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Mumbai, Dec 4: Legendary Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor, the romantic screen icon of '70s and '80s, died this evening. He was 79. He took his last breath at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital here. Actor Randhir Kapoor, son of veteran actor Raj Kapoor, confirmed the news. "Yes he has passed away. He had kidney problem since several years. He was on dialysis for several years," Randhir Kapoor

Ahmedabad, Dec 4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said "rashtrabhakti" motivated him and his government to help people of various faiths, including Christians, and dubbed as "fatwa" a letter issued by Gandhinagar archbishop. The prime minister was referring to the letter issued last month by Thomas Macwan, archbishop of the Archdiocese of Gandhinagar, in which he had appealed to Christians

Dharampur (Guj), Dec 4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday slammed Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's expected elevation as party president, dubbing it as "Aurangzebi raj". Without referring to the National Herald case, in which Rahul had got bail, Modi, addressing a campaign rally in Valsad district of Gujarat, said, "Congress has gone bankrupt, as it is going to make a person who is out

Dharampur (Guj), Dec 4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday slammed Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's expected elevation as party president, dubbing it as "Aurangzebi raj". Without referring to the National Herald case, in which Rahul had got bail, Modi, addressing a campaign rally in Valsad district of Gujarat, said, "Congress has gone bankrupt, as it is going to make a person who is out

New Delhi, Dec 4: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today filed his nomination papers for the party's chief post. The 47-year-old Gandhi scion is likely to emerge as the lone candidate in the fray and decks have been cleared for his election as the Congress president, succeeding his mother Sonia Gandhi, who has held the post for 19 years in a row now. Today is the last date for filing

Patna, Dec 3: Two months after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar gave a clarion call to fight against social evils like dowry and favoured a simple wedding, his deputy Sushil Modi followed it in true letter and spirit. Sushil Modi's son Utkarsh, who has an MBA degree and is working with a multi-national company in Bangalore, on Sunday tied the nuptial knot with Yamini, a Kolkata-based Chartered

Mangaluru, Dec 3: In a tragic incident, an Indian-origin American woman was mauled to death by a tiger shark while she was scuba diving in the Pacific Ocean off an island in the Republic of Costa Rica recently. The deceased has been identified as Rohina Bhandari (49), a private equity director from New York City. She hailed from India’s Mangaluru city. She is the granddaughter of I G Balakrishna

Lucknow, Dec 3: The BJP won 14 of the 16 mayoral seats in the recently held Uttar Pradesh civic elections. A close analysis of the results show that the saffron party's sweep was confined to the big cities and it, in fact, fared poorly in the smaller districts and towns, where independents reigned supreme. The BJP failed to open its account in as many as 36 districts, while many of its nominees

Lucknow, Dec 3: The BJP won 14 of the 16 mayoral seats in the recently held Uttar Pradesh civic elections. A close analysis of the results show that the saffron party's sweep was confined to the big cities and it, in fact, fared poorly in the smaller districts and towns, where independents reigned supreme. The BJP failed to open its account in as many as 36 districts, while many of its nominees

Bharuch, Dec 3: The Prime Minister is slated to address two more rallies in Surendranagar and Rajkot later in the day. Sharpening his attack on the Congress in poll-bound Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the opposition party of seeking to divide society on the basis of caste and religion. Resuming his campaign in his home state, where the first phase of Assembly elections is