23-Year-Old From Chennai Attempts To Join ISIS In Libya, Deported Back To India
A 23 -year-old man was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) yesterday who had allegedly reached Sudan to join the terror group ISIS in Libya. According to a report in The New Indian...
View ArticleRanveer Wants Salman To Pat His Back After Watching 'Bajirao Mastani'
NEW DELHI -- Ranveer Singh wishes superstar Salman Khan, the original choice to play Peshwa Bajirao, likes his take on the Maratha warrior in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Bajirao Mastani. Salman, 49, was...
View ArticleParis Climate Deal Creates A 'Chapter Of Hope,' Says Prakash Javadekar
PARIS -- India today hailed the adoption of a landmark climate change deal as a "historic day" which promises a "better future" and creates a "chapter of hope" in the lives of seven billion people....
View ArticleRoger Federer Doesn't Really Know What To Call IPTL, But He Surely Loved It
NEW DELHI -- Even after two successive appearances, Roger Federer can't really make up his mind on where to bracket the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) in his busy schedule but the Swiss...
View ArticleActor Dilip Kumar Receives Padma Vibhushan Award
MUMBAI--Ailing legendary actor Dilip Kumar, known as the "tragedy king of Bollywood", was today presented the Padma Vibhushan by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at the thespian's residence in...
View ArticleThe Morning Wrap: India To Develop Stealth Combat Drones; RSS 'Classic' To Be...
The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning. Essential HuffPost It was a...
View ArticleArtist Hema Upadhyay And Her Lawyer Found Murdered In Mumbai
The bodies of celebrated installation artist Hema Upadhyay (43) and her lawyer Harish Bhambhani (65) were found in Mumbai's Kandivli on Saturday, stuffed inside cardboard containers, according to...
View Article1984 Sikh Carnage Will Remain Afresh In The Psyche Of Every Sikh, Says...
TARN TARAN -- The Sikh community will never forgive the Congress for "hatching" the conspiracy of 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said yesterday. "The wounds of 1984...
View ArticlePM Modi To Visit Kerala Today Amidst CM Chandy Row
NEW DELHI -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday will make his maiden visit to Kerala today after assuming office, amid the row over permission being denied to Chief Minister Oomen Chandy from...
View ArticleTN Government Denies Reports Of Flooding Due To Improper Water Release...
CHENNAI -- Dubbing the devastation due to floods in Chennai as the 'rarest of the rare' natural calamity, the Tamil Nadu Government on Sunday dismissed reports that the flood in Adyar river was the...
View Article26/11 Mumbai Attacks: India Can't Prove My Role In The Attacks, Says Hafiz saeed
NEW DELHI -- Days after External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visited Pakistan, Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed has dared India to prove his involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks....
View ArticleDelhi Slum Demolition: Notices To Vacate Shanties Were Given Long Ago, Says...
NEW DELHI -- The Indian Railways, which has drawn major flak for demolishing slums in an anti-encroachment drive in Shakur Basti here, said on Sunday that the notice to vacate the shanties was given a...
View ArticleRanveer Singh Wants To Venture Into Writing And Direction
NEW DELHI -- It has just been five years for Ranveer Singh in the industry but the actor already has plans to expand his repertoire and wants to try his hand at direction, writing and music...
View ArticleGoogle Honours Yoga Guru BKS Iyengar On His 97th Birth Anniversary With An...
Keeping with its tradition of honouring noted personalities from across the globe, Google on Monday dedicated their special 'doodle' to BKS Iyengar, founder of the style of yoga known as 'Iyengar...
View ArticleShakur Basti Dwellers Freezing In Extreme Cold After Slum Demolition
NEW DELHI -- A day after the Railways demolished more than 500 slums in the Shakur Basti area in the national capital, the dwellers are now being forced to live in freezing conditions and are battling...
View ArticleManohar Parrikar Says, Soldiers Should Kill The Enemy, Not Lay Down Lives
NEW DELHI -- Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday said soldiers should be asked to kill the enemy instead of being told to lay down their own lives. "It was said that soldier is ready to lay...
View ArticleParis Attacks: Sikhs Are Feeling Vulnerable In The Resulting Anti-Islamic Wave
CHICAGO -- Pardeep Kaleka spent several days after 9/11 at his father's South Milwaukee gas station, fearing that his family would be targeted by people who assumed they were Muslim. No, Kaleka...
View ArticleIf I Were The Sports Minister, Would Have Asked Why India Isn't Winning In...
INDORE -- Legendary athlete Milkha Singh today said the government should chart out a time-bound plan with the help of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and other sports bodies to produce athletes who...
View ArticleChennai Rains: Schools, Colleges Reopen After A Month
CHENNAI -- After torrential rains and floods forced their closure for nearly a month, schools and colleges in Chennai and its neighbouring districts reopened today. Soon after the onset of North East...
View ArticleKejriwal Meets Suresh Prabhu, Says No Demolition Without Rehabilitation
NEW DELHI -- Enraged over a railway demolition drive in west Delhi that has been blamed for the death of a 6-month-old infant, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal yesterday met Railway Minister Suresh...
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