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New Delhi: “Udegi Dhool”, a political thriller that chronicles the spectacular rise of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month. Directed by Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla, “Udegi Dhool”, which is 95 minutes long, has been distilled from 400 hours of real behind-the-scenes footage shot through a […]

Kolkata: Former Australian wicketkeeper and explosive opener Adam Gilchrist feels there is a big gulf between Sachin Tendulkar and the rest of the top batsmen, something that makes it almost impossible for anyone to get anywhere near the legend`s landmark of 100 international centuries. Giving example of Ricky Ponting, who has recently retired from the […]

Rome: Singer Mariah Carey and her billionaire fiance James Packer have his ‘n’ hers yachts. The “Fantasy” singer and her billionaire fiance are currently vacationing in Italy, but while the businessman owns and is staying on the Arctic P, the seventh largest privately-owned vessel in the world, Carey has a chartered a 192 ft capri, […]

New Delhi: Army chief Gen V K Singh has named retired Lt Gen Tejinder Singh in his complaint to the CBI on the alleged Rs.14 crore bribe offered to him to clear tranche of nearly 600 Tatra trucks. CBI sources said Singh has assured them of providing more material about the alleged bribe offer very […]

Los Angeles: Actress Anne Hathaway, who welcomed her son in April, has shared an empowering message about post-baby weight loss. “The Intern” star shared an image of a pair of her jeans that she cut into shorts and wrote a powerful message to go with it, reports eonline.com. It read: “There is no shame in […]

New Delhi: The Centre today said it will convene a meeting of political parties of Andhra Pradesh to discuss Telangana issue only when it gets the views from all of them and appealed to youngsters not to take their own lives for the cause. Home Minister P Chidambaram said four political parties in Andhra Pradesh […]

Kolkata: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today defended the move to amend the Income Tax Act with retrospective effect following which UK`s Vodafone may have to pay Rs 11,000 crore as tax for a buyout deal involving Indian business. "First the Supreme Court told in the Vodafone case that it has to be clearly indicated the […]

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday took up for discussion the continued Kashmir unrest, with Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s absence in the house during the sensitive debate. “The crown of India (Kashmir) is burning. You must have felt the heat on your head, if not the heart,” […]

New Delhi: Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos has developed an anti-aircraft carrier variant of the 290-km supersonic cruise missile. "We have achieved the capability to attack aircraft carriers using the supersonic vertical diving variant of the missile and after demonstrating the capability recently with high precision, we will now offer this to the Indian Navy," BrahMos […]

Agra: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slammed the Agra administration and government agencies for submitting wrong details pertaining to encroachment in the flood plains of the Yamuna here. A petitioner. D.K. Joshi, had alleged that more than a dozen builders had built unauthorized multi-storey apartment buildings on the Yamuna flood plains without getting NOCs […]

New Delhi: The Home Ministry will examine on merit the mercy petition of Balwant Singh Rajoana, sentenced to death for assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, and it will be submitted to the President for a final decision. Home Minister P Chidambaram said Rajoana`s mercy petition filed by Shiromani Gurudwara Prabhandhak Committee and […]

Rio de Janeiro: Ace US swimmer Michael Phelps won two more Olympic golds here late on Tuesday, taking his total career medals tally in the Summer Games to 26 — which equals what India as a country has achieved since it started participating in 1900. Phelps won the first gold of the day in the […]

Dehradun: Security has been heightened at public places in Uttarakhand ahead of the Independence Day celebrations, a police official said on Wednesday. While there were no immediate inputs from intelligence agencies of any terrorist movement in the state, the arrest of four Islamic State militant group sympathisers in Roorkie earlier this year had cautioned the […]

Chennai: Three months after expelling her from the party, AIADMK supremo and Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today revoked the expulsion of estranged aide V K Sasikala, signalling a rapprochement between them. Jayalalithaa`s action comes close on the heels of Sasikala`s explanation earlier this week expressing her unflinching loyalty to "Akka" (elder sister). "V K Sasikala has […]

New Delhi: Contradicting Army Chief Gen V K Singh, DRDO chief V K Saraswat today said Tatra trucks were "outstanding" and there was nothing substandard about the vehicles used as base for launching all important missiles like Prithvi and Agni. "Tatra truck is an outstanding truck… They have a very good cross country capability and […]