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  • Pakistani boat carried suspected terrorists: Parrikar

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      The occupants of a Pakistani vessel that blew up and sank off the coast of Gujarat were “suspected terrorists”, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said here. “I think they were suspected terrorists as they committed suicide. A normal boat even carrying drugs can surrender,” he told reporters on the sidelines of an event. “Why would…

  • Prince Andrew in Sex scandal

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    The Duke of York has arrived back in the UK following claims that he had sex with an underage girl. Sky News reports Prince Andrew flew home on a private jet from a ski resort in Verbier, Switzerland, following allegations made in court papers in the US. Buckingham Palace has in recent days issued two denials…

  • Indian soldiers short of boots, ski masks

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    By Anjali Ojha It’s yesterday once more as 53 years on, Indian Army soldiers in the icy Himalayas, to go by a parliamentary panel’s report, suffer a crippling shortage of snow boots, ski masks and ammunition, among others – precisely the cause of the crushing defeat inflicted by the marauding Chinese forces in 1962. Parliament’s…

  • Delhi airport on high alert after terror threat

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     Security was  tightened at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport here following an intelligence alert that terrorists may target Air India flights going to Afghanistan, officials said. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which looks after the airport’s internal security, has been asked to be on alert and keep a tab on the activities of…

  • Palestine to join Interpol

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    The Palestinian national unity government has decided to join the International Criminal Police Organisation, commonly known as Interpol, a senior official says. The Palestinian government will submit a request to join the organisation in 2015 ahead of Interpol’s annual meeting in November, Press TV reported citing Ahmad al-Rabie, a senior official in the Palestinian Authority’s…

  • North Korea slams US over sanctions

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    North Korea rebuked the US for imposing fresh sanctions on Pyongyang for its alleged hacking of Sony Pictures. The US Friday announced retaliatory sanctions on Pyongyang in response to the alleged cyber attack on Sony after it produced a comedy film “The Interview” about a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Yonhap News…

  • Dhaka bans rallies and processions amid tensions

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      All rallies and processions have been banned in the Bangladeshi capital city in the light of simmering political tensions between the opposition and ruling parties, a media report said . The step was taken to curb spiralling tensions between supporters of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the ruling Awami League (AL) ahead…

  • ‘Make in India’ see good response

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    The central government announced that “Make in India” has become its largest and fastest growing digital initiative with 2.1 billion impressions on social media. In the process, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion initiative has “left behind every other government department like the MEA (ministry of external affairs), home ministry or the ministry of…

  • Kashmir border calm after shelling

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    The Jammu and Kashmir border was quite, a day after Pakistani shelling killed two Indian soldiers and a civilian and forced hundreds to flee their homes along the frontier. Although no firing or shelling was reported Sunday, frightened villagers chose to stay away in makeshift camps in Samba and Kathua districts where they have been…

  • AirAsia crash recovery continues

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    Ten more bodies retrieved from the site where an AirAsia plane crashed in the Java Sea reached a hospital in Indonesia for identification. The total number of bodies sent to the Police Hospital Bhayangkara in Surabaya, the provincial capital of East Java, has risen to 18, with four of them successfully identified and handed to…

  • Banking sector need reforms: Jaitley

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      India needs to conceive several reforms in the banking sector, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said here. “There is a need to get the best talent into the system. There is a need for far greater autonomy being given to them (public sector banks),” Jaitley told reporters on the sidelines of the two-day banking retreat.…

  • We want good ties with Pakistan: Rajnath

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      India wanted good relations with Pakistan, which should not resort to ceasefire violations, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said. “Pakistan is our neighbour and we want good relations with all our neighbours,” Rajnath Singh said, responding to a media query on the repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistan. “But the Pakistan government should also take initiative…

  • Science helped shape modern India: Modi

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      Prime Minister Narendra Modi said science has helped shape modern India and lauded scientists for their pioneering work that placed the nation in the forefront globally. “Science has helped shape modern India… It was the pioneering projects undertaken by our scientists that built outstanding institutions with modest resources… that helped place India at the…

  • Pakistani boat explodes and sinks after chase

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     A suspicious Pakistani fishing boat exploded into a ball of fire off the Gujarat coast and sank after it was intercepted by the Coast Guard, the government said . The dramatic incident took place on the night of Dec 31-Jan 1, and the Coast Guard’s Deputy Director General K.R. Nautiyal said he suspected “something serious”.…

  • New US ambassador arrives in India

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    The new US ambassador, Richard Verma, arrived here . He is the first ever Indian-American to be appointed the US envoy to India. Verma, 46, will continue the US embassy’s work in advancing the US-India strategic partnership, said a communique from the mission. “I am honoured to serve as US ambassador to India at such…

  • India will be more aggressive under Kohli: Johnson

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    Australian pacer Mitchell Johnson has said India will adopt a more aggressive approach and redefine the way the country plays cricket under new skipper Virat Kohli starting from the fourth and final Test, beginning Jan 6. Kohli captained India in the first Test at Brisbane and called upon an attacking mindset to counter the Australians,…

