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Buhari Leads in Nigeria Presidential Vot...

Buhari Leads in Nigeria Presidential Vote as Protests Endure

Former Nigerian military ruler Muhammadu Buhari took a lead in the presidential race with half of the 36 states reporting results from the March 28-29 general elections. Buhari led with 54.6 percent of the vote to 41.6 percent for President Goodluck Jonathan with tallies from 18 states and the... read more »

Singapore teen charged for insulting lat...

Singapore teen charged for insulting late founding father Lee Kuan Yew in a...

Singapore: A Singaporean teenager arrested for posting an expletive-laden YouTube video attacking Christianity and the country’s late founding leader Lee Kuan Yew will be charged in court with “wounding” religious feelings, harassment and circulating obscene content,... read more »

AAP infighting: Who will fill the space ...

AAP infighting: Who will fill the space left vacant by Yadav-Bhushan camp?

New Delhi: The churn within the Aam Aadmi Party, which resulted in the humiliating ouster of its four senior leaders, has altered the power hierarchy in the two-year-old political outfit. It was a nasty, no-holds-barred battle which saw Arvind Kejriwal stamping his command over the party through a... read more »

Babri Masjid demolition case: Supreme Co...

Babri Masjid demolition case: Supreme Court issues notice to LK Advani, Jos...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani and 19 others over a petition filed by Haji Mehboob in the Babri masjid case. Top BJP leaders including Uma Bharti, Murli Manohar Joshi and Kalyan Singh are amongst those notified by the apex... read more »

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Large space where land acquisition is possible: Rahul Gandhi

BJP counters Rahul Gandhi’s claims, says 1984 riots were &#...

New Delhi –  The BJP has dismissed Rahul Gandhi’s declaration that while the 2002 riots in Gujarat were abetted by the state government, the Congress government in Delhi tried its best... read more »

Arvind Kejriwal's election should be cancelled, says BJP; court seeks explanation

Delhi CM Mr. Arvind Kejriwal’s election shou...

New Delhi –   Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Law Minister Somnath Bharti have been asked to explain whether they spent more on... read more »

MNS chief Raj Thackeray always looks for cheap publicit...

Mumbai – The NCP has hit out at MNS chief Raj Thackeray for telling his workers to not pay toll even if that means resorting to violence. “Raj... read more »

Vinod Kumar Binny alleges Aam Aadmi Party wants Delhi g...

New Delhi –  Expelled Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Vinod Kumar Binny on Monday said that his party wants the Delhi government to collapse so that it is... read more »

Will contest Lok Sabha election: Veteran BJP leader LK ...

Will contest Lok Sabha election: Veteran BJP leader LK Advani

New Delhi – Veteran BJP leader LK Advani on Sunday said he will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, putting an end to speculation that he could be... read more »

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Britain to help with Syrian chemical weapons' destruction

Britain to help with Syrian chemical weapons’ destruction

London – Britain will help with the destruction of chemical weapons in Syria, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said Friday. In a statement, the FCO said that Britain had agreed to... read more »

32 injured as double decker hits tree in London

32 injured as double decker hits tree in London

London – Thirty-two people were injured when a double-decker bus crashed into a tree in south London Friday, emergency authorities said. The... read more »

Rajapaksa calls for home-grown solution for Tamils issu...

Rajapaksa calls for home-grown solution for Tamils issue

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has invited main Tamil party leaders, including Chief Minister of the northern province C V Wigneswaran, to join hands... read more »

Colombian held for plotting to kill Venezuelan presiden...

Colombian held for plotting to kill Venezuelan president

Bogota – A Colombian has been arrested for a murder attempt on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, police said. “Convincing evidence made it... read more »

US sends special envoy to South Sudan

US Secretary of State John Kerry hopeful of Israel-Palestine deal

Washington – US Secretary of State John Kerry has announced that he has sent a special envoy to South Sudan to help end violence in the country. Kerry... read more »

Serena Williams wary of further ankle injuries

Williams sisters withdraw from doubles at Australian Open

Serena and Venus Williams have pulled out of women’s doubles at the Australian Open, where they’ve won four titles. The Williams sisters were scheduled to play their first-round match... read more »

Russia launches security clampdown for Winter Olympics

Three Russian Olympic gold medallists test positive for doping

Three Russian Olympic gold medallists in race walking were tested positive for abuse of using performance improving drugs, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) said on Tuesday. Sergey... read more »

Obama’s trade and tax wish list may impact India

While India found no mention in U.S. President Barack Obama’s annual State of the Union (SOTU) address, certain policy proposals that he made to both houses of Congress on Tuesday... read more »

Installed solar capacity crosses 3 GW

New capacity addition in the clean energy sector was up nine per cent during the first 9-month of this fiscal. The total installed capacity of solar power in the country crossed 3,000 MW... read more »

Toyota tops in global vehicle sales, beats VW, GM

Toyota Motor stayed at the top in global vehicle sales in 2014, selling 10.23 million vehicles, beating Volkswagen and General Motors. Volkswagen AG of Germany sold 10.14 million vehicles in 2014... read more »