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Bihar: Cop shot dead in train by crimina...

Bihar: Cop shot dead in train by criminals

A policeman was killed and another injured after they were shot at on the Farakka-Delhi Express train in Bihar’s southern Munger district early Friday. Santosh Kumar, a jawan of the Special Auxiliary Police (SAP) force, was attacked when he and his colleague Roop Narain Singh questioned three... read more »

Maoists attack Kerala stone quarry, past...

Maoists attack Kerala stone quarry, paste posters

Suspected Maoists attacked a stone quarry in north Kerala’s Kannur district early on Friday weeks after they carried out a string of attacks signalling an intensification of their activities in the southern state. Police a five-member gang forcibly entered the quarry premises after tying up... read more »

Make Delhi safe for women this year: Arv...

Make Delhi safe for women this year: Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday appealed to make Delhi a safer place for women this year, as in 2014 Delhi’s trial courts witnessed an “alarming rise” in cases of sexual offences against women and children. “May 2015 be a year where we make Delhi safe for women,”... read more »

Pakistan trying to push terrorists into ...

Pakistan trying to push terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir: Rajnath Singh

NEW DELHI: India today accused Pakistan of trying to push terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir and giving cover to such attempts by continuous firing along the border. “No doubt about that,” Home Minister Rajnath Singh told reporters here when asked whether the repeated ceasefire... read more »

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Goa Police summon Tejpal

Assault victim’s gesture ‘encouraging sign,’ sa...

Panaji – Media reports quoting the victim’s willingness to depose before the police about the two sexual assaults by the Tehelka editor-in-chief are an “encouraging sign”, a... read more »

Manmohan says he is taking Modi very seriously

Northeast situation cause for concern: PM

New Delhi – The security situation in the northeastern states continues to remain complex, with insurgency, extortion and agitations being the... read more »

Tejpal case: No CCTV footage from hotel elevator

Tejpal granted interim bail till 2.30 p.m.

Panaji – In what could be a setback for! the sexual assault probe against Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, police said Saturday CCTV cameras were... read more »

8 killed in rains as AP counts its losses from Helen

8 killed in rains as AP counts its losses from Helen

At least 8 people were killed and crops in 1.69 lakh hectares damaged under the impact of cyclone Helen even as the depression caused by it weakened into a low... read more »

Tehelka case: Goa Police says Tarun Tejpal will be arre...

Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpa breaks down, in custody for 6 days

New Delhi – Goa Police on Saturday said that Tehelka news magazine editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, 50, could be arrested soon in connection with a sexual... read more »

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Egypt court adjourns trial after defiant Morsi rejects `illegal` proceedings

Egypt holds its breath as Morsy’s trial begins today

Amid threat of a fresh violence, authorities switched the venue for the first day of the trial of former Islamist president Mohamed Morsy, a last-minute change made after the Muslim Brotherhood... read more »

Kerry urges 'democracy and stability' on Egypt stop first since Morsy outster

Kerry urges ‘democracy and stability’ ...

CAIRO –  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was in Cairo on Sunday pressing for reforms during the highest-level American visit to Egypt since... read more »

Church stampede in Anambra, Nigeria, ‘kills 24...

LAGOS – At least 24 people have been killed and many more injured in a stampede at the end of a religious vigil in eastern Nigeria, officials say. More... read more »

Proposed Controversial 3000-pound ‘security bond&...

The controversial 3,000-pound “security bond” for some “high-risk” foreign visitors to the U.K., including those from India, is to be scrapped, the... read more »

Brazil, Germany submit anti-spy resolution to UN

Brazil, Germany submit anti-spy resolution to UN

An anti-spying draft resolution written by Germany and Brazil has been submitted to the United Nations amid the US surveillance scandal. The draft resolution... read more »

Shiv Sena credits SC with divulging foreign bank account holders’ names

MUMBAI: Snubbing the Centre for revealing the identity of only a few foreign bank account holders in the first tranche with regard to the blackmoney issue, Shiv Sena on Wednesday credited... read more »

Tamil Nadu CM finds fault with CBSE’s Udaan scheme, seeks more contact centres

CHENNAI: Alleging design flaws in the Centre’s Udaan scheme, Tamil Nadu chief minister O Panneerselvam on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to examine it and increase the... read more »

2G court summons Maran brothers in Aircel-Maxis case

A special 2G court summoned on Wednesday before it on March 2 former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and others in the Aircel-Maxis deal. Special CBI court judge OP Saini took cognisance... read more »

Ukraine tensions spike as Russia backs rebel vote

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the Izvestia newspaper on Tuesday that the rebel elections, due to take place this weekend, should “go ahead as agreed” and Russia... read more »

Nasa rocket explodes seconds after lift-off

An unmanned Nasa rocket carrying supplies and secret equipment to the International Space Station exploded seconds after lift-off from a commercial launch pad in Virginia. The Orbital Sciences... read more »