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Rajinikanth hints he may enter politics ...

Rajinikanth hints he may enter politics soon

HIGHLIGHTS Rajinikanth on Friday asked his fans to get back to their duties but be ready for war. Rajinikanth proclaimed himself to be a true-blue Tamilian. If I am thrown out of Tamil Nadu, I will not go to any other state but will land on Himalayas, he said. CHENNAI: Hinting that he may... read more »

Landslide on Rishikesh-Badrinath Nationa...

Landslide on Rishikesh-Badrinath National Highway, 1500 Feared Stranded

Gopeshwar: The Rishikesh-Badrinath National Highway was on Friday closed near Vishnuprayag in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district due to a landslide, following which hundreds of pilgrims were feared stranded at different places here. The highway has been closed near Vishnuprayag, one of the five... read more »

Cabinet nod for nuclear reactors bid to ...

Cabinet nod for nuclear reactors bid to make up for lost time?

HIGHLIGHTS India has lost six years on a wild goose expedition that cost its domestic nuclear industry dear. Faster clearances, more efficient regulations are some of the things the nuclear sector needs. NEW DELHI: The Modi government’s decision to ramp up generation of nuclear power with... read more »

Air Chief B S Dhanoa writes to each offi...

Air Chief B S Dhanoa writes to each officer: Be ready for operations at sho...

“In the present scenario, there is an ever persistent sub-conventional threat. Therefore, we need to be prepared for operations with our present holdings, at a very short notice. IN AN unprecedented move, Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa, the Chief of Air Staff, has written a personal letter to each... read more »

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates most admired person in world, cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar is fifth

Microsoft founder Bill Gates most admired person in world, cricke...

London – Microsoft founder Bill Gates has been named as the most admired person on the planet with cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar fifth on a list of 30 people compiled after a poll in 13... read more »

Delhi CM Mr. Kejriwal launches school admission helpline for Delhi parents

Delhi CM Mr. Kejriwal launches school admission he...

New Delhi –  After a new anti-corruption hotline was flooded with calls,  the Delhi government headed by Arvind Kejriwal has introduced a new... read more »

The AAP effect: Congress leaders to protest against ris...

The AAP effect: Congress leaders to protest against rising power rates in Mumbai

Mumbai – Congress MPs from Mumbai, Sanjay Nirupam and Priya Dutt, will lead protests in the city today outside the regional office of Reliance Energy,... read more »

Arvind Kejriwal gets Z category security in Uttar Prade...

Arvind Kejriwal gets Z category security in Uttar Pradesh, 'discreet' cover in Delhi

New Delhi –  Arvind Kejriwal will get top level Z security cover whether he likes it or not. The Delhi Chief Minister will be given Z category... read more »

Chief Minister Arvind Kerjriwal promises better arrange...

Chief Minister Arvind Kerjriwal on Saturday rejected criticism of his ‘janta durbar’ and said though the exercise had turned chaotic due to... read more »

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Deadly explosion rocks Lebanese capital Beirut, 5Killed

Deadly explosion rocks Lebanese capital Beirut, 5 Killed

Mohamed Shattah, Lebanon’s former finance minister, has been killed by a car bomb that exploded in the centre of the capital Beirut along with at least five others, officials told Al... read more »

Beijing may relax birth policy in 2014

Beijing may relax birth policy in 2014

Beijing – Beijing has started to examine a draft to relax the more than 30-year-old one-child policy, authorities said Friday. The standing... read more »

Maldives gets tough on illegal migrant workers

Maldives gets tough on illegal migrant workers

Male – Maldivian authorities have started to fine firms that employ undocumented expatriate workers, media reports said here Friday. Immigration... read more »

Former Lebanese finance minister assassinated

Former Lebanese finance minister assassinated

Beirut  – Former Lebanese finance minister Mohammad Shatah was killed along with four others when a booby trapped car exploded here Friday. Around 15... read more »

Hasina says Khaleda Zia would be tried for ‘terro...

Hasina says Khaleda Zia would be tried for 'terrorism' in Bangladesh one day

Islamabad – Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the country would hold the trial of main opposition leader Khaleda Zia one day for... read more »

Afghanistan: 21 dead, 10 wounded in wedding gunfight

KABUL: A shootout at a wedding party in northern Afghanistan has left 21 people dead and another 10 wounded, an official said Monday. Jaweed Basharat, spokesman for the governor of Baghlan... read more »

Delhi on high alert after Gurdaspur attack, security stepped up

Authorities sounded high alert across Delhi on Monday with hundreds of policemen deployed at railway stations, railway stations, shopping malls and crowded markets in the wake of a... read more »

At least 13 dead in al Shabaab attack on Somali hotel

The Somali militant Islamist group al Shabaab attacked a Mogadishu hotel on Sunday, driving a car packed with explosives through the hotel gate and killing at least 13 people, a first... read more »

Four killed as terrorists storm Punjab police station

India tightened security on its border with Pakistan on Monday after terrorists dressed in army uniforms stormed a police station in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district, killing at least four... read more »

BJP plan for the monsoon session: Big on political firepower, low...

Having weathered the opposition’s protests over its leaders’ alleged involvement in various scandals by simply holding firm, the BJP-led NDA government has decided to follow the same... read more »