Indian Air Force is organising an ‘Ultra Marathon’ from Air Force Station Pathankot to Air Force Station Hindon covering a distance of around 574 km over a period of 11 days to mark the golden jubilee of the 1965 Indo-Pak war. The team will be flagged off by Air Commodore J S Dhamoon AOC, Pathankot […]
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Anees Bazmee’s latest release Welcome Back continues to take the box office by storm. The comedy actioner did not just turn out to be the third biggest opener of 2015 so far, but the film has also passed the Monday test with flying colours. A sequel to the 2007 film, Welcome Back might have received
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Bollywood action star Akshay Kumar, who turned 48 on Wednesday, announced his new romantic thriller “Rustom”, which marks his third collaboration with Neeraj Pandey. The movie will release on the weekend of Independence Day 2016. The “Khiladi” star tweeted: “Thrilled to announce Neeraj Pandey and I are collaborating for a romantic thriller #Rustom releasing on
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For the first time ever, over 1000 (1050 to be exact), including muftis and imams of India, have issued a 15-volume fatwa against the leader, fighters and followers of the self-declared Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also known as the Islamic State (IS). In a letter to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
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A British Airways jet has caught fire at the Las Vegas international airport as it was taxiing, prompting the crew to abort the take-off and evacuate terrified passengers from the plane. ‘There were 159 passengers and 13 crew on the flight,’ McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas said. It added that seven people on board
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Ahead of the team selection meeting for the series against South Africa, talk is growing that Mahendra Singh Dhoni might make way for Test skipper Virat Kohli in ODIs too. With India hosting the T20 World Cup next year, Dhoni might continue to lead only in this format. Though it’s not official yet, the selection
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Being a Bigg Boss loyalist myself, it’s been years since I wanted to put a face to that Bigg Boss voice! The voice which carries the authority, the calm, the maturity, has been associated with the show since its very first season. And after a good eight seasons, I think it’s time we get to
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At least 850,000 people are expected to cross the Mediterranean seeking refuge in Europe this year and next, the United Nations said on Tuesday, giving estimates that already look conservative. The UN refugee agency UNHCR called for more cohesive asylum policies to deal with the growing numbers. Many are refugees from Syria, driven to make
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Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara may have retired from international cricket but youngsters half his age are finding that he is no less a competitor at the club level. While most legends of the sport, post retirement, would have opted for some time away from the game or gone on a long vacation with family
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants India Inc to take risk and invest more while industry wants a rate cut and improve the ease of doing business. During a brainstorming session with industry leaders, bankers and economists at his residence on Tuesday, Modi urged business leaders to increase their risk-taking appetite and go in for more
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The Ministry of External Affairs has sought a detailed report from the police on the issue of a diplomat, working at the Saudi embassy, was booked for sexually assaulting two girls in Gurgaon. This came after two women from Nepal, reportedly a mother-daughter duo, were rescued by the police from the diplomat’s home in Gurgaon.
Rakesh Maria has denied reports that he plans to resign, a day after his removal as chief of the Mumbai police in the middle of the high-profile Sheena Bora murder investigation. Before Mr Maria was shifted, he confronted questions about his direct involvement in the investigations, which, according to sources, upset him deeply. Maharashtra Chief
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Yuvraj Singh, who had scripted India’s 2011 World Cup triumph at home, may no longer be creating magic on the cricket field but he continues to remain a heartthrob among women. The flamboyant all-rounder, who last played for India in December 2013 (against South Africa), has been linked with high-profile women from time to time.
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After enthralling sports fans with the bat, Indian cricketer Suresh Raina is now set to woo the music aficionados as he lends his voice to a song in the upcoming film ‘Meeruthiya Gangsters’. The song ‘Tu Mili Sab Mila’ was released on Monday in Mumbai and Raina said he really enjoyed the experience of singing
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AS much as he wants to put the Jiah Khan episode behind, it always catches up with Sooraj Pancholi, who will make his debut with Friday film Hero, along with Athiya Shetty. Sooraj said he has talked enough about his former girlfriend’s suicide in 2013. “She will always be with me. As much as her
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Palestinians paid tribute to the tiny boy who drowned while fleeing the Syrian war by building a sand sculpture of him on Monday on a beach in the Gaza Strip. The sculpture measuring a few metres (yards) in length depicts three-year-old Aylan Kurdi in the same position and with red and blue clothing like he
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A monk named Shi Liliang from China’s Quanzhou Shaolin Temple really has no competition other than himself. He ‘ran’ a length of 125 metres on water, breaking his own previous records of 118 metres and then 120 metres. We say ‘ran’ on water but while he did run, it wasn’t, strictly speaking, on the water.
