Six medium intensity earthquakes jolted the Andaman and Nicobar islands in a span of four hours on Sunday, with each measuring around five or more on the Richter Scale, but there was no tsunami alert. Another earthquake not far from the archipelago hit North Sumatra island in Indonesia, measuring 5.7 on the Richter Scale at […]
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The arrow hit the bullseye in Bihar on Sunday with the support of lantern while the lotus wilted in a politically crucial state. As the JD(U)-led Grand Secular Alliance swept the Bihar Assembly elections, the outcome was very crucial for Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)), whose election symbol is arrow, as it was decimated in 2014
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The Border Security Forces (BSF) and Pakistani Rangers held casual contact meeting, second in less than a week, along International Border (IB) in R S Pura sector of Jammu district on Sunday. A casual contact level meeting was held between Pak Rangers and BSF at Octerio Border Out Post (BOP) along International Border in RS
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A book released in the UK has claimed that an unseen holy man who lived in several parts of Uttar Pradesh from 1950s to 1980s was in fact Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in disguise. The book – What Happened to Netaji? – by former journalist Anuj Dhar details three prominent theories of Bose’s death before
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As the verdict of people in Bihar gave it a thumping victory, the Nitish Kumar-led Grand Alliance also emerged on the top, with the largest vote share of nearly 46 per cent as against NDA’s nearly 34 per cent. On single-party basis, however, the BJP managed a face-saver with a vote share of nearly 24.8
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Former Union Minister Arun Shourie on Sunday said Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and Arun Jaitley should be held accountable for BJP’s loss in Bihar elections and predicted that the “silent non-cooperation movement” in the party against the leadership will now deepen. He said a “Modi-centric” campaign “lacked credibility” because of the unkept promises of the
The crackers suddenly went silent at the BJP office two hours after counting for the Bihar election began. It was time for introspection. Will it go beyond just introspection? BJP leaders ruled out change in leadership. “Organisational elections are approaching and Amit Shah will be party president again,” said BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya. After
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On a thrilling third day that turned out to be the last of the Mohali Test, India secured a 1-0 lead over South Africa with their spinners picking the batsmen off like plastic ducks at a shooting range. An alarming 18 wickets fell on day three at the PCA Stadium, 16 of them to spin,
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will announce a special package worth over Rs 75,000 crore for Jammu and Kashmir in Srinagar on Saturday, eight months after the PDP-BJP alliance assumed charge in the state. According to government sources, Modi is likely to spell out the details of the package during a public meeting at the Sher-e-Kashmir
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Bipasha Basu, who loves working out, will be soon releasing her fourth workout video. However, the sultry actress is not very happy about her leaked workout video with alleged boyfriend Karan Singh Grover. Speaking to Indian media DNA, Bipasha revealed that a trainer, Abbas was shooting videos for World Pull-up Day, and happened to capture
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The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant relief to Bollywood actor Aditya Pancholi’s on his plea to retain tenancy rights over a bungalow in Juhu in Mumbai and directed him to vacate the premises by the end of the year. A bench, comprising justices J S Khehar and R Banumathi, directed Pancholi to vacate
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Gurvinder Singh’s “Chauthi Koot”, India’s official entry at Cannes this year, bagged the best film award, while actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui-starrer teacher-student love story “Haraamkhor” won the runners up trophy at the closing ceremony of Jio MAMI 17th Mumbai Film Festival. The two films were screened in the India Gold section category of competition held during
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China and Vietnam on Friday agreed to maintain peace and jointly try to resolve the South China Sea controversy. Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is visiting Hanoi, extended his hand of friendship to Vietnam amid rising tensions in the South China Sea ever since a US naval ship sailed into the disputed waters recently. Xi’s
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Rescue teams searched through mud and debris on Friday for people still missing from a village devastated by the collapse of two dams at a Brazilian mine owned by the world’s largest mining company, BHP Billiton. While only one worker has been confirmed dead, the local governor said the mining disaster caused the most environmental
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Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar and legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, becoming the first cricketers to perform the ceremonial activity at the world’s largest stock exchange. The stars are in the city for the All Stars T20 series, which begins on Saturday. Indian
