The Andhra Pradesh government is hoping to bring back many artifacts related to its new capital city Amaravati, which are on display in the British Museum in London. Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary IYR Krishna Rao, who recently visited the museum, said about 30 to 40 artifacts that were excavated from and around Amaravati site are […]
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday slammed the US for refusing to share intelligence with Russia on Syria, and accusing it of muddled thinking. “I believe some of our partners simply have mush for brains,” Putin said, expressing some of his strongest criticism yet of Washington’s handling of the Syrian crisis. Late last month, Moscow
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A partial reconstruction of a Malaysia Airlines jet made of wreckage found strewn across eastern Ukraine told the graphic story of its violent last moments after being hit by a surface-to-air missile. Dutch-led air crash investigators concluded some of the 298 people on board may have known for up to 90 seconds after the Russian-made
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Pakistan’s top civilian and military leadership knew about Osama bin Laden’s presence in the country much before the US navy SEALs killed him in a raid in 2011, the then defence minister of Pakistan has claimed. The Pakistani establishment, the country’s powerful army chief and the intelligence agency ISI were aware that Osama was living
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Militant outfit Islamic State has conformed that its second-in-command, Abu Mohamed al-Adnani, whose real name was Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, was killed in a US air strike earlier this year. ISIS spokesman Abu Mohamed al-Adnani, in an audio recording, said, “America is rejoicing over the killing of Abu Mutaz al-Qurashi and considers this a great victory.”
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Wooing upper caste voters for Bahujan Samaj Party candidates contesting the Bihar elections, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Tuesday promised quotas for them in government jobs and education institutions if her party came to power in the state. “The socio-economic condition of upper caste poor is as bad as that of their brethren
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Nine Indian sailors who were in a jail in Iran on charges of smuggling have been released and will reach Delhi tomorrow, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday. “Iran has released nine Indian sailors — Thank you Iran. Thank you (Iranian Foreign Minister) Javad Zarif for a prompt action on our request,” Swaraj
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With the Navratri festival starting on Tuesday, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has started putting up banners at the entrances of select garba venues across the state, asking non-Hindus not to participate in the dance programmes as it is restricted “only for Hindus”. According to Gujarat VHP leaders, the banners are being put up at
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At least 19 persons, including nine cops, were injured as an angry mob — protesting alleged sacrilege of a ‘bir’ (copy) of Guru Granth Sahib — clashed with police at Buttar Kalan village in Moga district on Tuesday. The protesters, who had blocked the traffic on the Moga-Barnala road, claimed that police tried to move
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The Indian team has to fire on all cylinders if they hope to make a comeback in the ODI series when they take on South Africa at the Holkar stadium here on Wednesday afternoon. After losing the T20 series and suffering a narrow defeat in the first ODI in Kanpur on Sunday, both the Indian
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With Pakistan expressing “concern” over Shiv Sena’s attempt to disrupt its former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s book launch in Mumbai by smearing black paint on the face of the event’s organiser, Sudheendra Kulkarni, New Delhi on Tuesday slammed Islamabad for “lecturing” it on tolerance and pluralism. When asked about Pakistan’s statement, a top official
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken for the first time on the mob killing of a Muslim in Uttar Pradesh’s Dadri over rumours that he had beef in his house. “Incidents like Dadri and Ghulam Ali are really sad but what is the role of the Centre in these incidents?” PM Modi has told the
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Actor Shahid Kapoor, who will be working with Alia Bhatt in back-to-back films, is “very sad” that afterwards she will be working with other actors in different films. “‘Shaandaar’ is a relevant film in our career, which Alia and I often discuss about. The kind of films that I’m doing – my last film ‘Haider’
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Recently it came to light that Salman Khan and his best buddy from the industry Aamir Khan had a major spat at a party. And looks like Salman and his Hangover singer, Sonu Nigam too had a tiff at a recently concluded event. Sonu was the host of Suron Ke Rang, a concert celebrating three
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The team behind superstar Rajinikanth-starrer ‘Enthiran 2’ is reportedly planning to use motion capture technology to shoot some of the important portions of the Tamil film, which will also be shot in 3D. “The film will be shot in 3D. It was decided last week that some key scenes will be filmed using motion capture
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The second of five ODI gets underway at Indore’s Holkar Cricket Stadium tomorrow, with India licking their wounds after South Africa narrowly pipped them in Kanpur on Sunday. South Africa, buoyed by their captain AB de Villiers’ ballistic century and impressive bowling from Imran Tahir and rookie Kagiso Rabada at the death, enter the match
