Survival drama “The Revenant” was the top winner at Britain’s biggest movie awards on Sunday, taking the best film prize and honours for leading actor Leonardo DiCaprio and director Alejandro G. Inarritu. The movie earned five British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards, including for cinematography and sound, at a ceremony in London, […]
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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh was once a powerful student leader of Gorakhpur University in the seventies. Though this eastern district of Uttar Pradesh was the hotbed of mafias and criminals whose overweening influence on student politics in the campus was vice-like, Singh stood out as an iconic figure for challenging the stranglehold. This political
The body of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was taken to an El Paso airport Sunday afternoon and was being flown to Virginia after it was determined he died of “natural causes” and an autopsy was not necessary. Chris Lujan, a manager for Sunset Funeral Homes, said Scalia’s body was taken from the facility
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The fire at ‘Make in India’ event, held in Mumbai, left onlookers and the authorities shocked. Thankfully, due to some painstaking efforts from the firefighters and volunteers, the fire was brought under control and there were no casualties as the participants and audience was evacuated in time. At around 8:22 pm on February 14, a
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Police arrested five people on Monday in connection with the abduction of a 24-year-old Snapdeal employee, who returned unharmed last week after a massive manhunt for her received unprecedented social media support. Ghaziabad senior superintendent of police Dharmendra Singh said the main accused in the case was a psychopath who was involved in a one-sided
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Nimrat Kaur, who was in the capital earlier this week for her younger sister Rubina’s wedding, says she it was always her dream to see her “baby sister” as a bride. “I had a wonderful time at the wedding and it was indeed a perfect winter wedding. It was something she (her sister) had dreamed
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The big story that has emerged from the Caribbean Premier League this week has been the purchase of the Barbados Tridents by Vijay Mallya, the owner of IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore. Mallya becomes the second IPL owner to have a team in the CPL following Kolkata Knight Riders owner Shah Rukh Khan’s move to
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted that he is aware of the lack of batting chances for Yuvraj Singh but said bringing him up the order is “slightly difficult” given the extraordinary record of top four batsmen. In a series levelling win against Sri Lanka here last night in the second T20 International, Dhoni experimented
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Sri Lanka pace bowler Thisara Perera said he did not realise that he had taken a hat-trick till his teammates informed him about it, as his entire concentration was on bowling in the death overs during the second T20 International against India here. Although Sri Lanka lost the second game against India by 69 runs
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An ambush by Syrian rebels on pro-regime forces near Damascus this week killed 76 fighters, a monitor said Saturday, in one of the deadliest attacks of its kind since the conflict began. Militants from the powerful Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam) rebel group opened fire last Sunday on around 240 government forces that were preparing
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sent birthday greetings to Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani — some 96 days before the occasion. Modi greeted the Afghan leader through a tweet which said, “Happy Birthday @ashrafghani. Praying for your long life and exceptional health and a joyful journey ahead.” Happy birthday @ashrafghani. Praying for your long life &
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Congress and DMK today entered into an alliance to face the coming Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, joining hands after three years. Senior Congress leader and leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad met DMK president M Karunanidhi at his residence and announced the tie-up with the regional party which he described as
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South Korea and the United States are expected to begin talks next week on possible deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defence system following North Korea’s recent rocket launch, officials said on Friday, as Seoul cut power to a factory park run jointly with the North. The discussions would focus on placing one Terminal High
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The death toll in a powerful earthquake that struck Taiwan’s oldest city of Tainan a week ago rose to 109 today with an estimated nine people missing. All but two of the dead were pulled from the ruins of the collapsed Weiguan Golden Dragon residential complex, a 17-story building. The latest update by Taiwan’s Interior
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Five United Nations peacekeepers were killed and some 30 others wounded when suspected Islamists attacked their base in Mali’s restive north today, as three Malian soldiers perished in an ambush in the same region, the UN chief and security sources said. The latest attacks highlighted the vulnerability of the sprawling arid north, where UN peacekeepers
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Mexico greeted Pope Francis on Friday with mariachi music and throngs of Catholic faithful lining the streets after he held historic talks with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Cuba. President Enrique Pena Nieto welcomed Francis at the airport while a mariachi band played before he climbed into the Popemobile to wave at
Major powers agreed on Friday to a pause in combat in Syria, but Russia pressed on with bombing in support of its ally President Bashar al-Assad, who vowed to fight until he regained full control of the country. Although billed as a potential breakthrough, the “cessation of hostilities” agreement does not take effect for a
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Two army personnel were killed and four others injured on Saturday in a gunfight between militants and security forces in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “Two army personnel were killed and four others including an officer injured in the encounter with militants in Marsari village of Chowkibal border area,” a senior police officer told IANS here.
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India expressed disappointment over US administration’s decision to sell eight F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, saying it disagrees that such arms’ transfers will help combat terrorism. Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar will be summoning US Ambassador Richard Verma to convey India’s “displeasure”. “We are disappointed at the decision of the Obama Administration to notify the sale
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Indians have been ‘much too tolerant’ of intolerance, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said on Friday and asked people to “work hard” to preserve the tradition of tolerance and plurality which he said was not being done adequately. Sen, a distinguished economist and a Bharat Ratna recipient, emphasised that intolerance of dissent did not start with
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Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan recently purchased a new Range Rover and took home his 17th car. Land Rover India adds yet another celebrity to its list of eminent customers as it presented the keys of the new Range Rover Autobiography LWB to Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan. Amitabh Bachchan was happy with association and purchase took
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The ‘Make in India’ Week, touted as the largest business expo hosted by the country, will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday here. At least four MoUs worth at least Rs 64,000 crore are expected to be signed on the first day of the event. Modi will be accompanied by the prime
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His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, visited the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai, as part of his three-day visit to India. The BSE, which was established in 1875, is Asia’s oldest stock exchange and the world’s fastest stock
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Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday claimed people were “fed up” with the performance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP. Speaking at a function, Azad claimed people of different places visited by him said that they “could not wait” for the remaining three-and-half years and wanted to know if there was a
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An officer of Indian Army, who was posted in Jammu and Kashmir, and had gone missing under suspicious circumstances while on a train journey, has been found, said police. Captain Shikhar Deep, 25, boarded Mahananda Express from Katihar to New Delhi on February 6. Reports say, Captain Deep was abducted after crossing the Patna station
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From boycotting classes, to having student body meetings, forming a petition expressing their concerns and taking to social media to express anger, students at The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri) had no qualms about their resentment against the promotion of RK Pachauri as the executive vice-chairman of the university. “We strongly feel that Mr RK
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The vice-president of Bihar BJP and bahubali (strongman) of Bhojpur was killed on Friday, while a local party leader of Saran district was shot dead in Chhapra. Earlier, an LJP leader Brijnathi Singh was shot dead in Patna. The BJP has given 72-hour ultimatum to the Nitish Kumar government to arrest the criminals. BJP vice-president
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I start this piece with an anecdote going back to 2008-2009. The UPA government was in power and I was working with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Driving through Delhi’s VVIP area, I noticed over a period of several months a strange development — small cars and jeeps sporting yellow number plates of taxis with
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India on Saturday expressed disappointment over US administration’s decision to sell eight F16 fighter jets to Pakistan, saying it disagrees that such arms’ transfers will help combat terrorism. Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar will be summoning US Ambassador Richard Verma to convey India’s “displeasure”. “We are disappointed at the decision of the Obama Administration to notify
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Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli will embark on a six-day official visit to India, beginning from 19 February, making his first foreign visit since assuming office last October. A cabinet meeting on Thursday night approved the dates for the prime minister’s India visit and assigned the task to prepare agenda and other necessary ground
