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In Gujarat, all schools asked to perform...

In Gujarat, all schools asked to perform ‘compulsory’ Saraswati...

Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad School Board has whipped up a controversy with its circular asking all schools to hold ‘Saraswati Vandana’ on Vasant Panchami on Saturday, drawing accusations of promoting ruling BJP’s Hindutva agenda and warnings of legal action and protest by... read more »

Death of ‘reformer’ King Abd...

Death of ‘reformer’ King Abdullah: Why Saudis will remain frene...

The death yesterday (23 January) of Saudi King Abdullah – widely acclaimed as a “reformer”, albeit a one only in the context of the glacial pace of change in this semi-mediaeval kingdom – changes nothing for anybody anywhere. While the optics of geopolitical political correctness... read more »

US and India Appear Ready to Try to Hash...

US and India Appear Ready to Try to Hash Out Differences

Differences that the United States and India have been grappling with for years are expected to dominate talks between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi when they meet in New Delhi next week. Climate Change India is the world’s third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases,... read more »

Kejriwal appeals honest officers to approach him
Delhi elections 2015: Confident of runni...

Delhi elections 2015: Confident of running Delhi govt for next 5 years : Ke...

NEW DELHI: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal is confident that the voters of Delhi will give a clear verdict in this elections. Kejriwal, who answered a range of questions from readers on TOI Hangout, said that his party has a 7-point action plan for Delhi once they are voted to power. In an hour-long... read more »

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2G JPC report Congress' cover-up, lacks credibility: Jaitley

2G JPC report Congress’ cover-up, lacks credibility: Jaitle...

New Delhi – Terming the Joint Parliamentary Committee probe report on 2G spectrum allocations as lacking credibility with even the dissent note having been edited, BJP leader Arun Jaitley... read more »

BSP MP dened bail, can't attend parliament

BSP MP dened bail, can’t attend parliament

New Delhi – A Delhi court Tuesday dismissed the interim bail application of Bahujan Samaj Party MP Dhananjay Singh, accused of destroying... read more »

Ganguly quit demand gets more shrill on rights day

Ganguly faces heat after intern's affidavit made public

Kolkata – The demand for former Supreme Court judge A.K. Ganguly’s resignation as West Bengal Human Rights Commission chief for alleged sexual... read more »

Jaitley taunts Congress over Pawar’s remarks

Jaitley taunts Congress over Pawar's remarks

New Delhi – BJP leader Arun Jaitley Tuesday took a dig at the Congress over NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s remarks blaming weak leadership for the... read more »

Bill on Telangana with president, says Shinde

Bill on Telangana with president, says Shinde

New Delhi – The bill for formation of new state of Telangana by bifurcat! ing Andhra Pradesh is with President Pranab Mukherjee, Home Minister... read more »

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NATO can't slow down given complex threats

NATO can’t slow down given complex threats

Budapest – Given the complex threats of terrorism, wea! pons of mass destruction and cyber warfare, NATO’s Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow has said the security organisation... read more »

Nawaz Sharif assures Afghan negotiators help in peace

Nawaz Sharif assures Afghan negotiators help in pe...

Islamabad – Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has assured the visiting Afghan High Peace Council President that his government will fully... read more »

Putin denies forcing Ukraine on EU integration decision

Putin denies forcing Ukraine on EU integration decision

Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied pressurising Ukraine to halt its integration with the European Union (EU). “We are not against... read more »

30 killed, 50 wounded in Iraq violence

25 killed, 36 injured in Iraq violence

Baghdad – As many as 30 people were killed and some 50 wounded in separate incidents of shootings and bomb attacks in Iraq Thursday, including a deadly... read more »

China has 1.22 bn cellphone users!

China has 1.22 bn cellphone users

Beijing – The number of cellphone users in China reached 1.22 billion till October end, the Chinese government has revealed. According to the Chinese... read more »

Putin favours amnesty proposal for inmates

Putin says he won’t be Russia’s president for life

MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin has said he won’t remain Russia’s president for life and will step down in line with the constitution no later than 2024, according to an interview with a... read more »

Kenyan forces gun down 100 militants post deadly bus attack

WASHINGTON: Kenyan security forces have gunned down at least 100 militants a day after Al Shabab militants launched a deadly attack on a Kenyan bus, officials said. Kenyan deputy president... read more »

12-year-old boy with fake gun dies after shot by US officer

CLEVELAND: A 12-year-old boy shot by police after apparently grabbing what turned out to be a replica gun died from his wounds on Sunday, a day after officers responded to an emergency call... read more »

Iran releases British-Iranian woman on bail

TEHRAN: Iranian authorities released a British-Iranian woman on bail, the semi-official ISNA news agency said. The report quoted Sousan Moshtaghian, mother of Ghoncheh Ghavami, as saying a... read more »

India’s Father Kuriakose Chavara and Sister Euphrasia canonised b...

Two Kerala-born Indian Catholics Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara and Sister Euphrasia were canonized by Pope Francis on Sunday at St Peter’s Square in Vatican. Back in Kerala, special prayers and... read more »