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Baghdad, Sept 11: A walkway collapsed and set off a stampede in the holy city of Karbala on Tuesday as thousands of Shiite Muslims marked one of the most solemn holy days of the year. At least 31 people were killed and about 100 were injured, officials said. It was the deadliest stampede in recent history during Ashoura commemorations, when hundreds of thousands of people converge on the city

Washington, Sept 11: Some sections of the American media, especially the liberal media, is focussed on a perspective on Kashmir that has being “pushed forward” by those who are “inimical” to India’s interest, the country’s ambassador to the United States has said. Harsh Vardhan Shringla said New Delhi’s move to abrogate Jammu and Kashmir’s special status last month and bifurcate it into Union

Amaravati, Sept 11: Telugu Desam Chief N Chandrababu Naidu and his son N Lokesh were placed under house arrest while several party leaders, including MLAs, were taken into custody on Wednesday in an bid to stop them from organising an agitation in Guntur district against alleged eviction of some villagers. Simultaneously, some leaders of the ruling YSR Congress were also detained in Guntur, as

Jaipur, Sept 11: A man in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district got himself murdered so that his family members could claim ₹50 lakh insurance he had bought and spend the rest of their life in comfort. Balbir Kharol (38), a moneylender, took the bizarre decision not because he was debt-ridden, but because he failed to recover money from people who had taken loans from him, according to police. The two

Mumbai: The trailer of Priyanka Chopra's Bollywood comeback film 'The Sky Is Pink', co-starring Farhan Akhtar, Zaira Wasim, and Rohit Saraf is finally out and it is everything! The trailer, which takes you on a crazy family ride, is a perfect blend of all the emotions. Priyanka shared the trailer of the film on her Twitter handle, writing, "Presenting the trailer for #TheSkyIsPink- a film about

Mumbai, Sept 10: Actor-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar on Tuesday said she had resigned from the Congress party, which she joined in March this year. Urmila cited “petty in-house politics” in the Congress as a reason for her quitting the party. “My political and social sensibilities refuse to allow vested interests in the party to use me as a mean to fight petty in-house politics instead of

Mumbai, Sept 10: Encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma is all set for a new inning and contest the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly polls. Last month, he had applied for VRS, which has been approved by the Maharashtra government. Sharma, who is currently a Senior Inspector of Police, eading the Anti-Extortion Cell of Thane police, will be relieved in the next few days. Sharma was due to retire in

New Delhi, Sept 10: Hitting out at the Modi government, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday said the economy is falling into a "deep abyss" of recession and asked when will the dispensation "open its eyes". Her remarks come amid the opposition's criticism of the government after growth in the last quarter slipped to 5 per cent. "The economy is falling into a deep abyss of recession

Noida, Sept 10: A city resident has alleged that his 35-year-old son died of heart attack at a hospital after an altercation with the traffic police over a suspected violation. The Noida Police said the incident took place on Sunday evening in Ghaziabad and the traffic police personnel involved were from that district. The 35-year-old worked at a software company. The man, a diabetic, was in his

Pune, Sept 10: Space scientists in the US succeeded in their 39th attempt to send their craft to the moon because they had launched it on "Ekadashi", former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh activist Sambhaji Bhide said on Monday, days after India's lander Vikram of the Chandrayaan 2 mission lost contact while it was nearing the moon's surface. Bhide, who heads the Shiv Pratishthan Hindustan in