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Germanwings: Terrified passengers scream...

Germanwings: Terrified passengers screamed as co-pilot ‘calmly’...

Paris: Passengers with moments to live screamed in terror and the pilot frantically pounded on the locked cockpit door as a 27-year-old German co-pilot deliberately and wordlessly smashed an Airbus carrying 150 people into an Alpine mountainside. The account on Thursday of the final moments of... read more »

Singapore Extends Viewing for Lee With M...

Singapore Extends Viewing for Lee With Mile-Long Line

Singapore’s government extended viewing hours for people to file past the coffin of first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew as thousands lined up in the city’s midday heat. The line stretched across a mile mostly along the Singapore river through the financial district. Roads had been closed earlier... read more »

Congress lashes out at Bharatiya Janata ...

Congress lashes out at Bharatiya Janata Party over SC order on Section 66A

Congress on Tuesday hit back at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Supreme Court order on Section 66A of the IT Act noting that Arun Jaitley who had dubbed the law as “online emergency” while in opposition, had defended it when the BJP came to power. AICC Media department in charge... read more »

French Alps air disaster: Investigators ...

French Alps air disaster: Investigators seek clues into the Germanwings mys...

French investigators will sift through wreckage on Wednesday for clues into why a German Airbus ploughed into an Alpine mountainside, killing all 150 people on board including 16 schoolchildren returning from an exchange trip to Spain. The A320 jet operated by Lufthansa’s Germanwings budget... read more »

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Somnath Bharti: Allegations false, conspiracy to defame me

Law minister Somnath Bharti, who courted controversy over his action against an alleged sex-and-drugs ring, on Saturday said that the allegations against him are false and it is a “conspiracy... read more »

Bangalore becomes first Indian city to have free w...

Bangalore –  Bangalore has become the first city in India to have free wifi hotspots. The project, launched at the iconic MG Road in central... read more »

Somnath Bharti raid: women’s panel to meet Lt Gov...

New Delhi –  Members of the Delhi Commission for Women are likely to meet Lt Governor Najeeb Jung today to demand that an FIR or a First Information... read more »

Kejriwal’s dharna: SC pulls up Delhi Police

Arvind Kejriwal in hospital, police file case against his sit-in

The Supreme Court Friday pulled up the Delhi Police for allowing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his cabinet colleagues to hold dharna Jan 20 and 21... read more »

Supreme Court issues notice to West Bengal govt over ga...

Supreme Court issues notice to West Bengal govt over gang rape of tribal woman

New Delhi – The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the West Bengal government over the gang rape of a tribal woman in the Birbhum... read more »

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Indian Army lodges protest with Pakistan over ceasefire violations

Pakistani troops violate LoC ceasefire in Jammu

Jammu – After almost two months of peace along the LoC, Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire Friday, targeting an Indian army posts in Jammu district and sparking off an exchange of fire for... read more »

Philippines mayor among four killed in Manila airport gunman attack

Philippines mayor among four killed in Manila airp...

Washington – The mayor of a southern Philippines town, two members of his family and a young child have died after a gunman opened fire outside... read more »

Former Russian oligarch set for release from jail

Freed Russian tycoon Khodorkovsky will work to release other political prisoners

Moscow – Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former chief executive officer of the now defunct Russian  oil company Yukos, was set to be released from prison... read more »

US action against Indian diplomat: Classic American dou...

Devyani Khobragade gets full diplomatic immunity, on her way to India

By Arun Kumar Washington – Is the US decision to arrest and strip search Indian diplomat Devyani Khobrgade on charges of visa fraud, sparking a major... read more »

US law enforcers should be mindful of global realities:...

US law enforcers should be mindful of global realities: Haqqani

Against the backdrop of the arrest and humiliating treatment meted out to a senior Indian diplomat, a former Pakistani diplomat to the U.S. has cautioned the... read more »

‘New packaging practice helped in lifting of EU ban on mango’

The European Union’s decision to lift ban on mango imports from India is a recognition of inspection process and new packaging practice now adopted by exporters, industry body FIEO... read more »

Britain ‘wide open to abuse by freeloading migrants’, says Foreign Secretary

Britain is “wide open to abuse” by “freeloading” European Union migrants who are exploiting the welfare state, the Foreign Secretary has said. Philip Hammond said that the... read more »

Economy, IS policy, Guantanamo and more: Obama’s speech in 11 quotes

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared America has turned the page on years of war and economic hardship, in a populist-tinged State of the Union address that set up the battle to... read more »

Houthi display of force challenges embattled Yemen leader

Houthi fighters battled guards at the Yemeni president’s private home and entered his palace on Tuesday, raising the stakes in a turbulent campaign for more political power that has... read more »

Today, Kiran Bedi’s Turn. Big Roadshow for BJP’s Pres...

NEW DELHI: In an open jeep, with multiple garlands around her neck and BJP leaders surrounding her, Kiran Bedi has begun a road show down the narrow roads of Krishna Nagar, the east Delhi... read more »