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Kamal Haasan

I could’ve bled to death: Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan says he will require two more months to recover from the injury completely.
14 Aug 2016 11:12 PM
Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna (Photo: AP)

Rio 2016: Sania Mirza, Rohan Bopanna blown away by Czechs in bronze medal match

Mixed doubles was India's best bet for a medal as it featured only 16 teams and winning three matches would have ensured a medal.
14 Aug 2016 10:47 PM
Apple has discounted apps from Indian developers on its app store to celebrate Independence Day.

Independence Day: Apple offers huge discounts on Indian iOS apps

The ‘15 Apps and Games from India' showcases some apps and games, available at either a discounted price or free of cost.
14 Aug 2016 9:16 PM
MoS in Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh. (Photo: PTI)

Only outstanding issue with Pakistan is liberating PoK, says government

Pakistan envoy Abdul Basit had said that the country's I-Day would be dedicated to the freedom of Kashmir.
14 Aug 2016 8:52 PM
Accusing Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit of repeatedly scuttling the peace process between India and Pakistan, the state BJP on Sunday demanded that the Union government declare the diplomat a 'persona non-grata'. (Photo: AFP)

Declare Pak envoy Basit a 'persona non-grata': BJP

'Basit has not only been interacting with the separatists but also issuing provocative statements.'
14 Aug 2016 8:51 PM
An illustration by HTT demonstrating the Hyperloop's concept. (Photo: HTT)

Hyperloop Pod: Travel from Chennai to Bengaluru in 30 minutes

The project was tested earlier in May on a small-scale basis would be tested again later on a larger scale in 2019 in California.
14 Aug 2016 8:22 PM
Congress President Sonia Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

I-Day: Sonia Gandhi stresses on coexistence, inclusive development

Sonia appealed to every citizen to follow the solemn duty of protecting and preserving the values of freedom and equality.
14 Aug 2016 8:18 PM
President Pranab Mukherjee. (Photo: PTI)

President calls for dealing firmly with atrocities on Dalits in I-Day speech

Mukherjee cautioned against pursuit of a divisive political agenda and polarising debates by groups and individuals.
14 Aug 2016 7:52 PM
Saina agreed that she was not able to move well but credited her opponent for playing well. (Photo: AFP)

Rio 2016: Knee injury hampered my progress, says Saina

The World No 5 lost her second group league encounter 18-21, 19-21 to World No 61 Ukraine's Maria Ulitina to crash out of the competition.
14 Aug 2016 7:40 PM
The Indian star, a former World No 1, had won the opening match against Brazil's Vicente Lohaynny on August 11. (Photo: AP)

Saina Nehwal crashes out of Rio Games after upset loss in group match

The World No 5 lost 18-21 19-21 to World No 61 Maria Ulitina in a match that lasted 39 minutes at the pavilion 4 Riocentre.
14 Aug 2016 7:32 PM
A still from 'Jai Gangaajal'.

Prakash Jha served a notice worth Rs 1 crore over Jai Gangaajal sequel rights

Phantom Productions has served a notice to the director-producer of the 2003 film 'Gangaajal'.
14 Aug 2016 7:15 PM
The police official said while six persons including Behal had come in a flight from Chandigarh, 25 others had arrived in Srinagar in another flight from Delhi. (Photo: Facebook)

15-year-old girl who vowed to unfurl tricolour at Lal Chowk sent back

Behal had grabbed the headlines earlier this year by challenging JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar to a debate.
14 Aug 2016 6:58 PM
Lt. Col. Niranjan Kumar, who died while sanitising a terrorist's body during a terror attack on the Pathankot Air Force base in January, with his wife and child.

Pathankot NSG martyr Niranjan gets Shaurya Chakra on I-Day

Niranjan E. K. died in a deadly booby trap while sanitising a terrorist's body who attacked the Indian Air Force base in January.
14 Aug 2016 6:53 PM
He was honoured posthumously, with the government announcing the highest award to an army man during peace-time operations on Sunday on the eve of the Independence Day. (Photo: Twitter)

Ashok Chakra for Havildar Hangpan Dada who died fighting terrorists

Dada was badly injured in the encounter as the terrorists who crossed over from PoK had a slight height advantage.
14 Aug 2016 6:49 PM
Two Bangladesh Navy ships and a patrol aircraft were deployed late on Saturday after a distress signal was sent from a ship. (Photo: Representational Image)

5 Indian fishermen dead after two boats sink off Bay of Bengal coast

Bangladesh Coast Guard's Mongla Zone chief said that the five bodies were found early morning on the sea.
14 Aug 2016 6:35 PM
NHS Blood and Transplant is now appealing more people, regardless of their health. (Photo: AFP)

Organs of dead cancer patients instrumental for saving lives

272 donors of 675 organs transplanted over the past five years had all suffered from cancer.
14 Aug 2016 6:20 PM
Hardik Patel is staying at the residence of former Congress MLA Pushkar Dangi in Srinath Colony since July 17. (Photo: PTI)

'Wrongfully' put under house arrest in Udaipur: Hardik Patel

He alleged the court order was being 'deliberately, illegally and malafidely misinterpreted by Udaipur police.'
14 Aug 2016 6:16 PM
Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit (Photo: PTI)

Send Pak envoy Abdul Basit back to Islamabad in 24 hours: Shiv Sena

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut called for shutdown of the Pakistan High Commission office in New Delhi and the embassy in Mumbai.
14 Aug 2016 6:06 PM
Chhattisgarh's Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal ordered an inquiry into the death of livestock at 'Kamdhenu Gau Sewa' centre at Karramad village. (Photo: Representational Image)

Chhattisgarh: 22 cows die in shelter home; BJP govt orders probe

Former state CM Ajit Jogi alleged that over 200 cows died in the government-aided shelter home in the past 3-4 months.
14 Aug 2016 6:00 PM
The train stands at the station after a man attacked other passengers aboard the train at Salez, Switzerland, on Saturday. (Photo: AP)

'No indication' Swiss train attack was terrorist act: police

A 27-year-old Swiss national used flammable liquid to start a fire on a moving train in eastern Switzerland before stabbing passengers.
14 Aug 2016 5:58 PM

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Anjal Prakash, research director and adjunct associate professor of Bharti Institute of Public Policy, ISB, told Deccan Chronicle, “The climate models have predicted that this is going to be a warmer summer and the hot areas will be hotter than before. In Telangana, we are seeing 38ºC in February itself, which is an indication of what is in store in April and May.” (Representational DC Image)
 

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Kerala transman gives birth to baby, first case in India

Ziya Paval recently took to Instagram and announced that Zahhad was eight months pregnant. Paval and Zahhad have been living together for the past three years. (Twitter)
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A boy bathes in the Ranbir water canal to cool himself on a hot summer day in Jammu. Climate change has made India’s heat wave hotter, said Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at the Imperial College of London. She said that before human activities increased global temperatures, heat waves like this year’s would have struck India once in about half a century. (AP Image)

In Pictures | India reels under intense heatwave
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao sat on a dharna for one-and-a-half hours at Delhi on Monday, and set a 24-hour deadline to the Centre to announce its decision on the Telangana government's demand that it procure all the paddy produced in the state in the rabi season. (Telangana CM KCR and BKU leader Rakesh Singh Tikait during the protest at Telangana Bhavan in Delhi- DC Image)

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Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday carried out a successful trial of drones that will be used for aerial surveillance on August 15, which marks the 75th Independence Day. (Photo by - HU Naqash)

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