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Israel elections: Netanyahu’s ‘back’ and...

Israel elections: Netanyahu’s ‘back’ and what’s in it for India

No one expected the results of the elections held in Israel on Tuesday to give a clear winner—in its 67-year history no party has won outright majority in the Knesset. With 99% of the votes counted the Likud party, led by current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has got 29 seats and is five... read more »

Former Singaporean prime minister Lee Ku...

Former Singaporean prime minister Lee Kuan Yew ‘critically ill’...

The condition of former Singaporean premier Lee Kuan Yew has deteriorated further and he is critically ill in intensive care, the government says. Mr Lee, the country’s first elected prime minister, has been receiving treatment for severe pneumonia at Singapore General Hospital since February... read more »

White House review panel proposes curbs on some NSA programs
Letter Bound for White House Tests Posit...

Letter Bound for White House Tests Positive for Cyanide

WASHINGTON — A letter intended for the White House tested positive for cyanide at an off-site mail screening facility on Tuesday, according to a statement from the Secret Service. The statement said the letter was received at the screening facility on Monday, and tested negative for biological... read more »

Class 11 student jailed for allegedly at...

Class 11 student jailed for allegedly attributing ‘objectionable̵...

A class 11 student from Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh was arrested and sent to prison by Rampur police following a complaint filed by Samajwadi leader Azam Khan’s aide Fasahat Ali Khan, say reports. Fasahat Ali claims that the boy had put up a post offending a particular community and attributed it... read more »

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Tharoor records his statement with Sub Divisional Magistrate

New Delhi : Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) Shashi Tharoor on Sunday recorded his statement with sub divisional magistrate in the case relating to his wife Sunanda... read more »

AAP forms discipline committee to conduct inquiry ...

New Delhi , Jan.19: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday formed a discipline committee, which will conduct an inquiry against rebel MLA Vinod Binny... read more »

RJD chief Lalu Prasad recalls Syedna’s contributi...

RJD chief Lalu Prasad recalls Syedna's contribution

New Delhi – RJD chief Lalu Prasad today condoled the demise Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community, saying his... read more »

Mamata Banerjee nominates Actor Mithun Chakraborty for ...

Kolkata – Trinamool Congress will field actor Mithun Chakraborty as their candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections from West Bengal. The elections will be... read more »

Mr. Arvind Kejriwal to sit on dharna if cops not suspen...

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to sit on dharna if cops not suspended

New Delhi – Delhiites may witness an unprecedented sight on Monday, of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal sitting on a dharna outside North Block with his... read more »

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Setting up special court to try Musharraf challenged

Setting up special court to try Musharraf challenged

Islamabad – An appeal was submitted Tuesday in the Islamabad High Court in Pakistan against the formation of a special court to try former president Pervez Musharraf for treason. Riaz Hanif... read more »

Shahbaz visit must revive India-Pakistan peace: daily

Shahbaz visit must revive India-Pakistan peace: da...

Islamabad – The visit of Shahbaz Sharif, the chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province, t! o Indian Punjab earlier this month will be... read more »

Thai caretaker PM refuses to step down

Thai caretaker PM refuses to step down

Bangkok – Thai caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Tuesday reiterated that she would not resign as demanded by anti-government... read more »

David Cameron declares ‘mission accomplished̵...

David Cameron declares 'mission accomplished' in Afghanistan

London – British troops can return to the UK from Afghanistan knowing its mission was accomplished, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. The comments... read more »

Princess Diana was killed by SAS: British police

Britain’s SAS not involved in Diana’s death: Police

London – The British police have reportedly said that there is no ‘credible’ evidence that would support the claim that a member of British... read more »

AAP targets BJP’s rural votes in Delhi, opposes Land Act ordinance

BJP President Amit Shah may have pulled off a coup by roping in Kiran Bedi to be the face of the party’s campaign in the Delhi assembly elections apart from Narendra Modi, but the Aam... read more »

Geoff Lawson: The 10 players to watch in cricket’s World Cup

This 11th edition of the world Cup could be the most open since India surprised all in 1983. The home teams will appreciate being at home, knowing the pitches and having the best of the... read more »

Maria Sharapova flaunts fab body in see-through lace dress

Sharapova wants to play her top tennis in New Year

Maria Sharapova says her target for 2015 is playing her best tennis rather than wrestling the World No.1 ranking back from Serena Williams. Should World No.2 Sharapova win the Brisbane... read more »

BUTT-ASIF-AAMER CASE TO BE RE-EXAMINED

Prosecutors are re-examining the criminal convictions of three Pakistan players jailed in 2011 over spotfixing allegations, according to a report in Britain’s Guardian newspaper, The... read more »

RSS wants Modi government to ban Flipkart, Amazon and eBay?

Claiming that foreign e-commerce firms such as Amazon and eBay are ‘killing domestic players in the Indian market’, the economic wing of the RSS has asked the government to ban them.... read more »