Even as the central government seeks to develop a string of ports around the country’s coastline while reaching out to the government of maritime states as a part of its ‘Sagarmala Project’, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) continues with its acquisition initiatives to strengthen its existing fleet. While commissioning the Indian Coast Guard Ship Anmol, […]
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Lauren Alaquinez will soon say goodbye to her husband for the fifth time in three years, when he deploys once again to Afghanistan with the US Army Special Forces. As a military family, Alaquinez and her four children know what they’ve signed up for. But that made it no easier to hear the news that
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The Supreme Court pronounces on Friday its verdict on petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) that replaced the two-decade-old collegium system of appointing judges in the higher judiciary. A five-judge bench headed by Justice JS Khehar, which reserved its judgment on July 15 after arguments on the validity of
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In a statement which is likely to create fresh controversy, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar has said that Muslims can live in India if they give up eating beef. He has also said that both sides committed mistakes in Dadri. Speaking to The Indian Express, Khattar who has been associated with RSS for close to
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The Punjab Government today transferred 6 IAS and 12 PCS officers in the state with immediate effect. Of the IAS officers, Raji P Srivastva has been posted as Secretary, Personnel, in addition to Director, Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration. Kumar Anugreh Prasad Sinha has been posted as Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs, in addition to
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Strong winds uprooted a tree that later fell on a shed in Pathankot district on Wednesday morning, killing one and injuring five others, police and witnesses said. They said a large number of youths had gathered at the army’s Unit 126 at Madhopur for a recruitment drive and a few candidates were waiting for their
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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government will launch a major drive next month to clean up Delhi of “all garbage and debris” as part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday, extending “full support” to the pet project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr Kejriwal announced the government’s decision in
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The controversial law banning dance bars in Maharashtra, which provided employment to thousands of women, was put on hold by the Supreme Court today. The court said the Maharashtra police will ensure that dignity of women was not affected by the dance performance. Dance bars have been a contentious issue in the state, where the
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The battle for Bihar enters into its second phase on Friday with voters set to decide the fate of 456 candidates in 32 constituencies spread over six Naxal-hit districts, posing a big challenge to security forces. The districts are Kaimur, Rohtas, Arwal, Jehanabad, Aurangabad and Gaya. After the completion of the first phase of polling
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Pakistan has declared that it won’t give up consulting Kashmiri separatists in order to hold talks with India- a condition that India promptly rejected at the General Assembly here on Wednesday. Asserting that consultations with separatists are essential for peacefully solving the Kashmir dispute, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative Maleeha Lodhi said, “Calling for the termination of
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Veteran Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah, who was trolled on Twitter for his comments during former Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Kasuri’s book launch two days ago, on Wednesday said he was targeted for being a Muslim. He said he was proud to be an Indian and he would not allow anybody to question his patriotism. Expressing
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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh faces arrest in a corruption case with the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI moving the Supreme Court for permission. The court will hear the petition on October 26. The CBI has told the court that it wants to arrest and question the Chief Minister, who is accused of
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India pacer Zaheer Khan will retire from international cricket on Thursday, according to IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla. Shukla tweeted from his account saying the Indian pacer would hit the sack today and wished the pacer for his life after retirement. The former India manager also said he would wish to see Zaheer continue playing in
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Iran’s parliament approved a historic nuclear deal with world powers today, effectively ending debate among lawmakers over the agreement and paving the way for its formal implementation. The motion to approve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was passed with 161 votes in favour, 59 against and with 13 abstentions, the official IRNA news
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US President Barack Obama is looking at the possibilities of a long-term large presence of American troops in Afghanistan beyond 2016, in the backdrop of the temporarily takeover of Kunduz city by the Taliban. Under the current policy, American troops are scheduled to be reduced to embassy level presence by the end of 2016. Currently
