Bharti Airtel will pay Rs 3,500 crore to acquire rights to use 4G spectrum of Aircel in eight telecom circles, the second deal in less than a month that will make the firm a pan-India operator for providing high-speed mobile data services. Bharti Airtel and its subsidiary Bharti Hexacom has entered into a definitive agreement […]
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US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Iraq on Friday to show support for its prime minister, who is grappling with a political crisis, a collapsing economy and a fitful fight to retake ground from Islamic State (ISIS) militants. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi last week unsettled Iraq’s political elite with a proposed cabinet reshuffle that
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Around 85 aircraft flying over Kolkata lost contact with ground control for 10 chilling minutes on Thursday. The government has asked for a report on the incident that possibly endangered thousands of passengers. A little after 7.30 am the screens at the Air Traffic Control or ATC that display the positions of aircraft reportedly went
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In a major relief to the makers of ‘Freedom 251’ smartphone, the Allahabad High Court on Friday said the FIR filed against the Ringing Bells Pvt. Ltd. – the Noida-based firm that created a global buzz after announcing the launch of the controversial smartphone in February – seemed premature. A division bench comprising Justices B.K.
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As the Syria peace talks resume next week, President Bashar al-Assad, backed militarily by Iran and Russia, shows no willingness to compromise, much less step aside to allow a transition Western powers claim is the solution to the conflict. Threatened by rebel advances in 2015, Assad is now pumped up with confidence after Russian air
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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is expected to raise the issue of China blocking India’s bid to ban JeM chief Masood Azhar by the UN with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, whom she will be meeting on the sidelines of a trilateral in Moscow on April 18. A day after Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said
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Few of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) officials believe that their male players were “over jubilant” while expressing their joy after winning the ICC World T20 (against England) at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Sunday. “Many of the team members removed their shirts and few players also threw at the spectators. This (removing shirt
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The NLSIU has turned into a virtual war zone after the insulting remark of a professor on a shorts-wearing third year student. The April 4 incident created a huge outrage on social media and on the next day, students came to class wearing shorts in solidarity. On Wednesday, the students alleged on social media that
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The return of BS Yeddyurappa is complete. The former Chief Minister and party strongman has been named chief of the Karnataka BJP in a reshuffle of top party posts in many states. Less than four years ago, Mr Yeddyurappa had parted bitterly with his party of four decades after he had to step down as
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Congress on Friday accused the Modi government of “messing up” while dealing with Pakistan on the Pathankot attack probe and playing into its hands on the issue even as BJP countered the charge, saying India’s stand on all bilateral issues and talks is clear and has been appreciated. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said, “I
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Actress Angelina Jolie has reportedly demanded husband and actor Brad Pitt to get a DNA test done to prove that he has not fathered actress Melissa Etheridge’s children. Etheridge had recently revealed on an Australian talk show that she considered asking Pitt to donate his sperm to her and then-partner Julie Cypher, reports aceshowbiz.com. However,
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Senior Haryana-cadre IAS officer Ashok Khemka was on Thursday transferred again by the Haryana government — the 47th transfer for the officer in nearly 25 years of service. Khemka, who was posted in the inconsequential Archaeology and Museums department, has been posted as principal secretary, science and technology. Soon after his new posting orders were
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Pratyusha Banerjee’s lawyer has said that he has ‘15 big reasons’ as to why the late actress’ beau Rahul Raj Singh ‘should be taken into custody and drilled further.’ With days passing by, more shocking revelations and allegations are coming up both from Rahul and Pratyusha’s families, after the latter’s suicide on April 1. According
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Nearly 4,000 post-graduate doctors from 18 medical colleges across Maharashtra on Friday went on a strike demanding transfer of two senior doctors from the state-run JJ Hospital in Mumbai. The Directorate of Medical Education, meanwhile, has recommended that government invoke Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act (MESMA) to thwart the strike. Since last one week, doctors
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Only days after the Bombay High Court ruling that announced that both, men and women have equal rights to enter into places of worship, the Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra has allowed men into the inner sanctum of the temple. Despite the double the barricades put up by the trustees around the
