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Thousands flee as `super typhoon` Dujuan...

Thousands flee as `super typhoon` Dujuan nears Taiwan

Taipei: Evacuations were stepped up in Taiwan Monday as `super typhoon` Dujuan swirled towards the island, gathering strength on its approach to the east coast.Torrential rains and high winds are forecast across Taiwan from Monday afternoon, with landfall predicted around 11:00 pm (1500... read more »

Successful Mars mission helps ISRO end year on high note
Isro successfully launches Astrosat, six...

Isro successfully launches Astrosat, six other satellites

SRIHARIKOTA: Isro on Monday successfully launched India’s first astronomy satellite Astrosat, eleven years after the government cleared the project. A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C30) carrying Astrosat and six other satellites lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in... read more »

In a first, France launches air strikes ...

In a first, France launches air strikes on Islamic State training camp in e...

Paris: Six French jet fighters targeted and destroyed an Islamic State training camp in eastern Syria, President Francois Hollande said on Sunday, making good on a promise to go after the group that the President has said is planning attacks against several countries, including France. The... read more »

PM Narendra Modi to Indian Diaspora: ...

PM Narendra Modi to Indian Diaspora: ‘India is waiting for you’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the Indian diaspora in California that it is time the brain drain became a “brain gain” for India. “India is waiting for you,” he declared in an address to as many as 18,000 heady Indian-Americans gathered at the SAP center in San Jose on... read more »

Roy: Jacqueline Fernandez lost Rs. 2 lac while dancing for the film

A Tango dance sequence in Bhushan Kumar’s Roy cost Jacqueline Fernandez a bomb. The actress broke her shoe heel while doing Tango dance with Ranbir Kapoor. She tripped on a curb and... read more »

‘Tevar’ review: Superman Arjun Kapoor, baahubali Manoj Bajpayee at their best!

We have seen a lot of northern India and heard the dialect which strikes a hit note with the audiences, recently. Still, when you open your eyes to the world of Arjun Kapoor aka Pintoo in... read more »

‘Directionless’ AAP has no agenda: Manish Tewari

With Arvind Kejriwal questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi whether he would fulfill his promise to grant full statehood for Delhi, Congress leader Manish Tewari on Friday said one should... read more »

Bangladesh cricketer Rubel remanded in actress rape case

DHAKA: Bangladesh cricketer Rubel Hossain, who has been named in the country’s World Cup squad, was behind bars on Thursday after being remanded in custody over allegations that he raped... read more »

Massive breakthrough: Scientists create first new antibiotic in n...

LONDON: In a massive breakthrough, scientists have created the first new antibiotic in more than three decades, Teixobactin, that can treat many common bacterial infections such as tuberculosis,... read more »