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Series won but 'friends lost': Virat Kohli needs to grow up; why did he take Australia's mind game so seriously?

Australians always target the best player in the opponent team to create pressure on it. With India having won the series, there was no reason for Kohli to say that Australian cricketers are no longer his friends.

Mar 29, 2017

Congress is adopting two revolutionary strategies to take on BJP in Gujarat polls 2017; is Modi changing the Grand-Old Party?

The Congress, which has been out of power in Gujarat for over two decades now, has decided to follow two paths — organisational and ideological — that are nothing less than revolutionary by its standard.

Mar 28, 2017

Jammu and Kashmir: Drug peddler arrested in Anantnag; 25 kg of poppy straw recovered

An FIR has been registered against the drug peddler under Section 8/18 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

Mar 28, 2017

IAF flew 33 sorties with 604 tonnes of currency notes after Narendra Modi announced demonetisation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced his decision to demonetise the old currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 on November 8 last year.

Mar 28, 2017

Jharkhand orders closure of illegal abattoirs despite no data on the same

Interestingly, the government does not seem to have any record of the number of illegal slaughterhouses operating in Jharkhand.

Mar 28, 2017

Poaching: Tragic decline of the African elephant population in numbers

Things every racist Indian should know about the gorgeous African continent

The fact that all people of African origin in India are lumped together as 'Nigerians' speaks volumes about the country's lack of knowledge.

Mar 28, 2017

India should stop worrying about racism abroad and start tackling the menace within

Despite repeated assurances by the authorities, racist attacks on Africans in India show no signs of subsiding. While condemning racist crimes in Trump's US, are we keeping our own house clean?

Mar 28, 2017

'Women should not enter temples during menstruation,' says Kerala Congress leader MM Hassan

Hassan's comments did not go down well with the media students who said if the leader thought both the blood and the organ it came from were impure, then he should also consider himself an impure because he was born of the same.

Mar 28, 2017

Office of profit case: BJP feels AAP's end is near; Kejriwal's party unfazed

At least 21 AAP MLAs could face disqualification in office-of-profit case. The Delhi High Court has given its ruling while the hearing by the Election Commission concluded on Monday, March 27.

Mar 28, 2017

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Will Opposition find any consensus candidate to stop Yogi Adityanath in UP bypoll?

After the annihilation they faced in the UP Assembly polls recently, can the SP-Congress and BSP think of joining hands to stop CM Adityanath from winning the bypoll?

Mar 28, 2017

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US President Donald Trump calls PM Narendra Modi to congratulate him on recent electoral results

The White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer confirmed the call and said that a more detailed readout of the conversation will be released later in the day.

Mar 28, 2017

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5 arrested for attack on Nigerians at Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh; Sushma Swaraj seeks report from Yogi Adityanath

Locals turned violent on Monday while protesting against suspected drug overdose of a Class 12 student.

Mar 28, 2017

Jammu and Kashmir: One terrorist, 2 civilians killed in Budgam encounter; Over 60 security personnel injured

Twenty-three jawans from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and roughly 20 policemen were injured after locals pelted stones on security personnel to disrupt the encounter.

Mar 28, 2017

UP meat sellers' strike: Is CM Yogi Adityanath claiming credit for executing 2015 NGT order?

The decision to ban mechanised slaughter houses in the state is contradictory to the policy of the Central Government, which has granted 'industry' status to them.

Mar 27, 2017