Senior Delhi Congress leader Prahlad Sawhney joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday at a press conference at the party’s head office in central Delhi, where the Delhi chief minister welcomed the four-time Chandni Chowk MLA into the party fold. Sawhney was elected MLA four times from the Chandni […]
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Man lynched in Jharkhand over child lifting rumour
A 32-year-old daily wage labourer succumbed to his injuries on Saturday a day after a mob allegedly thrashed him after suspecting him of being a child lifter at Koderma in Jharkhand, his family said even as the state police said that their preliminary probe suggested that he was beaten up […]
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Iraqi national duped of $2.4K by con men in Gurugram
Three men allegedly stole $2,400 from an Iraqi national near a traffic signal in Sector 31 on Saturday evening. The police said the suspects posed as policemen and stopped the victim and his family members on the pretext of an ‘inspection’. The police said the incident took place around 11pm […]
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Fly ash spills across 30 acres after breach in NTPC power plant dyke in MP’s Singrauli
A fly ash dyke of a power plant of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) at Singrauli developed a breach on Sunday evening resulting in spillage of fly ash that affected at least 30 acres of land while 15 cattle were reported missing, said police. The NTPC management said there […]
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Assam doctor booked for allegedly ridiculing tea-tribe community in satire
Assam Police have booked a 68-year-old doctor and popular author in Jorhat in Upper Assam on charges of creating enmity between groups after a complaint which alleged that his recent satirical piece ridiculed the tea tribe community. Denying the accusations, the doctor said his writing was not against any community […]
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Sushil Modi praises Nitish Kumar amid Giriraj Singh’s attacks on ‘inept handling’ of Bihar flood
With a compliment to Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar for his re-election as the chief of Janata Dal(United), his deputy Sushil Modi has tried to quell criticism over the handling of the flood situation in the state and Patna, especially from Union minister Giriraj Singh. In his tweet, Bharatiya Janata […]
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Uttarakhand BJP slaps show cause notice on MLA for alleged indiscipline
The Uttarakhand unit of the BJP issued a show cause notice to party lawmaker Umesh Sharma on Sunday after an alleged phone conversation with an unknown person where the MLA tells him that the BJP supported candidate should lose in zila panchayat elections in Dehradun went viral. Devendra Bhasin, state […]
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BJP leader Ravindra Kharat, family members shot dead in Maharashtra
A BJP corporator and four of his family members were on Sunday shot dead at his residence in Maharastra’s Jalgaon district by three gunmen, police said. The incident took place late Sunday night when BJP corporator Ravindra Kharat (55) and his family members were inside their residence, police said. “The […]
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Netflix account helps woman expose husband
A PhD student in Delhi has alleged her husband had impersonated an Isro scientist to marry her and she found about his lies after tracing his location to Gurgaon through their shared Netflix account, police said on Sunday. She also found that the man was already married to another woman, […]
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Customs lodges complaint against officer for harassing Uzbek woman
The customs department last week submitted a complaint to the Delhi Police against one of its own officers for allegedly sexually harassing an Uzbek passenger at the Delhi airport. The suspect in the case, a customs superintendent at the Delhi international airport, was earlier suspended following allegations of misconduct against […]
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India vs South Africa: Virender Sehwag passes verdict on Rohit Sharma as Test opener
Rohit Sharma had a dream start in his new role as a Test opener as the right-hander silenced all the detractors by slamming a century in each innings of the first Test match at Visakhapatnam. Before the match, there were comparisons made between Rohit and Sehwag and even Indian captain […]
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Happy Birthday Zaheer Khan
Former India pacer Zaheer Khan celebrates his 41st birthday today and the cricketing fraternity came together to wish the left-arm seamer. Zaheer was an important part of India’s triumphant 2011 World Cup team and was India’s best bowler for a span of 10 years. He made his debut under Sourav […]
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Why India got 60 for win against WI, 40 against SA: Explaining WTC points table
With a dominant win against South Africa in the first Test, the Indian team consolidated its position at the top of the World Test Championship points table. Sitting pretty with 160 points after three matches, Kohli and team are well ahead of the rest of the pack. New Zealand and Sri Lanka […]
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I ended Gautam Gambhir’s white-ball career – Pakistan fast bowler makes bold claim
Gautam Gambhir is regarded as one of the best limited-overs cricketer India has ever prouced. Before hanging up his boots to join political arena, Gambhir played 147 ODIs for India, in which he scored 5,238 runs with 11 hundreds and 34 fifties to his name. He also played 37 T20Is, […]
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We need to show patience with returning Shehzad, Akmal: Pakistan coach Misbah-ul-Haq
Pakistan’s head coach Misbah-ul-Haq has urged the critics to show some patience with changes and experiments being done as it takes some time to yield results. The former Pakistan skipper, who is also the chief selector also said that it is his duty to support the under-pressure current captain Sarfaraz […]