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These Scientists Shaped India

I suggest we build a Vigyan Mandir (Temple of Science) with the ambience of a place of worship, so that it becomes a destination for pilgrims.We should embed on its walls bronze plaques describing......

Four IM operatives get 10 years in jail for terror plot but will walk out

A Delhi court on Wednesday sentenced four Indian Mujahideen operatives to 10 years in jail for hatching a criminal conspiracy to wage war against the government by carrying out terrorist attacks......

Delhi court convicts 4 IM operatives for nationwide terror attack plot

A Delhi court on Monday convicted four Indian Mujahideen operatives in a 2012 case of hatching a criminal conspiracy to wage war against the government by carrying out terrorist attacks across the......

Yasin Bhatkal planned to nuke Surat town, notes court, orders 'waging war' charge

A Delhi court has ordered framing of charges against banned terrorist organisation Indian Mujahideen's (IM) co-founder Zarar Ahmed Siddibappa alias Yasin Bhatkal and several of its operatives in a......

NIA raids suspected IS operative's Srinagar house over Kerala module links

National Investigation Agency on Monday raided the house of a suspected Islamic State operative in Srinagar as part of an investigation in a case related to activities of some individuals from......

WEF, CII to host India Economic Summit in Nov

More than 800 participants are expected to attend the India Economic Summit in New Delhi in November, an event to be hosted by the World Economic Forum along with Confderataion of Indian Industry.......

UAE perplexed by high crude prices

Major oil producer UAE has expressedconcern over the crude prices striking historic peaks despite its production exceeding demand. "Oil prices are rising too fast too high. We do not have a good......

No NoC to expats' new jobs: UAE

The UAE has said expatriate workers who have completed their contracts with their current employers need not furnish no-objection certificates for taking a new sponsorship. Obaid Rashid al-Zahmi,......

70,000 illegal Indian workers leave UAE

Out of the 286,000 illegal workers in the UAE, 70,000 Indians have left and the remaining 40,000 have found jobs or adjusted their job status in the country under the recently concluded amnesty......

UAE to issue temporary work permits

In a bid to meet the shortage of expat workforce, the UAE will start issuing temporary work permits for a six-month period from October 1. All companies can now seek temporary work permits to......

'Will I die without ever knowing love?'

'Love will always be a mystery.''The day it stops being a mystery it won't exist.' IMAGE: Shazad Latif and Lily James in What's Love Got to Do with It? Shekhar Kapur started his professional......

'If you have too many girls, that's a problem'

'If you don't have children, that's also a problem.''There's no right way to live because everybody has an opinion about your personal life, and how you should live.''You have to listen to them,......

The Revenant, Mad Max, Star Wars sweep Oscar nominations

The nominations for the 88th Annual Academy awards were announced by Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, directors Guillermo del Toro and Ang Lee, and actor John Krasinski at the Academy's......

'Women make very good peacekeepers'

'If you look at peacekeeping right now, it is fraught with accusations of sexual abuse or peacekeepers involved in deals that are outside their purview, human trafficking.' 'When a contingent of......

The first Pakistani to win an Oscar jazzes it up

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's next film is about aging Pakistani musicians who get a second chance because of jazz. Karachi-based Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is the first Pakistani to have won an Oscar, for......

World Cup diary: Pak boy makes history at Brazil-Croatia match

Brazil and Costa Rica teams line up prior to their FIFA World Cup Russia Group E match at Saint Petersburg Stadium in Saint Petersburg on Friday. Photographer: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images......

Sports Shorts: Harikrishna holds Tomashevsky in FIDE Moscow GP

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday IMAGE: Pentala Harikrishna. Photograph: Saimedia/Twitter Putting behind the disappointment of a loss in the last game,......

Under-19 One-Dayer: Indian colts trounce Afghans to finish on top

Centurion Rishabh Pant (118) led India to a spectacular 104-run win over Afghanistan to progress to the final of the Under-19 tri-series One-day cricket tournament in Kolkata on Friday. India......

Ranji Trophy round-up: Chauhan fifty keeps Jammu & Kashmir afloat

A round-up of the second day's play of the Ranji Trophy matches being played in different parts of the country. A gritty 50 by Ian Dev Singh Chauhan and some lower-order resistance helped Jammu &......

Ranji round-up: Uthappa blasts century, Yuvraj fails with the bat

Hubli: Robin Uthappa's 16th first-class century helped Karnataka take a big first-innings lead of 263 to take the home side to a strong position on second day of their Ranji Trophy Group A match......

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