A Pawan Hans helicopter with two pilots onboard crashed into the Arabian sea shortly after taking off from an ONGC installation in the Mumbai high field this evening, Defence sources said. The pilots are missing and Coast Guard and ONGC have pressed their vessels into service to locate them. The Medivac chopper was on its […]
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It is “highly possible” that the Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt was brought down by a bomb, a US official said Wednesday. “A bomb is a highly possible scenario,” the official told AFP, four days after the Airbus crashed in the Sinai, killing all 224 people on board. “It would be something that ISIL
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Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali, whose concert in Mumbai was called off after resistance from the Shiv Sena, has cancelled all his scheduled performances in the country, saying that he won’t return to India until “things are settled down”. Ghulam Ali also expressed his disappointment over the recent incidents, asserting that Indian fans have always
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The second phase of the Panchayat elections in Kerala began on Thursday morning in the remaining seven districts, with ruling Congress-led UDF, opposition CPI(M)-led LDF and BJP locking horns in the electoral contest. Among the early voters were IUML supremo Panakkad Shihab Thangal, Industries Minister P K Kunhalikutty and UDF convener P P Thankachan. A
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With a possible view to getting political mileage against the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP alliance government in Punjab, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi arrived in Faridkot district on Thursday to meet families of two victims of police firing last month. Rahul, who arrived in Kotkapura town earlier in the dau, visited the house of police firing
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The Mumbai Police is determined to get custody of Chhota Rajan and preparations are already underway. The 55-year-old gangster’s deportation to India has been delayed due to a volcanic eruption in Indonesia which has stopped all flight services. The security agencies concerned have decided that he will initially be taken to Delhi and kept in
Just when everyone thought beef was a non-issue in Bihar and it was only a passing election-time topic, it is back on the voters’ plates. Up against heavy odds in the fifth and final phase in a region with a significant concentration of Muslim and Yadav population, the BJP is debating beef again. It’s not
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Taking a stand against Nepal for the first time at an international forum, India told a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council Wednesday that it was “concerned” over “lack of political progress” and incidents of “violence, extra-judicial killings and ethnic discrimination” in the Himalayan country. Referring to the Madhesi protests against the new Constitution
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Thousands of fires blaze over Northwest India, covering a vast swathe in smoke and haze, a picture taken by a NASA satellite has shown, revealing a disturbing reason behind the country’s deteriorating air quality. Marked by numerous tiny red dots, the spots in the NASA picture taken on October 30 show where fires are raging
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There’s no doubt that one of the biggest stars in Indian cinema is superstar Rajinikanth. He will be turning 65 on December 12, and the kind of frenzy he creates wherever he goes is phenomenal. Rajinikanth is currently in Malaysia shooting for his new film Kabali, and the film has created quite a stir across
On America’s East Coast, it’s already down to single digit celsius temperatures, outdoor swimming pools have closed shop by first week September, local cricket leagues have stopped playing their weekend matches. The leaves are falling, the wind is rising, flu vaccines are in, school kids are down with upper respiratory infections; overcoats, boots and and
For the third day in a row, passengers using airports in the London area will face disruption on Tuesday because of heavy fog. At Heathrow, the “flow rate” of landings and take-offs will be reduced tomorrow morning, forcing airlines to cancel flights. British Airways is offering short-haul passengers the chance to postpone their journeys free
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On a day when customs points along the India-Nepal international border saw renewed tension, Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today warned India not to interfere in the Himalayan nation’s internal affairs. Tensions inflamed by anti-Constitution sentiments flared anew today with agitating activists of Madhes-based political parties clashing with the police in Nepal’s southern city
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Four years after Punjabi became Canada’s third most common language, it has now attained the same status in the country’s new Parliament after English and French. It happened after the election of 20 Punjabi-speaking candidates to the House of Commons. Twenty-three Members of Parliament of South Asian-origin were elected to the House of Commons, Parliament
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Congress president Sonia Gandhi will lead her party’s protest march to the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday against “rising intolerance” under the BJP-led regime but the government dismissed the talk of intolerance as a “perception being manufactured by certain sections” against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Congress leaders said the march on Tuesday would include party vice
