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Turkish jet called back from Mumbai airport runway over unclaimed phone

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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Porous Indo-Banladesh border to be sealed by 2016, says Rajnath Singh

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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Only Constitution can’t bring us equality, change in mindset can: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

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

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Here’s Why Salman Khan is Juhi Chawla’s ‘Rightful Bhai’!

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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Big B on Bajirao Mastani: Couldn’t Find a Mistake in Ranveer, Deepika

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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Crude oil prices jump nearly 3% as tension builds up between Saudi Arabia and Iran

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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Indian consulate in Afghanistan rocked by heavy explosions and gunfire

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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Pathankot terror attack: Operation still on, death toll mounts to 7

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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Quake strikes northeast India; toll reaches 5, nearly 100 injured

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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Mulayam Singh revokes expulsion of two Akhilesh proteges

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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Adnan Sami vs Rahat Fateh Ali Khan: One gets citizenship, the other gets dumped

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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IPL 9: Delhi Daredevils release Yuvraj Singh; Sunrisers Hyderabad off-load Ishant and Steyn

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

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Dubai probes cause of massive New Year’s Eve hotel fire

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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Two shot dead in Tel Aviv attack, Israeli Arab named fugitive suspect

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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Caught between Kejriwal and centre, Delhi babus are a besieged bunch

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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TN Assembly Polls: Vijayakanth’s DMDK being wooed by the BJP, DMK and PWF

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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Take works under ‘Jalyukta Shivar’ on priority: Hansraj Ahir

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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Dilwale v/s Bajirao Mastani: Gap narrows at the domestic box office!

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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Delhi kicks off New Year with odd-even plan, ‘overwhelmed’ Arvind Kejriwal car-pools

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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Rahul Gandhi to be made Congress president after return from Europe?

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 promoted

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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