Anna Hazare receives threat letter demanding him to maintain distance from ...
Mumbai: Social activist Anna Hazare has received a threat letter which states that he would be “bumped off” if he does not dissociate himself from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.A case has been registered under IPC section 506 (criminal intimidation) at Parner police station in... read more »
Critical Reform GST at Stake, Congress Unmoved: 10 Parliament Developments
The Congress wants Parliament to suspend all other business to urgently address how and why Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj helped tainted cricket tycoon Lalit Modi get travel papers from the UK last year. The party moved an adjournment notice in the Lok Sabha, seeking an immediate discussion on the... read more »
Foxconn plans factory in every Indian state: Chairman Terry Gou
NEW DELHI: Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics assembly manufacturer, on Saturday said India would be the next IT hub for it while expressing a desire to open factories in all states in the spirit of the ‘Make in India’ initiative. ‘Make in India’ is one of Prime... read more »
Fourth secular blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh
Barely three months after the killing of a blogger in Sylhet, unknown assailants armed with machetes hacked to death secular blogger Niloy Chatterjee Neel at his home in Dhaka on Friday. Niloy, who used the pen-name Niloy Neel, was killed after the gang broke into his apartment on the top floor of... read more »
Suicide bombs kill at least 64 people in north-eastern Nigeria
The explosions hit the towns of Gombe and Damaturu, scaring people into staying home during the Muslim Eid al-Fitr celebrations, officials said. Police said two female suicide bombers... read more »
ISIS used poison gas in northeast Syria: Kurds, activists
BEIRUT: ISIS used poison gas in attacks against Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria in late June, a Syrian Kurdish militia and an activist group monitoring the Syrian conflict... read more »
Suspect in slaying of US Marines in Chattanooga made 2014 trip to Jordan
The FBI said Friday that the gunman who opened fire on two military facilities in Chattanooga and killed four Marines had at least two long guns and one handgun, and that investigators were... read more »
China late on Friday deported the lone Indian arrested on unspecified charges in Inner Mon...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has asked India to invest in infrastructure projects worth $8 billion, including an expanded role in developing a strategic port that will open up access to... read more »
Indian citizen held by China for ‘terror links’ relea...
China late on Friday deported the lone Indian arrested on unspecified charges in Inner Mongolia, bringing to an end 72 hours of hard negotiations between Indian diplomats and local officials who... read more »
