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Uproar in Tamil Nadu after Andhra Prades...

Uproar in Tamil Nadu after Andhra Pradesh Police kill at least 20 red sande...

At least 20 red sanders smugglers were shot dead by a task force team of Tirupati Police in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday morning in the Seshachalam forest area, on the outskirts of temple town Tirupati. Officials said that today early morning a beat guard on patrol heard sounds of chopping trees, and... read more »

Dena Bank, LIC sign MoU to provide life ...

Dena Bank, LIC sign MoU to provide life cover under PMJBY

State-run lender Dena Bank on Monday signed agreement with LIC to provide insurance cover to its savings account holders under the Prime Minister’s Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJBY) scheme. Under the Memorandum of Understanding, LIC will give a life cover of Rs 2 lakh in case of... read more »

Banking sector must grow by 4-5 times to...

Banking sector must grow by 4-5 times to finance higher GDP: Jayant Sinha

For accelerating and sustaining growth over the next decade from the present 7-8%, India has to move from the $2 trillion economy to $4-5 trillion economy, Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Finance, said. Speaking on the imperatives of financing growth, Sinha, dwelt upon three broad areas which... read more »

Gold futures down 0.19% on profit-bookin...

Gold futures down 0.19% on profit-booking

NEW DELHI: Gold futures declined 0.19 per cent to Rs 26,945 per 10 grams as investors indulged in booking profits at prevailing levels amidst a weak trend in global markets. Gold prices fell by Rs 52, or 0.19 per cent, to trade at Rs 26,945 per 10 grams for delivery in June at the Multi Commodity... read more »

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TADA court orders probe into Abu Salem’s ‘train weddi...

Mumbai –  An anti-terror court in Maharashtra has ordered an investigation into reports that alleged gangster Abu Salem, an accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, married on a train while... read more »

Arvind Kejriwal’s tweet on Anil Ambani adds ...

New Delhi –  The Delhi government has asked the region’s power regulator to revoke the licences of two electricity distributors if they... read more »

‘Somnath Bharti was right’ is AAP’s t...

New Delhi –  Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will today hold a protest in support of Ugandan women who have alleged that they were forced... read more »

Telangana row: Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy to sit ...

New Delhi –  Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy will sit on protest in the capital today, even as the controversial proposal that sanctions... read more »

BJP offered Rs. 20 crore to split my party, says AAP ML...

BJP offered Rs 20 crore to split my party, says AAP MLA Madan Lal New Delhi:  Aam Aadmi Party MLA Madan Lal has accused the BJP of offering him Rs. 20 crore... read more »

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Kim Jong-Un rounds up executed uncle's relatives

Kim Jong-Un rounds up executed uncle’s relatives

Sydney – North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has reportedly rounded up hundreds of people connected to the country’s former second in command and his executed uncle Jang Song-Thaek. According... read more »

Freed Russian tycoon Khodorkovsky will work to release other political prisoners

Freed Russian tycoon Khodorkovsky will work to rel...

Washington – Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has said he will spend the rest of his life working towards the release of other... read more »

Iran says nuke talks with world powers making ‘sl...

Iran says nuke talks with world powers making 'slow progress'

London – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said talks with world powers on implementing an accord on the country’s nuclear... read more »

Thai protesters try to block election sign-up

Thai protesters try to block election sign-up

Thai opposition protesters have stepped up their campaign to disrupt upcoming elections, trying to block candidate registrations as part of efforts to banish... read more »

Egypt sentences anti-Mubarak activists for three years

Egypt sentences anti-Mubarak activists for three years

London – Three Egyptian activists from the 2011 uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak have been sentenced to three years in jail. High-profile... read more »

Who is Saudi’s new king?

The new king of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, served as the Governor of capital Riyadh for nearly 50 years. He is known to be a mediator of disputes within the sprawling... read more »

Kerry likens Kim Jong Un to Saddam Hussein

Kerry facing summons on lawsuit for designating RSS

A U.S. court has issued a summons to Secretary of State John Kerry calling for his response within 60 days to a lawsuit demanding that Indian party Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) be... read more »

S. Africa: record number of rhinos killed in 2014

The number of rhinos killed in South Africa last year jumped by nearly a fifth, marking a new record for poaching, driven by Asian demand for rhino horn which is more valuable by weight... read more »

Former Thai PM Yingluck faces criminal charge, political ban

Ousted Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will face criminal charges in the Supreme Court and a possible jail term, the Attorney General’s Office said on Friday. The move is... read more »

Efforts on to secure release of hostages: Japanese Minister

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday that Japan was making all efforts for the swift release of two men held captive by the Islamic State but added that there was no change in... read more »