Militants kill 20 troops in Yemen raid
Yemen is dogged by internal conflicts and chronic poverty and the attack highlights the lack of stability in the Western-allied nation, which shares a border with top global oil exporter Saudi Arabia and lies next to major shipping lanes. The Yemeni interior minister suspended senior security... read more »
Now, BJP’s Sona Ram vs Jaswant Singh in Barmer
A total of 39 candidates, including senior BJP leaders Jaswant Singh and MP Dushyant Singh, filed their nomination papers in Rajasthan, taking the total number of nominations filed for the first phase of polls in the state to 72 so far. Jaswant Singh, who was denied ticket by BJP from Barmer LS... read more »
Modi ‘self-destruct mantra’ of BJP: Congress
The Congress on Tuesday called BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as the “self destruct mantra” of the party. “Modi is the self destruct mantra of BJP. Last few days implosions and explosions in BJP are only precursor to real firefight in the offing,”... read more »
No FIR as of now in Sunanda Pushkar case: Police
Delhi Police chief BS Bassi on Monday said the inquest would continue in the mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar, Union minister Shashi Tharoor’s wife while maintaining that there is “no reason” to proceed in any other way, virtually ruling out an FIR in the case as of... read more »
North Korea launches 30 rockets
North Korea has launched 30 short-range rockets into the sea off South Korea’s east coast, Seoul has said. It is the latest in a series of apparent protests against ongoing US-South... read more »
40 killed in Pakistan road accident
At least 40 people were killed on Saturday when an oil tanker collided with two buses in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The accident happened when the two passenger buses with over... read more »
MH370: Malaysia asks US Army for undersea surveillance device to search missing plane
According to the Pentagon, the search operation of the missing MH370 could cost it USD 4 million. Pentagon spokesperson Army Col Steve Warren on Saturday said that USD 4 million have been... read more »
Narendra Modi coming to Varanasi to wash sins of Godhra: Lalu Yadav
Attacking BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, RJD chief Lalu Prasad said he was contesting from Varanasi in an attempt to wash away “the sin” of Godhra and... read more »
Never imagined I would fight elections from area of scam-hit peop...
Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, shifted to Kanpur Lok Sabha seat from Varanasi to accommodate Narendra Modi, made a veiled attack on sitting Congress MP and Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal,... read more »
