Paksitan’s Azhar Ali led from the start and remained unbeaten in the final session of the second day against West Indies in Dubai in the first pink ball Test in the sub-continent. To make this occasion special, Ali registered an unbeaten 302 against the downtrodden visitors who have been mauled[Read More…]
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Resurrection? Centre planning to revive National Counter Terror Centre
The government of India is planning to revive the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), a project conceived by the UPA government in 2012 but vehemently opposed by then Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi. The idea was earlier shelved after state government’s raised an opposition. However, according to sources Union[Read More…]
Go after terrorists, delegitimise all terror groups: US to Pakistan
The US on Saturday told Pakistan to go after those terrorists who seek and “sometimes find safe haven” in the country and delegitimise all terror groups operating on its soil. “We continue to urge Pakistan to take action to combat and delegitimise all terrorist groups operating on its soil,” State[Read More…]
BRICS nations are committed to anti-terror cooperation, says Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the five-nation bloc of emerging economies was “determined” to cooperate in the fight against terrorism. “For our five countries’ leaders this meeting (in Goa) will be a good opportunity to harmonise our positions on key issues on the international agenda. We are determined to cooperate[Read More…]
Women, freedom and ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’
The strange dynamics and mystery between a woman, a lipstick and religion has finally been unravelled in Prakash Jha’s latest, ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha.’ The story of four women who dream of fulfilling their wildest fantasies and living alternate lives stars ace actresses like Ratna Pathak Shah and Konkona Sen[Read More…]
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil in trouble as cinema body refuses to screen it
Amidst the rising tension on the call for ban of Pakistani actors in India, Karan Johar’s upcoming release Ae Dil Hai Mushkil stands in troubled waters. Days before its release, the Cinema Owners Association has decided not to screen any film starring Pakistani artistes. This applies to single-screen theatres. Nitin[Read More…]
Tragic end! Pakistan footballer Shahlyla Baloch dies in car crash
Pakistan women’s football team striker Shahlyla Ahmadzai Baloch died in a car crash in Karachi late on Wednesday night. Police officials said that Shahlyla was returning with her cousin, Fadeayan Baluch, with whom she was engaged too, from a restaurant when the Toyota Cruiser she was travelling in went out[Read More…]
Country is run like a monocracy, says chief justice of Pakistan
In a scathing attack on the Nawaz Sharif government, Chief Justice of Pakistan Anwar Zaheer Jamali said the country was being run like a “monocracy” in the name of democracy, the Dawn reported on Friday. “This court has repeatedly been saying that monocracy exists in this country in the name[Read More…]
Tragic: Over 50 children succumb to Japanese Encephalitis in Odisha
Over 50 children in Odisha’s Malkangiri region died in the last 34 days due the spread of Japanese Encephlities. The administration has sprung into action and is geared up to grapple with the situation on a war footing, with mosquito control drives and distribution of mosquito nets across areas. Pigs[Read More…]
Lashkar-e-Taiba responsible for deaths of innocent lives: US
Lashkar-e-Taiba, which has been designated as a terrorist organisation by the UN, is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of innocent lives, including American citizens, the US has said even as it refused to comment on the outfit’s leader Hafiz Saeed. “I’m not going to respond to comments that may[Read More…]
Braveheart no more: ‘Caesar’ the canine hero of 26/11 passes away
Caesar, the last surviving dog of the 26/11 Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad of the Mumbai Police, passed away on Thursday after battling prolonged illness. A Labrador Retriever, was given an emotional farewell by the Mumbai Police as he died around 9.30 a.m. at Fizzah Farm in Virar near Mumbai,[Read More…]
Meerut: School principal arrested for controversial FB post on PM
A private school principal has been arrested on Thursday for allegedly posting controversial content on Facebook on the Prime Minister and RSS leaders on Dussehra. Mudassir Rana, who heads a private school in Saradhna area, has been charged under Section 153-A of IPC (promoting disharmony) and relevant sections of IT[Read More…]
