A strategic police blunder in dealing with Hardik Patel’s arrest on Tuesday not only made the police the prime target of mob fury, but also gave the agitation a second wind at a time when it looked like it would fizzle out. The use of excessive force against a few thousand peaceful protesters — down […]
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was shown black flags on Thursday at Patna airport. Protesters showing black flags to Arvind Kejriwal at Patna Airport claimed that they are Anna Hazare supporters. Arvind Kejriwal has come to Patna to attend a function with Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. Kumar and Kejriwal would be together at a seminar to
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The plot thickens in rapper Honey Singh’s mysterious disappearance from public life. Punjabi singer Jasbir Jassi has now denied that he visited his fellow musician in rehab, as reported by Hindustan Times. Jassi, as the singer is called, wrote in a Facebook post that he had not met the Chaar Botal Vodka singer in rehab
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The appeal by Salman Khan, who has challenged his five year jail term in the 2002 drunken driving case, could not commence on Tuesday as his lawyers claimed that the records of the case before the Bombay high court was incomplete. Justice A R Joshi directed the court registry to respond to the application and
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It was recently being speculated that Sanjay Dutt’s prison term might be coming to an end. However, that doesn’t seem to be true any longer as the actor is going to be out on a 30-day parole again, as reported Sanjay had applied for a parole in the month of June citing his daughter’s illness
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If Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister Maneka Gandhi has her way, then the maternity leave for working women will be increased from the existing three to eight months. According to a report, Gandhi – the BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh – has strongly recommended to extend the maternity leave for working women. The BJP
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At least three troopers were killed and six injured on Wednesday when Maoists exploded a landmine in Odisha’s Malkangiri district, police sources said. The incident occurred near Sarjubandh in Chitrakonda in the district when the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel accidentally stepped on the landmine planted by the Maoists. The troopers were returning to their
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Audiences are all geared up to see Rajinikanth as a gangster in his upcoming film Kabali, which happens to be his 159th film! Monday just got better now that the superstar’s look in the upcoming Tamil drama film has finally revealed. Reportedly, Rajinikanth will sport a salt and pepper look in the film. Not only
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It’s hard to tell if self-proclaimed godwoman Radhe Maa is being held up to ridicule or admiration by the crimson-clad women in this photo of, believe it or not, a kitty party. Yes, it’s apparently a thing now, or might become one. For the uninitiated, the scarlet-robed “godwoman” has been making headlines for her alleged
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In three districts of Bengal, Murshidabad, Malda and North Dinajpur, the Muslim population has surpassed the Hindu population, the Census 2011 data on Population by Religious Communities released on Tuesday, reveals. Moreover, if in India the Hindu population has dipped by 0.7 per cent, in Bengal it is much higher at 1.94 per cent. Correspondingly,
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With Lashker-e-Toiba founder and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed continuing to roam free in Pakistan, national security adviser Ajit Doval had planned to confront his Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz with “credible evidence” against him at their now-cancelled interaction. According to the agenda prepared for NSA-level talks, India was set to confront Islamabad with at least five
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Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj said Tuesday that India will remain committed to the Palestinian cause even as it builds ties with Israel. On a visit to Egypt, Swaraj said India had strong interests in the Arab world and was committed to its various causes. Speaking at the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs, Swaraj said India
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Virat Kohli’s buoyant India will chase their first series win in Sri Lanka in 22 years when the third and decisive final Test starts in Colombo on Friday. The tourists thrashed the hosts by 278 runs in the second Test at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo on Monday to level the series after Sri
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Being your own stunt double means the odds of potentially grievous bodily harm are stacked against you. One fine day on the sets of new film Singh is Bliing, actor Akshay Kumar survived a difficult stunt gone wrong. In a tweet late Tuesday, the 47-year-old actor described it as a ‘freak accident.’ No, Akshay –
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Floods, landslides and a cyclone have made at least 180,000 people in Bangladesh homeless, with thousands living in makeshift shelters on river banks, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said on Tuesday. More than 1.5 million people have been hit by the disasters which destroyed around 30,000 homes, the IFRC
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South Korea says it got an apology. North Korea says its archrival learned a “serious lesson.” That’s how compromises are engineered on a peninsula that has technically been at war for more than 60 years. Seoul halted anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts over loudspeakers on the border Tuesday, hours after North Korea expressed “regret” over two South
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Syrian government air-strikes on areas east of Damascus have killed 247 people in the last 10 days, including 50 children, and wounded 1,000 more people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday. The attacks on the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region included August 16 air-strikes that killed 117 people in a marketplace in Douma,
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National security advisor Ajit Doval has a strategy to weaken Dawood Ibrahim and his syndicate. The plan is to identify D-Company’s offshore assets and get them frozen, sources say. IB and RAW teams have begun identifying assets D-Company owns globally. Most of these are in Dubai and Africa, investigations show. This will need extensive use
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Mobile internet services were cut off in parts of Gujarat on Wednesday as a security measure following clashes over politician Hardik Patel’s brief detention after his mega rally to demand reservation for the Patel community in the state. Services like WhatsApp have been suspended to check rumours that could exacerbate tension in Gujarat, said sources.
