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India, US can build more peaceful: PM Modi

United States President Donald Trump's presence at the Houston event marks a new milestone, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday as he expressed confidence that his visit would present India......

Albert's Hopeless Hall in Jaipur

'The entire display is a lesson in how to turn a mountain of a collection into a molehill, notes Anjuli Bhargava after a visit to the Albert Hall Museum in Jaipur. IMAGE: The Albert Hall Museum in......

Cong questions timing of corporate tax cuts, links it with Modi's US visit

The Congress on Friday termed the corporate tax cut a "panic reaction" by the government and linked it to the 'Howdy Modi' event in Houston, with Rahul Gandhi saying he is amazed at what Narendra......

'Not every Kashmiri a stone pelter or terrorist'

Iltija Mufti, the daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehobooba Mufti, on Friday attacked the Modi-led government for holding her mother and other state political leaders under......

Fresh restrictions imposed in Kashmir for Friday prayers

Fresh restrictions were imposed in parts of Kashmir on Friday as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order in view of congregational prayers, officials said. Normal life continued to......

Loan 'melas' are back: PSBs to hold credit meets in 400 districts, says FM

The NDA government will be following the footsteps of its predecessor, the UPA, which had introduced the concept of “loan mela” to boost credit by directing banks to lend to people......

Govt has a new plan to boost direct tax mop-up

The government has set a direct tax collection target of Rs 13.35 trillion, which includes Rs 7.66 trillion from corporation tax and Rs 5.69 trillion from personal income tax. Illustration: Dominic......

Indian economy is like a man with aggravated hydrocele

'The Indian economy has become like a car that has the appropriate wheels on one side -- political liberalism -- and scooter wheels -- economic illiberalism -- on the other,' points out T C A......

Google to set up AI research unit in Bengaluru

Google on Thursday said it is setting up an artificial intelligence research unit at Bengaluru as the tech giant looks to continue developing products for India and taking them to global......

Government issues ordinance banning e-cigarettes

The government on Thursday issued an ordinance to ban e-cigarettes, making the production, import, export, transport, sale or advertisements of such "alternative" smoking devices a cognizable......

The Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas Review

Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas squanders whatever potential it had, feels Sukanya Verma. Manali, #MeToo, coma, snow leopard, it’s a tall order. But Sunny Deol does not leave any stone unturned to......

'Every girl in this world is lucky'

'I don't believe in the length of the role.''But I definitely don't want to be decoration.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Sonam Kapoor/Instagram Sonam Kapoor tests her luck with her latest release,......

'People say the ghosts in my films were not scary'

Veteran film director Shyam Ramsay of the Ramsay Brothers passed into the ages. We reproduce a fascinating interview of the director, first published in March 2014. 'Films were made on a very low......

PIX: Kajal Aggarwal visits the Taj Mahal

Kajal Aggarwal was left spellbound when she visited the Taj Mahal for the first time in her life. She posted pictures and penned beautiful thoughts on Instagram. 'Upon seeing the......

'Priyanka was intense'

'... and committed.''Priyanka had so much happening in her personal life...''Once we started, Priyanka rose to it.' IMAGE: Director Shonali Bose with Priyanka Chopra on the sets of The Sky Is......

Panesar says he was in denial about his mental health

'Don't isolate yourself. Isolation is the breeding ground for mental health issues. Try and speak to people about it. Speak to your family and friends. Talking is the best thing.' IMAGE: Monty......

Gambhir takes another potshot at Kohli's captaincy

Kohli captains well in international cricket as he has Rohit Sharma, Dhoni: Gambhir IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, left,with Virat Kohli. Photograph: BCCI Virat Kohli looks an effective......

'In T20s, pressure is on batsmen as people come for entertainment'

IMAGE: People obviously are coming there to see batsmen hit fours and sixes, said Tabraiz Shamsi. Photograph: BCCI South Africa's left-arm wrist spinner Tabraiz Shamsi feels that T20 is a......

Why Sindhu is a big contender for gold medal at Tokyo Olympics

'She needs to train, she needs to evolve, she needs to add new thinking to the armoury and that's very important.' IMAGE: PV Sindhu won India's first-ever title at the World Badminton......

How Vinesh Phogat sealed Olympic berth

'I was not nervous because I had to wrestle strong opponents. It is a World Championship and qualifying for the Olympics was very important for me, so that nervousness was there' IMAGE: 'I thought......

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Laxman Savadi, Dy CM Karnat...

Laxman Savadi says “There is no law in our party that a politician should retire at the age of 75. Yediyurappa also has the virtue of developing... ...

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Mamata Banerjee assures people

Urging the people to make sure that their names are in the voters#39; list, Banerjee accused "local leaders" of the BJP of spreading canards about... ...

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Six die in Dehradun after consuming illicit liquor

Six people died on Friday allegedly after consuming illicit liquor in a slum area here, police said. The deaths occurred near Patharia Peer Chawk... ...

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Albert's Hopeless Hall in Jaipur

'The entire display is a lesson in how to turn a mountain of a collection into a molehill, notes Anjuli Bhargava after a visit to the Albert Hall... ...

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U.S. official

A senior U.S. defence official in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Friday said Islamic State fighters were hiding among pine nut harvesters when... ...

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