Suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist’s aide arrested in Jodhpur
Barkat Ali, an alleged accomplice of suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist Shaquib Ansari, was arrested in Jodhpur on Tuesday. Ali had managed to give the police the slip on Sunday and several police teams had swung into action to nab him. “We received information about his arrival at home... read more »
MH370 passengers’ relatives hold Beijing protest
Furious over Malaysia’s handling of the lost jetliner a day after the country said the passengers must be dead, Chinese relatives of the missing marched on Tuesday to the Malaysia Embassy, where they threw plastic water bottles, tried to rush the gate and chanted, “Liars!” The Chinese... read more »
Death toll rise to six in Kenya church attack
Nairobi: Two people shot when attackers sprayed a Kenyan church with gunfire on Sunday have died of their wounds, taking the total killed in the attack to six, government officials said Monday. The attack, in the Likoni district near the port city of Mombasa, came amid heightened warnings of a... read more »
Twitter ban will be lifted ‘soon’: Turkish president
ANKARA: Turkey’s president said he believed the country would soon lift its ban on Twitter, condemned as a bid to muzzle a corruption scandal dogging the government ahead of key elections. “I believe this problem will be over soon,” Abdullah Gul told reporters in Ankara before... read more »
Train crashes into minibus in Turkey; 10 killed
ANKARA: A passenger train crashed into a minibus that was carrying workers to a factory in Turkey, killing 10 people and injuring five others, officials said. Basri Guzeloglu, the local... read more »
Turkey bans Twitter — and Twitter explodes
This was the last thing Erdogan said Thursday before the lights went out on Twitter near midnight. “We now have a court order,” declared Erdogan, who’s ensnared in a scandal inflamed... read more »
Search planes fail to find missing Malaysian jet debris in Indian Ocean
Search planes sent to find objects in the south Indian Ocean that may be from the missing Malaysia Airlines jet began returning without success on Friday, and an Australian official said... read more »
IRCTC record: 5.8 lakh etickets sold in a day
NEW DELHI: Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation’s (IRCTC) registered the highest ever number of bookings on Wednesday. According to IRCTC spokesperson, Pradip Kundu, 5.80... read more »
Haven’t moved to inflation targeting yet: Rajan
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said that they have not moved into inflation targeting as yet. “We haven’t moved into inflation targeting as yet. There is something that the Urjit Patel committee... read more »
