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My Son Was Going to Dubai for a Job, Say...

My Son Was Going to Dubai for a Job, Says Father of Alleged IS Recruit Arre...

Ahmed Mohiuddin is close to tears. His son Salman was arrested by the Telangana police early on Friday from the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad as he was trying to leave the country for Dubai. Police say he was on his way to get training and become a fighter for the Islamic State.... read more »

AAP targets BJP’s rural votes in D...

AAP targets BJP’s rural votes in Delhi, opposes Land Act ordinance

BJP President Amit Shah may have pulled off a coup by roping in Kiran Bedi to be the face of the party’s campaign in the Delhi assembly elections apart from Narendra Modi, but the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is not going to be a pushover. The latter, conscious that it may have lost a part of the urban... read more »

Geoff Lawson: The 10 players to watch in...

Geoff Lawson: The 10 players to watch in cricket’s World Cup

This 11th edition of the world Cup could be the most open since India surprised all in 1983. The home teams will appreciate being at home, knowing the pitches and having the best of the crowd’s support. Australia have begun the Tri-Series with an impressive victory against England. The new... read more »

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Omar challenges Modi to debate on Article 370

Omar challenges Modi to debate on Article 370

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday threw a challenge to BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, saying he was ready for a debate on Article 370 “anytime,... read more »

Shutdown paralyses normal life in Telangana

Shutdown paralyses normal life in Telangana

Hyderabad – Normal life came to a standstill in Telangana Thursday as a day-long shutdown to protest the centre’s reported proposal to... read more »

Farooq Abdullah to seek re-election from Srinagar

Farooq Abdullah to seek re-election from Srinagar

Srinagar – Union minister and National Conference (NC) patron Farooq Abdullah Thursday announced he would seek re-election to the Lok Sabha from Srinagar... read more »

Nanoscience needs targeted funding: C.N.R Rao

Nanoscience needs targeted funding: C.N.R Rao

Bangalore – The government should ensure targeted funding to promote nanoscience and nanotechnolog! y in solving pressing societal problems and improve... read more »

Parrikar denies interference in Tejpal case

Parrikar denies interference in Tejpal case

New Delhi – Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Thursday denied any interference in the Tarun T! ejpal sexual assault case, saying he only wants justice... read more »

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Biden, Kerry seek delaying fresh sanctions on Iran

Biden, Kerry seek delaying fresh sanctions on Iran

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry have requested lawmakers to delay imposing any fresh sanction on Iran and give some more time to the negotiations that the six-nation... read more »

22 killed in Iraq attacks

22 killed in Iraq attacks

Baghdad – At least 22 people were killed and 58 others wounded Wednesday in separate bomb attacks in Iraq, including bombings that targeted... read more »

Rift in ISI-Haqqani network?

Rift in ISI-Haqqani network?

Islamabad – The killing of senior Haqqani network leader Naseeruddin Haqqani has fuelled talks of a rift between Pakistan’s spy agency... read more »

No stability in Egypt unless coup is reversed: Morsy

No stability in Egypt unless coup is reversed: Morsy

Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Morsy accused the military chief who deposed him of treason in a message from prison read by lawyers on Wednesday, saying... read more »

Al Shabaab confirms members killed in Kenya mall attack

Al Shabaab confirms members killed in Kenya mall attack

Mogadishu – Islamist group Al Shabaab has said its fighters who attacked the Westgate sho! pping mall in Kenya’s capital Nairobi in September were... read more »

AAP made me a sacrificial lamb in Lok Sabha elections: Shazia Ilmi

New Delhi: Controversy has become synonymous with Shazia Ilmi, the former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader. By her own admission, even when she did something good, it appeared as a controversy... read more »

Two rebels killed in Kashmir gun battle

Two separatist guerrillas were killed and four people, including two soldiers, were injured Friday in a fierce overnight gunfight in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police... read more »

Mamata suspends three prison officials after Kunal Ghosh’s attempted suicide

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has suspended three officials of Kolkata’s Presidency jail where Saradha scam accused and former TMC MP Kunal Ghosh attempted... read more »

‘White Widow’, world’s most-wanted woman terrorist, shot dead

Samantha Lewthwaite or the White Widow has reportedly been gunned down in war-torn Ukraine by a Russian marksman. According to The Mirror, Lewthwaite, the world’s most wanted woman... read more »

World’s Tallest And Shortest Men Meet on Records Day in Lon...

LONDON:  The world’s tallest and shortest men came face to face — well, face to shin — on Thursday to celebrate the 10th annual Guinness World Records Day. The little and large act... read more »