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Iran Nuclear Agreement Deadline May Slip

Iran Nuclear Agreement Deadline May Slip

U.S. and Iranian officials depart Friday for a final round of nuclear talks in Vienna, even as U.S. officials conceded a deal may not be able to be reached by a June 30 deadline. A senior U.S. administration official said Thursday negotiators are expected to be “close” to an agreement... read more »

Didn’t Testify in Court: Vasundhar...

Didn’t Testify in Court: Vasundhara Raje’s Defense to Cite Lega...

To justify that top BJP leader Vasundhara Raje does not need to resign as Rajasthan Chief Minister, the party is likely to present an argument from her legal team that she changed her mind at the last minute about backing the immigration appeal of disgraced cricket magnate Lalit Modi. “Nobody... read more »

Leaked recordings in cash-for-vote case ...

Leaked recordings in cash-for-vote case hits CM Chandrababu Naidu where it ...

Just hours before grand celebrations to mark his first anniversary in office, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu finds himself in a political quagmire after the emergence of recordings that embroil the Telugu Desam Party in a cash-for-vote case in which saw a TDP legislator being... read more »

Lalu, Nitish clinch deal : RJD, JD(U) jo...

Lalu, Nitish clinch deal : RJD, JD(U) join hands for Bihar polls

Bihar’s ruling JD(U) and Lalu Prasad’s RJD will contest the state assembly elections in alliance and a 6-member committee will be constituted for seat-sharing talks. “Today, it has been decided that RJD and JD(U) will contest the Bihar polls in alliance,” Samajwadi Party... read more »

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Raj Thackeray flexes muscle on toll issue, dares Maharashtra gove...

Pune –  Raj Thackeray, chief of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena or MNS, has escalated his confrontation with the state government, announcing a statewide “rasta roko” agitation on... read more »

Kejriwal turns down security cover

After Arvind Kejriwal’s dare on Jan Lokpal B...

New Delhi –  The union home ministry is seeking legal advice on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s plan to try and pass its Jan... read more »

184-crore scam in Ring Road bypass project? AAP governm...

New Delhi:  Pointing at yet another purported scam under the Sheila Dikshit regime, Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government has asked its Anti-Corruption Branch... read more »

Sexual assail: Tejpal applies for bail to Goa bench of ...

Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpal on Saturday applied for bail in the sexual assault case against him to the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court. The plea... read more »

AAP govt will go against Supreme Court’s order by...

“India will progress only when northeast develops,” said Modi at a rally in Manipur’s capital. “I salute the culture of Manipur. I... read more »

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Thailand election body urges delay in polls amid clash

Thailand election body urges delay in polls amid clash

 Thailand’s election commission on Thursday urged the government to delay the upcoming polls as clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters killed a police officer and injured... read more »

Blast targets bus in Cairo, 5 injured.

Blast targets bus in Cairo, 5 injured.

Five people were injured, one in a critical condition, when a bomb was hurled at a public bus in Egypt’s capital, Cairo, two days after 14 were... read more »

China flays Abe’s Yasukuni visit

US disappointed over Shinzo Abe's visit to war shrine

Beijing – China Thursday condemned Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the Yasukuni shrine, saying the gesture is “a major new... read more »

Bangladesh security forces lay siege around Khaleda Zia...

Bangladesh security forces lay siege around Khaleda Zia’s residence

Bangladesh security forces on Thursday laid a siege around the residence of opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Khaleda Zia, ahead of an... read more »

UN condemns UK immigration bill for creating ‘cli...

UN condemns UK immigration bill for creating 'climate of ethnic profiling'

London – The United Nations refugee agency has condemned British Prime Minister David Cameron’s proposed immigration laws. There are fears the laws... read more »

Trisha Krishnan to tie knot with industrialist

Actress Trisha Krishnan, who has starred in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films, on Friday got engaged to industrialist Varun Manian. The 31-year-old actress, who has shared screen with... read more »

Concern over access to US press during Obama’s visit: White House

Expressing concern over access being given to the American press during Barack Obama’s visit to India, the U.S. on Friday cautioned that not resolving those issues could have an impact on... read more »

UN chief appoints Saraswathy Menon in peace-building panel

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Indian sociologist Saraswathi Menon to a panel that will review peace building activities. Ms. Menon, a former lecturer at Madras... read more »

Japan not to give up on hostages issue

Japan promised Saturday not to give up “until the very end” on efforts to rescue two Japanese hostages threatened with beheading by Islamic militants demanding a $200 million ransom,... read more »

Bhupathi out of mixed doubles in Australian Open

Mahesh Bhupathi went out of the mixed doubles competition following a first-round loss, even as India’s junior tennis players began their campaign on a positive note in the Australian Open on... read more »