Members of Aung San Suu Kyi’s victorious National League for Democracy (NLD) were in tears on Wednesday as Myanmar swore in its first president with no military ties in more than half a century. Htin Kyaw, a close friend and confidant of the Nobel peace prize laureate, was hand-picked by her to run Myanmar’s government […]
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In what is likely to be a possible fallout of the sedition row, involving some of its students, the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has witnessed a decline in fresh applications for admission to various courses offered by the prestigious university. According to reports, JNU has received over 76,000 applications for admission to the upcoming academic
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Will the 96-year-old KR Gouri, former Communist firebrand and four-time minister in Communist-led governments, wind up her long, eventful and colourful political career by becoming a BJP camp-follower? Hurt by the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front’s unexpected decision to deny her Janadhipathya Samrakshana Samiti even a single seat to contest in the upcoming Assembly election, Gouri
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A picture of Indrani Mukerjea has gone viral in which the Sheena Bora murder case prime accused is looking old and pale. The earlier pictures of Indrani depicted the businesswoman as young and healthy. However, the recent pictures tell another tale altogether. Here is the picture: Indrani, who last month moved a plea in the
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Negotiations over cabinet portfolios are stalling the swearing-in of the new Jammu and Kashmir government as the BJP insists on equal representation in important ministries, many of which are held by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The national party feels that it is now in a strong place to bargain from given the Modi government’s
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In the biggest breakthrough so far in the Pathankot probe, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has nailed the identity of the four fidayeen who struck at the IAF airbase on January 2, and their two Pakistan-based Jaish handlers. The slain terrorists’ names, accessed exclusively by TOI, are Nasir Hussain, Hafiz Abu Bakar, Umar Farooq and
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Whistleblower IAS officer Ashok Khemka has expressed his displeasure over the Haryana government’s decision to keep him on a lower post despite he being promoted to the rank of principal secretary three months ago. Khemka is currently looking after the state archaeology and museums department as its director. “Awaiting posting on promotion for last 3
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With just days left for the current semester to come to an end and with no job in hand, students at Hyderabad Central University are worried about their future. After protests broke out in January following Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula’s suicide, students say the campus placements have come to a halt. Many students also feel
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India has an important role to play in responsible stewardship of nuclear weapons and materials, US Secretary of State John Kerry said ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington where he will attend the two-day Nuclear Security Summit. “India has a long record of being a leader, of being responsible, and it is
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi cautioned that the United Nations may become irrelevant if it continued to drag its feet on India’s demand to pass a resolution defining terrorism, its supporters and the criteria for declaring a country a supporter of terrorism. “If this is not done soon, institutions such as the United Nations may soon
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A day after coach Waqar Younis’ public apology, Pakistan’s under-fire cricket captain Shahid Afridi also sought forgiveness from the people of his country for failing to live upto their expectations during a shambolic World T20 campaign in India. “I don’t care what other people say about me, but I am answerable to you (people of
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has lambasted all those who troll Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma by linking her to Virat Kohli’s on-field performance after every India match, terming them “frustros” with no love in their lives. His comments come close on the heels of Kohli himself hitting out against social media trolls for targetting Sharma
Italy asked an international arbitration panel Wednesday to order India to free a marine who has been detained since 2012 because of his alleged involvement in the shooting deaths of two fishermen during an anti-piracy operation. Italy’s ambassador to the Netherlands, Francesco Azzarello, told the Permanent Court of Arbitration that Sgt. Salvatore Girone should be
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Maelbeek metro station in Belgium on Wednesday, the site of an Islamic State bomb attack last week where 20 people, including one Indian, were killed and over 100 men and women were injured. Modi paid tributes to the victims of the blast at the subway in the Belgium
When it comes to stories from ‘The Jungle Book’, Indians feel a deep sense of ownership as the timeless tale is set in India. After getting the impressive line-up of Indian talent to voice the iconic characters in Disney’s all-new, live-action epic film, ‘The Jungle Book’, Disney India now gears up to welcome Neel Sethi
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Superstar Salman Khan has welcomed his actor-scriptwriter father Salim Khan on Twitter. The 80-year-old made his debut on the micro-blogging website with the @luvsalimkhan handle on Tuesday. Salman tweeted on his father’s debut on social media: “Love you dad, welcome to twitter @luvsalimkhan (Salim Khan).” Luv u dad, wlcm to twitter @luvsalimkhan — Salman Khan
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Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has said he will not sack his campaign manager who has been charged for “intentionally” assaulting a female reporter, asserting that the accusation was false. “She was grabbing me,” Mr. Trump, said yesterday at a CNN organised town hall in Wisconsin as he strongly defended his campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.
