Belgian police arrested 16 people in a wave of anti-terrorism raids but key Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam slipped the net, with Brussels set to remain under security lockdown on Monday. Schools and the metro will be shut as Brussels stays at the highest possible alert level over what Prime Minister Charles Michel called a […]
At least 16 people were hospitalized after a shooting at a playground in New Orleans, a local TV station reported on Sunday, citing police. The shooting occurred around 7 pm local time (0100 GMT on Monday) in Bunny Friend Park in the city’s Upper Ninth Ward. The Times-Picayune newspaper quoted New Orleans Police Superintendent Michael
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Kareena Kapoor Khan has disapproved of the trend of writers and filmmakers returning their awards to protest against the growing ‘intolerance’ in the country, and advised them to instead address the issues bothering them. “Returning an award would not solve any problem. We should learn to address the issue (of intolerance) rather than getting it
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Acting on a tip-off, police and members of People for Animals (PFA) – an NGO helmed by BJP leader and Union minister Maneka Gandhi – raided a private school here on Thursday and to their surprise found female foetus among other species preserved in the lab there. Police seized 30 jars, which also contained preserved
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Are exotic pet birds safer in cages or do they have a fundamental right to fly? This is the cardinal question the Supreme Court has agreed to answer. The debate will see the apex court consider, on one side, the right to livelihood of thousands of pet shop owners spread across the country, and on
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Opposition Congress and radical Sikh groups on Friday slammed Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal for his remarks that Congress was planning to align with radicals in the forthcoming assembly elections. “We are strong enough on our own to make you march out of Punjab and we really don’t need anybody’s help, much less
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Asserting that the time had come for India to make its mark in the resurgence of Asia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called the world leaders to come to India and witness the ‘winds of change’ as he pitched his ‘Make in India’ initiative on the global forum. “I have been saying that the
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Bruno Herrero scored a penalty and Diomansy Kamara tapped in late to give NorthEast United a well deserved 2-0 win over a struggling Mumbai City FC and propel them into the top four of the Indian Super League. Backed by a typically vociferous crowd, The Highlanders saw off early pressure from the visitors, who were
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Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan says his friends and filmmakers Karan Johar and Farah Khan are “such wannabe actors” as they are always keen to be in front of the camera rather than behind it. Karan, who has directed Shah Rukh in most of his directorial ventures, got nostalgic when he saw Shah Rukh and
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The UN Security Council on Friday authorized countries to “take all necessary measures” to fight the Islamic State group in a resolution that won unanimous backing a week after the Paris attacks. The French-drafted measure calls on all UN member states to “redouble and coordinate their efforts to prevent and suppress terrorist attacks” committed by
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Belgium raised its terror alert to the highest level in the capital Brussels on Saturday, with the OCAM national crisis centre warning of an “imminent threat” a week after the Paris attacks. “Following our latest evaluation… the centre has raised its terror alert to level 4, signifying a very serious threat, for the Brussels region,”
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The U.S. Navy will likely carry out another patrol within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands in the South China Sea before the end of the year, a U.S. Navy official said on Friday. The USS Lassen, a guided missile destroyer, last month sailed close to one of China’s man-made islands in the Spratly Islands
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A 19-year-old engineering student of Sathyabama University in Chennai committed suicide in his Hyderabad home late on Thursday night, leaving behind a note in which he said some seniors ragged him severely and extorted money from him. K Venkata Krishna Chaitanya, a second-year BTech student, hanged himself with a cord from the ceiling of his
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Around 31 meritorious students and five teachers of 36 schools were felicitated with ‘Chhattisgarh jewels’ award at the concluding ceremony of Child Rights Protection week, on Friday. Award was presented by chief minister Raman Singh and UNICEF’s brand ambassador Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor, who was present at the event as special guest. Dr. Raman Singh
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India Test captain Virat Kohli has said that there is no set combination in the team and that everyone is ready to put their hand up and perform whenever needed. After winning the first of the three match Test series, India came in with a huge boost in confidence here for the second but after
