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An urn carrying the ashes of Bollywood Superstar Sridevi was brought in Chennai on Friday by her husband Boney Kapoor for immersion in the sea off Rameswaram. The ashes brought by Kapoor in a special aircraft will be taken to holy island town of Rameswaram on Saturday and...
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Former India seamer Venkatesh Prasad today tendered his resignation from the post of chairman, junior national selection committee, less than a month after the country won the U-19 World Cup. Prasad, who has worked as the head of the junior national...
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The Telugu Desam Party today said it will step-by-step escalate its fight inside Parliament till the centre addresses Andhra Pradeshs concerns related to the implementation of the promises made in the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014.The budget session of the Parliament resumes on March 5.Party...
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Praying for release of former Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, facing a death row in Pakistan on charges of espionage, a local citizen forum today made 'pongala' offering to the presiding deity of Atukkal Bhagavathy temple in Thiruvananthapuram. As thousands of women prepared...
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said that the Centre should initiate a CBI probe in the alleged Staff Selection Commission paper leak, stating that the issue is related to the fate of thousands of exam aspirants.A similar demand was also made by Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav...
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A fresh video has surfaced in Srinagar showing Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist Naveed Jutt, who escaped from police custody last month, with top terrorists of the Hizbul Mujahideen in a forest area of the valley.The video shows Jutt, carrying an automatic rifle, exchanging hugs with some Hibzul...
18:27
Complaints have been filed before a Kollam court and the Kerala State Child Rights Commission against a Malayalam fortnightly magazine for featuring a model breastfeeding a baby on its cover page.Advocate Nobel Mathew said he filed a complaint in the Kollam Chief Judicial Magistrate court against...
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Bharatiya Janata Party MP Varun Gandhi today called for change in India's political system, including the right to recall elected representatives and more representation for women, saying people should have a greater say in democracy.He said people are less aware about the selection of their...
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today visited the home of the tribal man, who was lynched in Attapady last month for allegedly stealing food articles, and assured his family that stringent action would be taken against the accused.The chief minister, accompanied by Health Minister K K...
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The Congress today took on the centre over the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill while saying that the former approved the bill just to divert attention of the people.All this is being done just to divert attention. We want to know what they did earlier and not what they will do in the future,...
15:44
Foreign tourists celebrate Holi in Goa.
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The teaser of superstar Rajinikanth's upcoming flick Kaala was released today, with the trilingual movie all set to hit the screens on April 27. The near two-minute teaser starts off with veteran star Nana Patekar asking what kind of a name Kaala is, with a voiceover in...
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Pakistan summoned India's Deputy High Commissioner J P Singh for the second consecutive day today over the unprovoked firing by Indian troops across the Line of Control.Foreign Office said that Director General (South Asia & SAARC) Mohammad Faisal summoned Singh and condemned the unprovoked...
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Anushka Sharma's film Pari has been banned in Pakistan, as it promotes black magic, some non-Islamic values and anti-Muslim sentiments, Pakistan-based daily, The Express Tribune has reported. Pari's script, dialogues and storyline go against our Islamic values. The concepts within Islam have...
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ArcelorMittal today said it has entered into a joint venture pact with Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation to jointly acquire the assets of Essar Steel.The company's arm ArcelorMittal India Pvt Ltd had submitted a resolution plan for Essar Steel on February 12, which outlined the...
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A boy, who joined militancy in Kashmir, has returned home on Friday following an appeal by his mother, a senior police official said.Another young boy responding to the appeals of crying mother returned to the fold of family leaving path of violence in the valley, Jammu and Kashmir Director...
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More needed to be done to manage the perception about the army among the people of Jammu and Kashmir to counter the negative influences being spread in the valley, former senior officers of the armed forces have said.Lt Gen. (retd) Syed Ata Hasnain has said efforts were made to reach out to and...
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An official government spokesperson on Friday clarified that Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has been accorded all freedom to carry out his religious activities in India.The clarification comes after some news media reported that the centre had allegedly asked officials to skip Dalai Lama...
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At least 10 Maoists were killed in an encounter with the police in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district this morning, a senior official of the Telangana police said. The Naxals were killed in a joint operation by the Telangana and Chhattisgarh police. A jawan was also injured in the...
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The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, NH44, remained closed on Friday due to a landslide in Ramsu, in Ramban district. Incessant rainfall at various places in Ramban had triggered the landslide.
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Rare recordings by legendary British singer-songwriter David Bowie are set to be released in April. A three-LP set titled Welcome To The Blackout (Live London '78) by the Ziggy Stardust hitmaker will be put on the account of Record Store Day 2018 on April 21, FemaleFirst...
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President Ram Nath Kovind has greeted Indians on the festival of Holi, praying for peace, joy and prosperity for everyone. President Kovind took to Twitter to say, 'Greetings and best wishes to fellow citizens on the auspicious occasion of Holi. The festival of colours, Holi is a...
08:48
Repolling will be held today in Nagaland in 11 booths spread across nine assembly constituencies, the state's chief electoral officer has announced. The nine constituencies where repolling is to be held are Tamlu, Peren, Kohima Town, Chizami, Phek, Meluri, Tizit, Pungro-Kiphire and...
08:44
Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang will arrive in India today on a three-day visit. During his visit, he will meet President RN Kovind and hold official talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He will also have an interaction with prominent Indian businessmen. President Quang will be...
08:26
Residents of BDD chawl in Worli, central Mumbai, burnt an effigy of fugitive diamontaire Nirav Modi for Holika Dahan on Thursday night. Photograph: ANI.
08:17
Kanpur Dehat's Bharatiya Janata Party president Rahuldev Agnihotri and his son thrashed a toll plaza employee in Uttar Pradesh's Akbarpur city, reports ANI. The incident took place on February 28, after Agnihotri was trying to cross the toll plaza without paying and the employee did not let...
08:07
The United States government is aware of media reports that diamond jeweller Nirav Modi is in the country but is unable to confirm them, a state department official has said, reports Lalit K Jha for PTI. We are aware of recent media reports that Nirav Modi is in the United States but cannot...
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China plans to build its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and submarines as part of the People's Liberation Army Navy's transformation as a major blue-water force, the state-owned defence company said, amid growing Chinese assertiveness in the strategic Indo-Pacific region.China...
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