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New Delhi: Veteran Bollywood actor Asha Parekh will be conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in the field of cinema, this year. Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting Anurag Thakur announced the news…

Tokyo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday to attend the state funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Representatives from over 100 countries, including more than 20 heads of state and governments, are…

New Delhi: Even before Congress declared the date for the party’s presidential election, Ashok Gehlot’s name was doing the rounds. As long as a month ago, the buzz in political circles was that interim president Sonia Gandhi had offered…

New Delhi: Based on inputs from intelligence agencies, the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has directed YouTube to block 45 videos from 10 YouTube channels. The blocked videos had a cumulative viewership of over 1 crore 30 lakh…

Chandigarh: Former Punjab minister and state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday began a ‘maun vrat’ (fasting for silence) in Patiala jail. The former Team India batsman is currently serving a one-year prison term after being…

New Delhi: India’s Vistara, a joint venture of Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, figures in the list of the world's 20 best airlines this year. Qatar Airways tops the list, named the world's best airline at the Skytrax World Airline Awards…

New Delhi: Travellers who are fasting during 'Navratri' need not worry about their special food, especially if they are travelling by train. The Ministry of Railways on Sunday announced a special menu for devotees travelling by train during…

New Delhi: Half of a life sentence would mean jail for 10 years even in cases related to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The Bombay High Court said this while clarifying an order passed by another bench of the…

New Delhi: The newly elected office-bearers of Hockey India, including President Dilip Tirkey, Secretary General Bhola Nath Singh and Treasurer Sekar J Manoharan, met the members of the Committee of Administrators (CoA), including former…

New Delhi: Today's backbenchers could be tomorrow's achievers. Brilliant people may not necessarily turn out to be successful when they grow up. Marks always don't matter. In an attempt to relieve the stress on Class X students, an IAS…