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Hong Kong student leaders mull protest r...

Hong Kong student leaders mull protest retreat

Members of the Hong Kong Federation of Students said on Thursday that they’re mulling whether to stay or go, with spokeswoman Yvonne Leung telling a local radio station that the group hopes to come to a decision within the next week. The protesters have few options left after rallying supporters... read more »

Fadnavis ministry expansion tomorrow

Fadnavis ministry expansion tomorrow

The 34-day-old Devendra Fadnavis-led ministry in Maharashtra will be expanded tomorrow, amid indications of a “patch up” with former ally Shiv Sena. The ceremony will be held at Vidhan Bhawan premises at 4 PM, an official said. Fadnavis had met BJP president Amit Shah in New Delhi on... read more »

3-year-old sexually abused inside Bengal...

3-year-old sexually abused inside Bengaluru school twice

A three-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted twice in the premises of a private school in the fifth such incident in as many months. The accused, a school attendant, was arrested on November 30 after the mother of the victim registered a police complaint, city police commissioner M N... read more »

Six-month-old raped in Gujarat village

Six-month-old raped in Gujarat village

In a gruesome act, a six-month-old girl was allegedly raped by a man– acquainted to the victim’s family– in Gujarat’s Patan district, police said on Wednesday. The rape took place late last night and the accused is on the run, while the toddler is being treated at Dharpur... read more »

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Congress moves EC over Modi's 'khooni panja' barb

Congress moves EC over Modi’s ‘khooni panja’ ba...

New Delhi – The Congress has moved the Election Commission (EC) demanding stern action against BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi over his “khooni panja” barb at... read more »

Sartaj Aziz arrives, to meet Kashmiri separatists

Sartaj Aziz arrives, to meet Kashmiri separatists

New Delhi – Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s foreign affairs adviser Sartaj Aziz arrived in New Delhi Sunday to attend the... read more »

Chhattisgarh polls: Fact file

Chhattisgarh polls: Fact file

Raipur – The following is the fact file on the first round of assembly elections in Chhattisgarh Monday: Total seats in Chhattisgarh: 90 First phase: Nov... read more »

VoTV Kerala to be launched Tuesday

VoTV Kerala to be launched Tuesday

Thiruvananthapuram – The Voice of Tobacco Victims (VoTV), a unique campaign which will give a collective space and voice to tobacco victims will be... read more »

Tamil Nadu factor did influence CHOGM decision: Khurshi...

India, US don't want one incident to spoil ties: Khurshid

New Delhi – External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Sunday admitted that emotive protests in Tamil Nadu did influence Prime Minister Manmohan... read more »

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Malala Yousafzai wants to return to Pakistan, keep fighting for girls

Malala Yousafzai wants to return to Pakistan, keep fighting for g...

Will mark exactly a year since a Taliban gunman boarded Malala Yousafzai’s tiny school bus in the remote Swat Valley of Pakistan, called out her name, and put a bullet through the left side of... read more »

Chinese media : Setback for US President Barack Obama in Asia

Chinese media : Setback for US President Barack Ob...

Chinese media see US President Barack Obama’s absence from key Asian summits as a setback for Washington’s strategic aims in the... read more »

Shutdown’s seventh day begins with political snip...

Shutdown's seventh day begins with political sniping

“He knows what my phone number is, all he has to do is call.” That was House Speaker John Boehner appearing on ABC’s “This Week,”... read more »

John Kerry ‘credits’ Assad for Syrian chemi...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday said Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad could take “credit” for quickly starting the process of destroying... read more »

Will try to kill Malala Yousufzai again: Pakistan Talib...

Pakistani Girl, a Global Heroine After an Attack

Islamabad – A year after Pakistan’s teen education activist Malala Yousufzai was shot at by Talibani gunmen, the militant outfit has reiterated its... read more »

Ebola toll passes 4,000 as fears grow worldwide

MADRID: The death toll from Ebola has passed 4,000, the World Health Organization said Friday, while a Madrid nurse was fighting for her life and authorities worldwide tried to prevent... read more »

Obama contragulates Satyarthi, Malala on Nobel Peace prize

The U.S. President Barack Obama has congratulated Indian anti-child labour activist Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai on winning the Nobel Peace Prize, saying this... read more »

Twitter stocks jump 2.5% post Christmas day

Twitter CEO, staff members received death threats from ISIS

Washington, Oct 11 (ANI): Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has accepted that he, and his staff members have been receiving death threats from ISIS for removing the militant group’s... read more »

Federer edges del Potro at ATP World Tour Finals

Federer sets up Djokovic showdown in Shanghai Masters semi-final

Two time champion Novak Djokovic thumped Spain’s David Ferrer 6-4 6-2 to march into the last four of the Shanghai Masters on Friday and set up a semi-final showdown with third seed... read more »

Saina Nehwal seeded fifth, PV Sindhu eighth in French Open Super ...

Ace Indian female shuttler Saina Nehwal has been seeded fifth, while her compatriot P V Sindhu is seeded eighth at the French Open Super Series to be held in Paris from October 21 to 26. Apart from... read more »