Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan Khan on Tuesday regretted that the box office collection of his film ‘Dilwale’ was adversely affected as its screening was stopped in some places by those who “misinterpreted” and “misconstrued” his comments on intolerance in the country. Agonised over the protests against the film, Shah Rukh Khan said it made […]
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Steve Smith has become the fourth Australia player and 11th player overall to win the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy after being named as the ICC Cricketer of the Year 2015. Smith follows in the footsteps of Ricky Ponting (2006 and 2007), Mitchell Johnson (2009 and 2014) and Michael Clarke (2013) to lift the coveted
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India’s first indigenously designed and built warship INS Godavari will be decommissioned tomorrow in Mumbai, thirty-two-years after it was inducted into the Indian Navy. Over the past three decades, Godavari has successfully been deployed in numerous operations including Operation Jupiter – 1988 (Sri Lanka), Operation Shield and Operation Bolster – 1994 (de-induction of Indian Army
A teacher at a government Sanskrit school in Jhunjhunu has been arrested after he allegedly stripped and attempted to rape a 13-year-old student in his class, police said. Hawa Singh, 45, was produced in a court on Tuesday. On Saturday last week, the teacher allegedly asked the Class VIII student to cook the mid-day meal.
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Karan Johar, who had been shooting his upcoming film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil in London, wrapped up his schedule in the city and took to his Twitter page to share this update with everyone and also to reveal the release date. Taking to the social micro-blogging site, KJo wrote, And it's a wrap on our
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Bigg Boss 9 is turning out to be quite a happening show with the drama in the house being escalated to another level! And Miss Hysteria aka Mandana Karimi has another issue that has made her (as indeed everybody’s life ) miserable! The issue is really serious! Guess what? Mandana cries hoarse over her stolen
Russian bombers have “directly attacked” and killed at least 200 civilians in Syria and its campaign of air strikes could amount to war crimes, campaigners say. In a major new report on Russia’s intervention in Syria, Amnesty International accused Vladimir Putin’s government of knowingly targeting residential areas in “indiscriminate attacks”, before covering up the evidence
The legal stakeholders in the long-standing Ayodhya land dispute have sought an explanation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the arrival of two trucks of stones for constructing a Ram temple at the site of the demolished Babri Masjid, and a Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader’s implication that the move had the Union government’s blessing. On
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It began with the driver of a Toyota Innova slamming the brakes of his car on the Yamuna Expressway on Tuesday morning around 8. In the fog, the driver of a Swift Dzire, which was behind it, did not see the Innova braking, and rammed right into it. What followed for the next half an
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Winter is now truly here. Delhi woke up on Wednesday morning covered in a blanket of thick fog which reduced the visibility on the roads to a mere 100 metres. The early morning temperature stood at a chilly 6.5 degrees. The fog is expected to lift by 11 am thereby providing some relief and allowing
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A migrant worker was pulled out alive Wednesday after he was buried for more than 60 hours in a massive landslide that swept through part of a major manufacturing city in southern China. Rao Liangzhong of the Shenzhen Emergency Response Office said that man, Tian Zeming, was rescued around dawn on Wednesday. He said Tian
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As much of the world gears up for Christmas, there’s one country where citizens could risk time in prison if they are caught celebrating: the tiny, oil-rich sultanate of Brunei. The country, an enclave on the southeast Asian island of Borneo surrounded by Malaysia, is estimated to have a population of just under 430,000, and
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The Anti Terrorism Squad has detained a person in Pune suspecting that he was one of the three missing Mumbai youths suspected to have joined terror outfit Islamic State (IS), police said. Officials from Pune’s ATS unit detained the person, said the ATS official, adding that they would not disclose the youth’s name as they
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi needs to think twice before he steps out in the open every morning at his official residence 7, RCR with his yoga mat. That’s because the biggest threat to Modi comes not from any madcap jihadi but from the noxious Delhi air. Unbelievable as this might sound, a reality check of
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On the first hearing on defamation suit filed by the Union minister, Arun Jaitley , the Delhi high court on Tuesday issued notice to chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other Aam Aadmi Party members. The court of joint regis trar K Venugopal sought replies from the CM, Kumar Vishwas, Raghav Chadha, Ashutosh, Sanjay Singh
