Hearing on prime accused in Sheena Bora murder case, Indrani Mukerjea’s bail plea will begin in the Mumbai Sessions’ court on Saturday. Indrani had, earlier, moved the sessions’ court seeking bail on medical grounds. In her 17-page bail plea, Indrani has said that her medical condition was deteriorating and she was suffering from frequent blackouts. […]
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In a U-turn that is sure to rile groups fighting for gender equality, the Kerala government on Friday told the Supreme Court that it was duty bound to protect the centuries-old tradition banning entry of women between the ages of 10 and 50 years into Sabarimala temple, which also had constitutional sanction as a religious
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No campus erupted in shrill protest against the mob that stripped a Tanzanian student in Bengaluru and paraded her. Because she is black. No Women’s association called for a dharna and demanded action. Because she is black. The great social platforms of Twitter and Facebook received no trains so to speak. Because she was black.
Fuel trucks were spotted at North Korea’s main satellite centre, according to a US think tank, however the group says it is unlikely Pyongyang has begun fuelling the rocket it plans to launch in the coming weeks. The satellite images of the North’s Sohae complex on Wednesday and Thursday showed the trucks at fuel and
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Two small planes collided in mid air and plunged into the ocean off Los Angeles harbour in the United States on Friday. According to an Associated Press report, the planes collided at 3:30 pm local time and went into the water about two miles outside the harbour entrance. US Coast Guard and other officials confirmed
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The Supreme Court on Friday questioned Arunachal Pradesh Governor J P Rajkhowa’s decision to advance the assembly session to December last year from this January, asking what difference would it have made if the sitting was held as originally scheduled. “What would be the change or the difference if the assembly proceedings would have taken
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More than a day after an avalanche buried 10 Army personnel when it hit a high-altitude military post in Siachen Glacier, chances of finding any survivors were very remote even as rescue efforts were on Thursday scaled up with induction of specialised teams, sniffer dogs and equipment. “Rescue teams are braving adverse weather and effects
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Amid tight security and a tension-filled atmosphere in this village in East Godvari district, Kapu leader Mudragada Padmanabham began his indefinite hunger strike along with his wife Padmavathi seeking the inclusion of Kapus in the BC list in Andhra Pradesh. Minutes after the couple started the hunger strike at 9 am, tension gripped the area
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Ghayal Once Again movie review: The frenzied thrusts and parries of Sunny Deol’s Ghayal Once Again, a vengeance drama constructed as a hackneyed tale of an anti-corruption crusader, reeks mostly of the past. That isn’t surprising. This film is after all a follow-up to a super hit of a quarter century ago. It isn’t just
In a heartening story of triumph in the face of adversity, a Khagaria welder’s son, Vatsalya Chauhan, has bagged a 1.02 crore per annum job at IT giant Microsoft. A final year computer science student at IIT-Kharagpur, Vatsalya was picked by Microsoft during a campus placement drive in December 2015. “I still remember the interview
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Powerful body of Muslim cleric, Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind on Friday opposed the Supreme Court decision to take up the matter relating to marriage and divorce rights of Muslim women. Raising objections over Supreme Court hearing a plea on Muslim women rights, Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind claimed that Muslim personal law flows from the Holy Quran and therefore, it cannot be
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President Pranab Mukherjee conducted a fleet review of the Indian Navy ships amid a glittering ocean off Vizag shore on Saturday. The President, embarked on the INS Sumitra, inspected the fleet along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi from INS Sumitra, an off shore patrol vessel. The upper deck of the ship has been modified to
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Security arrangement has been tightened by the Odisha Police at three different places as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to come on a one-day whirlwind tour to Odisha on Sunday. While Mr. Modi will dedicate 15 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) oil refinery at Paradip and the National Institute of Science Education and
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Rescuers in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan pulled out 221 people and three dead from a residential high-rise complex that collapsed when a shallow 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck before dawn Saturday, leaving still others trapped inside. Firefighters and soldiers scrambled with ladders, cranes and other equipment to the two towers that folded like an accordion
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Veteran Yuvraj Singh and rookie all-rounder Pawan Negi could be among those who trigger a bidding war when 351 cricketers go under the hammer in the Indian Premier League (IPL) players’ auction on Saturday. Negi, who has just been named in the Indian team for the World T20 and is known to hit big sixes
Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed has warned of more Pathankot-style attacks, prompting India on Thursday to say it “is a matter of great concern” that people like the alleged Mumbai attacks mastermind continue to enjoy freedom in Pakistan. “Hafiz Saeed is an internationally designated terrorist; it is for Pakistan to put a stop to his activities,”
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In a major administrative reshuffle, Punjab government today transferred 17 IAS and five PCS officers, including the Deputy Commissioner of Pathankot. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal cleared the file to this effect today, a spokesperson for the Chief Minister’s Office said. Among the shuffled IAS officers are Amit Kumar, Additional Secretary Local Government who has
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After being tormented by the terrorist attacks on the Pathankot airbase and Dinanagar police station, people of these border towns are once again in a grip of fear, as unwanted phone calls from Pakistan have spread panic among the locals living in Pathankot and Dinanagar. Fearing harassment by the police authorities in case they respond
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Indian Cricketer Irfan Pathan got married with Safa Baig, who is the model in Saudi Arab. Irfan Pathan got married on 4th February 2016 in Jeddah. The wedding information was kept secret. The strictly notice was on their wedding card that do not photography. Now his wife Safa’s photographs is circulating in social media. The
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Mohammed Shami and Pawan Negi made it to the the Asia Cup and World T20 squads but Manish Pandey and Bhuvneshwar Kumar were left out as the BCCI’s selection panel headed by Sandeep Patil announced the squads on Friday in Delhi. Other than that there were no major surprises as Mahendra Singh Dhoni had hinted
You may disagree with BCCI’s style of functioning. But there is no denying that the logic to their planning takes some beating. They controversially split the Ranji Trophy season to provide a huge yawning gap between the league and the just-commenced knock-out phases. That gap was intentionally packed with plenty of T20 and limited overs
Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja will get engaged to Rivaba Solanki, daughter of a city-based businessman, at a private function on Friday. The ceremony will be held at Hotel Jaddus on Kalavad road around 9 am. As soon as the news spread about the all-rounder’s engagement, people started flocking to Rivaba’s residence. Later, her family locked
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Two policemen were injured in a bomb blast triggered by Garo militants in Meghalaya on Friday, police said. The incident took place in South Garo Hills district and the injured policemen have been admitted to hospital. “Two policemen — Robert Nonglait and Tennyson Ch. Marak — were injured in the improvised explosive device (IED) blast.
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US President Barack Obama on Friday cited the humanitarian work done by the Sikh community as he spoke about the strength that comes from uniting all faiths against fear. “When the Earth cleaves in Haiti, Christians, Sikhs, and other faith groups sent volunteers to distribute aid, tend to the wounded, rebuild homes for the homeless,”
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It is amply clear from the very outset that the quaintly antiquated Ghayal Once Again is unlikely to achieve its avowed goal – help Sunny Deol’s dhaai kilo ka haath regain its lost box-office potency. Several other Bollywood stars have since moved into the fists of fury space and the deadly Deol’s dumbbells and decibels
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US satellite data indicates that North Korea appears to have begun fuelling a rocket it plans to launch this month in defiance of international opposition, a Japanese newspaper reported on Friday, citing a US defence official. Pyongyang has announced it will launch a satellite-bearing rocket sometime between February 8-25, which is around the time of
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World leaders pledged over $10 billion (9.0 billion euros) today to help conflict-hit Syrians at a London conference overshadowed by the breakdown of peace talks in Geneva. The European Union, Germany, Britain and the United States were among the biggest donors to provide food, education and job opportunities for Syrians in their homeland and neighbouring
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Abhishek Bachchan has turned 40 today. The Dhoom actor was snapped in Maldives spending some quality time with his family including wife Aishwarya Rai, daughter Aaradhya, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan and Shweta Nanda. Amitabh took to Facebook to share the picture and wrote “The family that stays together .. sails together ..!! (sic).” Aishwarya, who
The Kerala Assembly’s budget session began on a stormy note today as the LDF raised slogans and held up placards against the Congress-led UDF government, prompting Governor P Sathasivam to ask them to “sit quietly or leave”. As soon as the governor began his customary address at the beginning of the session, Opposition leader V
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Congress parliamentarian Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary began the week watching his belongings being taken out of the bungalow in Delhi he had lived in for four years. He ends the week with more embarrassment. “Have some dignity,” the Supreme Court told him today, dismissing his request to keep the house longer. “Will someone else come and
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