Slain ex-Gujarat minister of state (home) Haren Pandya’s widow, Jagruti Pandya, was appointed as State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights chairperson on Wednesday. The appointment came a month after Jagruti met chief minister Anandiben Patel. “Haren Pandya lived for the BJP till his last breath. I am merely following his path and principles,” […]
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With the Supreme Court declining to vacate its stay on the Centre’s notification allowing conduct of Jallikattu, protests intensified across Tamil Nadu today against the decision even as the Union government said it cannot bring an ordinance at this stage in this regard. Protests were held in several towns, including Chennai, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Pudukottai and
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) presented its annual budget presentation on Wednesday. Development projects envisioned last year cornered a major share of the allocations made in the budget for 2016-17, which was presented before the Council by chairman Naresh Kumar, signifying a huge backlog of projects that are yet to take off. Total receipts
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Dera Sacha Sauda chief Baba Ram Rahim and stand-up comic Kiku Sharda may have a thing in common. Seven years ago, the Dera chief was accused by the Sikh clergy of mimicking and aping the tenth Sikh Guru Gobind Singh during a religious congregation of the sect. It took seven years for a sessions court
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The NIA feels the recovery of a Chinese wireless set belonging to the terrorists from the car belonging to Gurdaspur SP Salwinder Singh could add a new twist to the investigations. In another development, the anti-terror agency has also ascertained the route taken by terrorists from the point of abduction of SP Punjab to their
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The reported detention of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar could offer Prime Minister Narendra Modi political cover, at least in the immediate context, against criticism that his Lahore diplomacy was a miscalculation and repudiated his strong stance against terrorism during the 2014 campaign. The Pathankot attack soon after the Lahore meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister
Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said that Pakistan for the first time has admitted that a terror attack like the Pathankot strike was generated from its soil. “This is the first time Pakistan admitted that the action was generated from its land. It is also the first time that all countries sided with India,
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Pakistani authorities carried out raids at different places following attack on the Pathankot air base in India, leading to some arrests, intelligence officials said today. They said that raids were carried out in Gujranwala, Jhelum and Bahawalpur districts and an unspecified number of people were arrested. After the arrests, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ordered the
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An explosion rocked the central Istanbul Sultanahmet square, a major tourist attraction, on Tuesday, causing casualties, reports said. Witnesses reported hearing a loud blast and video footage on the CNN Turk channel showed police and ambulances at the scene. The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. Private NTV television said the explosion was
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A horrific video of a daughter-in-law brutally beating his mother-in-law has emerged online. The incident happened in Bijnor, UP, caught on the camera when the son decided to install a CCTV. In the video, the woman can be seen thrashing Rajrani Jain, her sick and helpless 70-year-old mother-in-law first with her bare hands, then a
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Rohit Sharma continued his affinity for Australian bowling attacks ODIs – he now averages 68.46 against them in 19 innings – with a well-compiled century in the series opener at the WACA in Perth on Tuesday. His effort surpassed the previous best individual score by an Indian at the venue, the 77 scored in 2012
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The new IPL franchise, Pune, on Monday appointed Stephen Fleming as their head coach for the upcoming edition of the tournament. The decision looked almost a formality after MS Dhoni became the team’s first pick in the IPL player draft on December 15. Dhoni and Fleming have had been the most successful team management pair
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The actor opens up on ‘Udta Punjab’, ‘Rangoon’, ‘AK vs SK’ and the ‘Magadheera’ remake… 2014 was Shahid Kapoor’s year. Haider brought success and accolades. 2015 brought neither and the industry questioned his sense of script. Shaandaar failed him. In 2016, he has multiple releases and they are all diverse films in terms of content
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Did you hear that? Did Aishwarya Rai call Rekha ‘Maa’ at the Sansui Stardust awards or not is hot and trending on social media. #Shocking, #Rekha and #Aishwarya are the top keywords doing the rounds after the awards function was telecast by Colors on 10 January. Rekha presented Aishwarya Rai with the Power Packed Performer
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Syria needs to start working on a new constitution as a first step to finding a political solution to its civil war, though he acknowledged the process was likely to be difficult. Putin, who has thrown Russia’s support behind Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with air strikes, also said in an
