Pregnant Swedish teen flees foster home to join Al-Qaeda in Syria, detained...
A pregnant 15-year-old Swedish girl is being held by the Islamic State group in Syria after running away from her foster home with her boyfriend to join Al-Qaeda, Swedish media reported today. The Swedish foreign ministry remained tight-lipped about the case, confirming only minimal details. “We... read more »
Police make more than a dozen arrests during Ferguson protest after crowd b...
Police arrested more than a dozen people in Ferguson on Monday night after protesters blocked traffic during a fourth consecutive night of demonstrations marking the anniversary of the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown. The gathering came about 24 hours after a demonstration along West... read more »
China gives former general suspended death sentence for bribery
BEIJING – A top Chinese military officer has been given a suspended death sentence for corruption, state media said Monday, in a case where he was exposed as owning dozens of homes, gold statues and luxury liquor. Gu Junshan was also stripped of his rank of lieutenant general, the official Xinhua... read more »
Detaining Yogendra Yadav has shown brutal, dishonest face of Delhi Police: ...
Condemning the crackdown on Yogendra Yadav by Delhi Police, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi Dialogue Commission (DDC) vice-chairman Ashish Khetan on Tuesday said the act has shown the brutal and dishonest face of the police. It is deeply unfortunate and condemnable that the Modi Government... read more »
Govt to sell stake in Oil India, NTPC, 3 other PSUs
The government will sell a minority stake in the nation’s biggest power producer NTPC, as well as in Oil India Ltd and three other PSUs as part of its disinvestment drive. The... read more »
India is now a $2-trillion economy
India’s GDP crossed the $2-trillion mark in 2014, according to data released by the World Bank in Washington late on Wednesday. After taking 60 years to reach the $1-trillion mark, India... read more »
DBS India posts Rs 275-cr loss in FY15 on provisioning
Singapore-based DBS Bank has posted a loss of Rs 275 crore in FY15. This is the first time the bank has incurred a loss in its India business since it set up its first branch in India in... read more »
A Google blunder knocked £175 off the price of a Nexus 6
A technical blunder at Google meant late-night shoppers could have picked up a 32GB Nexus 6 for as little as £304 ($474). Normally, those phones sell for £479 ($746). The Independent... read more »
PM Modi to visit Varanasi on July 16
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Varanasi on July 16, after he had to cancel an earlier trip here due to adverse weather conditions. Prime Minister Modi had on June 28 cancelled his plan to... read more »
