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Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra, the trailer of whose debut Hollywood project "Broken Horses" was unveiled here on Tuesday, says he hasn't thought about remaking the movie for Hindi audiences as of now

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday dropped charges under TADA Act and Explosive Substances Act against alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda in a 1994 case. Additional Sessions Judge Neena Bansal Krishna discharged Tunda, accused under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) and Explosive Substances Act (ESA). Tunda was declared […]

New Delhi/Sydney: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday took up with her Australian counterpart the murder of an Indian IT consultant in a Sydney street. Australian police have released CCTV footage of the woman minutes before she was stabbed to death three days ago. Prabha Arun, 41, employed with Bengaluru-based technology firm MindTree, was […]

New Delhi: At a time when the successful coal auctions bring hope for India’s power sector and the 2015-16 Budget proposes five new ultra mega power projects (UMPPs), the industry itself doubts whether sector constraints would allow these projects to make the grid. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has in the budget for the next fiscal […]

Bhubaneswar: The BJP on Tuesday staged a demonstration here, urging the CBI to speed up its ongoing investigation into the multi-crore-rupee chit fund scam in Odisha. The Bharatiya Janata Party submitted a memorandum to Central Bureau of Investigation chief Anil Kumar Sinha, asking him to expedite the probe in the scam in which several politicians […]

Chandigarh: At a time when retail shop owners are feeling the pinch from online shopping, a home-grown fair in Chandigarh’s backyard is making its mark as a commercial success as well as becoming a popular event for a family outing with some shopping thrown in. As the 24th edition of ‘Vanity Fair’ gets under way […]

Hamilton: Guided by Shikhar Dhawan’s dominating century, India’s smooth eight-wicket victory over Ireland here on Tuesday ensured that the defending World Champions will finish at the top of Pool B. India, who had already qualified for the quarter-finals earlier, will now play the fourth-placed Pool A team in the last eight, which is likely to […]

Buenos Aires: London Olympics swimming champion Camille Muffat was among the 10 people killed on Monday when their helicopters collided in mid-air in Argentina. Muffat, 25, brought home three medals from the 2012 Games, including the 400 metres freestyle gold, reports Xinhua. Champion sailor Florence Arthaud and Olympic boxer Alexis Vastine were among those killed […]

Mumbai: Visit Britain, the country’s national tourism agency, has announced actor Saif Ali Khan as the spokesperson for the ‘Bollywood Britain’ tourism campaign in India. He says he shares a deep connect with the country. With over 50 Hindi movies filmed in Britain, mostly themed around romance, the destination provides a perfect setting for couples […]

New York: Researchers have located and narrowed down the number of genes that increase the risk of Type 1 diabetes, a study claims. The findings can help other researchers to better predict who might develop Type 1 diabetes and how to prevent it. “It is a game-changer for Type 1 diabetes,” said Patrick Concannon, director, […]

New York: After analysing 1.9 million-year-old pelvis and thigh bones of an early human ancestor in Kenya, researchers have revealed greater diversity in the human family tree than scientists previously thought. According to the team from University of Missouri-Columbia, apart from facial features, these early human species also differed throughout other parts of their skeletons […]

New Delhi: Numerous Tibetan refugees on Tuesday staged a protest outside the Chinese embassy here on Tibetan Uprising Day. Holding Tibetan flags, posters and banners with “Free Tibet” written on them, the protesters gathered at the sprawling lawns outside the embassy and raised pro-freedom slogans. Some of them also wore black-coloured masks on their faces […]

New Delhi/Mumbai: Top AAP leaders Manish Sisodia, Gopai Rai, Pankaj Gupta and Sanjay Singh on Tuesday accused fellow party men Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav of conspiring to defeat the party before the Delhi election. In a joint statement, they clarified that the March 4 National Executive (NE) had decided to release Prashant Bhushan and […]

Buenos Aires: At least 10 people were killed when two helicopters collided in mid air in northern Argentina on Monday, according to media reports. The accident occurred, near the town of Villa Castelli (around 1,100 km from Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires), in the province of La Rioja. “There was a crash (involving) two helicopters. There […]

Washington: Pakistan had about 120 atomic weapons, 10 more than India, in its nuclear arsenal last year, according to a new interactive infographic unveiled by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Designed by the Bulletin, founded in 1945 by University of Chicago scientists who had helped develop the first atomic weapons in the Manhattan Project, […]