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Thai protest leader on hunger strike given IV drip in prison

India, Pakistan exchange lists of prisoners

10:18 pm January 1, 2020

New Delhi/Islamabad: India and Pakistan on Wednesday exchanged details of civilian prisoners and fishermen lodged in each other’s jails. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said India handed over to Pakistan lists of 267 Pakistani civilian prisoners and 99 fishermen in its custody. Pakistan has handed over a list of 282 Indian prisoners — 55 […]

India all-rounder Hardik Pandya rung in the New Year by announcing his engagement with actress-girlfriend Natasha Stankovic on social media.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya is now officially “engaged”

10:12 pm January 1, 2020

New Delhi: India all-rounder Hardik Pandya rung in the New Year by announcing his engagement with actress-girlfriend Natasha Stankovic on social media. Pandya, who is on an injury break due to a back surgery, is expected to be back to competitive cricket later this month with the India A team in New Zealand which will […]

Hope we won’t have to constantly tell stories on acid attack survivors to see change: Deepika

7:31 pm January 1, 2020

New Delhi: Hoping her cinematic voice can help bring about lasting change in how society perceives acid attack survivors, actor Deepika Padukone says her latest film “Chhapaak” should ideally be so impactful that there won’t be need for another story on acid violence. After all, cinema is in itself such a powerful medium, Deepika told […]

Cold day conditions prevail in eastern UP

Delhi shivers as mercury drops to 2.4 deg Celsius for second time in a week

4:06 pm January 1, 2020

New Delhi: Cold weather conditions continued in Delhi on Wednesday as the minimum temperature settled at 2.4 degrees Celsius, five notches below normal, officials said. Twenty-nine trains were delayed by two to nine hours as fog reduced visibility, they said. “The minimum temperature was recorded at 2.4 degrees Celsius, five notches below normal,” a Meteorological […]

Amit Shah holds colourful roadshow in Bengal's Kharagpur

Shah visits SSB headquarters in Delhi; reviews security on Nepal, Bhutan borders

10:26 pm December 31, 2019

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday visited the headquarters of border guarding force SSB here and reviewed its operational preparedness along the Nepal and Bhutan frontiers, officials said. Shah, who was accompanied by Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla and other senior officials of his ministry, was briefed about the “organisational structure, deployment, operational […]