Prime Minister Narendra Modi said narratives in India tend to focus on the royalty or the ruling class while the struggles and contributions of those considered ‘inferior’ by society are rarely recognized and celebrated. “It is the ‘small’ people who shape history and bring change in society,” Modi said. The PM was speaking as the […]
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Actor Akshay Kumar says he detests nation-bashing in films. ”It’s (Airlift) not about a nation, it’s about saving people. I hate any kind of nation-bashing in films. I don’t like it,” the actor told the media here on Thursday while promoting his forthcoming film “Airlift”. Directed by Raja Krishna Menon, “Airlift” also stars “The Lunchbox”
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More than three years after an Indian engineer from Mumbai went missing in Pakistan where he had reportedly gone to meet a girl he had befriended on the Internet, authorities have admitted that he has been in army custody and is facing a trial in military courts there. However, the officials did not provide details
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Denouncing actor Aamir Khan’s recent remarks on perceived intolerance in the country, BJP leader Ram Madhav on Thursday said the Bollywood superstar should not preach only to an auto-rickshaw driver about India’s prestige but also to his wife. “It will not work that you preach to an auto wallah how the country’s prestige has to
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A MUSLIM couple was among passengers assaulted by at least seven members of the Gauraksha Samiti at Khirkiya railway station, in Harda district of Madhya Pradesh, when they objected to their luggage being searched on suspicion that they were carrying beef, police said. Police said the right-wing activists claimed to have seized “beef” from a
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Launching a fierce attack on the ruling Badal family in Punjab, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday urged people to oust the Badals from power, saying the once progressive state was on the verge of ruin. “The Badals and their family have ruined a progressive state like Punjab
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Just over a week after warning the Arvind Kejriwal government not to “test the patience” of Delhiites forced to travel in crowded public transport, the Supreme Court on Thursday supported the odd-even car rule and said people must cooperate with the enforcers to help make the attempt to reduce pollution a success. A bench of
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Amid recurring incidents of arson and destruction of public property during political agitations, the Supreme Court on Thursday said it would issue fresh guidelines for claiming damages from those indulging in such acts. A bench headed by Justice JS Khehar sought Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi’s assistance in laying down a set of guidelines to deal
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Four persons claiming to be members of the Hindu Sena allegedly barged into the Pakistan International Airlines office on Barakhamba Road and vandalised it. One of them was arrested. The men broke furniture, damaged computer systems and smashed the windows inside the office and threw pamphlets in the air which were against India’s proposed talks
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A year on, Suresh Raina revealed the ordeal Indian team had gone through ahead of Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s sudden retirement as the captain of the Test cricket team. Raina, in an exclusive interview with Cricbuzz, claimed that he got “a hint that he [MS Dhoni] was going to do something” ahead of final day’s play
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The detention of organizers of the Pathankot attacks in Pakistan is welcome. However, it would be premature (that’s the polite word) to view this as opening the path to either peace or reconciliation. India ought to continue to engage with Pakistan but, equally, must prepare for more and worse nightmare attacks. The detentions are no
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Bollywood actor Sunny Deol says he made “Ghayal Once Again” as he wanted to entertain the audience with the kind of films he used to do earlier. While promoting the movie on TV show – “Yaar Mera Superstar” the 58-year-old actor confessed that he wrote “Ghayal Once Again” as he wanted to relive the genre
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The 61st Britannia Filmfare Awards 2015 are all set to surface. The star-studded night will once again mark a few memorable moments as the best of Bollywood in the past year will be honoured. We earlier gave you the complete list of nominations and we are hoping you were happy to see some (if not
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Former Miss World Diana Hayden has given birth to a baby girl born out of an egg the 42-year-old star froze eight years ago at a city hospital this month. Paediatrician Dr Bhupendra Avasthi of Surya Hospital in suburban Santacruz said that both mother and the baby were doing fine and were accompanied by Collin
They were on a high after decimating the Proteas at home in the recently-concluded Test series but spin twins Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are again facing questions about their effectiveness outside the sub-continent after India’s loss in the first ODI against Australia. While bowlers can have their bad days, the manner in which Australian