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Former PCB chairman Ijaz Butt has set off another controversy by claiming that the national team’s head coach Waqar Younis had resigned before the 2015 World Cup after being insulted by Ahmed Shehzad. “PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan told me about the incident and asked me to speak to Waqar to change his mind after he
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A group of Russians arrested with a bomb were preparing to attack Moscow’s public transport system and included people trained by Islamic State in Syria, Russian security services said on Monday. The National Anti-Terrorism Committee said on Sunday it had detained around 10 people caught with bomb-making equipment and an improvised explosive device. “Some of
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The Dutch Safety Board is publishing its final report Tuesday into what caused Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH-17) to break up high over Eastern Ukraine last year, killing all 298 people on board. A preliminary report issued last year said the Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur likely was hit by multiple “high-energy
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Turkey’s government said on Monday that Islamic State was the prime suspect in suicide bombings that killed at least 97 people in Ankara, but opponents vented anger at President Tayyip Erdogan at funerals, universities and courthouses. The father of three men wounded in the blasts told Reuters that one of his sons had described seeing
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Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s memoir may have the unintended consequence of catalysing the breakdown of the BJP-Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra. The Sena is all set to walk out of the alliance, because Matoshree is peeved with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on a host of issues, the latest being the release of the former Pakistan foreign
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The indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft will be able to thrash the Pakistani JF-17 ‘Thunder’ fighters in “reach, punch and ability to kill and survive in an engagement”, top Indian defence officials asserted. But that will be possible only when the Tejas is ready with an AESA (active electronically scanned array) radar, mid-air refuelling, long-range
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A day after former BJP ideologue Sudheendra Kulkarni was attacked and his face blackened, the Shiv Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ referred to him as a ‘lover of Pakistan’ and even went to the extent of comparing him with 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab. “What is the need for Pakistan to send people like Kasab to carry out
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The conglomerate of farmer and farm labour bodies, which are leading the “rail roko” agitation in Punjab, seem to be caught in a Catch-22 situation following the meeting with chief minister Parkash Singh Badal. With the government showing its inability to meet the main demands of protesting farmers without help from the Centre, the farmer
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Around 57 percent of 13.5 million electorate voted on Monday in 49 of the 243 constituencies in the first round of battle for political power in Bihar. The two main fronts soon claimed victory. It marked the start of an intense five-phase contest that will end on 5 November and whose outcome — to be
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Indian community groups in the UK have launched a ‘Modi Express’ bus for a month-long tour around iconic landmarks in London to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s maiden visit to the country next month. The bus, which was launched on Sunday, made its first stop at Ealing Road, Wembley also known as ‘Little India’, followed
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China today said it will continue to strengthen defence cooperation with India as the two nations’ armies kicked off the fifth round of annual anti-terror military drills in the Chinese city of Kunming aimed at enhancing mutual understanding, communication and cooperation. “The drills will play a significant role in safeguarding domestic security and strengthening mutual
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Israeli authorities have denied clearance to four communication systems meant as a gift from India to a Palestinian university’s Information Technology (IT) department. The matter assumed significance as President Pranab Mukherjee, who is due to inaugurate a state-of-the-art IT Centre at Al-Quds University on Tuesday, planned to gift these devices as part of the Indian
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It is that time of the year when Salman Khan dominates our small screens with one of the biggest reality shows in the country. As 14 celebrities get locked for more than 100 days inside the Bigg Boss house, things are going to get really interesting for the coming three months. Salman Khan dons the
Mumbai-based dance group V company which comprises of 50 dancers, bagged the trophy of reality show Dance + on Sunday. Having ace choreographer-filmmaker Remo D’souza as their super judge under the guidance of captain Dharmesh Yelande, V company took home Rs.25,00,000 and a Maruti Suzuki Swift car. “From now on, this group of 50 will
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