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The Morning Wrap: Balloon From Pak Shot Down; Indian Carriers To Carry...
The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning. Essential HuffPost A US-made,...
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Apple Turns Its Attention To India As Sales In China Take A Dip
SAN FRANCISCO/MUMBAI -- As China sales show signs of cooling, Apple Inc is touting India's appetite for iPhones, betting that rising wages and an expanding middle class will pull consumers away from...
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Activist Henri Tiphagne Wins Award For 'Bravely Standing Up' For Human Rights...
LONDON -- Activist and lawyer Henri Tiphagne has been named the winner of the eighth Human Rights Award by Amnesty International Germany for "tirelessly and bravely standing up" for human rights in...
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The Morning Wrap: Govt Allocates Rs 50,802 Cr For Smart Cities; Sonam Kapoor...
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Rohith Vemula Suicide: Former HC Judge Roopanwal To Head Probe Panel
NEW DELHI -- The HRD Ministry has appointed former Allahabad High Court judge Ashok Kumar Roopanwal to probe circumstances leading to suicide of dalit scholar Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad which led to a...
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Hardik Patel Says Congress Is Using Patel Community For Political Gains
AHMEDABAD -- Jailed Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel has written a letter to Gujarat Congress chief Bharatsinh Solanki alleging that his party was using the the community for its own political...
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2008 Mumbai Attack: Witnesses Fail To Turn Up At Pakistan Court For The...
ISLAMABAD -- For the second time, four witnesses failed to appear before a Pakistani anti-terrorism court to record their statement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack case, prompting an annoyed judge to...
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‘Mastizaade' And ‘Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3' Review Or: How NOT To Make A Sex...
Last Friday, I dragged myself to a press screening of Umesh Ghadge’s “porn-com” Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3 — starring Tusshar Kapoor, Mandana Karimi, and Aftab Shivdasani — at a multiplex in Juhu. It was a...
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2008 Mumbai Attack: Witnesses Fail To Turn Up At Pakistan Court For The...
ISLAMABAD -- For the second time, four witnesses failed to appear before a Pakistani anti-terrorism court to record their statement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack case, prompting an annoyed judge to...
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Rare, Black And White Photos From Pranab Mukherjee's Younger Days In Office...
The second volume of President Pranab Mukherjee's memoir -- The Turbulent Years: 1980-96 -- is out. Not only has the Congress loyalist admitted to being "flabbergasted" by his ouster from Rajiv...
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Maharashtra Govt Gave Hema Malini Plot Worth Crores For Rs 70,000, Reveals...
MUMBAI -- A month after the BJP-led government in Maharashtra announced allotment of a prime piece of land to actress and MP Hema Malini for a dance academy, an RTI activist has claimed the plot valued...
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Pakistan's Former Defence Secretaries Advise Pak To Stay Firm While...
LAHORE -- Pakistan's former defence secretaries have warned the government to be extra cautious and stay firm while pursuing a process of normalising ties with India, as they do not see a major shift...
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Nagpur Jail Inmates Get SBI ATM Cards
NAGPUR -- Around 140 prisoners of Nagpur Jail were allotted State Bank of India (SBI) ATM cards for use inside the premises, with plans to extend the service to all 800 prisoners. The debit cards were...
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Waheeda Rehman Honoured With Special Award At Yashwant Film Festival
MUMBAI -- Veteran actress Waheeda Rehman was honoured with a special award for her contribution to the film industry as curtains came down on Yashwant International Film Festival here today. The "6th...
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30-Foot-Long Whale Washes Ashore Juhu Beach In Mumbai
MUMBAI -- A nearly 30-foot-long whale was washed ashore at the popular Juhu beach in Mumbai. Locals, who spotted the dead mammal last night, informed the police and the forest department. Dead whale...
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Zika Virus Outbreak: WHO Warns Countries Having Aedes Mosquito, 4 Million At...
GENEVA -- The Zika virus is "spreading explosively" in the Americas and can infect upto four million people, the WHO warned today as it issued a warning to all countries, including India, who have the...
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Tamil Nadu Fishermen Strike Enters Fourth Day
CHENNAI -- More than two lakh fishermen in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry continued their strike for fourth day today demanding the return of detained fishing boats by Sri Lanka. According to reports, the...
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Vikas Swarup Punches Several Holes In The Plot Of Akshay Kumar's Airlift
While Akshay Kumar's Airlift has met with appreciation from a majority of its audience, people who are more familiar with the details of the operation to evacuate thousands of Indians from Kuwait in...
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Virat Kohli Replaces Aaron Finch As Top Batsman In T20 Internationals
DUBAI --Virat Kohli was today rewarded for his stupendous performance in India's clean sweep against Australia in the T20 internationals as he replaced Aaron Finch as the top-ranked batsman in the ICC...
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Smriti Irani Says Rahul Gandhi Is Using Students As Political Fodder To Take...
DHARAMSALA -- Accusing Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi of turning education into a battlefield, Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani on Monday said that he was using...
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