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John Kerry arrives in Middle East to fix ties
Iran nuclear deal: With deadline looming...

Iran nuclear deal: With deadline looming, US tells Iran to consider extendi...

The U.S. told Iran on Sunday that it’s time to consider extending nuclear talks, in the first formal recognition by Washington that frenzied last-minute diplomacy may not be enough to seal a deal by a rapidly approaching deadline. A senior U.S. official said that with the Monday evening cutoff... read more »

Kenya Says It Has Killed Around 100 al-S...

Kenya Says It Has Killed Around 100 al-Shabaab Fighters

Extremists hit in retaliation for the slaying of 28 travelers on Saturday Kenya says it has killed around 100 al-Shabaab militants after pursuing them into Somalian territory. The deaths are in reprisal for the slaying of 28 people on Saturday, when the extremist group stopped a bus in Kenya’s... read more »

Adani Power buys Avantha’s 600 MW ...

Adani Power buys Avantha’s 600 MW plant for Rs 4,200 crore

MUMBAI: India’s largest e-commerce player Flipkart has closed a $500-600 million fresh financing round led by its existing large investors at a massive pre-money valuation of $10 billion, giving it further ammunition to fight out rivals Amazon and Snapdeal. Tiger Global, South Africa’s... read more »

Flipkart raises $600 million in fresh fu...

Flipkart raises $600 million in fresh funding at pre-money valuation of $10...

MUMBAI: India’s largest e-commerce player Flipkart has closed a $500-600 million fresh financing round led by its existing large investors at a massive pre-money valuation of $10 billion, giving it further ammunition to fight out rivals Amazon and Snapdeal. Tiger Global, South Africa’s... read more »

Unmasking Robert O’Neill, the US Navy SEAL who shot Osama bin Laden

A decorated ex-Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill has been unmasked as the man who pumped three shots to the head of elusive al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden during a top-secret 2011 raid on his... read more »

Manohar Parrikar to resign as Goa CM on Saturday

Manohar Parrikar, who is tipped to be the Union defence minister in the cabinet expansion on Sunday, will resign on Saturday as the Goa chief minister, reports said. According to reports,... read more »

Obama defends Iranian nuclear deal against 'tough talk and bluster'

President Obama sent ‘secret letter’ to leader of Iran

US President Barack Obama is said to have written a secret letter to Iran’s supreme leader describing a shared interest in fighting Islamic State. The letter, reported by the Wall... read more »

Goa may ban VVIP bodyguards after Nitesh Rane's vandalism

Two RSS leaders in race for Goa’s CM post

PANAJI/NEW DELHI: Amid speculations of Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar being elevated as a Union minister, BJP’s Goa unit will meet on Thursday and is expected to finalise a name... read more »

Parrikar likes to read in loo, be it even on Mahabharata

Two RSS leaders in race for Goa’s CM post

PANAJI/NEW DELHI: Amid speculations of Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar being elevated as a Union minister, BJP’s Goa unit will meet on Thursday and is expected to finalise a name for... read more »