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Police accountable to system, not indivi...

Police accountable to system, not individuals: Delhi top cop Bassi

Ahead of his meeting with Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal over the increasing incidents of crime, police commissioner BS Bassi said that if his department is working according to the law, no criticism or attack on their character will affect them. “The police are accountable to a system... read more »

Cuba’s reopened embassy in US to f...

Cuba’s reopened embassy in US to fly original vintage flag

Havana/Washington: The Cuban government is preparing to reopen its embassy in Washington on Monday with the original Cuban flag that was taken down in 1961, when the two nations cut off ties. In a move heavy with symbolism, the flag to be raised during the inauguration ceremony is the one that was... read more »

NATO Airstrike Kills 8 Afghan Troops, Af...

NATO Airstrike Kills 8 Afghan Troops, Afghan Officials Say

KABUL, Afghanistan — A NATO airstrike hit two Afghan military checkpoints on Monday in a restive province east of the capital, Kabul, killing at least eight Afghan troops in what an Afghan official describes as an accident due to bad coordination. The early morning strike took place in Logar... read more »

Bihar Assembly Polls in Multiple Phases ...

Bihar Assembly Polls in Multiple Phases Between October and November

NEW DELHI: Election Commission is likely to conduct the Bihar assembly elections between October and November, amidst festivals in four or five phases. Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi and Election Commissioner Achal Kumar Joti are likely to visit Patna early next month for discussions with... read more »

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Inflation jumps to 7 percent in October

Inflation jumps to 7 percent in October

New Delhi – India’s headline inflation based on wholesale prices jumped to 7 percent in October, the highest level in eight months, due to higher prices of fuel, food and manufactured... read more »

Coal India shares fall 3% on dismal Q2 earnings

Coal India shares fall 3% on dismal Q2 earnings

Coal India’s stock on Thursday fell by 3 per cent after the company reported a drop in consolidated net profit for the July-September... read more »

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New Delhi –  International SOS marks World Diabetes Day on 14 November by issuing guidance to international travellers on how to plan and prepare for... read more »

Air India enters codeshare pact with Adria Airways

New Delhi - In a bid to increase it! s outbound passenger traffic, Air India entered into a single codeshare agreement with Slovenian national airline Adria Airways. According to senior Air India official, the codeshare agreement will provide seamless travel experience to passengers from India to Slovenia. “Passengers can now travel on a single ticket from India to Slovenia. Air India will fly passengers to Frankfurt and there onwards Adria Airways will ferry passengers to Slovenia's capital Ljubljana,” a senior official with Air India told IANS. The agreement comes nearly two months after Air India's chairman and managing director (CMD) Rohit Nandan visited Slovenia to follow up on an earlier memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the two airlines.

New Delhi – In a bid to increase it! s outbound passenger traffic, Air India entered into a single codeshare agreement with Slovenian national airline... read more »

Huge scope for industry in financial inclusion: Rangara...

Huge scope for industry in financial inclusion: Rangarajan

New Delhi – Dr. C.Rangarajan, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, said on Wednesday that there is a dire need for a robust and... read more »

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Sonia Gandhi to host farewell dinner for Manmohan Singh today

Congress President Sonia Gandhi will host a farewell dinner for Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Wednesday. Dr. Singh on Tuesday bid his staff farewell, just days before he is scheduled to demit... read more »

BJP: Congress made a mockery of PM Manmohan Singh

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesman Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said that the Congress Party has made a mockery of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan... read more »

Paid news: Ashok Chavan summoned by EC, faces disqualif...

A huge setback came for the Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and the Congress party when the Election Commission (EC) summoned Chavan for a hearing on... read more »

India must regain its lost glory in education: Presiden...

Special session, voting must for Telangana Bill: YSR Congress

President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday said India “must regain” the lost glory of its educational institutions and once again become a centre for... read more »

Arun Jaitley praises PM, says he is a ‘syana aadm...

They may have crossed swords on several occasions over a variety of issues, but senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley today praised Manmohan Singh, saying the Prime... read more »

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Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky: My boss took advantage...

Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky has broken her silence on her 1990s affair with then US President Bill Clinton, saying he took advantage of her even though it was a “consensual... read more »

Pak govt opposes lifting of Musharraf’s trav...

The Pakistan government has opposed apetition filed by former military dictator Pervez Musharraf seeking the lifting of a travel ban on him to allow... read more »

Six Wounded in Knife Attack at Chinese Train Station

Chinese state media reported six people were wounded Tuesday in a knife attack at a train station in a southern city, the latest in a series of such... read more »

Boko Haram threatens to sell abducted Nigeria girls as ...

Boko Haram on Monday claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls in northeastern Nigeria that has triggered international outrage,... read more »

Cargo ship sinks, 11 missing near Hong Kong: Officials

HONG KONG: Authorities launched an air and sea rescue operation on Monday to find 11 crew members from a Chinese cargo ship after it collided with another... read more »

Jaitley meets PM Modi, Amit Shah amid raging Lalitgate

Amid the raging row over two top BJP leaders helping scam-tainted former IPL chief Lalit Modi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday separately met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party... read more »

Government’s First Budget, Lion’s Share For Education

Delhi’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has presented a Rs. 41,129 crore budget with a massive allocation for education, and announced that all colleges and villages will be given... read more »

India does not need new education policy, say experts

Some of India’s most renowned education experts have reportedly opined that there is very little evidence to back the government’s decision to revamp the nation’s... read more »

No link between caesarean sections, autism

A new study has claimed that babies born via caesarean section are not at any greater risk of developing autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The new research renounced the previous study that... read more »

More employees to have healthy lifestyle options at workplaces

More employees will have access to health promotion programmes and healthier food options at their workplaces by the end of March next year. A national committee chaired by Senior Minister of State... read more »