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Attention: There Is Only One 'Dadasaheb Phalke Award' That's Worth Anything
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is, as one would read on Wikipedia, India's highest cinematic honour, presented at the National Awards ceremony held annually in New Delhi. Named after the man known as the...
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Piyush Goyal Has Been Advised To Keep His Answers Short
NEW DELHI -- Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today advised Power Minister Piyush Goyal to give short answers to questions raised by MPs after Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav objected to his...
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Kashmir School Headmistress, Staff Suspended After Declaring Holiday For...
JAMMU -- A headmistress, along with the entire staff in Doda in Jammu and Kashmir, has been suspended after she declared a school holiday on the occasion of her son's wedding. "We have placed the...
View ArticleWATCH: Sushmita Sen Wins Hearts With Inspirational Speech At Her Daughter's...
As one of the top Bollywood heroines, Former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen won many hearts in the late '90s. She's still winning hearts--of her kids, their school friends and their teachers. Recently, the...
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Why Jisha Is Not Just 'Kerala's Nirbhaya'
NEW DELHI -- A crime of unimaginable horror was committed in Kerala on the evening of 28 April. Jisha, a 30-year-old law student, was murdered, stabbed over and over again, and her intestines were...
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Uttarakhand Crisis: CBI Summons Harish Rawat Over Sting Probe
NEW DELHI -- The CBI today summoned former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat for questioning in connection with a preliminary enquiry (PE) into the controversial sting CD in which he was...
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6 MasterChef Australia Recipes That Prove Aussies Can Rock Desi Food
Culinary show MasterChef Australia has featured a fair share of Indian cooks as well as plenty of desi cuisine, both traditional and modern. As the show enters its eighth season this May, we decided to...
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WATCH: Amitabh Bachchan, Nawazuddin, and Vidya Balan Will Give You Crazy...
The trailer of Ribhu Dasgupta’s Te3n was unveiled today. Featuring an ensemble cast in Amitabh Bachchan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and Vidya Balan, the film is eerily similar in vibe to Sujoy Ghosh’s...
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Kanhaiya's Health Worsens, Rushed To Hospital
JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar has been admitted to a hospital after his health deteriorated due to the week-long hunger strike to protest against the action taken by the internal...
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Wrong Depiction Of India Map Can Land You In Jail, 100 Cr Fine
Wrong depiction of the map of India could land the violators in jail with a maximum term of seven years and fine upto Rs 100 crore. This measure has been envisaged by the government against the...
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PHOTOS: Heat, Dust And Water In Bundelkhand
The availability of water, or the lack of it, shapes lives in drought-stricken Bundelkhand. Bundelkhand is a dirt-poor region where people are now desperately scratching the dirt for water. Only a few...
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Diesel Taxi Ban Could Force BPOs Out, Cost India $1.2 Billion: Centre Tells SC
The ban on diesel taxis in the Delhi-NCR region could affect the BPO industry and potentially cost the country $1.2 billion, the central government told the supreme court on Thursday. Due to the...
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Seven Dead As Thunderstorm Hits Kumbh Mela Site In Ujjain
Seven people were killed and around 90 others injured when heavy rains accompanied by lightning and squall flattened and uprooted makeshift tents of pilgrims in and around the site of ongoing Simhatha...
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Reliance 4G Is Now Available On Invite Basis
Reliance's ambitious 4G program Jio seems to have kicked off for Indians partially. An employee referral program is underway where the employees invite people to try out the 4G services. Reliance is...
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How A Plane Full Of People Gave A Kargil War Hero The Reception He Deserves
Harish Nayani, an erstwhile IAF fighter pilot and now a Captain for Indigo Airlines, was on duty when he received the information that he had Naik Deep Chand, a 1999 Kargil war hero, who lost both his...
View ArticleModi Govt's New Swachh Bharat Ad Is A Definitive Guide To Desi Break-Ups
The Narendra Modi government has now come out with a definitive guide to break-ups. It involves less tears and songs than Kabhi Khushi Khabhi Gham and doesn't need you to lick household objects a la...
View ArticleEating And Keeping Beef No Longer Illegal In Maharashtra, Bombay High Court...
NEW DELHI -- The Bombay High Court today dealt a tiny blow to Maharashtra's anti-beef law, ruling that it is not illegal to possess beef, but only if it is imported from outside the state. The Bombay...
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'Traffic' Review: Well-Intentioned But A Bumpy Ride
The late Rajesh Pillai’s final feature film, Traffic, appears to be this week’s most interesting Hindi release. A remake of his 2011 Malayalam thriller of the same name, which was a great critical and...
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Linking Rivers Will Not Save Bundelkhand
Retaining rainwater through ponds, check dams and farm embankments will quench Bundelkhand's thirst far better than a grand river linking scheme based on dodgy assumptions on water availability. Read...
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As Malayalees Kick The Butt, A Once Proud Beedi-Maker Bets On Biryani
THALASSERY, KERALA -- Bhargavi sways rhythmically as she packs bundles of beedis into neat packets of tens and twenties, with deft fingers and an easy confidence acquired over the years. On a given...
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