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Racing champ Ashwin Sundar, wife die after car rams into a tree

Chennai: Double Formula 4 racing title holder Ashwin Sundar and his wife Nivedhita died in Chennai on Saturday after the car they were travelling rammed into a road side tree and caught fire. According to information reaching here, the couple was returning home around 3.30 am when its speeding BM

NO EVIDENCE TO SHOW EVMS CAN BE TAMPERED WITH: EC

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday emphasised that electronic voting machines (EVMs) were tamper proof and termed the allegations by some political parties concerning their use in assembly elections to five states as “baseless, speculative and wild”. “ECI unequivocally reiterates th

POLICE BUSTS FAKE CURRENCY PRINTING UNIT

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha police today claimed to have busted a fake currency printing unit at a slum in the state capital after seizure of certain materials used for making counterfeit notes. The seizure was made from Salia Sahi area here. A police team from Baripada in Mayurbhanj jointly with t

ZAKIR NAIK BREAKS HIS SILENCE ON ‘TERRORIST’ REMARKS

KUALA LUMPUR: Televangelist Dr Zakir Naik has denied allegations that he is a terrorist and had instead characterized such people as being terrorists themselves. In an interview with Malay daily Sinar Harian at its Karangkraf office in Shah Alam, the 50-year-old founder of the Islamic Research

DECISION TO BAN ZAKIR NAIK’S IRF WAS IN INTEREST OF INDIA: HC

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court today held that the Centre’s decision to ban Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) was taken to safeguard national security as it dismissed its plea challenging the ban. Holding that Naik’s foundation’s plea challenging the Centre’s decision has “no meri

پنجاب اور گوا اسمبلی انتخابات میں شکست کے بعد عام آدمی پارٹی میں پھوٹ کے آثار!

نئی دہلی،(بھٹکلیس نیوز)دہلی میں دھماکہ دار جیت کے بعد اپنا ایک منفرد تاثر چھوڑنے والی دہلی کی عام آدمی پارٹی نے دہلی سے باہر پہلی بار پنجاب اور گوا کے انتخابات میں حصہ لیا ۔دونوں ہی ریاستوں میں حالیہ اختیام پذیر اسمبلی انتخابات کے نتائج کے بعد پارٹی پنجاب میں دوسرے نمبر پررہی وہیں گوا میں پارٹی کا ک

Pakistan Rearing 'Good' Terrorists, Battling 'Bad' Ones: Vice President Hamid Ansari

NEW DELHI:  Pakistan's military has reared "good" terrorists for cross-border missions while battling "bad" militants that fail to toe its line, Vice President Hamid Ansari said today. Attacking Pakistan for use of terrorism as state policy, he said the most virulent factor fuelling terrorism is sta

ELECTION PANEL REJECTS DEMAND TO USE BALLOT PAPER IN CIVIC POLLS

New Delhi: The Delhi State Election Commission (SEC) on Tuesday rejected Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s demand to hold coming elections to the three municipal corporations in Delhi using ballot papers instead of EVMs. Kejriwal had asked the commission to conduct the April 22 polls through the

MANOHAR PARRIKAR SWORN IN AS THE NEW CHIEF MINISTER OF GOA

PANAJI: BJP leader Manohar Parrikar was sworn in Chief Minister of Goa for the fourth time on Tuesday. Parrikar, who resigned as Defence Minister on Monday, was administered the oath of office by Governor Mridula Sinha in the presence of top BJP leaders including BJP national president Amit Sha

ZIA-UL-HAQ MURDER: CASE AGAINST RAJA BHAIYA AFTER DEATH OF WITNESS

Lucknow: A case has been lodged against Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya after the suspicious death of a witness in the infamous killing of police officer Zia-ul-Haq, police said on Sunday. Along with Raja Bhaiya, who won the assembly election yet again from Kunda

Qatar Airways Plans To Launch Fully-Owned Airline In India With 100 Planes

Berlin: Qatar Airways will not take delivery of any Airbus A320neo aircraft this year as it looks to change its order to larger A321neos, Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker said on Wednesday. Al Baker said that unlike rivals, Qatar Airways was not reducing capacity growth or delaying plane orders, sa

World's heaviest woman Eman Ahmed grooves to Arabic music as she makes baby steps towards recovery

New Delhi: 36-year-old Eman Ahmed from Egypt, who at 500 kilos was touted as the heaviest woman in the world is slowly and steadily making her way towards recovery. Eman, who underwent a successful bariatric surgery, has recently been filmed doing a little dance and grooving to Arabic music on he

BJP stakes claim to form govt in Goa under Manohar Parrikar

Stealing a march on the Congress, the BJP led by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today staked claim to form the next government in Goa under his leadership, with the support of the NCP, smaller outfits and Independents. Parrikar will be the Chief Minister of the coalition government. He call

Two boys from PoK arrested for Uri attack handed over to Pakistan

LAHORE/WAGAH: Two teenage boys from PoK, against whom the NIA dropped charges of conspiracy in the Uri terror strike, were today reunited with their families at the Wagah border after spending nearly six months in detention. Faisal Hussain Awan and Ahsan Khursheed had been handed over to the Jamm

PMO NOT GIVING APPOINTMENT TO KERALA CM TO DISCUSS DROUGHT: MP

New Delhi: A Kerala Congress MP on Friday alleged that the PMO was not giving appointment to all-party delegation led by chief minister Pinayari Vijayan who wanted to raise the issue of drought in the state. Speaking during the Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha, K Suresh, member from Mavelikkara const

EIGHT SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN MP-UP TERROR INCIDENTS: RAJNATH

New delhi: Eight suspects have been arrested so far in connection with the blast on a train in Madhya Pradesh and the subsequent anti-terror operations leading to the killing of alleged terrorist Saifullah in Lucknow, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said in Rajya Sabha today. Making a statement dur

FAKE ‘BABA’ RAPED 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL INHYDERABAD

Hyderabad, March 8,2017: A 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a fake ‘Baba’ at his house located at Asad Baba Nagar in Bahadurpura. The girl had visited ‘Baba’ for treatment of insomnia. Ahmed Khan, alias Baba (45) raped the girl when she visited his house alone. She had come to his house ea

Abu Salem wanted to vote, couldn't afford bail bond

Gangster Abu Salem, a registered voter here, wanted to vote in the assembly polls. Behind bars in Mumbai, his family realised they'd have to cough up Rs 3 lakh to Rs 4 lakh for a bail bond. Making security arrangements would be way too complicated. So, they dropped the idea. Salem might have miss