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Pakistan to hang Peshawar school massacr...

Pakistan to hang Peshawar school massacre plotters

ISLAMABAD: Six militants who plotted and aided Pakistan’s worst ever terrorist attack at a Peshawar school are set to be hanged after Army Chief General Raheel Sharif confirmed their death sentences. The men, belonging to the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, were convicted late Thursday for their... read more »

'Some progress' made in peace talks: John Kerry
In another symbol of thawing ties, Kerry...

In another symbol of thawing ties, Kerry to raise U.S. flag at restored Hav...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry travels to Cuba on Friday to raise the U.S. flag at the recently restored American embassy in Havana, another symbolic step in the thawing of relations between the two Cold War-era foes. The ceremony, raising the flag over the building for the first time in 54... read more »

OROP: Former servicemen resist eviction ...

OROP: Former servicemen resist eviction from Jantar Mantar in Delhi

A group of ex-servicemen demanding ‘One Rank One Pension’ today resisted eviction from the protest site at Jantar Mantar here by Delhi Police and NDMC which were trying to clear the area in view of security concerns ahead of Independence Day. The move came under attack from the veterans who... read more »

Traffic cops challan Sania Mirza

Traffic cops challan Sania Mirza

HYDERABAD : Tennis player Sania Mirza has been challaned by the Hyderabad Traffic Police for “improper” display of registration number on her car. The challan was issued last night after the traffic cops found the SUV with improper display of number plate and photographed the vehicle which was... read more »

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India’s manufacturing PMI expands in November

India’s manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) expands in ...

India’s manufacturing sector activity witnessed an expansion in November for the first time since July, driven by rising new domestic orders, an HSBC survey said on Monday. The HSBC India... read more »

Gold futures ease to Rs 29,130 per 10 gm

Gold futures ease to Rs 29,130 per 10 gm

New Dehli – Gold prices moved down 0.36 per cent to Rs 29,130 per 10 gram at the futures trade today after participants offloaded partial... read more »

Maruti sales down 10.7 p.c. in November

Maruti sales down 4.4% at 90,924 units in December

The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Monday reported 10.7 per cent decline in its total sales at 92,140 units in November as against... read more »

Sensex up 70 points in early trade on GDP data

Sensex down 36 points in early trade

Mumbai – Continuing its rising streak for the third straight day, the BSE benchmark sensex rose over 70 points in early trade on Monday on sustained... read more »

Diesel price hiked by 50 paise per litre; petrol rates ...

Petrol prices may come down by Rs 2 a litre this week

Diesel prices were on Saturday hiked by 50 paise per litre but there will be no revision in rates of petrol this fortnight. The price increase, the 11th since... read more »

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Tejpal seeks in-camera hearing of bail plea

Supreme Court extends Tarun Tejpal’s interim bail till June...

The Supreme Court today extended till June 27 the interim bail of Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpal in a sexual assault case. A bench comprising justices J S Khehar and C Nagappan extended the... read more »

Black money: Will SIT be able to do what the ED co...

While the UPA government was almost hesitant to set up an SIT to probe and track down black money stashed abroad, the Narendra Modi-led government in... read more »

How Munde made his mark in Maharashtra politics

Union minister Gopinath Munde’s death when he was set to play a major role in the BJP’s bid to wrest power in Maharashtra from the Congress-NCP combine has... read more »

‘Let Media Go, Mahabharat Bana Denge’: Thre...

Badaun, UP – The family of the two young girls who were gang-raped and found hanging from a mango tree in Katra Sahadat Ganj village in Badaun, Uttar... read more »

Jayalalithaa to Meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in De...

Police given free hand: Jayalalithaa

New Delhi – Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi today amidst speculation that the BJP is trying to... read more »

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Aziz discuss India-Pak ties, ...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Pakistan National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz has discussed Pakistan’s relations with India and Afghanistan, regional integration, energy and economic... read more »

Moderate earthquake rocks Pakistan: official

An official says a moderate earthquake has struck northwest Pakistan, causing panic in towns and cities, but there are no immediate reports of... read more »

Iraq to allow US airstrikes against al Qaeda militants

Al Qaeda militants kill over 100 Syrians near Damascus

Iraq has said it would allow the United States to launch airstrikes against al-Qaeda-linked militants in the north of the country, the Wall Street Journal... read more »

Immigration reform not impossible: US President Barack ...

Rejecting the opinion that immigration reform is impossible, US President Barack Obama has urged the Congress to pass the legislation in this regard which when... read more »

Pakistani army airstrikes kill 15 militants

The Pakistani army said it has carried out airstrikes in a tribal region near the Afghan border, killing at least 15 militants. An army statement said the air... read more »

Despite doubts over STF, Chouhan continues to resist CBI probe

A condescending Shivraj Singh Chouhan has offered to hand the enquiry into the deaths of persons connected with the Vyapam scam to a special investigation team under high court’s... read more »

Jim Carrey apologises for tweeting autistic boy’s pic without permit

Jim Carrey, whose good deed took a wrong turn, has recently apologised for posting the photo of an autistic boy without permission in his anti-vaccination Twitter rant. Making an apology,... read more »

No Party Has Mechanism to Check Education Degrees

With one of its MLAs arrested in an alleged fake degree case, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today said there is no mechanism with any political party to examine the degrees of its party... read more »

Bangladeshi family from UK traced to ISIS

A Bangladeshi family of 12 from England, who went missing on the way back from a holiday in Dhaka, have confirmed in a statement issued by ISIS terrorists that they are in the... read more »

Syrians increasingly desperate for healthcare as barrel bombs str...

in southwestern Syria with barrel bombs last month was only the latest episode in a long series of attacks by the Assad regime on medical facilities across the country. It was one of 10 medical... read more »