Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday took a dig at the Aam Aadmi Party, saying Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was “no different” than his Punjab counterpart Parkash Singh Badal “when it comes to greed for money”. Reacting to the 400% salary hike for Delhi legislators, the Congress leader said Kejriwal had turned […]
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Operatives of the Lashkar-e-Toiba could be planning suicide terror strikes in Delhi, a First Information Report or FIR filed by the Delhi Police has revealed. The FIR, filed on December 1, also says the terror group could target prominent personalities and crowded areas of the city. Lashkar commanders are in touch with the operatives who
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Union minister Smriti Irani today said that the Human Resources Development (HRD) ministry was known for “political friction” for long, but it will now be known for “political consensus”. Speaking at an interaction during the Hindustan Times Summit, Ms Irani said that many global ranking bodies did not take into consideration the uniqueness of Indian
President Barack Obama has said that it is in US interest to offer India with technologies that will allow them to leapfrog over dirty technologies and achieve developmental goals in an environmental friendly way. Obama’s remarks in an interview to the CBS news early this week assumes significance as countries are literally burning midnight oil
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Amid possibility of visit by Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj to Islamabad that may yet again be seen as reaching out to the neighbour Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Delhi and Islamabad on December 7-10 to discuss key political, economic, and security issues with government officials and non-governmental experts. While in Delhi
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Just hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed satisfaction at a function that Parliament was running smoothly, business in Lok Sabha had to be suspended for lack of quorum, exposing the disarray in floor management of the ruling party and giving an opening to Congress to gloat over the opponent’s discomfiture. Lack of numbers put
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Several hundred Turkish soldiers have been deployed to provide training for Iraqi troops in an area near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, which is under Islamic State control, a Turkish security source told Reuters on Friday. Islamic State militants overran Mosul, a city of more than one million people, in June 2014, but a
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Two men who were denied entry to a nightclub later returned with others and bombed it here on Friday, setting off a blaze that killed all 16 people who were trapped inside by the smoke and flames, authorities said. Terrorism was quickly ruled out as the cause of the attack at the El Sayad restaurant
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Lawmakers on Friday approved plans for Germany to take on a direct role in the battle against the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, answering France’s appeal for help after the deadly Paris attacks. Parliament agreed to the mandate for the deployment of Tornado reconnaissance jets, a frigate and up to 1,200 troops by an
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China is set to expand investments in Africa that would help absorb its excess manufacturing capacity as part of an effort to re-engage with the continent and integrate it within its Belt and Road connectivity framework. In tune with the meeting in Johannesburg, of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), which President Xi Jinping and
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The richest Hindu temple in the world could soon come to the rescue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to recycle tonnes of idle gold and cut economy-hurting imports. The gold monetisation scheme, aimed at persuading individuals, institutions and rich temples to deposit some of their physical gold with banks to recycle, has only attracted
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The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to examine if social networking sites like Facebook and WhatsApp can be prosecuted for use of their platforms to circulate offensive and vulgar material but turned down a plea to block the sites. A social justice bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and U U Lalit asked
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The government said it will bring a comprehensive law to criminalize marital rape by amending the IPC and was awaiting the Law Commission report on the issue. “The issue of marital rape is very complicated and it is very difficult to explain and describe it. These are of such extreme private nature and no records
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The Delhi government announced on Friday each private car and two-wheeler will be allowed on the city’s roads only every other day from next year in a bid to even the odds stacked against authorities in their efforts to clean up the Capital’s toxic air. Private vehicles will be allowed to run on the streets
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The IAF will commission women as fighter pilots from June 2016 on an “experimental basis” for five years, minister of state for defence Rao Inderjit Singh told Lok Sabha on Friday. As reported in October, the government has decided to break the rigid combat-exclusion policy for women prevalent since they began joining the armed forces
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Bollywood celebrities have expressed their grief and conveyed their prayers for all those who are battling the deadly floods in Chennai currently. Numerous actors present at the Van Heusen and GQ Fashion Nights conveyed their feelings about the situation. “It’s a very pressing issue, our hearts truly go out to all our friends in Chennai.