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Pakistan has detained more than 200 people since the Easter Sunday park bombing which killed 73 people including many children, officials said Tuesday, as the militants behind the attack taunted the prime minister. The raids across the eastern province of Punjab were announced as parks reopened under tight security in the teeming provincial capital Lahore.
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The Central government on Tuesday released the latest set of declassified files on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. The papers revealed that several files on Netaji were either not “readily traceable” or were “destroyed”. As per a report in The Times of India, most of these files were destroyed in the 1960s and ’70s when Congress
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The core group of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday met in Jammu over the issue of government formation in the state and demanded equitable distribution of power. “Our numbers are the same as that of the PDP. It is not wrong to expect that we have the same numbers like them. The representation
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The investigation into the 2002 and 2003 bomb blasts in the city was an education for our law-enforcers. The Crime Branch team that worked on the case, which came to an end on Tuesday, with 10 convictions and three acquittals, learnt many valuable lessons about terror, investigating officials said, shortly after the verdict was announced.
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The Central University of Jharkhand (CUJ) in Ranchi has suspended an assistant professor from her post on charges of inviting a former JNU professor, who authorities said had links to the recent ‘anti-national’ protests. Shreya Bhattacharji, who was also the dean of students’ welfare, was suspended on March 28 for inviting MN Panini, a retired
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Manipuri rights activist Irom Sharmila was acquitted by a Delhi court on Wednesday, in a 2006 case of attempt to suicide during a fast until death at Jantar Mantar . The 42-year-old Sharmila has been on a hunger strike since November 2000, demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, which grants special
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Businessman Vijay Mallya and Kingfisher Airlines Ltd on Wednesday submitted in a sealed cover a proposal for repayment of Rs 4000 crore to the consortium of banks, led by the State Bank of India, by September this year. Along with Mallya and Kingfisher, the proposal was also submitted by United Breweries (Holdings) Ltd and Kingfisher
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Bollywood actress Lara Dutta will be seen playing a no-nonsense lawyer in the upcoming sports -biopic ‘Azhar’ and says her role in the film is challenging. Last seen in ‘Fitoor’, Lara portrays the role of public prosecutor Meera, in the biopic based on the life of the former Indian international cricketer, Mohammad Azharuddin. “It’s a
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Filmmakers including Hansal Mehta, Remo D’Souza and Ronnie Lahiri have supported the jury’s decision of honouring Baahubali with the Best Feature Film National Award after Chauthi Koot director Gurvinder Singh questioned its win. S S Rajamouli’s multilingual magnum opus Baahubali was the only regional film to win in the top category as Bollywood dominated the
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Looks like more legal trouble is in store for Hrithik Roshan. Sources say the actor has invited the wrath of a minority community over his tweet in January and has been slapped with a criminal notice for “hurting religious sentiments”. The tweet in question read, “Ther r more chances of me having had an affair
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Amaravati is set to be the new capital of Andhra Pradesh and Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has announced some new plans. He has already said that he wants to develop the capital as a tourist attraction due to its connection to Buddhism. Now he wants to build a 125-foot statue of BR Ambedkar to mark
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It looks like the DMK and Congress are on the brink of striking a deal as to seat-sharing in the upcoming Tamil Nadu elections. A report in The New Indian Express quoted sources as saying that Congress could get about 33 seats to contest in the TN assembly elections in May. Reportedly, Congress would get
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India’s cricket poster boy, Virat Kohli, today posted a selfie with Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s daughter, Ziva, on his Facebook page. The picture went viral over the social media with Virat and Ziva both attracting a lot of affection from scores of people. “With Baby Dhoni. She is too cute and adorable!,” Kohli said
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