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The district police on Sunday booked two staff nurses and a Class-4 employee of the community health centre (CHC), Badhani, 14 km from the district headquarters, after a newborn child died at the health facility due to alleged negligence of the staff. The Pathankot civil surgeon, under whose jurisdiction the health centre falls, defended the
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A man put his life in danger while trying to nab two chain-snatchers after chasing them here on Saturday. Davinder Singh, 39, of Nangal Bhoor in Pathankot suffered a fracture near his neck besides other injuries. His brave act has become the talk of the town. Monika of Chakminhasa village near Nangal Bhoor, who had
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Whatever else this India team may lack, it can no longer be said that they lack grit. The house of horrors that was the final morning in Galle could have lingered in the minds of players, like an annoying song that you can’t get out of your head. But Virat Kohli and his men produced
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Superstar Salman Khan, who is launching Athiya Shetty in his home production ‘Hero’, prepared her for the challenge by giving her three important rules to succeed in the film industry. “Salman sir has always told me three things: Be humble. Hard work is extremely important. That’s what takes you forward in life. People want to
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A few months after Rishi Kapoor famously said that son Ranbir Kapoor doesn’t discuss his girlfriend (read actor Katrina Kaif) with him, Kat has heaped praise on the veteran actor. In an interview, Katrina called Rishi, Ranbir Kapoor’s father, a living legend. “I have worked with Rishiji (Rishi Kapoor) in Namastey London and he was
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Ranbir Kapoor, whose last two releases Roy and Bombay Velvet failed to perform at the box office, said that actors deserve to be criticised if the movies don’t do well. “I think an actor is given a lot of credit when the film is a hit. When my films do well, I’m showered with love
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Expressing disappointment over the cancellation of NSA-level talks between India and Pakistan, the US has said it would just encourage the two countries to resume a formal dialogue soon. “We were encouraged by the early constructive interaction between the leaders of India and Pakistan earlier this year,” in Russia, State Department spokesman John Kirby told
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A year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi left his home state Gujarat, turmoil is brewing in the state with the economically dominant Patel community seeking Other Backward Class status. Over 10 lakh Patidars have planned a massive protest meeting and rally in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. The Patel community, represented by the Patidar Aarakshan Andolan Samiti,
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Under a sunny Colombo sky on Monday, it was the Indian cricket team that won the second Test but it was Kumar Sangakkara who walked away as the winner of the game called life. A gentleman of international cricket for over 15 years, the iconic Sri Lankan player called time on his illustrious career –
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He may be widely considered a hot-head, but Virat Kohli acknowledges greatness when he sees it. Little wonder then that India’s 26-year-old Test skipper sent a heart-felt note of thanks to iconic cricketer Kumar Sangakkara, who played his final international knock on Sunday. The ongoing Colombo Test between Sri Lanka and India is Sangakkara’s final
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Islamic State militants have razed a fifth-century Roman Catholic monastery and blown up one of the best-preserved first-century temples in Palmyra, the ancient Syrian city that is one of the world’s most important archaeological sites, according to government officials and local activists. And that was just this past week – in one Syrian province. Much
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