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Triple murder convict executed in Pakist...

Triple murder convict executed in Pakistan

Islamabad: A man convicted in a triple murder case was executed on Thursday in Pakistan`s Punjab province. Muhammad Siddique was hanged in a district jail in Toba Tek Singh city, Dawn online reported. This is the first non-terror execution since Pakistan lifted its moratorium on the death penalty... read more »

Australian teen among ISIS suicide bombe...

Australian teen among ISIS suicide bombers in Iraq, Govt still probing for ...

Australia’s government was trying to confirm reports that an Australian teenager was among a group of suicide bombers from the Islamic State movement that struck Iraq’s embattled Anbar province. The Islamic State group claimed in an online statement that it used foreign fighters from Australia,... read more »

Protests After Lawyer’s Death in P...

Protests After Lawyer’s Death in Police Firing at Court in Uttar Prad...

Lawyers in Uttar Pradesh are on strike today, a day after a policeman fired his gun at a court in Allahabad and shot dead a lawyer. The state government on Wednesday announced Rs. 10 lakh as compensation for the lawyer’s family but the Uttar Pradesh Bar Association has demanded five times... read more »

Australian teen among group ISIS suicide...

Australian teen among group ISIS suicide bombing in Iraq

Australia’s government was trying to confirm reports that an Australian teenager was among a group of suicide bombers from the Islamic State movement that struck Iraq’s embattled Anbar province. The Islamic State group claimed in an online statement that it used foreign fighters from Australia,... read more »

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Days of communal, casteist parties numbered: AAP

Days of communal, casteist parties numbered : Aam Aadmi Party (AA...

Kanpur – National spokesperson and member of political affairs committee of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Sanjay Singh said that days are over for political parties which are in habit of luring voters... read more »

Grounds for my removal untenable: Justice Ganguly in resignation letter

Justice A. K. Ganguly contemplating resigning as W...

Former Supreme Court judge Asok Kumar Ganguly, who faces charges of sexual harassment slapped by a law intern, is contemplating resignation as... read more »

Fog badly disrupts air traffic, 150 flights affected

Fog badly disrupts air traffic, 150 flights affected

New Delhi – A heavy blanket of fog forced authorities to suspend flight movement at the IGI airport for around three hours, leading to delay and... read more »

Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa confident about change at th...

Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa confident about change at the Centre

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Saturday expressed confidence that a change would happen at the Centre so that she could deliver more for the people... read more »

AAP to contest Lok Sabha polls 2014

AAP to contest Lok Sabha polls 2014

Outlining its national ambitions, the AAP on Saturday announced it will contest “maximum” number of seats in most States in upcoming Lok Sabha polls and... read more »

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India summons US envoy Nancy Powell over arrest of diplomat in New York

India summons US envoy Nancy Powell over arrest of diplomat in Ne...

New Delhi – India has summoned US ambassador Nancy Powell over the arrest of one of its diplomats in New York. Devyani Khobragade, a mid-level Indian diplomat, was served the arrest warrant... read more »

French defence chief arrives in chaotic Central African Republic

French defence chief arrives in chaotic Central Af...

France’s military says Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has arrived on a surprise visit, within hours of a gunfight in the chaotic capital that... read more »

UN secretary general receives Syria report

UN secretary general receives Syria report

New York – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has received the final report of the United Nations Mission to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical... read more »

Musharraf trial: Court wants security tightened

Musharraf trial: Court wants security tightened

Islamabad – The Islamabad Anti-Terrorist Court Friday granted former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf’s request for exemption from appearing before... read more »

Pakistan president’s warning to Taliban

Pakistan president's warning to Taliban

Islamabad – Pakistan’s President Mamnoon Hussain has warned that other option! s could be used against the Taliban militants if peace talks with... read more »

Are the key players battle-ready for Feb 7 Delhi polls? Find out here

The national capital will go to the polls on February 7 with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) hoping to beat its stunning debut performance a year ago, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) faces... read more »

Raj Thackeray meets Maharashtra CM to stop MNS leaders from joining BJP

In a hush-hush meeting, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) supremo Raj Thackeray early Tuesday morning. Sources said top MNS leaders will be... read more »

Charlie Hebdo’s UK distribution partners play-down security risk

The UK distribution partners for the special commemorative edition of Charlie Hebdo have denied they will become targets for fanatics by carrying the controversial title. As many as 1,000... read more »

7 reasons why Kejriwal-led AAP is still a threat to Modi-led BJP in Delhi

With the declaration of the poll schedule in Delhi on Monday, the political scenario in the national capital is surely going to heat up. The election will take place on February 7 while the... read more »

Pope Francis lands in Sri Lanka for ‘mission of mercy’...

Pope Francis has called for respect for human rights, inclusivity, and the “pursuit of truth” as he started a six-day Asian tour in Sri Lanka. The pontiff, who will later travel to the... read more »