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced growing pressure to harden her line on refugees on Monday as the first extensive police report on New Year’s Eve violence in Cologne documented rampant sexual assaults on women by gangs of young migrant men. Cologne police said at least 11 foreigners, including Pakistanis, Guineans and Syrians, had been injured
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The U.N. Security Council was discussing the besieged towns of Syria on Monday after reports emerged that tens of thousands of civilians have been trapped for months without supplies and are starving to death. “New Zealand and Spain called for today’s Security Council meeting on the situation in the Syrian town of Madaya following reports
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Long before Shashi Tharoor made us proud with his speech claiming India to be the rightful owner of the Kohinoor, and TED Talks became the new bastion for discussing and spreading radical new ideas, there was a man who did us proud on a world platform. Swami Vivekananda’s speech at the first Parliament of the
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It all started with Baby in January 2015. Ever since then, Akshay Kumar has already scored three more releases in the form of Gabbar Is Back, Brothers and Singh Is Bliing. Now in a span of exactly 12 months, the man would have his fifth film hitting the screens – Airlift. While his contemporaries are
In a city where motorists routinely run red lights and drive on the wrong side of the road, many doubted the feasibility of Delhi leader Arvind Kejriwal’s plan to roughly halve the number of cars in India’s capital in a bid to reduce air pollution. Yet with a few days to go in the campaign’s
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Three schoolchildren were killed and around twenty injured when a school bus fell into a ditch at Fatehgarh Churian town, 25 km from Batala in Gurdaspur district, on Tuesday morning. The bus in which students of captain school of excellency were travelling was hit by a gypsy and fell off the bridge as the driver
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CHRIS Gayle reminded Aussie fans why the Big Bash League might be better off without him after all. Gayle had a week to forget when his post-match ‘’don’t blush, baby’’ interview with Channel 10’s Mel McLaughlin created international headlines, and prompted Cricket Australia to virtually ban the master blaster from returning next summer. The big
Karan Singh Grover and Jennifer Winget were the most sought after couple of the television industry. The Dill Mill Gayye stars Jennifer and Karan were applauded for their undying chemistry and still have loads of fans. The two television actors Jennifer and Karan kissed the heights of success when their on screen love transformed into
India’s foreign policy has to respond to its rising stature and development needs. A new balance has to be forged to ensure the optimal advancement of its interests. The perception that the Modi government has moved Westwards, especially towards the US, and has neglected Russia, is misplaced. Russia has its own place in our foreign
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will visit Pathankot and Gurdaspur on January 13 and meet the families of the security personnel who were killed in Pathankot terror attack, the Aam Aadmi Party said today. Mr Kejriwal would be meeting the families of Havildar Kulwant Singh, Honorary Captain Fateh Singh and taxi driver Ikagar Singh. Kulwant
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India has denied visas to 74 Pakistani pilgrims to visit a shrine near Agra, citing “procedural issues”. “These pilgrims belonging to various parts of Pakistan have expressed resentment on rejection of their visas,” Press Attache in Pakistan High Commission Manzoor Ali Memon said. He said the pilgrims wanted to attend an annual gathering at Hafiz
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It is fortunate that the Indian government has reacted with caution and maturity to the terrorist strike at the Indian Air Force base at Pathankot, the first grave crisis faced by the government led by Narendra Modi. While guesswork and accusations are being bandied around about the involvement of the Pakistan Army and the ISI
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In CCTV footage from a home in Uttar Pradesh, an elderly woman is seen cowering in her bed as she is slapped, kicked, choked and beaten with a brick. Her attacker is her own daughter-in-law. Sangeeta Jain was arrested this morning for attempted murder after the video of her vicious assault on her 70-year-old mother-in-law
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The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the Baghdad mall attack that killed 18 people on Monday. Gunmen stormed into the Jawhara Mall after setting off a car bomb and launching a suicide attack at its entrance. Iraqi officials say the attack which lasted over an hour, killed at least 18 people and wounded 50
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Stat: Australia are unbeaten in their last 14 ODIs at home. They have won 13 and one ended in no result. Bhuvneshwar Kumar selected ahead of Ishant Sharma. Aus XI: Warner, Finch, Smith, Bailey, Maxwell, M Marsh, Wade, Faulkner, Boland, Hazlewood, Paris. India XI: Dhawan, Rohit, Kohli, Rahane, Dhoni, Pandey, Jadeja, Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar, Sran, Umesh.
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