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The date: 27 October 2015; the place: the court of the chief judicial magistrate, Imphal West, Manipur. Reporters were milling around, evidently a VIP visit was on the cards. And it was. Irom Sharmila Chanu had been brought there by ambulance from the Security Ward of Imphal’s Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences where she
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Superstar Hrithik Roshan, who is shooting for his upcoming film “Mohenjo Daro” in Jabalpur, has requested his fans not to chase his team on bikes as it is causing harm to the pedestrians. The 41-year-old “Bang Bang!” actor said it is extremely “distressing” to see his fans’ love for him causing problems to others, even
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Kamal Haasan has voiced his support for the tradition of ‘jallikattu’ in South India. The actor said this when he was in Chennai to inaugurate a photo-exhibition at the Lalit Kala Akademi. The exhibition showcased Malayalam Manorama photojournalist Suresh Jayaprakash’s series ‘Veera Vilayattu’ on the famous bull-fighting tradition. ‘Jallikattu’, a bull taming sport, was banned
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Akkai Padmashali has been awarded the Karnataka Rajyotsava Award by the state government. This is the first time that a transgender has been bestowed this award. Born Jagadish, and today known as Akkai Padmashali, she has been fighting for LGBT rights and the acceptance of her community. The Karnataka government gave the award in recognition
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) mouthpiece Panchjanya accused the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) of providing a home to a large chunk of anti-national groupings which have the singular aim of disintegrating India. Claiming that pro-Naxal students’ unions of JNU had openly celebrated the killing of 75 CRPF personnel in an ambush at Dantewada in 2010, the
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Stating that India has “one of the largest nuclear power programmes” among developing nations, a US-based think-tank has said that by the end of 2014 India had enough weapon-grade plutonium to possess an estimated stock of atomic weapons in the range of 75-125. “An estimate of India’s nuclear arsenal can be derived by considering its
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Well, Superstar Shahrukh Khan’s birthday couldn’t get more special! Shahrukh’s old friend, Salman Khan visited Shahrukh on his special day and wished the actor by giving him tight hug in ‘Sultan’ style and their pictures are too adorable to miss! Shahrukh Khan, posted these super-cute pictures on his micro-blogging site, Twitter and wrote, “Bhai teaching
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In an effort to shame the Indian rulers for failing to provide justice to the November 1984 riot victims, the Dal Khalsa and SAD (Panch Pardhani) have sought the right to self-determination as the only solution to ensure that carnages do not recur again. Taking into account the controversial decision of Sikh clergy on the
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Pakistan on Monday banned the media coverage of terror groups like the Jamaat-ud-Dawa as part of a wider crackdown on terror, acknowledging for the first time that the outfit led by Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed was a wing of the Lashkar-e-Taiba. The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) issued a notification to all satellite
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Police were trying to clear the blockade, which has cut supply lines of fuel and other goods, when protesters attacked a police post at Birgunj. Reports say the man was shot in the head and later died in hospital. The demonstrators, mainly from southern lowland minority groups, are angry about Nepal’s new constitution. Communities from
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Actor Shah Rukh Khan Monday joined the chorus against “growing intolerance” in the country, saying that “religious intolerance and not being secular…is the worst kind of crime that you can do as a patriot”. At a press conference in Mumbai, when asked whether he would return an award — on the lines of what writers
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Several farmer unions, including the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta) and farm labourers, on Monday announced that they will resume their agitation from November 4 to 6 in support of their demands, including compensation for crop damage. Rallies and dharnas would be staged in front of district administrative complexes in Amritsar and Moga from November 4
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Bollywood superstar Salman Khan is a worried man. Despite all the success he has achieved in the film industry and despite the huge fan following, the impending verdict of his court cases is always at the back of his mind. “What is going to happen to the verdicts. If you add five…five years it comes
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Former batting great Sunil Gavaskar believes New Delhi and Islamabad must start a dialogue to pave the way for the revival of regular matches between India and Pakistan. Pakistan Cricket Board is awaiting a response from their counterparts — Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) — for a proposed series in December-January to
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