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New Delhi, Feb 17: Nirav Modi's name was, till recently, a stamp of corporate India's growing global prestige. On Hollywood red carpets, his diamonds sparkled on actors and models like Kate Winslet, Dakota Johnson and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. In India, billboards in Delhi bear the image of Priyanka Chopra, also adorned with Modi's jewels. But today, the government has suspended Modi's passport

Islamabad, Feb 16: In a major policy shift, Pakistan has decided to deploy troops in Saudi Arabia under bilateral security cooperation with the kingdom which is involved in the ongoing civil war in neighbouring Yemen. The Pakistan Army announced the decision after a meeting between Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Saudi ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf Saeed Al-Maliki, at army headquarters in

Bengaluru, Feb 16: Faced with ballooning expenditure on the one hand and sluggish economic growth on the other, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday presented the last budget of his current tenures on Friday. Personally this is Siddaramaiah’s 13th budget. Here are the key highlights from the Nava Karnataka Budget 2018: With a Budgetary Allocation of Rs 5,849 crore for the Department of

Nirav Modi's rise to fame and fortune was meteoric. The Indian billionaire left his mark almost everywhere. On Hollywood red carpets, his diamonds have sparkled on the necklines and dangled from the earlobes of actors and models like Kate Winslet, Dakota Johnson and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Back in India, billboards above the traffic jams of New Delhi bear the image of Priyanka Chopra, a

New Delhi, Feb 16: He was a pupil and they examiners for the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told students across the country on Friday while stressing on the importance of confidence and concentration in dealing with exam stress. The prime minister's "Pareeksha pe charcha", ahead of the Class X and XII board examinations, was held at the Talkatora Stadium here. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

New Delhi, Feb 15: India will soon come out with a policy to scrap vehicles that are more than 15 years old, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said today. The policy aims at curbing rising vehicular pollution in the country. "We have almost finalised the scrapping policy for vehicles with NITI Aayog," the road and transport minister said. Vehicles completing 15 years or more would be scrapped, the

Hyderabad, Feb 16: The Hyderabad Police on Thursday arrested a couple for beheading a baby girl as part of a human sacrifice ritual during the 'super blue blood moon' on January 31. Kerukonda Rajasekhar, a cab driver, performed the rituals along with his wife Srilatha on the advice of a 'tantrik'. As per Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh M. Bhagwat, the couple was not keeping well for some

Hyderabad, Feb 16: The Hyderabad Police on Thursday arrested a couple for beheading a baby girl as part of a human sacrifice ritual during the 'super blue blood moon' on January 31. Kerukonda Rajasekhar, a cab driver, performed the rituals along with his wife Srilatha on the advice of a 'tantrik'. As per Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh M. Bhagwat, the couple was not keeping well for some

Hyderabad, Feb 16: Iranian president Hassan Rouhani on Thursday lauded India's cultural diversity, saying multiple faiths and schools of thought co-exist peacefully in the country. Speaking at a meeting with Muslim intellectuals, scholars and clerics in Hyderabad on Thursday night, Rouhani, who arrived in Hyderabad on a three-day India visit, said Islam is not a religion of violence, but one of

Hyderabad, Feb 16: Iranian president Hassan Rouhani on Thursday lauded India's cultural diversity, saying multiple faiths and schools of thought co-exist peacefully in the country. Speaking at a meeting with Muslim intellectuals, scholars and clerics in Hyderabad on Thursday night, Rouhani, who arrived in Hyderabad on a three-day India visit, said Islam is not a religion of violence, but one of