  • Underwater search for AirAsia to begin

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      The search for AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea on its way from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore last Sunday is set to move underwater with the arrival of specialist equipment, a media report said . A French crash investigation team will use sensitive acoustic detection devices to try locate the flight…

  • 2015 New Year Celebrated Around the World

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    2015 New Year Celebrated Around the World

  • Cameron urges voters to back his plans

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    British Prime Minister David Cameron used his New Year message to urge voters to stick to his economic plan in the 2015 general elections. Focusing on the economic agenda, Cameron’s New Year video message was recorded against the backdrop of a factory workshop, with the prime minister speaking in front of a team of workers…

  • Pakistan hits out at Indian ‘hype’

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    Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi was sent to 14 days’ judicial custody in an abduction case by a court here Thursday, even as Pakistan termed “unfortunate” the “unnecessary hype” created by India over the issue and also questioned lack of action in the Samjhauta blast case. The judicial remand order came as Lakhvi’s…

  • Modi must resolve inner contradictions

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    By Amulya Ganguli  The year ended by confirming the BJP’s upward mobility when the alliance led by it secured a majority in the Jharkhand assembly and the party put up its best ever show in Jammu and Kashmir. But there is a hint in both the elections that the party’s ascent may not continue to…

  • Afghans take over reins of security from NATO

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      Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced that the country’s forces took over security responsibilities from the US-led coalition forces, which ended their 13-year-long combat mission in Afghanistan . President Ghani hailed the official transition of security responsibilities from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)-led international forces to the Afghan troops, according to media reports Thursday.…

  • PDP, BJP may shake hands

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    The PDP and the BJP, the two largest groups in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly, said they were prepared to form a government amid signs of problems in stitching an alliance. A day after a Peoples Democratic Party delegation met Governor N.N. Vohra, a BJP team called on him Thursday briefly and then said that…

  • AirAsia plane landed safely on water before sinking?

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      The AirAsia flight QZ8501 that met with disaster over the Java Sea on its way from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore , may have made a safe landing on water before being consumed by high waves, amid a raging storm, experts say. The Daily Mirror reported , citing aviation experts, that the absence of…

  • India welcomes 2015 with parties, prayers, charity

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      India embraced the New Year with boisterous midnight revelry and religious devotion . The celebrations however left two people dead in Hyderabad. In virtually every major city and town, people — mostly the young — welcomed 2015 with music and dancing. As the clock struck 12 midnight, firecrackers went off and motorists honked their…

  • Modi to launch Delhi poll campaign

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     Prime Minister Narendra Modi will Jan 10 formally kick off the BJP’s campaign for the Delhi assembly elections while the state unit plans an “aggressive” fight against the Aam Aadmi Party in the run-up to the polls, a party leader said . “Modi will launch the election campaign in Delhi amid the presence of party…

  • India, Pakistan exchange list of nuclear installations

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      India and Pakistan  exchanged the list of their nuclear installations and facilities under an agreement that bars them from attacking each other’s atomic installations. “India and Pakistan today exchanged, through diplomatic channels simultaneously at New Delhi and Islamabad, the list of nuclear installations and facilities covered under the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack…

  • AT ONE MINUTE TO MIDNIGHT 

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    Daily Dose by Bikram Vohra You don’t have to listen to me, kid, said 2014, the young never do, but it’s tough holding out all year, even beauty queens have easier reigns. 2015 stuck his pin in his diaper and said, hey old man, but you better get going, you have a plane to catch,…

  • Lakhvi challenges judicial remand

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    Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zaki-ur Rahman Lakhvi challenged his two-day judicial remand in an abduction case. Lakhvi’s counsel Rizwan Abbasi petitioned a district and sessions court, saying a false FIR had been registered due to pressure from India. A court in Islamabad Tuesday sent Lakhvi to two days judicial remand in the abduction case a…

  • One year without Sachin at the crease

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    By Biswajit Choudhury  The year that the Indian cricket team played without Sachin Tendulkar and lost successive Test series abroad gives enough food for thought on the nature of the sport, also at a time when other team sports in the country are beginning to organise commercially on the lines of the Indian Premier League…

  • AirAsia QZ8501 flight recovery begins

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      Indonesian officials said  sonar has detected wreckage from the missing AirAsia plane at the bottom of the Java sea and that three more bodies have been recovered, taking to six the number of bodies found. The officials were, however, unsure whether the aircraft, which went missing with 162 onboard Sunday morning enroute to Singapore…

  • India to respond with double force: Parrikar

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      The Indian Army must retaliate with “double the force” if Pakistani military fires on the Jammu and Kashmir border, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said. The minister told journalists  night that Indian troops do not breach the 2003 ceasefire between India and Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir. “I would say, don’t agitate, react appropriately…

  • PDP count 55 MLA’s in Kashmir

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    Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti  called on Governor N.N. Vohra, claimed the support of 55 legislators in the 87-member state assembly and lauded former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Mehbooba Mufti met the governor at the Raj Bhavan in winter capital Jammu. “She (Mehbooba Mufti) was in the meeting with the governor for…

  • IITC annual fashion show – Mumbai

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    Models display the creation by the students of IITC Institute Global Careers during their annual fashion show organized in Mumbai.

