Bihar Ex-MP Shahabuddin Gets Life Imprisonment
Patna, Dec 11 (IANS) Former MP Mohammad Shahabuddin and three others were sentenced to a life imprisonment by a Bihar court on Friday for giving an acid bath to two brothers and murdering them 11…
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Salman Khan Acquitted in 2002 Accident Case
Actor Salman Khan. (File Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Dec 10 (IANS) Bollywood megastar Salman Khan was acquitted of all charges in the September 28, 2002, accident case by the Bombay High Court here on Thursday. Delivering…
Time’s Person of the Year 2015 is Angela Merkel
NEW YORK — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been named Time’s Person of the Year, praised Wednesday by the magazine for her leadership on everything from Syrian refugees to the Greek debt crisis. Time also…
Modi to Visit Pakistan next Year
Islamabad, Dec 9 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Pakistan next year, the first such visit by the head of the Indian government in over a decade, Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj…
Russia Targets IS from Submarine Deployed in Mediterranean
Moscow, Dec 9 (IANS) Russia attacked the Islamic State positions in Syria with Kalibr missiles fired by the submarine deployed in the Mediterranean Sea, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday. “It was the…
Indo-Pak Series to Be Held Between Dec 24-Jan 5: Sources
Karachi, Dec 8 (PTI) The short bilateral cricket series between India and Pakistan will be held between December 24 and January 5 if the much-anticipated rubber gets the green signal from the Indian government this…
Trump Drops a Bomb: Bar Muslims’ Entry to US
Washington, Dec 8 (IANS) Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump sent shock waves through the political establishment with a call to bar Muslims from entering the US until lawmakers figure out what is going on. “Donald…
IS Smuggles Oil via Turkey Says Iraqi’s Abadi
Baghdad, Dec 8 (IANS) Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday said that the Islamic State group smuggled most of its oil through Turkey. A statement from his office said, ” (Abadi) stressed on the…
President Obama Addresses the Nation on Keeping the American People Safe
On Sunday, December 6, President Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office on the steps our government is taking to fulfill his highest priority: keeping the American people safe. Watch the full video and…
India, Pakistan Begin Talking Again – in Bangkok
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) India and Pakistan on Sunday quietly resumed their stalled dialogue in Bangkok, with their National Security Advisors discussing an array of contentious bilateral issues and promising to “carry forward the…
Gadkari Unveils Rs 50,000 Crore AP Road Projects
New Delhi: Union Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari addresses a press conference in New Delhi. (Photo: IANS) Vijayawada, Dec 5 (PTI) The Centre is taking up road projects worth more than Rs…
Chennai Floods: When Reel Heroes Became Real Heroes
Chennai, Dec 5 (IANS) With Tamil Nadu reeling under the worst floods to hit the state in a century and with rescue operations getting underway, actors Siddharth and RJ Balaji, popular among Tamil audiences, turned…
Rains in Chennai Again, 325 Dead as Waters Recede
Chennai, Dec 4 (IANS) Heavy rains battered Chennai again on Friday evening just as life began to limp to normalcy amid persisting power cuts and food shortages here and three other Tamil Nadu districts where…
Rains start to batter Chennai again
Chennai, Dec 4 (IANS) After one-and-a-half days, rains started to lash Chennai again on Friday evening, causing more worry to residents already suffering from torrential rains and floods. Rains abated on Thursday and the early…
Afghan Taliban Chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour Dead
Kabul, Dec 4 (IANS) Afghan Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour has died of injuries, a senior official said. Sultan Faizy, the spokesman for Afghanistan first Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum, tweeted: “Taliban leader…
Pakistani Origin Couple Did Commando-Style Planning for US Shooting
Washington, Dec 3 (IANS) Investigators on Thursday hunted for motives why a heavily armed US-born county health worker and his Pakistan-born wife killed 14 people and injured 17 others during a holiday party in California….
Rains, Floods Kill 269 in Tamil Nadu, 54 in Andhra
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The heaviest rains in Tamil Nadu in over a century and floods have claimed 269 lives, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday, describing the situation as “alarming”. Chennai: People…
Chennai Inundated, People Face Hardships
Chennai: Rains lash Chennai on Dec 1, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, Dec 2 (IANS) Steady and continuous rains throughout the night kept people in Tamil Nadu’s capital Chennai awake due to concerns over the rising…
Texas will Sue Agencies Accepting Syrian Refugees
Washington, Dec 1 (IANS) The Texas state in the US will sue agencies that fail to follow an order issued by Governor Greg Abbott to not accept more Syrian refugees, the media reported on Tuesday….
World Must Turn to Sun to Power Our Future: Modi
Paris : Prime Minister Narendra Modi being received by the France President Francois Hollande on his arrival for the UNFCCC Climate Conference, in Paris, France on Nov 30, 2015. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Paris, Nov 30 (IANS)…