A Turkish Airlines flight scheduled to fly to Istanbul was called back from a runway at the Mumbai airport on Monday after an unclaimed mobile phone was spotted in the aircraft before take-off. Around 250 passengers on board the aircraft were evacuated and were frisked again after being allowed back into the jet. “The flight […]
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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the porous Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam would be sealed by the year (2016). The Home Minister visited the Karimganj sector of the India-Bangladesh border in Assam, and expressed satisfaction with the ongoing border fencing work there. Talking to media persons, the Home Minister said the border issue
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Starting with a proposed visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Africa in February, India plans to play a leadership role at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations to boost the trade prospects of the developing and poor nations. To forge strong alliances on the “development agenda” of the WTO’s ongoing Doha Round of talks,
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Stressing that India’s culture is its true strength, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Sunday that Indians can’t rely only on the Constitution to seek equality, but it is important that they change their mindset, which is biased and lacks values. Speaking at the Shiv Shakti Sangam programme in Marunji village, in front
Vivacious, bubbly and full of life, that;s how we know Bollywood’s veteran actress Juhi Chawla. The actress was recently a guest on the controversial reality show Bigg Boss 9 hosted by Bhai Salman Khan. While entertaining the participant and the audiences with her vibrant personality and buoyant energy, Jahi also revealed some of B-town’s hidden
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Amitabh Bachchan, whose illustrious career has spanned over four decades, said that despite his seniority, he does not “intimidate” younger co-actors. “No younger actor gets intimidated by me. It’s actually the contrary. They are so good that I make lots of mistakes in front of them and it’s really bad,” Big B said at a
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NSG commando Lt Col Niranjan Kumar, who was killed in the grenade blast at Pathankot air base on Sunday, lost his mother at a young age. Born in Bengaluru, Kumar grew up with his two brothers and a sister away from his home state Kerala. His father EK Sivaranjan, now a retired BEML employee, moved
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Oil prices jumped over 2 percent in the first trading hours of 2016 as relations between Middle Eastern rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran deteriorated following Riyadh’s execution of a prominent Shi’ite Muslim cleric. Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Iran on Sunday, responding to the storming of its embassy in Tehran in an escalating row
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Gearing up for what it sees as the “real test” for the odd-even formula today , the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has made it clear that violators will not be spared, starting Monday. “We have implemented one day of odd and one day of even number vehicle restrictions. Now no one can say they
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Explosions and gunfire rang out today as militants tried to storm the Indian diplomatic mission in a northern Afghan city, officials said, in the latest assault on an Indian installation. The attack on the consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s much-hyped diplomatic outreach to arch-rival Pakistan following his first visit to Afghanistan.
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For the second straight day, the Indian Air Force (IAF) air base here remained the scene of intense gun battles after at least two more terrorists emerged from hiding overnight and engaged security forces throughout Sunday. The total number of security personnel killed in the operation went up to seven — Lt Col Niranjan Kumar
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A 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit the country’s remote northeast region before dawn on Monday, killing at least five people, injuring 100 others and causing damage to several buildings. Tremors were also felt across the belt, including in the bordering regions of Myanmar, Bangladesh and Tibet. There were reports of damage to several buildings in Imphal,
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Akshay Kumar, who had gone for a lean physique in his last film Brothers, in which he had played a mixed martial artist, will be next seen playing the antagonist in South superstar Rajinikanth’s upcoming film Robot 2 and we hear that Akki will be bulking up for the role. A source attached to the
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Yielding to sulking chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh has revoked the expulsion of two of his close proteges, Sunil Singh Sajan and Anand Bhadauria, an official spokesperson said. The two were booted out of the party last week following complaints that they had opposed official party candidates in the polls
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Putting stop to all the speculations, a leading English daily confirmed that Shraddha Kapoor will be the female lead for Half Girlfriend. Names of starlets like Parineeti Chopra, Kriti Sanon were assumed to be in the consideration to play the character. But according to the reports the petite, ABCD 2 actress has bagged the role.
