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Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan Tried t...

Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan Tried to Ensure We Lost Delhi Polls, Say A...

NEW DELHI: Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan were removed from a key decision-making panel of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) because they attempted to ensure the defeat of the party in the Delhi elections, four prominent AAP leaders have alleged. The leaders, including party number two and Deputy... read more »

95 prisoners escape Islamic State-run ja...

95 prisoners escape Islamic State-run jail in Syria

BEIRUT – Around 95 captives have escaped an Islamic State-run prison in northern Syria, a group monitoring the war said on Tuesday, saying the escapees included about 30 Kurdish fighters. The jailbreak happened in the town of al-Bab, 30 km (20 miles) south of the Turkish frontier, the... read more »

Suicide car bomber kills 1 in Egypt̵...

Suicide car bomber kills 1 in Egypt’s Sinai

A suicide car bomber targeted a police compound in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula early on Tuesday, killing one civilian and wounding 24 police conscript, security officials said. Egypt has for years been battling a burgeoning insurgency in northern Sinai but the frequency of attacks against... read more »

French Sports World Mourns Athletes Who ...

French Sports World Mourns Athletes Who Died in Crash

Olympic gold medalist Camille Muffat had retired from swimming to focus on her personal life, boxer Alexis Vastine had some unfinished business after two disappointing Olympics, and the beloved sailor Florence Arthaud was a pioneer for women in her sport. The three athletes were among 10 people who... read more »

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Economy heading towards better times, no reason to despair : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh rules out third term, says he ̵...

New Delhi –  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced that he will retire after the general election and not seek a third term even if his party defies predictions and is re-elected for a... read more »

For 2014 battle, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) seeks Rs. 2,014 donations

For 2014 battle, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) seeks Rs. 2...

New Delhi – Determined to spread its wings, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has stepped up fund collection and is urging supporters to donate Rs.... read more »

Shutdown in Seemandhra hits normal life

Shutdown in Seemandhra hits normal life

Hyderabad –  A shutdown is being observed Friday in Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions of Andhra Pradesh to oppose bifurcation of the state. On a... read more »

Mr. Arvind Kejriwal’s speech displays the vocabul...

Mr. Arvind Kejriwal's speech displays the vocabulary that brought AAP to power

New Delhi –  In his speech in the Delhi Assembly yesterday, Arvind Kejriwal, the 45-year-old chief minister of Delhi, deftly displayed the political ... read more »

Highlights of Arvind Kejriwal’s speech

Delhi CM Mr. Kejriwal skips defamation case, court allows exemption plea

New Delhi:  Arvind Kejriwal, chief minister of Delhi, today won a trust vote in the Delhi Assembly that he has the numbers to continue to govern... read more »

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US Secretary of State John Kerry struggles to keep Middle East peace talks on track

Kerry revisits Israel to boost peace talks

Jerusalem – US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Israel Thursday for another visit to the region to salvage negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, a spokesperson for the US... read more »

Abdul Quader Mollah

Mixed reactions to Jamaat-e-Islami leader’s ...

Dhaka – Jamaat-e-Islami party leader Abdul Quader Mollah’s execution Thursday for crimes against humanity in 1971 – the first death... read more »

Thai protesters cut power to govt HQ, ask army to step ...

Thai govt rejects call to delay elections after clashes

Bangkok – Thai opposition protesters on Thursday cut power and water supplies to the government headquarters and appealed to the powerful military to... read more »

Shahbaz Sharif meets PM, extends invite to visit Pakist...

Shahbaz Sharif meets PM, extends invite to visit Pakistan

New Delhi – Pakistan Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here Thursday and handed over an invitation from Pakistan... read more »

Putin blames internal reasons for economic slowdown

Putin blames internal reasons for economic slowdown

Moscow – Russia’s sluggish economic growth is caused mainly by domestic reasons not global crisis, President Vladimi! r Putin said Thursday in his... read more »

From behind the mike, Adrian D’Souza returns under bar

Around this time last year, Adrian D’Souza was preparing his research notes for the second edition of the Hockey India League (HIL). The 30-year-old’s responsibilities then lay within... read more »

India vs Australia, 4th Test: India’s Ravichandran Ashwin has a ball, and bat

Cricket is often all about aesthetics. The dainty stance, the exquisite drive, the elegant pull, the pristine flick, the gazelle-like sprint on the outfield and a bowling action that can... read more »

Virat Kohli comfortably placed at No.2 spot in ICC ODI ranking

Virat Kohli is the best-placed Indian at the second spot in the latest ICC ODI ranking list, which also has out-of-form opener Shikhar Dhawan and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the top... read more »

US court jails radical imam Abu Hamza for life for terrorism

The radical imam Abu Hamza has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in New York on terrorism charges. He had been convicted last May of helping Yemeni militants kidnap Western... read more »

Militant group Boko Haram killed around 2000 people in an attack ...

A small city on the northern border of Nigeria witnessed an Islamic extremist attack by the jihadist group Boko Haram on January 9, 2015. The attack killed as many as 2000 people. The attack is said... read more »