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Friday said that though India is a country with various beliefs, religion should not be a hurdle in health and medication. The 73-year-old actor, who is the brand ambassador of India in the fight against tuberculosis (TB), said during the polio eradication campaign he found that there were few communities who
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Suspected Islamist gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Mali’s capital Friday, firing automatic weapons and seizing more than 100 guests and staff in a hostage-taking that left at least 27 people dead. Mali state television says the government has declared a 10-day state of emergency beginning at midnight. Special forces staged a dramatic floor-by-floor rescue
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Russia is pounding the Islamic State jihadists in Syria with bombs emblazoned with the words “For our people” and “For Paris” after Moscow vowed vengeance following the bombing of a plane over Sinai. Russian television broadcast a video in which a man is seen scrawling “For our people!” and “For Paris!” in black pen on
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday said former media mogul Peter Mukerjea, arrested on Thursday, was “found to be involved in a criminal conspiracy with his wife” to murder her daughter from her first husband, Sheena Bora, and tried to mislead his son from his previous marriage, Rahul, by misinforming him that she
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JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar, who was sworn in as chief minister for the fifth time on Friday, faces the big challenge of living up to expectation of the toiling multitudes which voted him to another term in office in the hope he will improve their quality of life. One of the key challenges for the
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Malaysia’s leader on Saturday denounced the Islamic State as an “evil” terrorist group, saying his Muslim-majority country is ready to join others to defeat it while cautioning that a military solution alone was not enough. What needs to be “vanquished” is the ideology of the Islamic State, said Prime Minister Najib Razak in a speech
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The Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone starrer Bajirao-Mastani, produced and directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, has landed into controversy, with the descendant of Bajirao Peshwa I alleging that historical facts have been “altered” while portraying the late king and his wives Kashibai and Mastani in the film. In a letter written to Maharashtra Chief Minister
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It’s raining wild card entries in the Bigg Boss house and the newest contestant on the block is set to bring about yet another entertaining twist in the tale! Designer Kanwaljeet Singh who will enter the show this week will energise the house with his flamboyant personality, wicked sense of humour and loving nature. Being
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Former batsman Sanjay Manjrekar pointed out that the Indian cricket team knows that the only way they can defeat visitors South Africa is by creating a spin friendly pitch. India face South Africa in the third and penultimate Test in Nagpur from November 25 with a 1-0 lead after winning the first Test in Mohali
The M A Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai faces certain problems ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 next year, but the BCCI has not yet ruled out the ground as one of the venues for the biennial event. “We held a detailed discussion today. There were certain centres which were given deadlines of August 25 to
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Jihadists launched a shooting rampage in the Radisson Blu hotel in the centre of the Malian capital Bamako on Friday, security sources and an AFP journalist said. Automatic weapons fire could be heard from outside the 190-room hotel, where security forces have set up a security cordon. “It’s all happening on the seventh floor, jihadists
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Security has been stepped up in and around Jail no 2 of Tihar prison where underworld don Chhota Rajan was lodged on Thursday after being remanded in a 14-day judicial custody. “The jail authorities have been asked to minutely screen the area and maintain maximum security. A team of 10 head warders, 10 warders, one
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Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday advised Congress president Sonia Gandhi to give some knowledge to her son Rahul Gandhi about the grand old party’s history. While taking a dig at Rahul, the BJP leader said it would be good for the Congress vice
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The US on Thursday distanced itself on Kashmir issue, a day after visiting Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Sharif raised the matter with US Secretary of State John Kerry. “The US has no role to play in Kashmir issue and it is for India and Pakistan to address the problem through dialogue”, a top American
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French Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned on Thursday that France was at a risk of chemical or biological weapons attack, as lawmakers voted to extend a state of emergency imposed after the Paris carnage. Valls warned of the dangers still faced by France as he opened a parliamentary debate that later saw lawmakers extend an
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