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PKK bomb attack, clashes kill 12 in sout...

PKK bomb attack, clashes kill 12 in southeast Turkey: Sources

Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants killed three Turkish police officers overnight in a bomb attack on their armoured vehicle as they travelled along a highway in southeast Turkey, security sources said on Wednesday. Another officer was seriously wounded in the attack in the Nusaybin district... read more »

Mexico demands speedy probe over tourist...

Mexico demands speedy probe over tourists’ killing in Egypt

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto speaking with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi reiterated Mexico’s call for a “swift and in-depth” investigation to determine who was responsible for shelling the group. Pena Nieto over the phone on Tuesday expressed “Mexican... read more »

China to buy millions of tonnes of U.S. ...

China to buy millions of tonnes of U.S. soybeans during Xi visit

the world’s top soybean buyer, will purchase millions of tonnes of the oilseed from the United States during President Xi Jinping’s visit to the country next week, industry sources said. A Chinese delegation will likely sign deals to buy “several million” tonnes of soybeans... read more »

Australian warplanes make first air stri...

Australian warplanes make first air strike in Syria

Australian warplanes have carried out their first air strike against the Islamic State group in Syria, destroying an armoured personnel carrier, defence minister Kevin Andrews has revealed. “This is part of our logical extension in the fight against Daesh to operate not only over northern... read more »

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Finance minister P Chidambaram attacks BJP for 'cherrypicking' on Adarsh scam

Finance minister P Chidambaram attacks BJP for ‘cherrypicki...

Finance minister P Chidambaram on Thursday attacked BJP for “cherrypicking” on Maharashtra government’s statement that no criminality was revealed against home minister Sushilkumar... read more »

Gold Market Update : Gold Hit High Of $1262

Gold prices rose by Rs. 246 to Rs. 28,664 per 10 g...

New Delhi – Gold prices rose by Rs. 246 to Rs. 28,664 per 10 gm in futures trade today as speculators created fresh positions taking positive... read more »

Diesel cars lose steam ; Hyundai sales zoom on petrol v...

Diesel cars lose steam; Maruti, Hyundai sales zoom on petrol variants

Automobiles companies with heavy line up of diesel vehicles have started to face the heat as buyers shift their preference back to petrol cars over... read more »

Irish manufacturing growing steadily

Dublin –  Irish manufacturing activity grew for the seventh straight month in December and at a faster pace than in November, ending the year on a high... read more »

Rupee up 5 paise against US dollar in early trade

Rupee strengthens by 17 paise against dollar

Mumbai – The rupee recovered marginally by five paise to 61.85 against the US dollar in early trade today at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on... read more »

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SC rejects Subrata Roy’s bail plea

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to grant bail to Sahara chief, Subrata Roy, for 40 days to negotiate with prospective buyers for the three hotels his company owns abroad. Mr. Roy has been in... read more »

Maoists blow up rail track, pilot engine of Rajdha...

Maoists blasted a portion of a railway track between Ismailpur and Rafiganj section in Bihar, leading to derailment of a pilot engine running ahead... read more »

interfere immediately to secure release of 43 fishermen...

Trial against Jayalalithaa in income tax case to continue: Supreme Court

Taking exception to the latest instances of arrest of Tamil Nadu fishermen by Sri Lankan authorities, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has sought Prime Minister... read more »

Enough material to charge sheet Marans: Attorney Genera...

Attorney-General Mukul Rohatgi on Tuesday informed the CBI that there was enough prosecutable evidence to file a charge sheet against former Telecom Minister... read more »

Soldier, intruder killed on Jammu border

The Army on Tuesday claimed to have foiled a major infiltration attempt by suspected militants in Akhnoor area of the International Border in Jammu. Even as a... read more »

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Nadal beats Berdych to enter semi-finals

Nadal seals year-end world No. 1

London – Rafael Nadal sealed the year-end No. 1 ranking for the third time by edging Stanislas Wawrinka 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6) at the ATP World Tour Finals Wednesday. Nadal also qualified for the... read more »

FC Barcelona defeats Milan 3-1 in Champions League

FC Barcelona defeats Milan 3-1 in Champions League

Madrid – FC Barcelona defeated AC Milan Wednesday night by 3-1, thanks to two goals from Messi and one of Busquets which qualified them for the... read more »

Scoreboard: India vs West Indies, 1st Test, Day 1

Scoreboard: India vs West Indies, 1st Test, Day 1

Kolkata – The following is the scoreboard of day one of the first Test between India and Australia at the Eden Gardens here Wednesday: West Indies: Chris... read more »

Sachin can look forward to a retired life: Schumacher

Sachin can look forward to a retired life: Schumacher

New Delhi – Michael Schumacher enjoyed a long and illustrious career, much like Sachin Tendulkar. As Tendulkar plays in his swansong series, the Formula... read more »

Blatter wants end to `heart-breaking` World Cup qualifi...

Blatter wants end to `heart-breaking` World Cup qualification playoffs

Sydney – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has said that the World Cup qualification process should not involve playoffs, despite the drama that they... read more »

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WikiLeaks reveals Australian gagging order over political bribery...

A sweeping gagging order issued in Australia to block reporting of any bribery allegations involving several international political leaders in the region has been exposed by WikiLeaks. The... read more »

Ebola outbreak: pan-African airline halts flights ...

Pan-African airline ASKY has suspended all flights to and from the capitals of Liberia and Sierra Leone, and the Liberian football association... read more »

‘The world stands disgraced’ – Israel...

United Nations officials described the killing of sleeping children as a disgrace to the world and accused Israel of a serious violation of international law... read more »

US House approves lawsuit against Obama

The U.S. House on Wednesday approved a lawsuit against President Barack Obama over alleged abuse of executive power. The 225-201 vote fell along party lines,... read more »

Former Libyan deputy prime minister kidnapped in Tripol...

TRIPOLI: Unidentified gunmen on Tuesday kidnapped Libya’s former deputy prime minister Mustafa Abu Shagor, a parliamentarian confirmed. The gunmen... read more »

Afghanistan: 21 dead, 10 wounded in wedding gunfight

KABUL: A shootout at a wedding party in northern Afghanistan has left 21 people dead and another 10 wounded, an official said Monday. Jaweed Basharat, spokesman for the governor of Baghlan... read more »

Delhi on high alert after Gurdaspur attack, security stepped up

Authorities sounded high alert across Delhi on Monday with hundreds of policemen deployed at railway stations, railway stations, shopping malls and crowded markets in the wake of a... read more »

At least 13 dead in al Shabaab attack on Somali hotel

The Somali militant Islamist group al Shabaab attacked a Mogadishu hotel on Sunday, driving a car packed with explosives through the hotel gate and killing at least 13 people, a first... read more »

Four killed as terrorists storm Punjab police station

India tightened security on its border with Pakistan on Monday after terrorists dressed in army uniforms stormed a police station in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district, killing at least four... read more »

BJP plan for the monsoon session: Big on political firepower, low...

Having weathered the opposition’s protests over its leaders’ alleged involvement in various scandals by simply holding firm, the BJP-led NDA government has decided to follow the same... read more »