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PM Modi writes in German daily, says Ind...

PM Modi writes in German daily, says India should be an engine for worldwid...

India should be an engine for worldwide growth on the strengths of its democracy and a fresh push to revitalise the country’s economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday. Since India’s voters gave the first clear majority mandate to the BJP in three decades, the NDA government has put... read more »

Shiv Sena faces flak over ‘Muslims...

Shiv Sena faces flak over ‘Muslims’ rights’ remark, compl...

Mumbai: A day after Shiv Sena MP and editor of party mouthpiece Saamna, Sanjay Raut, stirred controversy for his remarks that voting rights of Muslims should be revoked as the community has often been used to play vote bank politics, the party is now facing flak from various political parties on... read more »

Germanwings plane evacuated after bomb t...

Germanwings plane evacuated after bomb threat

Berlin: Germanwings says a plane headed for Milan was evacuated at Cologne-Bonn airport after German police received a bomb threat against the flight. The airline said the threat against flight 826 to Milan’s Malpensa airport was received by federal police on Sunday evening. The tower in... read more »

Egypt imposes life jail penalty for cros...

Egypt imposes life jail penalty for cross-border tunnel use

People who dig and use cross-border tunnels in Egypt could face a maximum penalty of life in jail, state news agency MENA said on Sunday, citing amendments to the penal code targeting activity in the frontier area near the Gaza Strip. Egypt declared a state of emergency in the border area last year... read more »

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Varun Gandhi’s reported assessment of Narendra Modi rally i...

New Delhi –  Narendra Modi’s rally in Kolkata this week occupied prime real estate in the news for the comments he made there to an audience that appeared and was reported as massive. ... read more »

Delhi CM Mr. Kejriwal beats hasty retreat as angry...

New Delhi –  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today confronted an unhappy and vital constituency, auto drivers, who shouted angrily at a... read more »

Supreme Court intervention stalls blackouts in Delhi

New Delhi –  As winter makes a quick exit and temperatures rise in Delhi, the Supreme Court today thwarted the immediate threat of long power... read more »

CM Mr. A. Kejriwal duping people, should order probe in...

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

New Delhi –  BJP leader Harsh Vardhan today accused Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of “duping” the people of Delhi and “saving”... read more »

Supreme Court upholds validity of Majithia wage board

In a victory for working journalists and newspaper employees, Supreme Court Friday upheld the validity of the Majithia wage board, saying that its... read more »

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China exposes corrupt disciplinary officials

Beijing – The top disciplinary arm of the Communist Partyof China (CPC) Wednesday detailed four corruption cases involving disciplinary officials as part of an anti-graft effort, Xinhua... read more »

Worshippers rejoice in Bethlehem on Christmas Day

Worshippers rejoice in Bethlehem on Christmas Day

Pilgrims celebrated Christmas Day on Wednesday in the ancient Bethlehem church where tradition holds Jesus was born, as candles illuminated the... read more »

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe close to deal on con...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe close to deal on controversial US base on Okinawa

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday moved close to winning approval from the island of Okinawa on a replacement for a US air base, a move that... read more »

22 killed as blasts target church, Christian area in Ba...

22 killed as blasts target church, Christian area in Baghdad

Militants in Iraq targeted a church and a Christian area in two separate bomb attacks in Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 22 people, officials said. In... read more »

Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra proposes ...

Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra

Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Wednesday proposed the creation of a national “reform council” in the wake of weeks of street protests... read more »

Obama cancels Agra leg of visit

The U.S. President, who will be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations, was scheduled to visit the Taj Mahal with his wife, Michelle, on January 27. U.S. President Barack Obama... read more »

Indonesia Search Team to Float AirAsia Fuselage

JAKARTA: Indonesian salvage teams launched today an operation to raise the fuselage of AirAsia Flight 8501 from the sea bed as they recovered four more bodies from the wreckage of the... read more »

Japan Awaits Hostages’ Fate After Islamic State Deadline Passes

Japan’s government and public await the fate of two Japanese captives threatened with execution, 24 hours after the passing of a deadline on Islamic State’s demand for a $200 million... read more »

In Gujarat, all schools asked to perform ‘compulsory’ Saraswati Puja

Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad School Board has whipped up a controversy with its circular asking all schools to hold ‘Saraswati Vandana’ on Vasant Panchami on Saturday, drawing... read more »

Death of ‘reformer’ King Abdullah: Why Saudis will re...

The death yesterday (23 January) of Saudi King Abdullah – widely acclaimed as a “reformer”, albeit a one only in the context of the glacial pace of change in this semi-mediaeval kingdom... read more »