A breakaway faction of the Taliban has appointed its own leader, in the first formal split in the militant movement under new leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, posing a fresh hurdle to potential peace talks. Mullah Mohamed Rasool was named the leader of the faction in a mass gathering of dissident fighters this week in the […]
A Picasso picture of a cabaret artist, which carries a second painting on the reverse, sold for $67.45 million in New York on Thursday, scoring a windfall for American billionaire Bill Koch. It was the top lot of the season so far, proving a savvy investment for the Republican party donor who paid just $3
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A thirteen-month-old baby and a man were the only survivors of a cargo plane that crashed soon after taking off from a South Sudan airport, killing 37 people, a witness and relatives said Thursday. Stephen Warikozi, who heads South Sudan’s Civil Aviation Authority, said the plane was not authorized to carry passengers. He told The
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Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar hopes to see cricket become a global sport by making an impact on the youngsters and women in America through the inaugural three-match All Stars series starting in New York on Saturday. “The idea is to globalise cricket…We are here to encourage youngsters as well as women cricketers who will
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Fridayoffered prayers at Sikh shrine Takht Damdama Sahib at Talwandi Sabo near Batindha. The Takht Sri Darbar Sahib Damdama Sahib, one of the five seats of temporal authority of Sikhism, is the place where Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, prepared the full version of the Sikh scriptures
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Separatist Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was today placed under house arrest while several others were taken into preventive custody to foil their plan of holding a rally parallel to that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Saturday. Independent MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid was also detained on Wednesday in the Kupwara district while
Pakistani ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali has dismissed reports that he had agreed to perform at the concerts in New Delhi or Jaipur in December. “If someone has given any date(s) that I will perform in India, he must have done it by himself. I have made no promise or given any dates for any concert
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“Virat Kohli needed a big knock to celebrate his birthday, but the pace of the Mohali pitch did him in,” said Sunil Gavaskar on Thursday. He was explaining India’s shoddy batting on Day 1 of the Mohali Test against South Africa. After opting to bat first, India were all out for 201, a score Kohli
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Actor Salman Khan has denied reports of a fight with Aamir Khan. Salman reportedly had a fight with Aamir at a party few months ago. “There is no truth to these reports of rift between Aamir and me. You know how these things are written. There was nothing like that,” Salman told PTI. Salman plays
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As many as fourteen people from Washim in west Vidarbha may have lost their vision in one eye after an infection which was caught during cataract surgeries at a district hospital there, the Hindustan Times has reported. The incident puts the spotlight on the sorry state of health care in Maharashtra, particularly outside of metropolitan
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Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday asked the state’s civil and police administrations to brace for a string of desecration incidents of the Guru Granth Sahib. Addressing a high-level meeting of top brass of state civil and police administration, including all divisional commissioners, deputy commissioners, top police officers and others at Punjab Bhawan
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Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon called on Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to condemn the recent Palestinian accusations that Israel harvested the organs of Palestinians killed in October. Palestinian representative at the UN Riyad Mansour wrote a letter to British Ambassador Matthew Rycroft, the president of the Security Council for November, earlier this week, seeking to
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With the aim to decongest traffic and air pollution in Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given infrastructural boost to three states. Modi has laid the foundation stone of the 135 km Kundli Gaziabad Palwal (KGP) expressway, which bypasses Delhi through the eastern side covering Haryana and western UP. The construction work of the 136.5
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In a strongly-worded order, the Gujarat High Court today said the Quran was being misinterpreted by Muslim men to have more than one wife and the provision of polygamy was being misused by them for “selfish reasons”. The high court also stated that time has come for the country to embrace the uniform civil code
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The Bihar election has turned into a thriller whose ending will be revealed only in the final paragraph. The exit polls were expected to give some vital clues to the outcome. But they have just kept the suspense lingering by hinting at all possible outcomes: NDA sweep, Mahagathbandhan victory and a hung Assembly. If the
