerja. The movie, which displays the real life heroic act of flight attendant – Neerja Bhanot, who lost her life while saving others on the hijacked Pan Am Flight 73 in September 1986. Neerja’s lead actress Sonam Kapoor,
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Airlift done, actor Akshay Kumar is back, this time as a dashing naval officer in the first look of his upcoming period film Rustom. #RustomFirstLook has been among the top trends on Twitter since morning. Akshay, 48, who shared the first poster on Twitter, captioned it, “Decorated officer. Devoted family man. Defending his honour. His
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The US and China showed no sign of quelling tension in the disputed South China Sea as their top diplomats met in Washington on Tuesday. A leading US military officer told Congress that China was seeking to control East Asia. But there was progress on another front. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Foreign
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The United States, which is worried by China’s military buildup to assert dominance in the South China Sea, will increase freedom-of-navigation operations there, a senior Pentagon official said on Wednesday. “We will be doing them more, and we’ll be doing them with greater complexity in the future and … we’ll fly, sail and operate wherever
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A U.S. jury verdict linking regular use of Johnson & Johnson talcum powder to a woman’s death from ovarian cancer has spurred new concern from consumers, but scientists say the evidence of real danger is inconclusive at best. Jurors in St. Louis on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $72 million in damages to
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Fijians in remote places were being urged on Thursday to immediately bury loved ones who died in a powerful cyclone rather than waiting for autopsies. Government spokesman Ewan Perrin said that many remote islands and isolated communities still do not have electricity or refrigeration, and so the government is asking people to bury the dead
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The Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday filed its charge sheet in the Maharashtra Sadan scam against senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal in a court. Other than Bhujbal, who swas the PWD minister during the previous Congress-NCP regime in the state, his son Pankaj and nephew Sameer, as well as 14 others have also been
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BJP member Meenakshi Lekhi attacked left parties in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday calling them as the “witch”in the fairy tale of India’s growth story. Lekhi stated that while the Modi government was making efforts towards development, the Left parties are acting as roadblocks. “When we were children, we saw some witch or some demon
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Former Union minister P Chidambaram has said there were “grave doubts” about the involvement of Afzal Guru in the 2001 Parliament attack and that the case was “perhaps not correctly decided”. Chidambaram was Union home minister when Guru’s mercy plea was rejected by the previous UPA government in 2011. Guru was hanged two years later.
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Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone’s Hollywood debut XXX: The Return of Xander Cage, in which she stars opposite Vin Diesel, will hit theatres on January 20 next year. The 30-year-old actress is currently shooting the DJ Caruso-directed action film in Toronto, Canada. Paramount Pictures announced the US release date of the third XXX movie, which is
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A top American environmental group slammed the WTO on Wednesday for its ruling against India’s solar localisation policies for US firms. Alleging that almost half of US states have a programme like that of India, the top environmental group urged the US to drop its case against India. “The WTO ruling is a step in
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The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday took suo motu cognizance of a report in The Tribune about rioters allegedly raping 10 women on Monday during the Jat quota stir in Sonepat, despite the Khattar government denying that any such crime had taken place. The court observed that the matter needed to be probed
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China has deployed fighter jets to the same contested island in the South China Sea to which it also has sent surface-to-air missiles, US officials said. Citing two unnamed US officials, Fox News said US intelligence services had spotted Chinese Shenyang J-11 and Xian JH-7 warplanes on Woody Island in the disputed Paracel Islands chain
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By the time Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani finished with her speech in Lok Sabha on Rohith Vemula’s suicide and the JNU issue, she impressively justified her aggressive posturing throughout the day including her face off with Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati in Rajya Sabha. In her response to over four-hour-long discussion, Smriti nonchalantly
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu will announce the much anticipated Railway Budget on Thursday at 12:00 pm in the Lok Sabha. Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha and board members will also be present on the occasion. Here are ten things likely to be addressed by Prabhu: 1. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu faces a stiff
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Today, Sanjay Dutt walks out of jail for the last time. And along with wife Manyata and a few close friends from the film fraternity, his ‘Munna Bhai’ franchise director Rajukumar Hirani will be waiting for him outside. But while the others will only be wearing welcoming smiles, Raju, as Hirani is fondly called, will
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A controversial book penned by brother of Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar, claiming Jesus Christ was a Tamil Hindu, is being relaunched 70 years after it was first published. The book, penned by Ganesh Savarkar, elder brother of V D Svarkar, will be relaunched here on February 26, the death anniversary of the Hindutva icon,
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