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Heavy floods in Odisha, lakhs affected

Heavy floods in Odisha, lakhs affected

Sorrow grapples Odisha as lakhs of people in six of it’s districts are badly affected by flood, Jajpur district being one of the worst affected areas. A high alert has been issued across the state as 6 districts have been hit by heavy rains. Rescue teams from NDRF and its state-run... read more »

Modi govt is firm on rooting out terrori...

Modi govt is firm on rooting out terrorism from India: Rajnath Singh speaks...

New Delhi: Linking the Gurdaspur attack to Pakistan, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the three terrorists had infiltrated from there to carry out the strike and asserted that the government will do everything possible to prevent cross-border terrorism. Making a statement in Rajya Sabha... read more »

4 Indians, 2 each from Hyderabad and Kar...

4 Indians, 2 each from Hyderabad and Karnataka, kidnapped in Libya: MEA

NEW DELHI: Four Indians have been kidnapped by militants in Libya, the ministry of external affairs spokesman, Vikas Swarup, said on Friday. Of the four Indians kidnapped in Libya, three are teachers in University of Sirte and one works at the university. Two of the kidnapped Indians are from... read more »

Two Turkish police killed in gun attack ...

Two Turkish police killed in gun attack blamed on PKK: reports

ISTANBUL: Two Turkish police were killed Friday in a gun attack on police headquarters in the southern region of Adana blamed on Kurdish militants, the official Anatolia news agency reported. The gunmen fired on police headquarters in the city of Pozanti, sparking clashes which left two police as... read more »

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Sahara has not complied with court order: SEBI to SC

Sahara has not complied with court order: SEBI to SC

New Delhi – SEBI on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that Sahara group overvalued its properties and did not hand over all original title deeds of assets worth Rs 20,000 crore as per its... read more »

Marissa Mayer says Yahoo is all about `entertaining`

Marissa Mayer says Yahoo is all about `entertainin...

Washington – Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has said that some companies aim to connect, others to organize, but her company is all about... read more »

10th round of oil and gas block auction in January: Moi...

10th round of oil and gas block auction in January: Moily

After more than a two-year hiatus, India will launch auction of oil and gas blocks in January as it looks to attract foreign investors to boost domestic... read more »

Jet sells 24 per cent equity to Etihad

Jet sells 24 per cent equity to Etihad

Jet Airways and Etihad on Wednesday announced closure of a Rs. 2,069 crore deal for the Abu Dhabi-based carrier to pick up 24 per cent equity in the Indian... read more »

JP Morgan agrees to record $13bn settlement with US reg...

JP Morgan agrees to record $13bn settlement with US regulators

London – U.S. investment bank JP Morgan has agreed to a record 13 billion dollars settlement with American regulators for misleading investors during the... read more »

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Why egoistic Nitish cheated Bihar by making Manjhi CM

Nitish Kumar is now former chief minister of Bihar. But in his own estimation he has elevated his stature to that of a puppeteer. In Jitan Ram Manjhi he will install his man as the new chief minister... read more »

Sneak peek at Modi’s cabinet: Jaitley as FM, Rajna...

Moments after BJP’s parliamentary meet was concluded, Narendra Modi urged Rajnath Singh to accompany him to Varanasi. The BJP President had... read more »

Nitish Kumar’s decision to resign as Bihar CM is ...

CBI reports on plea to make Nitish accused in fodder scam

PATNA: Nitish Kumar on Monday firmly said he would not reconsider his decision to withdraw his resignation as chief minister of Bihar and the party is expected... read more »

After Colossal Defeat, Entire Congress Working Committe...

New Delhi: The top leaders of the Congress party will meet this evening to try and make sense of the party’s electoral humiliation. Sonia and Rahul... read more »

Arun Jaitley Compares Ramdev to Mahatma Gandhi

New Delhi – Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley has compared yoga teacher Ramdev to Mahatma Gandhi, praising him for “awakening” the... read more »

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British journalists shot and beaten in Syria kidnapping

LONDON: Two British journalists were recovering in Turkey on Thursday after being shot and beaten by rebel kidnappers while covering the Syrian conflict, the Times reported. Times writer Anthony Loyd... read more »

Anti-Chinese Violence Turns Deadly and Spreads in ...

BINH DUONG PROVINCE, Vietnam — Violence against foreign-owned factories spread elsewhere in Vietnam and took a deadly turn, with officials saying... read more »

40 killed in air strikes in northern Syria: Human right...

More than 40 people, many of them civilians, were killed by air strikes across northern Syria, a monitoring group said on Thursday. More than three years... read more »

Gas deals expected during Putin’s China visit

Vice Foreign Minister Cheng Guoping said Thursday agreements on natural gas are expected to be signed between China and Russia during Russian President... read more »

Judge sends Oscar Pistorius for psychiatric tests, putt...

Pretoria, South Africa – Oscar Pistorius, the onetime Olympic athlete turned murder suspect, must undergo a month of psychiatric testing before his... read more »

Jayalalithaa wins big in RK Nagar by-poll, defeats CPI’s Mahendran by over 1.5 lakh ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa trounced her nearest rival and CPI candidate C Mahendran with a huge margin of over 1.5 lakh votes as the results for Radha... read more »

Over 100 students fall ill after consuming mid-day meal

More than 100 students of a government school in Bihar fell ill on Monday after consuming a mid-day meal in the state’s Jhanjharpur town. Students started fainting, vomiting and... read more »

Vijender is a natural, can go a long way

Nearly two decades ago, when the famous British boxing promoter Frank Maloney (now Kellie Maloney since his sex change in 2014) came calling, looking for an Asian fighter who could fight... read more »

Passenger Sets Self on Fire on Japan’s Bullet Train

A passenger on one of Japan’s high-speed bullet trains tried to set himself or herself on fire Tuesday, causing smoke to fill the carriage and forcing the train to stop, Japan’s... read more »

Hindu religion has solution to all problems in world

BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday said Hindu religion has solution for all the problems in the worldHindu religion has solutions for all the problems of the world… I am not saying this because... read more »