For those who were intrigued by all the controversy before the release of Bajirao Mastani, spare yourself the trouble of dusting off the history books or feverishly hitting the web search box. More than being a slice of history, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s latest film is essentially a celebration of love, a tale that portrays the […]
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Gizele Thakral who was evicted from the Bigg Boss house recently is disappointed that she did not get good number of votes to stay back. “There are so many other contestants who are weak and haven’t given any content, but I guess because I don’t have many fans, I did not get votes,” says Gizele.
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At least 48 people were killed in suicide attacks and bombings on Monday in two cities in northern Nigeria where the jihadist Boko Haram group is waging a six-year campaign to create an Islamic state, officials and residents said. The attacks came a day after the army fought Boko Haram militants west of Maiduguri, capital
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At least 32 people were killed and 90 wounded in two bomb explosions in the Syrian city of Homs on Monday, monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The blasts, one from a car bomb and another from a suicide attack, struck the Zahra district in the middle of the city, said the
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Japan and South Korea’s landmark accord to end a divisive historical dispute will lead to increased economic and military cooperation between the U.S. allies, complementing the Obama administration’s efforts to counter China’s rise and North Korea’s nuclear saber-rattling. The two countries on Monday announced a “final and irreversible” agreement over the issue of comfort women,
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In a significant development in the war against militant group Islamic State, Iraqi forces have retaken control of Ramadi from Islamic State with the US also hailing their victory. “The expulsion of ISIL (another name for Islamic State) by Iraqi security forces, supported by our international coalition, is a significant step forward in the campaign
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An AAP worker’s badly mutilated body was found near his home in Outer Delhi’s Begumpur on Monday morning. Police said they were clueless about the identity of the killer. The man has been identified as Dhirender Ishwar, district president of Aam Aadmi Party’s Purvanchal wing in Begumpur. Ishwar had been working as a masseur in
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A derogatory remarks against the state chief minister landed the DMDK president Vijayakanth in trouble after the Thanjavur police registered a case against him and his 58 supporters on Monday. The opposition party leader condemned the state government for not disbursing the compensation to farmers for crops damaged by flood, during a demonstration held by
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The former Solicitor-General, Gopal Subramanium, has formally accepted the Delhi government’s offer to head the Commission of Inquiry to probe the alleged scam in the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA). Mr. Subramanium sent his letter of acceptance to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday. Contrary to earlier stand However, Mr. Subramanium’s acceptance marks a
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TERMING the CPM’s rally held Sunday at the Brigade Parade Ground here as a “flop show”, the ruling Trinamool Congress government claimed that the CPM’s meeting had poor attendance. “Today the CPM’s meeting was devoid of crowd. None of the speakers could speak for more than five minutes,” Trinamool secretary-general Partha Chatterjee told reporters in
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The government on Monday appointed 1982-batch West Bengal cadre IAS officer Sanjay Mitra as the next secretary in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. He will replace Vijay Chhibber, who superannuates on December 31. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet also cleared the appointment of Rashmi Verma as Secretary, Ministry of Textiles. Verma is
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With the AAP government all set to implement the odd-even scheme, Delhi Police commissioner BS Bassi on Monday said the policy is being rolled out in a hurry and action will be taken against any volunteer who takes law into his hands by forcing motorists to follow the restrictions. Four days before the scheme comes
Online marketplace Snapdeal, backed by Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp and others, has said it will boost spending on logistics and technology to better compete with rivals Flipkart and Amazon’s Indian unit, its co-founder said on Monday. Even as Snapdeal is preparing to invest more in logistics, e-tailer rival Flipkart on Monday announced its tie-up with
The Indian Parliament House may not be retired just as yet. The British-era structure, known for its imposing grandeur and beauty, can still serve a century, believe urban designers and heritage conservationists. Restoration is the need of the hour, not abandoning the heritage structure and symbol of Indian democracy, they said. The reaction came in
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City unit Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam on Monday came under intense criticism from his party over articles in a Congress mouthpiece slamming Jawaharlal Nehru and Sonia Gandhi’s father, with a senior leader claiming that terminology used in the write-ups was borrowed from the “RSS dictionary”. Accusing Nirupam, the journal editor, of bringing “disgrace” to the
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The NDA government today announced that taxpayers with an annual income of more than Rs 10 lakh will not get subsidised LPG cylinders from the new year. This is the central government’s decisive step to curbing the supply of subsidised cooking gas. At present, all households are entitled to 12 cylinders of 14.2-kg each at
Two-wheelers in Delhi, which have been kept out of the odd-even plan for vehicles to be enforced in the New Year, may have to follow the rule too, a member of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has indicated. AAP lawmaker Adarsh Shastri told NDTV that if there are enough buses on the road, then
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A girl has filed a police complaint alleging she was gangraped by three army personnel in a running train on Monday, police said. Police said they have arrested one army man, and the others will be arrested soon. The girl was travelling in the Howrah-Amritsar express train. She had boarded the army compartment in the
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It is the classic foot in mouth situation only this time it is Congress’ mouthpiece ‘Congress Darshan.’ As the party celebrates its 131st Foundation Day on Monday, senior leaders were shocked after the mouthpiece published an exhaustive piece blaming former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for the current state of affairs in Kashmir, China and Tibet.
