Perhaps, six years weren’t enough for Mahendra Singh Dhoni to find a place in Virender Sehwag’s list of captains! As the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) felicitated the recently retired superstar on Thursday, Sehwag thanked all his ‘captains’, sans MS Dhoni. Former skippers Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble and Sachin Tendulkar […]
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Justice Tirath Singh Thakur on Thursday took charge as the head of Indian judiciary after being sworn as the 43rd Chief Justice of India by President Pranab Mukherjee. He will remain at the helm for 13 months till he retires on January 4, 2017. Soft-spoken and known for his mild nature, Justice Thakur, however, is
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With the confidence of a man who’s beaten a prime minister-led campaign to win the top job in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said BJP is not serious about constructing the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. His comments come barely 24 hours after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said he hopes the construction of the
‘BJP is not serious about Ram temple, they treat Ram like a party member’: Nitish Kumar Read More »
The Delhi Assembly on Thursday approved a whopping 400% hike in basic salary of MLAs and Ministers besides hefty increase in perks and allowances, catapulting them among the highest paid lawmakers in the country. As per provision of the bill cleared by the Assembly, the basic salary of legislators will rise from current Rs 12,000
The Indian Navy was looking to create more infrastructure in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, navy chief Admiral R.K. Dhowan said on Thursday, terming the islands “strategically located”. “There is particular focus on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as extended arms of the country,” Admiral Dhowan said at the annual press conference ahead of Navy
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Defending the practice of not allowing women to perform ‘puja’ at Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra rural development minister Pankaja Munde said on Thursday traditional rituals cannot be “linked with insult” of women. Munde’s statement, which came in the wake of a woman offering ‘puja’ at the temple by breaching security, drew sharp
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the 2012 murder of Sheena Bora, may seek information on aspects related to the wider conspiracy surrounding the case from two West Bengal-cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officers who were in touch with key accused Indrani Mukerjea. The two IPS officers allegedly knew Indrani as “friends”
CBI may seek info from Indrani’s acquaintances, two IPS officers Read More »
As the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday took over the investigation into the deadliest US mass shooting since the Sandy Hook massacre three years ago, police revealed that it has recovered 12 pipe bombs huge cache of arms and ammunitions at the home of the shooters identified as a Pakistani-origin couple, parents of
After days of chaos, there was finally some relief for the flood-battered people of Chennai, as a break in rain overnight helped reduce water levels of the Adyar and Kumbh rivers, thus easing large-scale flooding. While intermittent rain has been forecast for Chennai over the next 24 hours, coastal and interior Tamil Nadu will receive
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Feast your eyes! The second trailer for Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: The Dawn of Justice is here and it doesn’t disappoint. If you, like us, thought the first trailer released during Comic Con was spectacular and if you, like us, were slightly disappointed by the recently released sneak-peek, wait till you see the second
The unprecedented rains in Chennai have left the city marooned and helpless. The rich and privileged have not been spared either. However, Kamal Haasan who lives on the posh Eldams Road is relatively sheltered and safe from the deluge. But many of his friends and relatives are hugely affected. Speaking exclusively from his residence in
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Amitabh Bachchan is certainly going to have busy 2016. Currently, shooting for Sujoy Ghosh’s film in Kolkata, he has also reunited with Shoojit Sircar for a social thriller. This time, though Shoojit comes as a producer of the film and it will be directed by National Award winning Bengali director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury. Aniruddha has
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Bollywood actor Govinda says, the decision of the court is paramount for him and that he will respect it, after he was advised by the apex court on Monday to end the dispute and apologize to a fan he slapped in 2008. “Till the time I receive a letter from the court, I cannot make
Court’s decision is paramount, but who is funding the fan, asks Govinda Read More »
For all the perverts out there who think it’s their birth-right to peer up women’s skirts, here’s a film that peers right into women’s souls, and seven of them. They’re all so grandly scripted they seem to have walked into the film from our lives. Every one of the seven female protagonists are by actresses
Angry Indian Goddesses review: Pan Nalin’s gorgeous film peers right into women’s soul Read More »
Virender Sehwag, who recently retired from international cricket, thanked his former India captains Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble along with iconic Sachin Tendulkar for their guidance during his illustrious international career. Sehwag, however, did not mention the name of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, under whom he played for the national team for almost six years.