It is a tragic insult to the memory of the late Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, that the People’s Democratic Party’s youth leaders appear to have been emotionally carried away in defence of the Jammu and Kashmir Police’s (JKP) recent excesses over the past few days. Mufti Sayeed is remembered
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Angry at being called anti-national for their action against non-local students of the National Institute of Technology (NIT), senior J&K police officers have taken to social networking sites to vent their frustrations. What has angered these officers, who have been on the fore-front of anti-militancy operations in the state, the most is their removal from
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Madhya Pradesh has lost nearly 16 tigers, including seven in Pench reserve, due to poaching and others reasons in the last one year. While an NGO blamed the state government for it, forest officials contended that most of the deaths were natural. “MP, which was once tagged as tiger state, has slipped to number three
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The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Thursday approved an almost 60 per cent hike in the salaries and perks of the lawmakers, chief minister, ministers, Speaker and Deputy Speaker and Parliamentary secretaries. The monthly salary of the chief minister saw a hefty rise from Rs 95,000 to Rs 1,90,000 and that of a Cabinet minister
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With the beginning of Chaitra Navratri today, Prime Minister Narendera Modi is also observing strict religious fast and began the festivities by offering prayers at Kamakhya Temple in Assam. Kamakhya Temple is situated at the top of Ninanchal Hill in the Western part of Guwahati. Modi reached here Friday morning as he is scheduled to
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Pakistani star-turned-Bollywood heart-throb Fawad Khan has caught the attention of females all over the subcontinent after the release of his latest Bollywood film Kapoor & Sons, which also featured Sidharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt. Sidharth told Pinkvilla that he’s learnt a lot about Fawad’s fan following while working with him, and apparently the Pakistani star
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to need a big rise in economic growth and a run of good weather to have a chance of fulfilling his promise to double farmers’ incomes by 2022. He may also have to allow farm gate prices to rise fast, agricultural and economic experts said, jeopardising a key policy
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As another edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) kicks off, Sunrisers Hyderabad will be hoping that the sun finally rises on a franchise that has struggled to make an impact since its inception in 2013. Sunrisers will open their campaign with a match against Royal Challengers Bangalore on 12 April. And while the owners
Critically acclaimed actor Irrfan Khan’s ‘Madaari’ will be releasing worldwide on June 10. Post his power-packed performances in ‘Piku’ and ‘Talvar’, Irrfan will be back on the silver screen with ‘Madaari’. Directed by Nishikant Kamat, ‘Madaari’ also features Jimmy Shergill in a pivotal role. A spokesperson of the film also confirmed the news. The film
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A dose of love, sex and drama will reign in at box-office this weekend for Vikram Bhatt is back with his latest offering titled Love Games. Starring three fresh faces namely Taara Alisha Berry, Gaurav Arora and Patralekha, the movie explores the concept of swinging, threesomes and other sexual fantasies. The movie has grabbed eyeballs
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Venkataratnam Naidu/Sardaar Gabbar Singh (Pawan Kalyan) is transferred to a border village, Rattanpur on a promotional transfer to control local feudal lord, Bhairav Singh (Sharad Kelkar). Besides that duty, Sardaar also tries to impress, a strong and silent Princess Arshi Devi (Kajal Aggarwal). Very soon the battle between Sardaar and Bhairav Singh becomes personal and
Bollywood star Akshay Kumar was made to wait at Heathrow Airport as UK immigration officials checked the details of his Canadian passport. The 48-year-old flew into London from Mumbai for the shoot of his film ‘Rustom’ but had to wait an additional hour-and-a-half as the authorities checked the entry requirements to the UK for Canadian
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Vietnam’s parliament approved a new prime minister on Thursday, handing former bureaucrat and legislator Nguyen Xuan Phuc the challenge of maintaining the momentum of one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies. Phuc rises from deputy prime minister to lead a government committed to overhauling its troubled state sector and broad reforms under a U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership, a
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A new ceasefire enters into effect in Yemen midnight Sunday, with the United Nations hoping it can be the cornerstone of a long-lasting peace deal at upcoming talks in Kuwait. Analysts are optimistic after mediation efforts have largely silenced the guns along the border with Saudi Arabia, which is leading a pro-government coalition that has
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Belgian prosecutors have launched a fresh appeal for help in finding the suspected surviving attacker in last month’s Brussels airport bombings, releasing a video of the escape route taken by the so-called “man in the hat”. Police have been desperately searching for the third suspect ever since he was seen on CCTV next to the
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