Eyeing their second title win in the tournament, a confident Delhi will take on a spirited Gujarat in the day-night ODI cricket final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, here on Monday. If Delhi, who won their only Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2012-13, have banked on their bowlers all this while then
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DMDK chief Vijayakanth on Sunday allegedly behaved in an “uncivilised” manner with a group of scribes, when he was asked if the ruling AIADMK would capture power in next assembly elections, drawing flak from the journalist community here. In an interaction with reporters after participating in a blood donation camp held in Chennai by his
Citing examples of BJP stalwarts AB Vajpayee and LK Advani, ally Shiv Sena on Monday said that political careers of leaders who got too close to Pakistan have been on the wane as it criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise visit to Lahore. The Sena also said that the neighbouring country’s soil is “cursed” because
Salman Khan had kept the news channels waiting by not addressing the media after the High Court acquitted him in the 2002 hit-and-run case. On the eve of his 50th birthday, however, Salman posed for the waiting shutterbugs outside his Panvel farm house. He said that his parents were now stress-free. “I am very happy
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SpiceJet on Monday announced the launch of its ‘Happy New Year Sale’ which is a four-day special sale till midnight on December 31, 2015. As a part of this sale, one-way base fares start at Rs 716 (excluding taxes) for some popular routes on the domestic network, the company said. The travel period covered in
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China officially ended its controversial one child policy, allowing couples to have a second child amid deepening demographic crisis of shrinking workforce and ageing population in the world’s second-largest economy. Legislative approval Chinese lawmakers passed a historic decision allowing all couples to have two children from January 1, ending its over three-and-half decades old policy
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Iraq’s army said on Sunday it had defeated Islamic State fighters in a provincial capital west of Baghdad, the first major victory for the US-trained force since it collapsed in the face of an assault by the militants 18 months ago. Victory in Ramadi, capital of mainly Sunni-Muslim Anbar province in the Euphrates River valley
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Storms hit the U.S. South, Southwest and Midwest over the Christmas holiday weekend, unleashing floods and tornadoes that killed at least 43 people, flattened buildings and snarled transportation for millions during a busy travel time. The bad weather, or the threat of it, prompted the governors of Missouri and New Mexico to declare a state
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A state government spokesman said “health is absolutely fine” for Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed who was admitted in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for treatment on Thursday in New Delhi. He was accompanied by his daughter and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti. An official spokesman said in
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One person has been arrested today in connection with the killing of two engineers of a private road construction company who were shot dead in Bihar’s Darbhanga district on Saturday. A cop was also suspended on Saturday and the probe was handed over the State’s Special Task Force. Just a week ago, the two engineers
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A group of students from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) have opposed the varsity’s move to allow an invitation to yoga guru Baba Ramdev for a keynote address at the 22{+n}{+d}International Congress of Vedanta, being co-organised by the institution. Calling the move, a “silent Right-wing onslaught” on JNU, the students have warned University officials to withdraw
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