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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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Special meeting of Cabinet on Telangana today

New Delhi – A special meeting of the Union Cabinet is being held today for considering the Telangana bill amid expectations that it will be brought in Parliament next week. “A special... read more »

Rajya Sabha elections to be held today, EC appoint...

New Delhi – The stage is set for the biennial poll to the Rajya Sabha in four states on Friday. The Election Commission has made elaborate... read more »

Centre Government v/s Aam Aadmi Party : Mr. Kejriwal&#...

New Delhi –  Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government seems ready for a confrontation over its pet proposal – the anti-corruption... read more »

You owe us a visit, says Manipal University to famous a...

Manipal –  Manipal University wants Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s new CEO, back. Mr Nadella studied at the Manipal Institute of Technology, which is... read more »

common wealth games scam:FIR likely against Sheila Diks...

The Lok Sabha ran for a mere 15 minutes today before raucous Andhra Pradesh lawmakers, shouting slogans in favour of and against the proposal to create... read more »

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Turkish ministers resign over corruption probe

Turkish ministers resign over corruption probe

Two Cabinet ministers resigned in Turkey on Wednesday, days after their sons were arrested in a corruption and bribery scandal that targeted Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s allies. Economy... read more »

Palestinians expel Israeli journalists from Bethlehem on

Palestinians expel Israeli journalists from Bethle...

Jerusalem – The Palestinian Authority has expelled Israeli journalists who came to the historic biblical town of Bethlehem to cover Christmas... read more »

Pope Francis, celebrating his first Christmas as leader...

At first Christmas as pope, Francis urges openness to God

Pope Francis, celebrating his first Christmas as leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, on Tuesday urged people to shun pride and selfishness... read more »

Pakistan to try ex-president Musharraf for high treason

Pakistan to try ex-president Musharraf for high treason

Islamabad – A special court here is scheduled to begin Tuesday trial of Pakistan’s former president Pervez Musharraf for abrogating the... read more »

US court dismisses Sikh group’s case againstBadal

US court dismisses Sikh group's case againstBadal

Chicago – A US Court of Appeals has again dismissed a human rights violation case against Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on the ground that a... 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 remain frenemies to the wor...

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... read more »

US and India Appear Ready to Try to Hash Out Differences

Differences that the United States and India have been grappling with for years are expected to dominate talks between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi when they meet... read more »

Kejriwal appeals honest officers to approach him

Delhi elections 2015: Confident of running Delhi govt for next 5 ...

NEW DELHI: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal is confident that the voters of Delhi will give a clear verdict in this elections. Kejriwal, who answered a range of questions from readers on TOI Hangout, said... read more »