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The toll in the deadliest tragedy to ever strike the annual hajj pilgrimage rose on Wednesday as a new tally showed that at least 1,621 people were killed and hundreds still reportedly remain missing. The Associated Press count is more than double Saudi Arabia’s official tally of 769 killed and 934 injured in the 24
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tribute to late former president APJ Abdul Kalam on his 84th birth anniversary. “Today we salute APJ Abdul Kalam and celebrate his monumental achievements as a scientist, scholar and the President of India. We fondly remember his passion for teaching and education. Dr. Kalam truly ignited young minds
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Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone are all set to steam up the screen in their upcoming love story, the Sajid Nadiadwala-produced and Imtiaz Ali directed ‘Tamasha’. Mirror has learnt that for the first time, the couple has a passionate love-making scene in the film which includes a lip-to-lip kiss. According to a source close to
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Kangana Ranaut’s Bollywood career has reached a stage where stardom becomes frustration and blame-game becomes an easiest way to escape the situation. Few days back she had allegedly been in a cold war with her fellow actress Deepika Padukone. Not confirmed, but evident enough with straight words targeting Deepika for not cooperating with her. In
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The government has blocked two websites which were being used by the Islamic State (IS) for propaganda in the country. Two Facebook pages, run by anonymous persons in Jammu & Kashmir to lure youngsters into joining Jehad, have also been removed. A committee comprising senior officials of Intelligence Bureau, home and information technology ministries, CERT-In
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Two Special Police Officers (SPOs), who had deserted the police force last month and joined militancy, were today shot dead in an encounter with Army troops in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir. This is after four years that an encounter has taken place in Doda district, which has been almost free from any presence
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Two people were killed in police firing Wednesday as protests over the alleged desecration of a Guru Granth Sahib spread to several villages in Fardikot. At least 80 people were injured when police used teargas, lathicharge and fired in the air to disperse a dharna by Sikhs at Kotakpura chowk in Faridkot early Wednesday. Later
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Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s daughter Anita Bose Pfaff on Wednesday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement about declassifying Netaji files, saying it would put to rest speculations on her father’s mysterious disappearance in 1945. “I am very happy that the Prime Minister has finally agreed that so far closed files on my father would be
Spurred by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s masterful 92, Indian bowlers responded well in a low-scoring encounter at Indore on Wednesday. South Africa were bundled out for 225 while chasing a target of 247. Dhoni was forced to bring on Axar Patel and Harbhajan Singh early on in the innings due to the wayward bowling of
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Shah Rukh Khan is a gracious producer. He is someone who loves to have fun on the sets. And he is such a people’s person that he doesn’t have fun alone. Only recently, we showed you pictures of him playing badminton on the sets of his upcoming film Dilwale. The hotness that he has become
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Amy Jackson’s second innings in the Indian film industry seems to have had a fabulous start. While her last South film I too was directed by Shankar, the actress will yet again collaborate with the director for his next, tentatively titled Robot 2 starring megastar Rajnikanth. Robot, also directed by Shankar had Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
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Blaring loudspeakers were drowned out by cheers of five lakh people who had gathered at Bihar Sharif to catch a glimpse of Ajay Devgn on Monday morning. The actor, who has been campaigning for NDA in Jamui, Lakhisarai and Nawada districts in Bihar, was supposed to attend two rallies -at Bihar Sharif and in the
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s condemnation of the Dadri lynching incident and the cancellation of Ghulam Ali’s concert in Mumbai as “unfortunate” hasn’t gone down well with Bharatiya Janata Party’s alliance partner in Maharashtra – Shiv Sena. Coming down hard on the Prime Minister, senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut raked up the 2002 Gujarat riots
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Dinesh Mongia has claimed innocence and is mulling legal action against New Zealand cricketer Lou Vincent, who has alleged that the former India cricketer was involved in fixing during the unsanctioned and the now defunct Indian Cricket League (ICL). Vincent had told a London courtroom that Mongia was one of the key members of a
In-form Delhi will look to tame Haryana that is being captained by the swashbuckling Virender Sehwag, who shifted loyalties this season, as the two sides lock horns in a Ranji Trophy group game tomorrow. Delhi would be hoping that their in-form pace attack led by Ishant Sharma will come out all guns blazing to counter
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