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Tax authority to expand probe into HSBC ...

Tax authority to expand probe into HSBC accounts

The UK tax authority will expand the scope of its investigation into Swiss tax accounts held with HSBC, the BBC has learned. HMRC will meet with the police and the Serious Fraud Office later in the week. The BBC’s business editor, Kamal Ahmed, said the move to involve other law enforcement... read more »

US gunman kills three young Muslims; mot...

US gunman kills three young Muslims; motive disputed

A gunman who had posted anti-religious messages on Facebook and quarrelled with neighbours was charged with killing three young Muslims in what police said on Wednesday was a dispute over parking and possibly a hate crime. Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, a full-time paralegal student from Chapel Hill, was... read more »

Obama asks fresh war powers to fight IS

Obama asks fresh war powers to fight IS

President Barack Obama urged Congress on Wednesday to authorise military action against the Islamic State militants who are cutting a swath across the West Asia, vowing their forces “are going to lose.” Yet he ruled out large-scale U.S. ground combat operations reminiscent of Iraq and... read more »

Arvind Kejriwal meets PM Narendra Modi, ...

Arvind Kejriwal meets PM Narendra Modi, invites him for swearing-in ceremon...

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday met PM Narendra Modi and invited him for the swearing-in ceremony at the Ramlila Maidan on February 14. Arvind Kejriwal was accompanied by Manish Sisodia for his meeting with the Prime Minister. In an audio message released on... read more »

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Seemandhra lawmakers tear, burn copies of Telangana bill

Seemandhra lawmakers tear, burn copies of Telangana bill

Hyderabad – Tension prevailed in the Andhra assembly premises Monday when legislators from coastal Andhra and Rayalseema  regions tore off and set fire to copies of the bill for formation of a... read more »

Andhra assembly to debate Telangana bill from Wednesday

Bill to form Telangana tabled in Andhra assembly

Hyderabad – The bill for bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh was Monday tabled in the state assembly amid protests by legislators from Rayalaseema... read more »

Andhra assembly stalled over Telangana bill

Andhra assembly stalled over Telangana bill

Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh assembly was adjourned for an hour Monday as the opposition parties stalled the proceedings over the bill for the formation of... read more »

Government not serious about utilising Nirbhaya fund: B...

Government not serious about utilising Nirbhaya fund: BJP

New Delhi – As the Rs 1,000 crore Nirbhaya fund remains untouched even after a year, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi today said... read more »

Sis Ram Ola to be cremated with full state honours in R...

Sis Ram Ola to be cremated with full state honours in Rajasthan today

New Delhi – The mortal remains of Sis Ram Ola will be consigned to flames with full state honours at his native village, Ardawata in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan... read more »

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Rebekah Brooks once told Colin Montgomerie's ex-wife 'hacking voicemails easy'

Rebekah Brooks once told Colin Montgomerie’s ex-wife ‘...

London – Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks once reportedly told Eimear Cook, the ex-wife of golfer Colin Montgomerie, that it was easy to access people’s voicemails. During... read more »

Obama defends Iranian nuclear deal against 'tough talk and bluster'

Obama defends Iranian nuclear deal against ‘...

London – President Barack Obama has defended the breakthrough deal between Iran and world powers on Tehran’s nuclear programme. Obama... read more »

Hamid Karzai refuses to budge from delaying U.S. securi...

Hamid Karzai refuses to budge from delaying U.S. security pact

London – The Afghanistan president has refused to budge from his decision to delay signing the security deal till next year in a meeting with the U.S.... read more »

Germany, US agree on efforts to rebuild trust

Germany, US agree on efforts to rebuild trust

Berlin – The US and German politicians agreed on efforts to rebuild trust during the visit by a delegation of US lawmakers led by senator Christ Murphy... read more »

18 killed, 44 wounded in Iraq attacks

Several dead in Iraq bomb blast

Baghdad – At least 18 people were killed and 44 wounded in a wave of violent attacks in Iraq Monday. A roadside bomb exploded near a market in... read more »

It’s official: Sena will join Maharashtra govt on Friday, says CM Fadnavis

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday announced that the Shiv Sena would be a part of the BJP-led government, and announced that 12 legislators will be inducted... read more »

Protests After Grand Jury in Eric Garner Chokehold Case Doesn’t Indict Officer

A Staten Island grand jury on Wednesday ended the criminal case against a white New York police officer whose chokehold on an unarmed black man led to the man’s death, a decision that... read more »

Hong Kong student leaders mull protest retreat

Members of the Hong Kong Federation of Students said on Thursday that they’re mulling whether to stay or go, with spokeswoman Yvonne Leung telling a local radio station that the group... read more »

Fadnavis ministry expansion tomorrow

The 34-day-old Devendra Fadnavis-led ministry in Maharashtra will be expanded tomorrow, amid indications of a “patch up” with former ally Shiv Sena. The ceremony will be held at... read more »

3-year-old sexually abused inside Bengaluru school twice

A three-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted twice in the premises of a private school in the fifth such incident in as many months. The accused, a school attendant, was arrested on... read more »