AAP sting claims BJP leader offered Rs. 4 crore to its MLA
The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday released footage purportedly showing Delhi BJP vice-president Sher Singh Dagar and his close associate Raghubir Dahiya allegedly offering Rs.4 crore and other perks to its MLA Dinesh Mohania in exchange for backing the BJP’s efforts to form a government in the... read more »
Latest remains of MH17 dupe arrive in Malaysia
Two remains of Malaysian passengers of the airliner that crashed in eastern Ukraine arrived on Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur, Prime Minsiter Najib Razak said. “Today we bring home two more victims of [Malaysia Airlines] flight MH17,” Mr. Najib tweeted. “My prayers are with their families in these... read more »
J&K floods: rescue teams to focus on Srinagar
Mammoth multi-agency rescue efforts were underway in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday to rescue lakhs of people trapped in flood-ravaged areas, with IAF choppers and transport aircraft undertaking non-stop sorties overnight to carry men and relief material to submerged parts. Rescue teams will be on... read more »
Jayalalithaa Files Defamation Case Against BJP’s Subramanian Swamy
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today filed a defamation case against the BJP’s Subramanian Swamy in a court in Chennai for alleging that the boats of Indian fishermen apprehended by Sri Lanka belong to Sasikala, a close aide of the AIADMK chief. Ms Jayalalithaa had on September 2... read more »
6.0 quake rattles Bay Area, sending about 170 people to hospitals
e little-known West Napa Fault shook for about 20 seconds early Sunday, enough to leave the San Francisco Bay Area with its biggest earthquake in 25 years — wrecking historic wine country... read more »
Iraqi troops foil jihadists’ attack on country’s biggest oil refinery
Iraqi government forces battled Sunni militants for control of the country’s biggest refinery on Thursday as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki waited for a U.S. response to an appeal for... read more »
Islamic State: Radical shifts needed to combat threat
US defence chiefs have spelled out their conviction that a complex long-term war will be needed, with intervention in both Syria and Iraq, if Islamic State’s “caliphate”... read more »
Gold remains weak on sluggish demand; silver ends lower
NEW DELHI: Continuing its losing streak for the eight straight session, gold prices shed Rs 40 to close at almost one-month low of Rs 28,100 per 10 grams in the national capital today due... read more »
Israeli aircraft bomb Gaza, five Palestinians killed
GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israeli aircraft bombed the Gaza Strip on Saturday and Palestinian militants fired rockets at the Jewish state, the military said, with no end in sight to the deadliest violence... read more »