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Punjab will pay homage to the martyrs of the 1965 war at a little village in Taran Taran on Wednesday. It was the battle a few miles from Amarkot — Asal Uttar – which had tilted the balance in India’s favour. It was where the Pakistani army had suffered its worst losses. On September 8,
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The appeal by Raza Academy, a Mumbai-based Sunni organisation, seeking an India-wide ban on the film Muhammad: The Messenger of God, has evoked a mixed response from the community. In a letter sent to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the Raza Academy sought a ban on the film directed
Giving in to demands made by BJP legislators and Jain organisations, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has banned meat in Mumbai for four days during the Jain fasting season of Paryushan. The Jain community will observe Paryushan from 11 September to 18 September. The BMC’s ban comes days after the BJP-ruled Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation banned
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Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif said that the days of peace and prosperity have begun and the terrorists will not be allowed to come back. This, he said, became possible because of the Pakistan Army. He said, “the Pakistan Army is always ready for the internal and external defence of the
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet about 40 captains of industry and leading economists today to deliberate on recent developments in the global economic scenario and the opportunities it presents for India. Here’s a 10-point cheat sheet: 1) This is the PM’s second meeting with India Inc in two months and is being held at
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North and South Korea agreed Tuesday to hold a reunion in October for families separated by the Korean War, following all-night talks between their respective Red Cross branches. The reunion — only the second to be held in five years — will take place between October 20-26 in North Korea’s Mount Kumgang resort, the South’s
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The BJP has stepped in to have a tax imposed by the Jammu and Kashmir government on helicopter rides to the famous Vaishno Devi shrine withdrawn, the party’s Ram Madhav said today, soon after the Congress called it Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s version of the “Jaziya tax.” The BJP participates in the J&K government led
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Google has launched a new Street View app that will not only let you navigate through the Earth with a 360-degree view but allow you to shoot your own 360-degree photos and upload directly on the app. Once you download the app, there’s a “Collections” tab that lets you see a grouping of similar imagery,
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Manipur is once again hit by a serious spell of artificial fuel scarcity as the stocks of petrol, diesel and SK oil have decreased significantly due to heavy landslides, breaking of Barak bridges and also prolonged strikes over ILPS and anti-ILPS movement in the state. Prices of fuel like petrol has raised up from Rs
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Bollywood star Salman Khan is back in the first promo of Bigg Boss 9 and he is promising us “double trouble”. The 30-second video shows the Bollywood superstar inviting his fans to be a part of the most controversial reality show on Indian television. After filmmaker-choreographer Farah Khan took over Bigg Boss 8 towards the
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Even as actor Nana Patekar hits the screens once again in a comic role in Welcome Back, on the ground in Maharashtra’ drought-hit Latur, it’s his image of a serious, no-nonsense man that comes to the forefront. While distributing cheques of Rs. 15,000 to widows of those farmers who committed suicide, the recipients were first
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Odisha girl Ananya Nanda lifted the trophy of the second season of singing reality show Indian Idol Junior. Ananya, 14, who defeated Nahid Afrin and Nithyashree Venkataramanan, received the price money of total Rs 10 lakhs. A self-confessed fan of Shreya Ghoshal and Arijit Singh, the little singing star considers veteran music composer Anandji of
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Armed with rocks, two men stand above a bleeding man, poised to strike the next blow. His head is pooled in blood. A crowd watches, some with expressions of consternation. The victim, identified as Mahalingam, seen lying on the road in an orange lungi, died. Two photographs of the suspects holding the rocks led to
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