After being on the run for the past 27 years, underworld don Chhota Rajan was brought to New Delhi early Friday morning from Indonesia by a joint team headed by CBI officials for facing trial in various criminal cases registered against him in Delhi and Mumbai. The 55-year-old gangster, whose real name is Rajendra Sadashiv
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The Indian team management have released Rohit Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Stuart Binny to play for their state sides in the next round of Ranji Trophy matches, beginning on November 7. KL Rahul and Ishant Sharma, who are also not part of India’s XI in the Mohali Test, will however continue to be with the
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After two feel-good films — Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo — Salman is itching to get back into the action mode with Sultan. The actor has started training for the film that has him playing a wrestler. Ask him if there’s any other genre of films that he wants to explore like horror-comedy
Action films getting an ‘A’ certificate is weird, says Salman Khan Read More »
‘Baahubali’ star Tamannaah is known for her smart choices when it comes to her outfits. However, Tamannaah’s dress at an event in Hyderabad recently became the hot topic on social media and in Tollywood. Tamannaah was styled by Mukta Shahdadpuri and wore a pretty dress designed by Gauri and Nainika to the IIFA Utsavam press
‘Baahubali’ actress Tamannaah’s ‘transparent dress’ causes a stir Read More »
Harjit Sajjan, an Indo-Canadian Sikh, was named Canada’s new Defence Minister as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s 30-member cabinet was sworn in at a ceremony in Ottawa on Wednesday. Mr Sajjan, a decorated Lt Colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces who was elected as a lawmaker for Vancouver South, is a combat veteran and has served
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An Antonov-12 Soviet-made cargo plane has crash-landed near South Sudan’s airport shortly after taking off. 41 people have been killed on board and on the ground. The crashed plane may have had about 20 crew and passengers, two of which survived, according to the South Sudanese president’s spokesman. Also, others on the ground may have
Cargo plane crash-lands in S. Sudan, 41 reported dead Read More »
The Supreme Court on Thursday transferred from Himachal Pradesh High Court to Delhi High Court a plea filed by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh in a disproportionate assets case. A Bench of Justices F.M.I. Kalifulla and U.U. Lalit said it was not expressing any opinion on the merits of the case but “simply” transferring the petition
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched India’s first-ever gold coin and inaugurated two gold related schemes, including the gold monetisation scheme, aimed at luring tonnes of unused gold from households into the banking system. “20,000 tonnes of gold is just lying unused. That is the reason we are poor,” he said and added that “If
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Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh is hopes he will make Salman Khan proud through his portrayal of Bajirao in much-talked-about film Bajirao Mastani. Salman was supposed to play Bajirao in the historic romantic film earlier but things did not materialise and Ranveer stepped in. “We know that Salman sir was going to be the original Bajirao.
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At least 18 people were killed and up to 150 trapped on Wednesday when a factory collapsed near the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, officials said, adding to a number of industrial disasters to hit the South Asian nation. Rescue workers digging for survivors with construction equipment have recovered 75 injured people so far, said
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The hate storm against Shah Rukh Khan continues to escalate as Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev on Wednesday asked the former to return the money earned after receiving the Padma Shri to the Prime Minister’s relief fund. “If he (Shah Rukh Khan) is a true patriot, he should return all the money he earned after winning
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The air pollution meter buzzed and spat out a stunning result: levels of PM2.5—tiny, toxic particles that lead to respiratory diseases—were 27 times the safe limit near the Parliament in New Delhi on Wednesday morning. The reading of 675 micrograms per cubic meter of air recorded by Bloomberg News exceeded the highest measured this year
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Nepalis are scratching their heads, wondering what happened to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Indian leader the people embraced with much enthusiasm last year. In August, two months after taking office, Modi set out on a visit to Nepal. His mantra ‘neighbourhood first’ was appreciated not just at home but by neighbours too. The visit
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Malayalam film director B. Unnikrishnan and ace comedian Jagdish on Wednesday supported Shah Rukh Khan in the row over his comment on growing intolerance in the country and BJP MP Yogi Adityanath’s statement comparing the Bollywood superstar with Pakistani terrorist Hafiz Saeed. Comedian Jagdish said this sort of “fascist outlook” should be rejected outright. “I
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been ranked as the world’s ninth most powerful person by Forbes magazine in a 2015 list which is topped by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Modi was placed 14th in the 2014 Forbes list of world’s powerful people. Forbes while releasing the list today at the same time said governing 1.2
