There were ugly scenes at Feroz Shah Kotla ground as rival captains Gautam Gambhir and Manoj Tiwary nearly came to exchanging blows during the Ranji Trophy match between Delhi and Bengal today. Situation came to such a pass that umpire K Srinath had to come between the two players as Gambhir moved towards Tiwary to […]
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He was hobbling, he was limping, he was crumpling to the floor, and he was also clutching his leg in excruciating agony. But it was the Indian bowlers who were feeling the pain. Faf du Plessis was just hitting sixes. And he was hitting them far enough to make sure he had enough time to
With his last outing ‘Baahubali’ winning big at the ticket windows, looks like Prabhas has caught the attention of several B-town film-makers! Rumours suggest that the actor might make his Bollywood debut alongside Hrithik Roshan in ‘Dhoom 4’. As per a report in HT an insider was quoted as saying, “A while ago, film-maker Aditya
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Former spearhead of Indian pace attack, Zaheer Khan was officially felicitated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) at the presentation ceremony of India-South Africa 5th ODI in Mumbai. Zaheer who recently announced his retirement from the international and first class cricket on October 15 was handed a memento by batting maestro
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Pakistan uses militants as proxies to counter India’s growing influence in Afghanistan, according to a set of documents released by WikiLeaks from the hacked personal email account of CIA Director John Brennan. The documents, released by the whistle-blower website and deemed classified by the CIA, contained reports on Afghanistan and Pakistan, and also ideas for
The world would be a better place if dictators such as Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi were still in power, top Republican US presidential hopeful Donald Trump said in comments aired on Sunday. The billionaire real estate tycoon also told CNN’s “State of the Union” talk show that the Middle East “blew up” around US
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair acknowledged the 2003 invasion of Iraq played a part in the rise of the Islamic State militant group, and apologised for some mistakes in planning the war, in an interview broadcast on Sunday. Blair’s decision to send troops to back the US-led invasion is still a live political issue
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Ever since the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen leader Asaduddin Owaisi visited Kishanganj on 16 August an impression is being created by him as well as his lieutenant in Bihar, Akhtar-ul-Iman, that Seemanchal is the most backward region of the state. With the help of half-baked data, which hide more than reveal, they want to suggest that
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The Gurgaon police arrested four Shiv Sena members for creating a ruckus during the performance of Pakistani artistes during a play in sector 29’s open theatre Saturday evening. They accused were identified as Ajay, Gautam, Sumit and Jitu — all residents of Gurgaon. They had barged into the venue shouting anti-Pakistan slogans and disrupted the
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Against the backdrop of Shiv Sena protests against Pakistani personalities, Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Sunday deplored “intolerance” in the society and said “tolerance, friendship and love” was the way for India and Pakistan to move forward. “It’s tragic what has happened and what is happening right now, that there is intolerance in the society
Bhagwant Mann, the Aam Aadmi Party’s MP from Punjab’s Sangrur, was forced to leave a religious ceremony held for the two men killed in police firing after he was allegedly found drunk by a former granthi. The two men were killed in police firing during a protest against the alleged desecration of the Guru Granth
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Over 100 officers of the rank of general and 100 junior commissioned officers (JCOs) got together at Jantar Mantar on Sunday afternoon to sign a petition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating their dismay over the non-implementation of the One Rank One Pension (OROP) initiative and the shards of what the vets call ‘broken promises’.
