PM Modi Meets Ministers Over Punjab Attack
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and other senior ministers over a terror attack in a Punjab town that left nine people dead. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu also attended the meeting.Parrikar had earlier... 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 province, said a gunfight broke out between two groups attending the wedding in Andarab district late Sunday.... 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 terrorist attack in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district that left five people dead. A burst tyre near Parliament also... 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 responder and the rebel group said. A Reuters witness said blood and pieces of flesh were spattered around the site... read more »
Missing UK schoolgirls, who fled Britain to join Islamic State, seen in Syria
A video footage, believed to be of the Bethnal Green schoolgirls, giving glimpse of their life in Syria has surfaced months after they fled Britain to join the Islamic State. In the video... read more »
Strong India-USA ties will benefit people of the world at large’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that strong relations between New Delhi and Washington DC will benefit people of both countries and the world at large, wishing the citizens of... read more »
Power of Purse! Expensive designer bags are conveyers of status
There’s a lot more to a handbag than just carrying things, as women use high-end handbags and other expensive accessories to signal other women not just their higher ranks but to... read more »
Foodies beware! Junk food could make you ‘depressed’
If you love gorging on fast food, chances are that you might end up being depressed, claims a new study. San Diego State University researchers analysed almost 5000 individuals’ trans... read more »
America’s new military strategy singles out states like China and...
A sombre report released Wednesday by General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warns of a “low but growing” probability of the United States fighting a war with a major... read more »
