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Rohit Vemula Was Compelled To Commit Suicide, Says Prime Minister Narendra Modi
As protests continued at the volatile Hyderabad University campus over the death of a Dalit research scholar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke up for the first time since Rohith Vemula used a...
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WATCH: Comedian Utsav Chakraborty's Surreal Sketch About A Guy Named, Well,...
Utsav Chakraborty, a stand-up comic based in Mumbai, has put out his first-ever sketch and... well... we don't... quite know what to make of it. All we know is that you shouldn't be eating or drinking...
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Now, Google Is Offering Free Wi-Fi At Mumbai Central
Google has begun offering free Wi-Fi to Mumbai train passengers in hopes of boosting its role in the Indian market. Giggling groups of students, bored commuters and snack-shop vendors were all logging...
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The Tough Life Of A Litfest Celebrity, 'Fat Scindia Maharaja' And Selfies...
Day two of the Jaipur Literature Festival and the crowds—though crowdy—were nothing compared to the 35 lakhs expected this weekend. 35 LAKHS, people. That's more than the population of a small European...
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Indians, by nature, are a superstitious lot. When it comes to money, they’d love to make a fast buck. No wonder, many live under the illusion that money grows on trees. View this Money Plant video and...
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Rohith Vemula's Suicide: Modi Shedding Crocodile Tears, Says AAP
NEW DELHI -- Questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'late' reaction to the death of Rohit Vemula, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday accused the former of shedding 'crocodile tears and being in...
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Narendra Modi Declassifies 100 Files On Subhash Chandra Bose
NEW DELHI -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi today made public digital copies of 100 secret files relating to Subhash Chandra Bose on his 119th birth anniversary, which could throw some light on the...
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Thrown Out Of Hostel For Chanting Anti-Modi Slogans, Allege Dalit Students
Three Dalit students who had raised slogans against Narendra Modi when the Prime Minister had arrived at Lucknow's Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University to deliver the convocation address, later found that...
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There's No Intolerance In Bollywood, Says Kajol
JAIPUR -- Choosing to play down the intolerance debate in India, actress Kajol today said there are no such dividing lines in Bollywood. "Our industry will always keep reflecting on what is happening...
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Bigg Boss Is All Set To Welcome General Public In It's 10th Season
MUMBAI -- The upcoming season of Bigg Boss will open its gates to the public as contestants, who will participate in the 10th edition of the reality show along with celebrities. For nine reasons in a...
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I Am Proud Of The Industry I Am In, Says Kiku Sharda
MUMBAI -- Thanking his colleagues for supporting him during his arrest, actor-comedian Kiku Sharda says he feels proud of his industry. The 40-year-old actor, best known for playing Palak on TV show...
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Kolkata Hit-And-Run: Sambia Sohrab Confesses To Driving Car
KOLKATA -- Sambia Sohrab, the main accused in Red Road hit and run case and son of state Trinamool Congress member Mohammed Sohrab, today confessed that he was behind the wheels of the car which mowed...
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Pandit Shankar Ghosh, Tabla Maestro, Dies At 80
KOLKATA -- Eminent tabla player Pandit Shankar Ghosh passed away on Friday night at a private city hospital, his family said. He was 80. Ghosh leaves behind his wife Hindustani classical vocalist of...
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NIA Arrests 20 Terror Suspects, Hints That Indian Mujahideen Is Regrouping As IS
The National Investigation Agency’s crackdown on terror suspects in the run-up to this year's Republic Day has revealed that a faction of the banned terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) is rebranding...
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10 Revelations Made From The Declassified Files On Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today revealed 100 files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at the National Archives today. Modi had said that this was his way to show respect to the fiery freedom...
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Jaipur Literature Festival, Day 3: These Days People Seem To Have Become...
If you build it, they will come. Never was a truer word said, as lakhs of people expanded and swelled across the venue. It certainly felt like all of Jaipur (and Delhi, and Bombay) was stuffed into the...
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9 Awesome Things From Your Childhood That Your Kids Will Never Appreciate
Do you ever look at your kids and think, "Their childhood is so different from mine," or shake your head when they roll your eyes at what you once thought cool? We've got you covered. Get your...
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Relating Is Beautiful, Relationships Are Not
The capacity to be alone is the capacity to love. It may look paradoxical to you, but it is not. It is an existential truth: only those people who are capable of being alone are capable of love, of...
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I'm Not 40 Yet, Goddammit!
I will be turning 40 later this year. And I have been so looking forward to it. I've even been working up a few distinguished strands of silvery grey in my sideburns to match this milestone. Each time...
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Fire Saved Our Ancestors. Today We Need Ice
In our schooldays we learnt that the biggest turning point for human civilisation occurred when our ancestors learnt to manage fire. Domesticating fire for the purpose of cooking is considered the...
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