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Emraan Hashmi‘s ‘Awarapan 2’ was one of the most anticipated films of the year. While the first installment was not a hit at the box office, over the years, it grew on the minds of the audience, largely due to its music which has become cult. Evidently, the craze for the sequel was hard to…

Trump cited South Korea’s refusal to join US efforts to denuclearise Iran as reasons for scaling back the exercises. President Donald Trump on Sunday ordered the Pentagon to “substantially” scale back planned joint military exercises with South Korea, citing Seoul’s refusal to join US efforts to “denuclearise” Iran and his relationship with North Korean leader…

CJI Kant told TOI he ‘never consented to Nalsar’s invitation’. NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant has not accepted the invitation to be chief guest at the convocation of National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (Nalsar) University of Law amid a row sparked by a section of students opposing his presence…

An SC bench said the evidence for an accidental drowning was more plausible than homicide. NEW DELHI: Observing that the human mind can sometimes act foolishly, especially in the face of unpredictable adversity, Supreme Court has said that such behaviour cannot be the sole basis of conviction and acquitted two men who had been held…

Tarique Rahman’s govt attached tough conditions for New Delhi prior to his possible bilateral visit to India DHAKA/DELHI: Amid mounting domestic pressure from hardliners and opposition Jamaat-e-Islami ally NCP, PM Tarique Rahman’s govt Sunday attached tough conditions for New Delhi prior to his possible bilateral visit to India at PM Modi’s invitation – “act expeditiously…

ED investigation into a Kolkata-based aviation company. NEW DELHI: An ED investigation into a Kolkata-based aviation company has found that the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress allegedly funded Rs 160 crore from the party’s coffers to a little-known firm, Carewell Aviation India Pvt Ltd, to buy an Embraer jet and an Agusta VIP helicopter, which it…

Water samples were found to contain coliform bacteria. NEW DELHI: Comptroller and Auditor General has flagged gaps in sanitation and minimum essential amenities at 458 out of 512 railway stations, including presence of E coli bacteria in water coolers at eight stations.The CAG report on “passenger amenities and sanitation at non-suburban railway stations”, presented in…

As the country has progressed, so has the theme of PM Modi’s speeches. NEW DELHI: From access to aspiration and from problems to potential – the focus of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speeches has kept changing since 2014.Those tracking his speeches over the last 12 years have noted how in the initial year,…

The controversy erupted after a video from Congress’s Aug 15 function showed Sonia gesturing and speaking to party president Kharge. NEW DELHI: The row over the full rendition of Vande Mataram at Congress headquarters on Independence Day acquired a Bankim Chandra connection, with BJP MLA Sumitro Chatterjee, a direct descendant of the national song’s author,…

NEW DELHI: National Testing Agency (NTA) on Sunday acknowledged that the UGC-NET papers in English, Commerce and Sociology had multiple errors and repeated questions, and said the defects were too extensive to be addressed simply by dropping questions after the answer-key challenge process. It has ordered fresh examinations for all three subjects.The re-tests will be…