He may be pushing 40, but as captain of Delhi Daredevils in the ninth season of the IPL, Zaheer Khan is upbeat about not just his own performance but also the chance to pass on his expertise to the youngsters in the side. His pre-tournament press interaction peppered with words like “young energy”, “obsession with […]
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A huge clap for Zarine Khan for her recent Instagram post with a blast from the past. Known for her portrayal of Princess Yashodhara in the Salman Khan starrer ‘Veer’ and the sexy Siya Diwan in ‘Hate Story 3,’ the 28-years-old actress shared her pictures from the past when she was ‘big’ and said that
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TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee’s father Shankar Banerjee said that actor Rahul Raj Singh, with whom his daughter was in a relationship, should be hanged or imprisoned for the rest of his life. “Rahul should be either hanged or kept in prison for the rest of his life. He has ruined my daughter’s life, she should
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Islamic State or Isis has named London, Berlin and Rome as its next targets in a new video released on 4 April. The video shows monuments from the cities, including the Houses of Parliament in London, the Colosseum in Rome. The video called Fight them, Allah will punish them by your hands was released by
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Iceland’s opposition parties still want a snap general election despite news that Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson will resign, party officials told Reuters on Wednesday. “It is clear our demand for new elections still stands,” Left Green Party leader Katrin Jakobsdottir told Reuters. Gunnlaugsson is to resign, his party said, becoming the first casualty of
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Much is made of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal rapport with US President Barack Obama. One remembers the PM referring to the US President as ‘Barack’ during his visit to India last January. Thankfully, Prime Minister Modi quickly realized that this kind of familiarity was not part of diplomatic protocol and wisely stopped addressing him
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Only four days after enforcing partial liquor ban in Bihar, the Nitish Kumar government on Tuesday implemented total prohibition in the state with immediate effect. A decision to make Bihar a dry state was taken at the state cabinet meeting during the day. Announcing the decision, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that the manufacturing, distribution
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BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday came out in support of yoga guru Baba Ramdev for his remarks on the row over Bharat Mata Ki Jai, even as Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu said the government’s position is that it is not mandatory. “Baba Ramdev is not a member of the BJP. However, I want
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Already under fire for his role in the Rohith Vemula suicide controversy, Hyderabad University Vice-Chancellor Appa Rao Podile is now facing flak for plagiarism in his three papers published in 2007 and 2014. Rao has also accepted the ‘mistake’ and said that he will ensure that such mistakes are not repeated in future. According to
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Members of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) were left disappointed on Tuesday (April 5) afternoon when the two-judge bench at the Supreme Court, comprising Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justice Ibrahim Kalifulla, criticised the board’s methods of disbursing funds to state associations. In a hearing that lasted close to an hour-and-a-half,
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Amitabh Bachchan, whose name was linked to shipping companies in tax havens in the Panama paper leaks, on Tuesday denied any connection with the entities and said his name may have been “misused”. He said all his overseas remittances were legal and after paying Indian taxes. Meanwhile, the Iceland PM has resigned, becoming the first
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A sense of surprise and shock pervaded the People’s Welfare Front (PWF) on Tuesday over DMDK propaganda secretary and MLA V.C. Chandhirakumar’s discordant view on his party’s alliance with the front. Till last week, Mr. Chandhirakumar had actively participated in the election campaign with the PWF and had dismissed all reports that he was unhappy
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Republican Ted Cruz captured a crucial victory on Tuesday in the Wisconsin primary, a significant step in his efforts to block front-runner Donald Trump’s path to the presidential nomination and push the Republican contest toward a rare convention fight. In the Democratic race, Bernie Sanders defeated front-runner Hillary Clinton, giving him a burst of momentum
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A two-member team of the Ministry of Human Resource Development will on Wednesday visit the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Srinagar, where unrest flared again on Tuesday after a group of students clashed with the police. Meanwhile, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has been deployed at the campus. The NIT was closed by
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Pakistan media reports that the Pathankot terror attack was “stage-managed” by India are seen here as “double-speak” by Pakistan’s security establishment. “The report in a Pakistan pro-government daily only shows that ISI and Pakistan Army were doing double-speak. India has provided irrefutable evidence to Pakistan Joint Investigation Team (JIT) during their visit here regarding the