  • She`s Got the Look fashion show @ IITB

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    Model during She`s Got the Look fashion show at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) festival Mood Indigo in Mumbai.

  • British boxer to help rebuild Peshawar school

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    British boxer Amir Khan has paid a visit to the Peshawar Army Public School where over 140 staff and students were killed by terrorists earlier this month. Khan, whose parents are from Pakistan, vowed to help rebuild the Army Public School devastated by a terrorist attack, media reported. Condemning the heinous crime, Bolton-born boxer prayed…

  • Young India defends ‘PK’

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    Young India is giving the thumbs up to Aamir Khan-starrer “PK” and asking why Hindu groups are denouncing a movie which they feel no way runs down Hindu religion. Bollywood and theatre owners are equally upset over the protests which have erupted against the hugely successful Hindi film which takes a hard-hitting swipe at organised…

  • Iraqi army recaptures town from ISIS

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    The Iraqi military, with the help of volunteer forces, has managed to fully liberate the town of Dhuluiya in Salahuddin Province from the Islamic State (IS) terrorists, media reported . “The Iraqi forces succeeded in taking full control of the Tigris river town, 70 km north of the capital Baghdad from the IS terrorists,” Press…

  • Fast track irrigation projects: Modi

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi  asked officials to fast track implementation of a mega irrigation scheme and also instructed the water resources ministry to identify river-interlinking projects that could be taken up immediately. Chairing a high-level meeting involving the agriculture, water resources and rural development ministries, the prime minister instructed them to fast track the Pradhan…

  • Iran tests torpedo, cruise missiles

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    The Iranian navy has successfully tested its latest torpedo and cruise missiles on the sixth day of massive military exercises code-named Muhammad Rasulullah (PBUH) in the southern part of the country. Iranian Navy’s anti-submarine SH-3D helicopter test-fired the latest domestically-made torpedo, Press TV reported Tuesday. The torpedo successfully hit its predetermined sub-surface target in the…

  • Dhoni retires from Test cricket

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      Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni decided to retire from Tests citing the strain of playing all three formats of cricket after India drew the third Test against Australia. Virat Kohli will captain the side in the fourth and final Test in Sydney. Dhoni’s announcement in Melbourne came following the third Test, which ended in…

  • Third Test drawn, India lose series

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    Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (24 not out) played a responsible knock to force a draw for India against Australia on a tense fifth and final day of the third Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) . Dhoni’s patient innings, together with spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (8 not out) put on a brave 32-run seventh-wicket partnership…

  • Flight search spots floating debris and bodies

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    An Indonesian Air Force pilot involved in search of the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 said  that he saw dozens of floating bodies as well as bags and aircraft debris. The bodies and wreckage were sighted over waters near Pangkalan Bun at Central Kalimantan province in Borneo island, The Jakarta Post reported. The transport ministry earlier…

  • Lakhvi back in detention

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      Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi was sent to two day judicial remand in a fresh case Tuesday, a day after India protested his imminent release. Lakhvi was detained late Monday after he was booked in the abduction case, a media report said Tuesday. He was produced in a court here. During the…

  • Australia build a sizeable lead at MCG

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    India produced a much-improved bowling performance to snare seven second innings wickets but Australia’s lead climbed to a considerable 326 runs after reaching 261 for seven on the fourth day to keep the match tantalisingly poised after another intriguing battle in the third Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here. Shaun Marsh’s (batting 62)…

  • Lakhvi’s detention order suspended

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    The Islamabad High Court (IHC)  suspended the detention of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zaki-ur Rahman Lakhvi. Justice Noor-ul-Haq Qureshi passed the order, Geo News reported. Lakhvi had moved the IHC against the government’s decision on his detention. On Dec 19, Lakhvi was detained under the maintenance of public order, a day after he was granted…

  • ‘Missing AirAsia plane maybe at the bottom of the sea’

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    The AirAsia plane which vanished Sunday with 162 people onboard on its way from Indonesia to Singapore is likely to be at the bottom of the sea, said Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency chief Bambang Soelistyo . “We assume the missing jet to be at the bottom of the sea based on the coordinates…

  • IIT Delhi director resigns amid controversies

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     IIT Delhi director R.K. Shevgaonkar said he had resigned amid controversies over matters involving cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and BJP leader Subramanian Swamy even as the government sought to dispel reports that it had pressed him to quit. “I have resigned,” Shevgaonkar told the media on the sidelines of an event here but refused to go…

  • Bengaluru blast kills woman

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      A woman died and three other people were injured in a low-intensity blast near a restaurant in the city centre, a top police official said. “The woman, identified as Bhavani, who suffered head injury in the blast, succumbed in a private hospital, while the injured are undergoing treatment in the same hospital,” Commissioner of…

  • INTERVIEW: Kailash Satyarthi

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    By Trina Joshi Terming child labour in India as a “serious” problem, the country’s newest Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi has said the delay in enacting and enforcing a ban on all its forms is akin to “destroying childhood” as our “children cannot remain trapped in workplaces”. But in the same breath he sounded optimistic that…