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Amritsar, Aug 20 : In what may send shivers down your body, a man from Punjab’s Amritsar city has been found with an unusual habit of consuming knives.Surjeet Singh, a policeman by profession, told ANI that he had swallowed at least 28 knives in the la…

By Vikram Sood New Delhi, Aug.20 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reference to Balochistan, POK and Gilgit in his Independence Day speech has caused considerable flutter in both Pakistan and India.The reactions were on anticipated lines in Pakistan, wh…

Mumbai, Aug. 20 : After drawing a lot of flak on social media for her controversial ‘selfie’ tweet mocking the Indian contingent at the Rio Olympics, Columnist and author Shobhaa De has clarified her post saying that there was no ‘malicious’ intent beh…

New Delhi, Aug 20 : The monogrammed suit worn by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his meeting with American President Barack Obama last year, which created huge controversy, entered Guinness Book of World Records as ‘the most expensive suit sold’.Th…

New Delhi, Aug 20 : The Patiala High Court on Saturday adjourned the regular bail plea hearing of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and two others, who are facing sedition and criminal conspiracy charges.The tw…

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Aug. 20 : Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan called an emergency meeting on Saturday to review the heavy rainfall and flood situation in the state.Incessant rains have badly affected normal life in Vindhya and …

New Delhi, Aug 20 : With Indian athletes Sakshi Malik and PV Sindhu bringing laurels to the nation in the Rio 2016 Olympics, the Delhi Government on Saturday announced Rs one crore and Rs.two crores respectively for both the champions. The Aam Aadmi Pa…

Ramgarh (Jharkhand), Aug. 20 : The sibling festival of Raksha Bandhan was observed recently and as is the norm, a brother gives sweets and money to his sister once she ties the sacred thread of love.However, In Ramgarh, Jharkhand, there was a departure…

New Delhi, Aug. 20 : An all-party delegation from Jammu and Kashmir led by former chief minister Omar Abdullah will meet President Pranab Mukherjee this afternoon to apprise him about the prevailing situation in the Kashmir Valley.The decision came at …

Mumbai, Aug. 20 : Brussels airport blast survivor Nidhi Chaphekar recalled her experience of how she survived the horrible attack and her determination and courage not to give up when things were falling apart.”I heard a loud ‘boom’ and felt as if I wa…