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After the politicians, the cops. Bihar’s policemen have now vowed not to drink alcohol and work to ensure successful prohibition in the state. Across the state on Monday, policemen gathered in uniform to take an oath, some at their police stations, others in big open grounds. In capital Patna, Bihar’s Director General of Police P
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy`s plea seeking early hearing on the Ram temple issue. The apex court said the intervener cannot move for early hearing, adding that it would hear the matter once the parties agree for a date.The apex court had in February permitted
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The BJP government has stabbed “Mother India” in the back by allowing Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) inside the country to probe the Pathankot attack, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday. “Even though BJP/RSS chants ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai,’ but by inviting ISI to India they have stabbed Mother India in the back,” Kejriwal
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Panjab University (PU) has been ranked 12th in the first National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) released by the ministry of human resource development on Monday. In the rankings for the higher educational institutions, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), PU, has secured second place among country’s pharmacy institutes and the University Institute of Chemical Engineering
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Blame the April heat or the personal turmoil that Hrithik Roshan is facing, courtesy his legal tussel with ex Kangana Ranaut, the actor, who was shooting for his film Mohenjo Daro lost his cool on a photographer. Hrithik was shooting for the film’s climax at Thane’s China Creek while a popular tabloid’s photographer Raju Shelar
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is very keen to do reforms though it may take a little longer due to democratic processes, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya said on Monday. He also said that not a single step that the present government has taken so far will have to be undone tomorrow unlike in the
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A team of U.P. investigators visited the National Investigation Agency (NIA) headquarters on Monday to probe the murder of Inspector Mohammad Tanzil Ahmed (45), who was killed in Bijnore district on Sunday. An NIA official said the assailants knew the area well and had waited for Ahmed through the night. “Ahmed had gone to attend
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It is just the beginning of the summer season but a heat wave has gripped most parts of India with the searing sun worsening the farm crisis in drought-hit Bundelkhand and Vidarbha, and forcing municipalities to ration water in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. A girl washes her face in order to cool off on a
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Gatimaan Express, the country’s first semi-high speed train, was flagged off Tuesday morning by Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu. The new train – that can reach a maximum speed of 160 km per hour – will operate between Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin station and Agra Cantonment station. It will run six days a week, except on
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For nearly 30 minutes, the three young boys can be seen shaking with fear as a mob slaps them. After they were accused of stealing a motorcycle belonging to a man from an upper caste, the teens, all Dalits, were tied to a tree, thrashed, stripped and then paraded naked in the Chittorgarh area of
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In front of an international media after the ICC World T20 final, man of the match Marlon Samuels took questions at the post-match press conference with his pads on and his feet up on a table. The entire drama lasted about six-and-a-half minutes. You may call it disrespect shown by a senior international cricketer. You
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What happens when two legends come together onscreen? Well, some dhamaaka is bound to happen! Shah Rukh Khan, the ultimate superstar of Bollywood and the mischievous boy of Bollywood Ranveer Singh are all set to team up for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next. “If all goes well, the film is expected to go on floors after
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If you wish to be a part of the tenth edition of super-hit reality show ‘Bigg Boss’, then here’s a golden opportunity for you. The makers of the show hosted by Bollywood superstar Salman Khan have come up with a video that will tell you how to send in your applications. Check out the video
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Even as one was shocked on hearing about the untimely death of 24-year-old popular television actress Pratyusha Banerjee, who allegedly committed suicide on April 1, the fallout of the tragic incident, besides the media circus that followed, is not known to many. The leaked video of the deceased’s corpse left many of us disturbed. Within
The first soldiers to face justice in a huge sex abuse scandal that has rocked the UN and France went on trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday. The three Congolese men from the UN’s MINUSCA peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic wore blue prison gear as they appeared before the tribunal in
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