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Reacting to the row over comedian Kiku Sharda’s arrest by the Haryana police, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh said that there was “no complaint” from his side if he apologised for his actions. He further said he had been busy in a shoot and that he recently came to know that “devotees are hurt” because of
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Even as Pakistan began cracking down on terror network Jaish e Mohammed, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar met Narendra Modi late Wednesday evening to figure out how to play the foreign secretary level talks. A decision on on this is likely to be taken Thursday at the weekly briefing of the
At least 22 people were wounded on Thursday in a bomb attack by Kurdish rebels on a police station in Turkey’s troubled southeast, reports said. The news agency Dogan reported a car bomb attack was carried out by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) caused heavy damage to outer walls of the police station in
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At least three suicide bombers exploded themselves in a Starbucks cafe in downtown Jakarta on Thursday while two gunmen attacked a police post nearby, a witness told The Associated Press. TVOne, a local television network, reported three other explosions in other parts of the city. At least one policeman was killed in addition to the
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The odd-even traffic experiment for Delhi will not be cancelled, the Supreme Court ruled today, with Chief Justice of India TS Thakur firmly declaring, “People are dying of pollution. The government is taking steps to control pollution. Everyone must cooperate.” The Chief Justice pointed out that top judges including him have been car-pooling to work
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Iran freed 10 US sailors on Wednesday, a day after detaining them aboard two US Navy patrol boats in the Gulf, bringing a swift end to an incident that had rattled nerves just before the expected implementation of a landmark nuclear accord. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had released the sailors after
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Australia’s iconic Sydney Opera House, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country, was cordoned off by police today with people cleared from the landmark amid reports of a “security threat”. Police operations were reportedly underway in the Sydney Opera House area. According to media reports, the forecourt of the Opera House was
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An avalanche killed at least three people and seriously injured others when it swept into skiers, including a group of schoolchildren, on a closed slope in the French Alps on Wednesday, the interior ministry said. The dead were two teenagers, aged 14 and 16, and a Ukrainian adult skier who was not with the school
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A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck just off Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Thursday, Japan’s Meteorological Agency said. No tsunami warning was issued and NHK national television said that while there might be some changes in sea level, no tsunami damage was expected. There were no immediate reports of damage. On March 11, 2011,
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Syria has arrested four Indians who had gone to that country allegedly to fight alongside the Islamic State (IS), Syrian Deputy Prime Minister Walid al Moualem said on Wednesday. Moualem, who is also the foreign minister and on a three-day visit to India, said “the young men” had entered through Jordan and were arrested before
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Congress accused finance minister Arun Jaitley of trying to drive a wedge between the party and its leadership, a remark indicating that engagement between the government and the principal opposition may be under threat ahead of the budget session. Reacting to Jaitley’s comment that the Congress leadership was responsible for parliamentary blockade, AICC spokesman Jairam
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Thousands of devotees thronged the ‘Har ki Pauri’ ghat in Haridwar to take first festive bath on the occasion of Makar Sankranti during the Ardh Kumbh mela on Thursday morning. The administration has made elaborate arrangements for holy bath on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. As Makar Sankranti spreads to two days this year, the
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The rupee fell by 21 paise to 67.06 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday amid selling in most Asian currencies, ahead of the domestic WPI inflation readings scheduled for release later in the day. The domestic currency had edged 1 paisa higher to 66.85 against the greenback on the previous day on
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India on Wednesday night deferred a decision on whether to go ahead with the Foreign Secretary- level talks with Pakistan on Friday after the detention of “several individuals” of the dreaded JeM by Islamabad although there was no confirmation of reports that its chief Maulana Masood Azhar was held. Ministry of External Affairs Ministry officials
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The proposed public meeting of union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari in Malda on January 18 was shifted to the neighbouring district of North Dinajpur after the district administration made it clear that they will not allow the meeting anywhere in the district. While the Kaliachak incident continued to reverberate in the state, three were
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