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SEE: World's largest human formation of waving national flag

The Chandigarh University on Saturday set a new Guinness World Record for the world's largest human formation of a waving national flag in Chandigarh. IMAGE: Students form a human chain to......

Govt defers national polio immunisation programme

The National Polio immunisation programme, as part of which children in the age group of 0-5 years are administered polio drops, has been deferred "till further notice" by the Centre citing......

2nd dry run of vaccine: Vardhan reviews preparations across states

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday sought keen oversight and personal indulgence of health ministers, principal secretaries and additional chief secretaries of states and union......

NRC, NPR, Aadhaar are part of huge surveillance plan

'This updated NPR database along with Aadhaar Number would become the mother database and can be used by various government departments...' the home ministry declared in July 2015.'UID/Aadhaar has......

Parliament disrupted as govt, Oppn spar over Rafale

The standoff between the government and the opposition over the Rafale issue disrupted Parliament proceedings again as both Houses were adjourned on Tuesday amid relentless protests and heated......

'A Colossus who changed Indian advertising forever'

'He was the first creative person to recognise and fully realise the power of film in an era when press ads were the only competence of Indian creatives.'Urvi Malvania remembers Alyque Padamsee.......

Car sales to Uber and Ola flatten out

Car-makers see a dip in demand from their biggest buyers, Ola and Uber. Demand from aggregators weakened for a number of reasons after a strong growth last year. IMAGE: Market research firm......

SOON! India's trains will look a lot brighter, run faster

The new coaches will be manufactured at Kapurthala Coach Factory. Year 2017 may see brightly coloured trains in shades of grey, navy blue and yellow clocking speeds of 160-200 kmph on select......

Prabhu unveils big initiatives to reform the Railways

Image: Union Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu with Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha Photograph, courtesy: PIB The Railway Budget presented on Thursday in......

"Startup Corridor" to US for Indian entrepreneurs

India's top young entrepreneurs can now hope to visit and connect with like-minded counterparts, mentors and seed investors in the Silicon Valley, California, with the creation of a 'Startup......

'Kalyana Samayal Saadham is not a regular romantic comedy'

Popular VJ-turned-actor, Lekha Washington, started her career as a theatre artist, and went on to work in films in all South Indian languages. She became known nationally after......

'If people accept Chikni Chameli, why not a Launda song?'

Very rarely have we seen the launda dance form in our Hindi films. Anurag Kashyap's Gangs Of Wasseypur 2 does have one, with Prodipto Ray taking on the spotlight. Ray, interestingly, is a......

Who's hotter: Bipasha or Deepika?

Twitter is a busy world, and Bollywood contributes a great deal to it. Here's looking at the best star tweets of the day.Bipasha Basu, who is reportedly annoyed with the makers of Dum Maaro Dum for......

Will these South stars make a splash in Bollywood?

Being one of the largest producers and consumers of movies in the world means an enormous number of actors and actresses, all talented and beautiful in one way or another. But the Indian movie......

Shah Rukh elated at team's CPL title triumph

IMAGE: Shah Rukh Khan celebrates in front of a giant screen at his residence after his team's CPL win on Thursday. Photograph: Kind courtesy Shah Rukh Khan/Twitter Trinbago Knight Riders defeated......

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