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The New York Times editorial slams Modi

The New York Times editorial slams Modi

After U.S. President Barack Obama raised the issue of religious intolerance in India, The New York Times published a very strong editorial criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for what it calls his “dangerous silence” on a series of communal events in the country. The editorial, by the NYT... read more »

Pakistan an irreplaceable, all-weather f...

Pakistan an irreplaceable, all-weather friend: China

BEIJING: China said on Monday that Pakistan was its irreplaceable and all-weather friend and both the countries were part of the community of shared destiny. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Raheel Sharif, who is on an official visit to China, on Monday appreciated Beijing’s support and said... read more »

Ten killed in Greek fighter plane crash ...

Ten killed in Greek fighter plane crash in Spain

Ten people were killed and 19 injured when a Greek fighter plane crashed during NATO training in Spain on Monday, the defence ministry said. The F-16 crashed at about 3:20 pm (1420 GMT) shortly after taking off at a training centre in Albacete, 260 km (160 miles) southeast of the capital... read more »

Hrithik Roshan in Bhuj to shoot for ‘Moh...

Hrithik Roshan in Bhuj to shoot for ‘Mohenjo Daro’

Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan arrived in Bhuj, Gujarat to begin shooting for his much-anticipated ‘Mohenjo Daro’. Hrithik Roshan, who was last seen in 2014’s superhit ‘Bang Bang’, will shoot for the Ashutosh Gowariker directed movie from today onwards. ‘Mohenjo Daro’, an epic... read more »

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Hazare softens stand on Lokpal

Hazare softens stand on Lokpal

Softening his stand on the Lokpal issue, social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday suggested moving ahead with the amended Bill presented in the Rajya Sabha and said improvements in the legislation... read more »

Kiran Bedi's vote is for Narendra Modi, not Arvind Kejriwal

Kiran Bedi joins Anna Hazare at Ralegan Siddhi fas...

Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra) – Former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer-turned-civil rights activist Kiran Bedi joined veteran... read more »

AAP seeks 10 days, writes letter to Congress, BJP

Kejriwal meets Lt Governor Najeeb Jung, stakes claim to form govt. in Delhi

New Delhi – The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Saturday sought 10 days from Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung to decide on government formation, while shooting off... read more »

Delhi Lt Governor to submit report to president

Delhi Lt Governor to submit report to president

New Delhi – Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung Saturday said he will submit a ! “factual” report to President Pranab Mukherjee on government... read more »

Lal Thanhawla sworn-in Mizoram CM

Lal Thanhawla sworn-in Mizoram CM

Aizawl – Lal Thanhawla, who steered Congress to a landslide victory in Mizoram, was sworn-in as Chief Minister by Governor Vakkom Purushothaman on... read more »

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Israel passes bill to annex part of Jordan Valley

Israel approves new settlements in West Bank

Israeli authorities have green-lighted the construction of 800 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank. Israel’s Defence Ministry said on Monday it had approved a planning stage for the... read more »

Blairs angry and confused over Tony’s affair with Murdoch's ex-wife Wendi Deng claims

Blairs angry and confused over Tony’s affair with ...

London – Former British prime minister Tony Blair’s wife Cherie is fuming over claims that her husband had affair with Rupert Murdoch’s... read more »

Spying row: Jakarta stalls cooperation with Canberra on...

Spying row: Jakarta stalls cooperation with Canberra on refugees

Indonesian police said on Monday that they had suspended cooperation with their Australian counterparts to combat people smuggling because of a dispute over... read more »

20,000 evacuated as volcano erupts in Indonesia

20,000 evacuated as volcano erupts in Indonesia

Jakarta – About 12,000 people have fled villages on the mountainside of the Mount Sinabung volcano in Sumatra as it erupted again, bringing the total... read more »

China’s oil pipeline blast toll rises to 55

Death toll from China oil pipeline blast rises to 52, 11 missing

Beijing – The deaths in an oil pipeline explosion in Qingdao city in China’s Shandong province have climbed to 55, investigators said Monday. Nine... read more »

Bangladesh court convicts British reporter of contempt

DHAKA: A Bangladesh court on Tuesday (Dec 2) found an award-winning British journalist guilty of contempt for questioning the official death toll of three million in the country’s... read more »

No Sign of 52 Missing Fishermen in Bering Sea

Rescuers still have found no sign of 52 fishermen missing after a South Korean vessel sank in the freezing waters of the western Bering Sea. The 60-member crew was forced to abandon the... read more »

Obama Wants More Police Funding After Ferguson Unrest

President Barack Obama is calling for millions of dollars more in federal spending to improve police forces around the country, in response to the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a... read more »

Chhattisgarh Naxal attack: Maoists took away weapons; Rajnath arrives to assess situation

Raipur: A day after 14 personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed in a Naxal ambush in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, it emerged on Tuesday that the ultras not... read more »

At least 36 feared dead in northeast Kenya attack: Red Cross

NAIROBI: At least 36 people are feared dead after gunmen staged a fresh attack on a quarry in northeast Kenya, the Red Cross said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of attacks. The incident... read more »