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Meticulousness. This is what set apart this sex predator from Hyderabad from others of his kind. He leveraged technology to enlist, identify, contact and lure girls. He maintained a register and ticked off those he was done with. On the face of it, what he did involved thorough planning and execution, but obviously, that was
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Geeta, the Indian woman living in Pakistan after accidentally crossing the border over a decade ago, will return home today with both governments completing all formalities. Geeta was reportedly just 7 or 8 years old when she was found sitting alone on the Samjhauta Express by the Pakistan Rangers 15 years ago at the Lahore
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Six civilians were injured on Monday due to indiscriminate shelling by Pakistan Rangers on the international border in Samba and Kathua districts of Jammu region, police said. “Pakistan Rangers used 81 mm and 82 mm mortars to target over two dozen villages and nearly 30 border outposts of the BSF (Border Security Force) during the
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In an interesting order, Madras High Court has suggested castration as punishment for child rapists. While passing the order, Justice N Kirubakaran said, “The court cannot be a silent spectator, unmoved and oblivious of the horrible blood curdling gang-rapes of children in various parts of India.” While recommending the Central government to make castration a
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The Panthic (religious) crisis in Punjab continues with the Panj Pyaras (five favourites of the Guru) and the Akal Takht Jathedars failing to resolve the conflict over pardon to Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, head of the Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda. Though the Akal Takht revoked the pardon under pressure from various quarters on 16 October,
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Legendary actor Dharmendra’s younger brother Ajit Singh Deol passed away in a Mumbai hospital on October 23. Ajit, who was a well-known actor in Punjabi films, is Abhay Deol’s father. He was especially attached to nephew Sunny Deol, who on hearing the tragic news, was inconsolable. Dharmendra has been by his ailing brother’s bedside constantly,
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Two bomb blasts ripped through mosques in northeast Nigeria on Friday, killing at least 55 people and injuring more than 100, as Boko Haram fighters briefly seized a town in neighbouring Cameroon. The attacks in Maiduguri, Yola and the Cameroonian town of Kerawa again underlined the persistent national and regional threat from the Islamist militants,
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A 77th minute strike from Argentine forward Nicolas Velez helped NorthEast United down Atletico de Kolkata (ATK) 1-0 in an Indian Super League (ISL) encounter here on Friday. It was NorthEast’s second successive win after a 2-0 triumph over Chennaiyin FC on Tuesday and they are now sixth on the league table with half a
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Curfew-like restrictions continued in parts of Srinagar city for the third consecutive day today as a preventive measure to maintain law and order. Restrictions have been imposed on the movement of people in six police station areas – Rainawari, Khanyar, Nowhatta, Safakadal, Maharaj Gunj and Maisuma – of the city, police said. The officials said
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A series of blasts targeting Shia Muslims in Dhaka killed at least one person and wounded dozens more early on Saturday as they gathered for a procession in the old part of the Bangladesh capital to mark the holy day of Ashura, police said. Police cordoned off the area and were investigating the blasts, which
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Bollywood singer Adnan Sami, who was allowed in August to stay indefinitely in India following non-renewal of his Pakistani passport, is likely to be granted Indian citizenship. His request for Indian citizenship on the grounds that he has renounced his Pakistani citizenship, making India, where he has been staying for a decade-and-a-half, his “home”, has
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President Barack Obama deeply values his relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the two leaders have a strong partnership specifically on expanding economic opportunities, the White House has said. “I can tell you that the President deeply values his relationship with Prime Minister Modi; that the United States and India have worked together very
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In yet another crude remark over rape incidents, senior Samajwadi Party leader on Friday said that rape incidents occur due to mobile phones. Speaking to ANI, Azam blamed the accessibility to mobile phones in both urban and rural areas for rise in rape incidents. “Two and half-year-old girls are getting raped, why? It’s because of
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Scientists using Nasa’s Kepler space telescope have uncovered strong evidence of a tiny, rocky ‘planet’ being torn apart as it spirals around a white dwarf star. This discovery validates a long-held theory that white dwarfs are capable of cannibalising remnant planets that have survived within its solar system, researchers said. “We are for the first
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If there is one cricketer who has been virtually synonymous with an IPL franchise, it is M S Dhoni. After Chennai Super Kings bought him for the highest price of $1.5 million (then worth about Rs 7.5 crore) at the first IPL auction in January 2008, Dhoni has captained the team in all eight editions
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The Gujarat State Election Commission(SEC) today announced elections to various local bodies, including six municipal corporations on 22 and 29 November. The announcement comes two days after Gujarat High Court ordered the SEC to conduct the local body polls before the expiry of their terms after quashing an ordinance issued by the state government to
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Former India fast bowler and current International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee Javagal Srinath believes that left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan’s decision to call time on his career came at the right time. The 37-year-old Zaheer has contributed immensely for the country and should be proud of his achievement, Srinath added. Zaheer announced his retirement from
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The third India-Africa Forum Summit, which will see the participation of all African nations for the first time, will launch a new era of mutual partnership, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In an interview with African journalists at the editors forum of the third India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) here on Friday, Modi said India’s areas
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