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An imposter duped Andheri-based actor Anjali Badhoria of Rs 7 lakh by impersonating himself as producer Ekta Kapoor, owner of Balaji Telefilms, on a fake Facebook account, according to a report in an English daily. The conman promised Badhoria of a role in Balaji Telefilms’ serials to extract money from her. The matter came to
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Bollywood actor Salman Khan may be the king of box office numbers, but he is yet to ward off all the legal troubles. In the infamous 2002 hit-and-run case, a petition was filed to cancel Salman’s bail order. According to reports, the Supreme Court has rejected the plea to cancel Salman’s bail in 2002 Hit-and-run
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Ajinkya Rahane struck his fifth Test hundred to guide India to a commendable 326/8 at lunch on the second day of the fourth and final cricket match against South Africa in Delhi on Friday. Rahane scored 127 off 215 balls, achieving the distinction of being the first player from either side to have reached a
The US military will open up all positions — including frontline combat roles — to women, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced Thursday in a sweeping move officially ending centuries of men-only tradition. The historic step served as a rebuke to a Marine Corps call this year for a partial exemption, after it argued mixed-gender combat
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Members of the Arab and Muslim communities in the United States said Thursday they feared a backlash, as details emerged of the Muslim couple who shot dead 14 people in California. One organisation will meet officials with the Department of Homeland Security on Friday to assess safety measures after the attack that left 14 dead
Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansoor has died of injuries, Afghanistan officials confirmed on Friday. Mansoor was critically injured in a gunfight on Wednesday in an argument with commanders in the militant group, Xinhua quoted Afghanistan officials as saying. The incident came as the group has been divided into two factions after Mansoor succeeded former Taliban
Australia’s parliament has passed legislation to strip dual nationals of their citizenship if they are convicted of terrorism offences or found to have fought with banned groups overseas, despite concerns about deporting jihadists. Attorney-General George Brandis said the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill, passed late Thursday, updated existing law to reflect “the new
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Just back from a whirlwind international tour taking selfies with adoring fans, dining with Queen Elizabeth II and vowing strong action on climate change, Canada’s new prime minister now faces big challenges at home, including a sluggish economy. Justin Trudeau was cheered at summits in Paris, Turkey, Malta and the Philippines for his youthful good
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Amid raging debate on religious intolerance in the country, Navy Chief Admiral RK Dhowan on Thursday asserted that his force was “totally secular” and every ship of the Indian Navy was a microcosm of India. Underlining that secularism starts from individual and the smallest unit, he said the Navy maintains the spirit of secularism. “I
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The US has offered assistance to India in meeting the humanitarian challenge posed by the Chennai deluge and condoled the loss of lives in the worst flooding faced by the city in decades. “The US stands ready to assist the people of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, as well as the Government of India as they face
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has questioned Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s announcement that 35,000 new policemen will be recruited soon in the state. In a state where for 100 peon posts, more than 23 lakh applications had come, how will the government handle the police recruitment when it has decided to waive off
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France on Thursday expressed solidarity with people affected by the worst ever floods in Chennai and its suburbs and said the “unprecedented” magnitude of the flooding confirms that time is running out and “concrete and urgent” action needs to be taken against climate disruption. “Flooding in India’s Chennai region has taken a tragic toll. I
Life for people in Tamil Nadu’s Chennai continue to be difficult though the rains have stopped in the capital. Many areas in Chennai still remain under water and supplies of essentials was difficult, said residents. “Water logging continues to be there. The only mercy was that there were no rains,” said Viswanath, a resident. The
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Embarrassed over a fake photo it tweeted, the state-run Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Thursday was forced to delete the tweet – a photoshopped image showing PM Narendra Modi making an aerial survey of flood-hit Chennai – when a twitterati questioned its logic after spotting the blunder. The photoshopped image showed PM Modi looking through
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