The government tonight hiked excise duty on petrol by Rs 1.60 per litre and the same on diesel by 40 paisa a litre to mop up additional revenue to meet budgetary targets. The basic excise duty on unbranded or normal petrol was increased from Rs 5.46 per litre to Rs 7.06 a litre, according to
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Making it clear that the US was not trying to create divisions in Asia, Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has said America wants China to be part of the Asian security system and not stand apart from it. Speaking to reporters aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt in South China Sea, Carter refuted reports that the United States
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Veteran actress and BJP MP Hema Malini on Friday came out in support of superstar Shah Rukh Khan, saying he was “targeted” for no reason. “Shah Rukh has not said he is going to return the award or anything. I feel he has been targeted (“nishana bana rahe hai”). I feel personally that it is
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The official notification for One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme will be issued before Diwali, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Friday. The announcement comes on a day when protesting ex-servicemen decided to step up their protests and return their medals across the country starting 9 November. “As you are aware, it will be issued
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War with India is not an option as use of force could only worsen the situation, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said while hoping to resolve all outstanding issues between the two countries. Sharif, during a meeting with President Mamnoon Hussain on Friday, wished to resolve all outstanding issues with India through dialogue as
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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said he has invited intellectuals for discussion in the wake of returning of awards by many of them claiming “growing intolerance” in the country. “I still don’t know the reason behind returning of awards by them… As the home minister, I have invited intellectuals for discussion. I would
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To provide a boost to the clean India initiative, the government on Friday said it will impose a Swachh Bharat cess of 0.5% on all services liable for service tax, effective from November 15, 2015. In his budget speech in February, finance minister Arun Jaitley had proposed an enabling provision to levy the cess at
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The spectre of a ticking bomb in the belly of a commercial airliner has returned to haunt the airline industry after world leaders virtually confirmed that is what brought down the Russian airplane in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula last Saturday. President Obama on Thursday came close to backing British PM David Cameron’s assertion of the bomb
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An exit poll on NDTV on Friday predicted an edge for the BJP-led alliance in the Bihar Assembly elections giving it 120 to 130 seats in the 243 member House. A post-poll survey ( not an exit poll) done by Lokniti-CSDS for The Indian Express, points to a turnaround in favour of the Mahagathbandhan. A
Following 27 years of being on the lam, Chhota Rajan — or Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje, if you prefer — was brought back to India early on Friday morning, and whisked straight to the CBI headquarters. In anticipation of a massive media presence at the airport, the CBI used a decoy car to ward them off.
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36 hours to go for the all-important Bihar election results, Rash?riya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has told ET that Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has already conceded defeat by saying that Amit Shah will get a second term as BJP President irrespective of the Bihar poll results. The Home Minister had made
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Two Indian brothers are among four men charged by a US court with providing material support to al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed in a US drone strike in 2011. The two Indians have been identified as Yahya Farooq Mohammad, 37, and his brother Ibrahim Zubair Mohammad, 36, while the other two are Asif
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Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today criticised India for raking up human rights abuses in the Himalayan nation at a UN Human Rights Council meet in Geneva. India, for the first time, raised the issue of war crimes committed during the decade-long conflict in any international forum and urged Nepal to carry out the
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Bollywood superstar Salman Khan said that the best thing that director Kiran Rao has done after marrying Aamir Khan is to organise MAMI festival. “I am so happy that Kiran Rao reintroduced MAMI. I think it is the best thing that you (Kiran) could have ever done in your life after Aamir Khan. The best
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Bollywood director Zoya Akhtar said that if she had a national award to her credit she would have returned it given the current atmosphere in the country. “If I had the national award, I would have returned it. It is a peaceful way of saying things, expressing things. I support them,” Zoya said on the
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