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The Cameroon army claimed on Wednesday to have dealt a major blow to Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists, killing around 100 fighters and freeing 900 hostages in a three-day operation last week. The claim, which could not be independently confirmed, comes on the heels of twin suicide attacks the previous day in the far north of
Cameroon army kills 100 Boko Haram fighters, frees 900 hostages: Ministry Read More »
US President Barack Obama who has held meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on several occasions, has found in him a politician who is honest and has a clear vision for India, the White House has said. “President Obama has found Prime Minister Modi to be somebody who is honest and direct, somebody who has
Obama believes PM Modi is ‘honest and direct’, has a clear vision for India, says US Read More »
A Kabul official said Wednesday that the new Afghan Taliban leader, Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, has been wounded in a firefight that broke out at a gathering of several Taliban figures in neighboring Pakistan the previous night. The Taliban promptly denied the claim, dismissing it as propaganda by the Afghan government. Sultan Faizy, spokesman for Afghan
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There has to be an ETA with common sense and logic. We cannot keep delaying this flight as a nation. We cannot discuss the rights and wrongs of sitting down when our national anthem is being played in a public place. It is not up for debate. You don’t want to agree with the fact
Five persons, including three women, were arrested from Manmad near here for allegedly selling a new-born baby girl, police said on Thursday . The five accused were nabbed yesterday by Manmad Police in the district and were produced before a local court, which remanded them in three days police custody. According to the complaint lodged
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India’s environmental court slammed the Delhi government on Wednesday for failing to improve its notoriously toxic air, as the capital spent another day blanketed in grey smog. The National Green Tribunal demanded authorities hold a crisis meeting to come up with a strategy to tackle the haze that has worsened across the city in recent
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Accessible India campaign in the national capital on the occasion of International Day of Persons with Disabilities. It is a nationwide flagship campaign for achieving universal accessibility for persons with disabilities and to create an enabling and barrier free environment, with a focus on Built Environment, Public Transportation and
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There has been no let up in the subversive activities by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) on Indian soil. Around the time Prime Minister Narendra Modi was shaking hands with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of Paris summit on climate change, the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police busted an ISI spy ring
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In yet another proof of the widely believed assessment that both India and Pakistan would have suffered huge irreparable losses during the 1999 Kargil War, a former top White House official has now claimed that Islamabad even thought of taking the extreme step of using nuclear weapons against New Delhi when its Army was facing
India, Pakistan were close to ‘annihilating each other’ during 1999 Kargil War? Read More »
The CPI(M) in Kerala on Wednesday described as “shocking” the deposition made by a prime accused before the judicial commission probing solar scam that a bribe of Rs 5.50 crore was paid to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. The deposition was made by Biju Radhakrishnan, the second accused in the solar case, before the commission at
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Tamil Nadu’s Jayalalithaa government on Wednesday suffered a setback as the Supreme Court ruled that it could not unilaterally commute life terms of Rajiv assassination case convicts and release them without the Centre’s concurrence. With the SC ruling that in cases where death sentence has been commuted to life, the convict has to undergo imprisonment
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Seven wards — Nikol, Gota, Vadaj, Asarwa, Bapunagar, Navrangpura and Thaltej — turned out to be clinchers for the state BJP’s city unit in Ahmedabad which erupted in celebrations late Wednesday morning, after the party registered win in these “critical wards”, the strongholds of the Patidars. Incidentally, the 36-seat Viramgam municipality, which is home to
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Britain will join the bombing campaign against Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria after MPs voted Wednesday in favour of air strikes by a clear margin despite lingering deep divisions. Prime Minister David Cameron secured the strong mandate he had sought with 397 of MPs voting in favour and 223 against, a majority of 174,
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White House heaped high praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he has a clear understanding of the India-US relationship and a clear vision for where he wants to take his country. President Barack Obama “certainly does respect Prime Minister Modi and has appreciation for his skills and abilities as a politician,” the White House
Narendra Modi has clear vision of India and ties with US: White House Read More »
Superstar Rajinikanth has extended his support to the rain-affected victims of Tamil Nadu by donating Rs. 10 lakh to the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund. An official statement said the donation was paid through Sri Raghavendra Public Charitable Trust, owned by Rajinikanth. Actor Dhanush, son-in-law of the superstar, has donated Rs.5 lakh. Suriya and his
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