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump used a crude slang to describe Hillary Clinton’s loss to Barack Obama for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination and then ridiculed her taking a bathroom break during a recent Democratic debate. Trump’s vulgar comments about the Democratic front-runner at a campaign appearance on Monday night came a day after he
More than a month after the controversy over his remarks on intolerance, actor Shah Rukh Khan today said his comments were “misconstrued” and that he did not say anything for which he should apologise. “What I want to say I speak. But lot of things I say are misconstrued, perhaps mispresented, perhaps misinterpreted sometime,” he
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He has nothing more to prove to anyone after haunting batsmen for more than 15 years in international cricket and Harbhajan Singh believes that his “tried and tested” strengths are the ones he will rely on as he prepares to lay his hands on a record third world title. Harbhajan was named in India’s Twenty20
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Low-cost carrier SpiceJet today said a stray dog crossed the path of its Delhi-Ahmedabad flight at Ahmedabad airport, but nothing untoward happened. “Flight SG193, on December 19, after landing on runway 23 got an exit to taxiway at the end of the runway. While taxiing, halfway through the allotted bay, the captain saw a big
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A Border Security Force aircraft crashed just outside IGI Airport, within five minutes of taking-off from there on Tuesday morning, killing all 10 on board including two pilots and eight technicians from the force who were headed for Ranchi to repair an Mi-17 V5 helicopter. The commander of the 10-seater, twin-engine airplane averted a bigger
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Some half dozen cars are parked in the largely empty lot of the warehouse style building bearing the name SVU – for Silicon Valley University — on Fortune Drive in San Jose. A few students are trickling in to the spare lobby of the building where two admin personnel are fielding questions behind an inquiry
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves for Russia today for a two-day visit that is part of the annual summit talks with President Vladimir Putin. After their meeting in Moscow on Thursday, the two leaders are expected to sign key agreements on defence and nuclear energy. “We expect to sign a number of agreements covering a
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Parliament on Tuesday passed the juvenile justice bill, a day after members cutting across party lines agreed that the important legislation should be taken up immediately. The bill provides for the trial of those between 16 and 18 years of age as adults for heinous offences. Also, anyone between the age of 16 and 18
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Bollywood actress Sunny Leone says superstar Salman Khan was quite welcoming when she came to India and hence he holds a very special place in her heart. Before entering Bollywood, Sunny had appeared on Salman’s hit reality show ‘Bigg Boss’. “I am a big fan of him. He was one of the first people in
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“I am much fitter now than I was during the 2011 World Cup,” was Yuvraj Singh’s reply when Firstpost asked him about his physical fitness. Indian cricket fans will not forget the 2011 World Cup in a hurry. The images of MS Dhoni, eyes still, swirling the bat after the championship-winning six and Sachin Tendulkar
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Noted criminal lawyer Ram Jethmalani will represent Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the civil and criminal defamation suits filed against him by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Jaitley filed both civil and criminal defamation cases against Kejriwal and five AAP leaders for allegedly defaming him and sought Rs 10 crore in damages. Kejriwal is not
Two men were killed and two women injured in a suspected gang war between two groups in southwest Delhi’s Chawla area on the intervening night of 20-21 December. Sunil, alias Doctor, was shot dead by Nafe Singh, alias Mantri, and two accomplices at Deenpur Mod in Najafgarh area at around 11 pm. Hours later at
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With an objective to bolster its arsenal amid recurring incidents of incursions by Chinese troops, India has sought the latest versions of unmanned aerial vehicles, both the armed and surveillance ones from US. Industry sources familiar with New Delhi’s interest and ongoing talks between the two governments, said that India is looking for about 100
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Acknowledging “legitimate terrorism concerns and threats” in South Asia, US says it continues to welcome and encourage efforts by India and Pakistan to work bilaterally to solve very difficult, complicated issues between them. “Every political leader has responsibilities, especially ones that are dealing here with sensitive relations,” State Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters Monday
Ten people were killed as a small plane of the Border Security Force (BSF) crashed near the Delhi airport this morning, soon after take-off. All on board, including three BSF officers and seven technicians, were killed. The plane, a Super King aircraft, was flying to Ranchi. Reports suggest it was trying to return after a
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