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Death toll rises to 41

Death toll rises to 41

One more person was found dead in the landslide-battered Darjeeling district, taking the toll to 41. The body of Ramesh Rai (26) was retrieved from under rubble in the 8 Mile area of Kalimpong by NDRF and Civil Defence volunteers yesterday, district Disaster Cell Officer-in-charge Gopal Rai... read more »

Fake degree case: Tomar sent to judicial...

Fake degree case: Tomar sent to judicial custody till July 20

A court today extended by 14 days the judicial custody of former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar in an alleged forged degree case. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tarun Yogesh remanded Tomar to judicial custody till July 20 after Delhi Police said the investigation in the case was... read more »

PM Modi interacts with schoolchildren in...

PM Modi interacts with schoolchildren in Tashkent

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday interacted with schoolchildren in Tashkent after he paid tribute to former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri here. Earlier, the Prime Minister laid a floral wreath at the bust of Shastri here. Ministry of External Affairs official spokesperson Vikas Swarup... read more »

“Scared” by number of deaths...

“Scared” by number of deaths in Vyapam scam

Union Minister Uma Bharti on Monday said she is “scared” by the number of deaths associated with the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh and said there is “panic” in the state due to these deaths. There is panic in Madhya Pradesh due to the deaths. I am scared for the lives of... read more »

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Mumbai's brand-new airport terminal -T2, built at a cost of over 12,500 crores

Mumbai’s brand-new airport terminal -T2, built at a cost of...

Mumbai – Seven years after the first decision was taken to rebuild Mumbai’s dingy and congested Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, the wait is finally over. Prime Minister... read more »

Aam Aadmi Party's anti-corruption helpline,receives over 300 calls in three hours

Aam Aadmi Party’s anti-corruption helpline,r...

New Delhi – Aam Aadmi Party’s anti-corruption helpline, which became operational from this morning, has already received more than 300... read more »

Anna Hazare’s advice to Arvind Kejriwal – d...

Anna Hazare's advice to Arvind Kejriwal - don't contest Lok Sabha polls

New Delhi – Even as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) prepares to contest the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, noted social crusader Anna Hazare has advised Delhi Chief... read more »

Delhi C M & AAP leader Mr. Arvind Kejriwal says vio...

Delhi C M & AAP leader Mr. Arvind Kejriwal says violence will not solve problems

New Delhi – Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday condemned the attack on his party’s office in... read more »

Mr. Arvind Kejriwal’s party taps into NRI support...

Arvind Kejriwal gets Z category security in Uttar Pradesh, 'discreet' cover in Delhi

New Delhi / Chicago – The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi may barely be 10 days old, but its volunteers are already working... read more »

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Thousands protest against high-level corruption in Turkey

Thousands protest against high-level corruption in Turkey

Istanbul – Thousands of people paralysed several neighbourhoods Sunday here in a demonstration against the urban corruption scandal in which children of Turkish ministers, public officials, and... read more »

'Syria committed to Iran's participation in Geneva II meet'

Italy supports Iran’s presence in Geneva tal...

Tehran – Italian government has said that it supports Iran’s positive presence in Geneva II conference on Syria. “We want positive... read more »

Ban Ki-moon calls for end to hostilities in South Sudan

Ban seeks South Sudan parties' cooperation to solve crisis

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon demanded an end to growing civil conflict in South Sudan and called on all parties Sunday to negotiate a political... read more »

Mikhail Khodorkovsky meets family as free man in German...

Mikhail Khodorkovsky meets family as free man in Germany

Berlin – Russia’s former richest man Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Saturday was reunited with his oldest son and awaited his parents’ arrival in... read more »

Thai opposition to boycott 2 February elections as mass...

Thai opposition to boycott 2 February elections as mass protests continue

London – The main opposition party in Thailand has announced it will boycott snap elections set for 2 February. Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva... read more »

Venezuela arrests opposition mayor accused of coup plot

Venezuela arrested opposition leader and Caracas metropolitan mayor Antonio Ledezma on Thursday in a move the government said was needed to halt a U.S.-backed coup plot but foes decried as... read more »

Manjhi quits ahead of floor test

Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi resigned on Friday ahead of a trust vote in the State Assembly. The resignation was announced by Principal Secretary to Bihar Governor Brajesh... read more »

Bihar Governor’s address to Assembly cancelled: Speaker

 Bihar Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi’s address to the joint session of Bihar Legislature was today cancelled due to the “special circumstances” arising in the wake of Chief Minister... read more »

Tropical Cyclone Marcia: Central Queensland towns devastated as storm tracks across state

Cyclone Marcia is leaving a trail of destruction along central Queensland as it slowly tracks south over land. A category five system made landfall north of Yeppoon about 8:00am and hit... read more »

Democracy can help counter extremism, Obama tells summit

President Barack Obama has ended a three-day summit on tackling violent extremism, by rejecting as “an ugly lie” the notion that the West is at war with Islam. He also warned nations that failing... read more »