India- Russia to ink 18 agreements during Putin’s Goa visit
India and Russia are likely to ink almost 18 agreements on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Goa for the 17th India-Russia annual summit meet on Saturday. The main areas of concern will be Defence and nuclear cooperation and Putin is likely to inaugurate the third and fourth units of the Kudankulam[Read More…]
Five-storey building collapses in Bandra, four persons dead
In a tragic turn of events, four people have died after a five-storey building collapsed in Mumbai’s Bandra East this afternoon, say officials. The incident took place as the wall of a five-storied building collapsed in the slums of Behrampada, trapping four to five people underneath it. It was around[Read More…]
Lucky escape: 16-yr-old saves friend from being run over by train
A teenager saved his friend from being run over by a train at Kurla station when both of them were heading for home in Dombivli on Wednesday. As the train chugged into platform number 1A, the duo, Virendra Pokle (16) and Sarvesh Dhere (16), started walking in the opposite direction.[Read More…]
Indian Super League: NorthEast United return to top of points table
NorthEast United FC returned to the top of the ISL table after a hard-fought 1-0 victory over FC Pune City at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Stadium, Balewadi-Pune, on Wednesday. In a match that saw fortunes-fluctuating and both teams reduced to 10 men, NorthEast United scored the only goal[Read More…]
NSUI burns effigy of PM Modi as ‘Ravana’ in JNU, probe ordered
Dussehra witnessed the burning of effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah in Delhi’s Jawahar Lal Nehru by the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI). The university is now “investigating the matter”. The JNU administration had recently served proctorial notices to four students for burning an effigy of[Read More…]
Verbal attack! Digvijaya Singh calls PM Narendra Modi a warmonger
In a scathing attack, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “warmonger” for pushing India to a war like situation with Pakistan. “Warmonger Modi is slowly getting India in a War like situation with Pakistan. He sees this as the only option to win the[Read More…]
Three women accuse Donald Trump of ‘groping, kissing and inappropriate touching’
Days after Donald Trump said that he had never engaged in such a behavior, three women have accused Donald Trump of groping or kissing them without their consent in news reports published Wednesday. As reported by the New York Times, one of the women alleges that Trump grabbed her breasts[Read More…]
Pakistan govt should show us the path and let us loose on India, says Jaish chief Masood Azhar
Masood Azhar, the Jaish-e-Muhammad chief has called for jihadist and militant groups to be allowed to launch offensives against India. Published in Jaish weekly al-Qalam, it said, “If the government of Pakistan shows a little courage, “the problem of Kashmir, as well as the dispute over water, can be resolved[Read More…]
Jayalalithaa loyalist O Panneerselvam to handle affairs ‘on her direction’
As doctors confirmed that Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa will not be able to leave hospital soon, O Panneerselvam has again filled in for her and will now handle her eight portfolios, on “her direction.” This is nothing new for him as he had handled the state when she[Read More…]
Youth dies in Custody after being arrested for a ‘WhatsApp message on beef’
Minhaj Ansari, the 22-year-old who was arrested for allegedly sharing an objectionable comment about beef on WhatsApp died at a hospital in Jharkhand on Sunday. His death comes less than a week after his arrest and his family has claimed that Ansari was beaten up and tortured in police custody;[Read More…]
Denying sex to husband is mental cruelty, ground for divorce: Delhi HC
Delhi high court on Wednesday said that denying sex to husband for a long time without any justification amounts to mental cruelty and is a ground for divorce. The verdict came on a petition by a husband seeking divorce, complaining that his wife had subjected him to mental cruelty by[Read More…]
Biryani is for all
Historically, Biryani has been a symbol of the ganga-jamnatahzeeb, a meeting of cultures.That’s why it got assimilated into local cultures and people made it their own.
Sex workers can not cry rape if denied money: SC
The Supreme Court while acquitting three persons of rape charges ruled that a sex worker cannot lodge a sexual assault complaint against her customers if they refuse to pay. A bench of Justices Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Amitava Roy said that though the evidence given by a woman alleging rape must get importance from[Read More…]