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US says only 60 Syrians being trained to...

US says only 60 Syrians being trained to fight IS

Only about 60 Syrian rebels are being trained by the United States to take on the Islamic State group, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said today, admitting it was far below the number hoped for. The disclosure is likely to add to criticism of the Obama administration’s military strategy, with US... read more »

India, Kazakhstan for strengthening coop...

India, Kazakhstan for strengthening cooperation in multilateral frameworks

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev have emphasized that strengthening of cooperation in multilateral frameworks between Kazakhstan and India would contribute to regional and international stability and development. Both leaders noted the broad convergence of... read more »

South Sudanese now sheltering in UN base...

South Sudanese now sheltering in UN bases

The number of South Sudanese civilians sheltering in UN bases has risen above 150,000 for the first time in 18 months of civil war, the United Nations said today. A total of 153,769 civilians are now seeking safety behind the barbed wire of six peacekeeping bases of the UN Mission in South Sudan... read more »

Indian beaten 0-4 as defence succumbs ag...

Indian beaten 0-4 as defence succumbs against Belgium

It been a roller coaster ride for Indian hockey team in FIH Hockey World League. India suffered a crushing 0-4 defeat against above ranked Belgium in the semifinal of the FIH Hockey World League Semifinals at the KHC Dragons Stadium. The host played aggressively to deny any dominance to the Asian... read more »

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RIL to invest $3.2 bn to bring D34 gas discovery to production

RIL to invest $3.2 bn to bring D34 gas discovery to production

Reliance Industries has said it will invest USD 3.2 billion in bringing to production the satellite D34 gas discovery to reverse the decline in output at the Bay of Bengal KG-D6 block. RIL said the... read more »

Hindalco shares fall 5% after CBI books KM Birla in coal scam

Hindalco shares fall 5% after CBI books KM Birla i...

Shares of Aditya Birla-promoted firms such as Hindalco Industries, AB Nuvo and Idea Cellular on Tuesday fell by up to 5 per cent after the CBI... read more »

Rupee recovers 23 paise vs dollar in early trade

Rupee recovers 23 paise vs dollar in early trade

The rupee recovered by 23 paise to 61.32 against the dollar in early trade on Tuesday at the Interbank Foreign Exchange following selling of the American... read more »

India not in crisis, won’t tap International Mone...

Raghuram Rajan treads the tried and tested path : RBI

On his first visit to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Banks annual meetings as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Raghuram Rajan... read more »

Infosys posts strong topline growth in Q2

Infosys Q3 net profit rises to Rs. 2,875 crore, beats Street

Despite a dip in profit on account of funds being set aside for an ongoing visa-abuse investigation in the US, IT bellwether Infosys Ltd on Friday reported a... read more »

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Two terrorists holed up in house near Srinagar, heavy firing on

Srinagar:Heavy firing is being exchanged between two Lashkar-e-Taiba militants and security forces in Ahmadnagar on the outskirts of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir. The two militants are holed up... read more »

All options open, except Congress, says Jagan Moha...

Hyderabad: Jagan Mohan Reddy, whose YSR Congress is contesting its first Lok Sabha elections, has made clear that he is open to doing business with... read more »

Priyanka Gandhi was very keen to fight Narendra Modi in...

NEW DELHI: Imagine a Narendra Modi vs Priyanka Gandhi contest for the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat. It would have been the mother of all election battles, and would... read more »

Arvind Kejriwal to reach Varanasi today, likely to stay...

Varanasi – Aam Aadmi Party National Convenor Arvind Kerjiwal will leave for Varanasi by train on Monday and is expected to stay on till the polling day.... read more »

Final poll rolls released : 2014 Lok Sabha elections

The final electoral rolls for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections to the Puducherry constituency were released on Sunday. The total number of electors has been put at... read more »

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Train crashes into minibus in Turkey; 10 killed

ANKARA: A passenger train crashed into a minibus that was carrying workers to a factory in Turkey, killing 10 people and injuring five others, officials said. Basri Guzeloglu, the local governor,... read more »

Turkey bans Twitter — and Twitter explodes

This was the last thing Erdogan said Thursday before the lights went out on Twitter near midnight. “We now have a court order,” declared Erdogan,... read more »

Search planes fail to find missing Malaysian jet debris...

Search planes sent to find objects in the south Indian Ocean that may be from the missing Malaysia Airlines jet began returning without success on Friday, and... read more »

No reason to believe Pakistani leadership knew presence...

WASHINGTON: There is no reason to believe that anyone in the highest ranks of the Pakistan government knew about the location of slain al-Qaida chief Osama bin... read more »

Satellites spot possible objects from missing Malaysian...

Military planes from Australia, the U.S. and New Zealand are searching for two objects spotted by satellite in the southern Indian Ocean that could be related... read more »

'Referendum on army in Kashmir': Arvind Kejriwal disagrees with Mr. Bhushan's comment

Arvind Kejriwal to Return to Face Infighting in AAP, As Kumar Vishwas Recieves Defamation ...

NEW DELHI: After 10 days in the calm of a Bengaluru health farm, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal returns this evening to the capital and much turmoil in his Aam Aadmi Party or AAP. AAP... read more »

Disgraced Chinese general Xu Caihou dies of cancer

Beijing: The disgraced former Chinese general Xu Caihou, one of the highest-ranking officials to be netted in President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive, has died of bladder cancer,... read more »

Kerry visits Israel amid reports of faltering Israeli-Palestinian talks

Kerry says Syrian transition would have to be negotiated with Assad

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States would have to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a political transition in Syria and was exploring ways with other... read more »

John Kerry, Javad Zarif in critical round of Iran nuclear talks

LAUSANNE: Iran nuclear talks enter a critical week Monday with US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart in Switzerland seeking an elusive breakthrough after 18 months of... read more »

Suicide bombers attack 2 Lahore churches, leave 15 dead as angry ...

Lahore: A pair of suicide bombers attacked two churches in Lahore on Sunday as worshippers prayed inside — killing 15 people in the latest assault against religious minorities in this increasingly... read more »