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Anti-terror outfit chairman MS Bitta praises Modi for inviting Nawaz Sharif for his swearing-in ceremony
All India Anti-Terrorist Front (AIATF) chairman Maninderjeet Singh Bitta on Saturday praised Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi for being "determined" to address the issue of terrorism and for inviting Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif for his swearing-in cer...
Anurag Kashyap: I couldn't have made 'Queen'
Anurag Kashyap co-produced 'Queen' and was involved in its editing, but the filmmaker has no qualms in saying that he couldn't have made an entertainer like it.
Noida to get north India's tallest residential tower
Real estate player Brys Group plans to invest Rs.900 crore-Rs.1,000 crore over the next four years in a project that will be north India's tallest residential tower, Rahul Gaur, chairman-cum- managing director of the company, said here on Saturday.
Golf: Adam Scott six shots behind surprise leader at Colonial
Little-known Brice Garnett took control of the Crowne Plaza Invitational on Friday as world number one Adam Scott finished six shots off the pace.
Lenovo hires ex-Nokia and Huawei executive Colin Giles as VP of mobile
Giles joined Huawei as executive vice president of its Consumer Business Group last July, after leaving Nokia in 2012.
BJP's walkout before trust vote is a 'cowardly' act: Nitish Kumar
Former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar slammed the BJP for staging a walkout of the House just before Friday's trust vote against JD(U)'s new government and described it as a 'cowardly' act.
Oldest-living American turns 115 years old
The oldest-living American, a member of a select group of the living to have been born in the 19th century, is celebrating her 115th birthday on Friday.
Roads around Rashtrapati Bhawan to be closed for Modi swearing-in
Commuters could face a tough time on Monday as the Traffic Police on Friday issued an advisory asking them to avoid major roads in and around Rashtrapati Bhawan in the evening from 4pm onwards owing to the swearing in ceremony of Narendra Modi as the Prim...
Alain Prost sees trouble brewing for Mercedes team-mates
Hamilton and Rosberg will struggle to stay friends this season and it may not take much for the relationship to sour, according to Prost.
Camelopardalids meteor shower to light up the night sky on May 24
The shower will not be visible in the rest of the world outside North America but you can watch a live stream.
Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony: Rajinikanth, Amitabh Bachchan and Lata Mangeshkar invited
Narendra Modi's government has decided to invite these celebrities to his oath ceremony as prime minister, which is scheduled for May 26.
Bihar minister Binay Bihari may land in trouble over 'obscene' music album
Newly inducted minister Binay Bihari in the Jitan Ram Manjhi government might land in trouble as a court case is pending against him in a Bhojpur district court in connection with an 'obscene' music album.
UP continues to reel under sweltering heat, temperature likely to reach 44°C
Weather continued to remain dry in Uttar Pradesh leading to rise in day temperatures in some parts of the state.
500-year-old banyan tree gets tourist spot status in Odisha
The gigantic tree, spread across 1.3 acres of land with about 600 trunks and sub-trunks has been granted the tourist spot status by the state government.
25 injured as bus falls into ditch
Twenty-five people were injured, some of them seriously, when a bus overturned and fell into a ditch near Sedpura village in the district, police said on Friday.
Six policemen injured in attack by Loni locals
Six policemen were injured in an attack by some locals in the Loni area in Ghaziabad when they had gone there to arrest a person who was allegedly involved in power theft, police said.