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PM offers prayers at Srisailam temple (ANI photos) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday offered prayers and performed pooja at the Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Swamy Varla Devasthanam in Srisailam, located in Andhra Pradesh’s Nandyal district. Chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu accompanied the Prime Minister during the visit.Earlier in the day, CM Naidu extended…

US President Donald Trump made a bizarre remark about Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (local time) and instantly felt a need for clarification. Talking to reporters at White House, the US president said that “he (PM Modi) loves Trump.” The Republican leader then quickly clarified not to take the word “love” any differently, as…

Rahul Gandhi and PM Narendra Modi (File photos) NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Thursday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of being “frightened” of Donald Trump, hours after the US President claimed that the PM has “assured him that India would stop buying Russian oil”.The Congress leader…

US president Donald Trump (AP photo) NEW DELHI: In a striking echo of his predecessor, US PresidentDonald Trump on Wednesday made an embarrassing gaffe as he confused India with Iran. Twice. While repeating his rant about negotiating a ceasefire between New Delhi and Islamabad, he referred to India as Iran, calling it a nuclear nation.Trump…

In India, the M(usic) had gone out of MTV long ago. Now, the channel is shuttering its music channels in Europe. But its VJs, who had made TV cool, have banded together and are now making everyday life look cool, one reel at a timePolitical revolutions happen on the streets, often marked by violence and…

India is mainly paying in roubles for Russian oil, but has started payments in the Chinese currency yuan, Russia’s deputy PM Alexander Novak said on Wednesday. “I am aware that such payments have started. I believe the percentage is small at present because payments are largely made in roubles,” Novak was quoted as saying by…

Actor Pankaj Dheer, whose impressive turn as the wronged prince Karna in the television epic, ‘Mahabharat’ (1988), embedded him in a generation’s memory, passed away in Mumbai on Wednesday. He was 68. Dheer was suffering from cancer. “He had been in and out of hospital in the past months,” producer and friend Ashoke Pandit told…

ASI Sandeep Kumar Lathe, Y Puran Kumar CHANDIGARH: In yet another dramatic twist in IPS officer Y Puran Kumar’s alleged suicide, Rohtak police on Wednesday registered an FIR under abetment of suicide and criminal conspiracy charges, naming all those mentioned in the final video of ASI Sandeep Kumar Lather, who allegedly shot himself dead on…

New Delhi: Calling it a “bogus challenge” to the will of late businessman Sunjay Kapur, his wife Priya on Wednesday told Delhi high court that incorrect spellings or addresses can’t be grounds to invalidate the document.Rebutting the allegations levelled by Kapur’s ex-wife Karisma Kapoor’s children that the will was forged, Priya’s counsel Rajiv Nayyar told…

NEW DELHI: Around 25 members of the transgender community in Indore were admitted to a government hospital on Wednesday night after they claimed to have consumed phenyl, an official said. Dr Basant Kumar Ningwal, superintendent-in-charge of Maharaja Yashwantrao Hospital (MYH), told PTI, “Around 25 people from the transgender community have been admitted to our hospital….