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Congress, Kejriwal struck deal: GadkariCongress, Kejriwal struck deal: Gadkari
Nitin Gadkari invites Sonia Gandhi, Anna...

Nitin Gadkari invites Sonia Gandhi, Anna Hazare for open debate on Land Bil...

New Delhi: Amid Opposition’s all-out effort to stall the amended Land Acquisition Bill, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday wrote a letter to political leaders and social activists inviting them for an open debate on the legislation. Among those who have been sent letters... read more »

2 dead, many injured in Sweden restauran...

2 dead, many injured in Sweden restaurant shooting

Several people were shot inside a restaurant in the city of Goteborg and at least two of them have died, Swedish police said. Police said in a statement that an automatic weapon is believed to have been used in the shooting. They had no details on any suspects but said several people had been... read more »

Prashant Bhushan, Yadav fire another let...

Prashant Bhushan, Yadav fire another letter in Aam Aadmi Party game of thro...

If the two days since Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal returned to Delhi have been dominated by negotiations and meetings in the deeply divided AAP, they have also been replete with political posturing. It emerged that senior leader Prashant Bhushan had written a note to Kejriwal, which sources said,... read more »

Singapore’s first Prime Minister L...

Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee remains critically ill

Singapore’s first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, remains critically ill in intensive care, the prime minister’s office said on Thursday. Seen as the founding father of modern Singapore, which he led from 1959 until 1990, the 91-year-old Lee has been in hospital with severe pneumonia... read more »

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Pathribal fake encounter : Army says no proof its personnel kille...

Jammu –  The Army has closed an investigation against its personnel accused of killing five civilians in a fake encounter in Pathribal, Jammu and Kashmir, in 2000, saying there is no evidence... read more »

AAP finally asks Somnath Bharti to mind his langua...

New Delhi – Embarrassed by his crass remarks against senior lawyer Harish Salve and BJP leader Arun Jaitley, the Aam Aadmi Party ordered... read more »

Tribal girl gang-raped by members of kangaroo court as ...

Tribal girl gang-raped by members of kangaroo court as punishment for affair

Suri – A 20-year-old tribal girl was allegedly raped by at least 10 members of a kangaroo court in a Birbhum village on Monday night as punishment for... read more »

Not returning to Samajwadi Party, says Amar Singh

Not returning to Samajwadi Party, says Amar Singh

Lucknow – Former Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary and Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh has dismissed speculations about his return to the party... read more »

Arvind Kejriwal meets Lt Governor; action against Somna...

New Delhi – Under intense pressure to sack Law Minister Somnath Bharti, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday... read more »

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Putin pardons jailed tycoon Khodorkovsky

Putin pardons jailed tycoon Khodorkovsky

Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, has signed the decree pardoning tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a prominent Kremlin critic, who has spent more than a decade behind bars for embezzlement, fraud... read more »

North Korea threatens to attack South Korea

North Korea threatens to attack South Korea

Seoul – North Korea has threatened to attack South Korea without any advance notice, responding to anti-Pyongyang rallies on the second death... read more »

Indian economy to grow 5.3 percent in 2014: UN

Indian economy to grow 5.3 percent in 2014: UNIndian economy to grow 5.3 percent in 2014: UN

United Nations – The Indian economy is likely to witness an economic growth rate of 5.3 percent in 2014, while the global economic growth is estimated at... read more »

80 injured as London theatre’s ceiling collapses

76 injured as London theatre's ceiling collapses

 At least 88 people were injured, seven of them seriously, when the ceiling of a London theatre collapsed late on Thursday, bringing down parts of balconies... read more »

Iran to hold military drills in Persian Gulf

Iran ready to play constructive role in Geneva talk

Tehran – Iranian air force will start military drills over the Persian Gulf Friday, Xinhua reported Thursday. Deputy Commander of Iran’s air force... read more »

Illegal mining case: Janardhan Reddy gets conditional bail

After spending three years and four months in Bengaluru’s Parappana Agrahara Prison, mining baron and former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, accused in the illegal mining case,... read more »

Secret Service Inspects Taj Mahal for Obama Trip, Agra is Watchful

Barack Obama is the first US president to visit India twice while in office. His three-day visit will include a townhall in Delhi with students among the audience, a private dinner with... read more »

India’s growth rate to surpass China’s in 2016: IMF

WASHINGTON: India is expected to grow at 6.3 per cent this year and 6.5 per cent in 2016 by when it is likely to cross China’s projected growth rate, the IMF said on Tuesday while... read more »

Nifty hits record high; HDFC & Axis Bank up 3-4%, GAIL dips

The Nifty touched record high at 8628 today, up 68.55 points or 0.80 percent at 8619.25 while the Sensex rose 249.88 points or 0.88 percent to 28511.89. About 1557 shares have advanced,... read more »

Air traffic rises 15% in December, SpiceJet registers highest per...

New Delhi: Domestic air passenger traffic increased by 15.29 percent in December to 64.40 lakh passengers — up from 55.86 lakh in the corresponding month last year, official data... read more »