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About the same time the ink on Adnan Sami’s papers proclaiming him an Indian citizen was drying, at Hyderabad Airport this past Tuesday Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was being deported after he had landed to perform at a new year eve function. How ironic. He was dispatched back to Abu Dhabi without so much as
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Delhi Daredevils today predictably released veteran left-hander Yuvraj Singh from their squad while India’s pace spearhead Ishant Sharma was off-loaded by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the first trading window for the upcoming 9th season of Indian Premier League (IPL). Despite getting back to the Indian team for the T20 leg of the Australian tour, Yuvraj, who
Investigators in Dubai were working Friday to determine the cause of a spectacular fire that engulfed a 63-storey luxury hotel on New Year’s Eve three hours before midnight. The huge blaze at The Address Downtown hotel erupted around 9:00 pm (1700 GMT) on Thursday, sparking panic but no reports of serious injuries. Authorities went ahead
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Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry says the toll from a New Year’s Day suicide bombing at a French restaurant in Kabul has risen to two. Spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said on Saturday that a 12-year-old boy and one of the security guards at the Le Jardin restaurant were killed and that another 18 people were wounded in the
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China has created three new military bodies as part of reforms to modernise its military and improve its fighting capacity. State television showed on Saturday President Xi Jinping giving military flags to the leaders of the three new units — a general command for the People’s Liberation Army, a missile force and a strategic support
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A gunman identified by relatives as a member of Israel’s Arab minority killed two people on a bustling thoroughfare in central Tel Aviv on Friday before fleeing, an incident that ramped up tensions after three months of Palestinian street violence. Security camera footage showed the assailant, who appeared to be in his mid-to-late 20s and
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In the past couple of days, the Delhi Government has suspended two DANICS (Civil Service) Officers, on the ground that they refused to authenticate and release for implementation a couple of Orders of the State Government. The Civil Services Officers Association of the Delhi Government promptly met, expressed their indignation at the step taken (without
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Mysuru, Karnataka on Saturday as he is all set to inaugurate the 103rd Indian Science Congress on January 3. He will also attend the centenary celebrations of Sri Shivarathri Rajendra Swami and some other programmes. Media reports say that a massive cleanliness campaign was carried out over the last
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The upcoming 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls have already got political parties in talks and possible alliances being chalked out. A report in The Hindu states that Vijayakanth and his DMDK party are being wooed by the BJP, DMK and PWF. Considering that DMDK’s alliance is in demand, it looks like its leader Vijayakanth will
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Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Hansraj Ahir has urged officials to take up works on priority under the government sponsored ‘Jalyukta Shivar’ programme. The programme is aimed at enhancing water availability to villages for irrigation purpose and it should be done on a priority basis. Priority should be given to those works
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Bollywood hunk Salman Khan is a free man now. The superstar brought in his 50th birthday in a grand manner at his Panvel farmhouse with 800 guests. The center of attraction of the birthday bash was Salman Khan’s rumoured girlfriend Iulia Vantur. Iulia travelled all the way to be with his alleged boyfriend on his
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Dilwale and Bajirao Mastani’s clash will go down history as one of the most renowned face-offs ever. For two reasons. One because of the heavyweight stature of both the films and the star cast involved. Secondly, the underdog taking up the challenge and winning it hands down! Yes, while most scoffed off at the idea
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As the clock struck eight on a new year morning in Delhi, the odd-even plan of the Delhi government came into effect on Friday with thousands of volunteers taking to the streets to assist traffic police in enforcing the experiment to check pollution. An “overwhelmed” chief minister Arvind Kejriwal claimed the response has been good.
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The process of the much-delayed organisational elections in Congress could get a fillip after the return of party vice president Rahul Gandhi from Europe next week amid indications that his much talked elevation could happen soon. On December 27, Rahul took to Twitter to announce that he will be travelling to Europe for a “few
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Whistleblower IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who has been repeatedly transferred and grabbed headlines after he cancelled a controversial land deal involving Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra, was on Friday promoted to the rank of principal secretary by the Haryana government. Though Khemka’s major penalty charge sheet was dropped on November 4, 2015, by
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