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Election results 2019: BJP makes gains; ...

Election results 2019: BJP makes gains; JD(S)-Congress combine trail

The JD(S)-Congress coalition seems to be doing badly with BJP making gains in early trends in counting of votes that commenced across the State at 8 a.m. Of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies, the saffron party is leading in more than 20 seats. Some of the senior coalition leaders, including former... read more »

Donald Trump Denies US Plans to Send Tro...

Donald Trump Denies US Plans to Send Troops to Iran

Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed as fake news a report that top US national security officials reviewed a plan to deploy 120,000 troops to West Asia if Iran attacked American forces, but vowed that if he was forced to make that choice, he would send “a hell of a lot more troops”. The plan,... read more »

‘Nathuram Godse a patriot’, says BJP’s P...

‘Nathuram Godse a patriot’, says BJP’s Pragya Thakur

BJP’s Bhopal candidate Pragya Thakur created controversy on Thursday by saying that Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse “was a patriot.” “Nathuram Godse was a patriot and will remain a patriot. People calling him a terrorist should instead look within, such people will be given a... read more »

‘Modi not fit to be PM’ Maya...

‘Modi not fit to be PM’ Mayawati Attacks Again

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati launched a fresh attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, calling him “totally unfit” for the country’s top job and stressing that he should not get another term in office. In a statement released on Wednesday, Mayawati compared... read more »

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Delhi CM Mr. Kejriwal skips defamation case, court allows exempti...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday stayed away from court here in a case filed against him by Sheila Dikshit’s ex-political secretary for his alleged remarks against the former CM... read more »

‘Sudden unnatural death’ for Sunanda P...

New Delhi – The last rites of Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor, wife of Union minister Shashi Tharoor, are being conducted at the Lodhi Road... read more »

Union Minister Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar de...

Early Life : Sunanda Pushkar was born in a Kashmiri family of landlords and Indian Army officers native to Bomai. She was the only daughter of Lt. Col. Pushkar... read more »

Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor’s autopsy underway at Del...

Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor's autopsy underway at Delhi's AIIMS hospital

New Delhi – The autopsy of Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor, the wife of union minister Shashi Tharoor, is being conducted by a three-doctor panel at... read more »

18 killed in Mumbai stampede

At least 18 people died in a stampede and about 45 were injured early on Saturday morning in the Malabar Hill area, where an overwhelming crowd from the... read more »

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Heavy police deployment in Russian city of Volgograd

Thousands of police officers and paramilitary forces are on duty in the Russian city of Volgograd, which is reeling from two suicide bombings in two days that killed 34 people and raised fears that a... read more »

Hasina's party fears Zia will change Bangladesh's name

Hasina’s party fears Zia will change Banglad...

Dhaka – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s party has said that opposition leader Khaleda Zia may change the country’s name... read more »

Malaysian government to slash public expenditure

Malaysian government to slash public expenditure

Kuala Lumpur – Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has announced 11 measures to slash public sector expenditure beginning Jan 1, authorities... read more »

U.S. to proceeding with prosecution of senior Indian di...

U.S. to proceeding with prosecution of senior Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade

The U.S. is proceeding with the prosecution of senior Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade and has no intention to withdraw the case of visa fraud against... read more »

Volcano erupts in Indonesia

Volcano erupts in Indonesia

Jakarta – Mount Sinabung, one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia, erupted Tuesday, spewing hot ash up to 7,000 metres high along with lava and... read more »

Australia: PM Malcolm Turnbull’s new cabinet sworn in

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s new cabinet was on Monday sworn-in with five women ministers, including Marise Payne who became the country’s first woman defence... read more »

Thousands left homeless by giant Chile quake

SANTIAGO: More than 9,000 people were left homeless after a powerful earthquake hit northern and central Chile last week, officials have said, dramatically increasing previous estimates.... read more »

Fury after Saudi Arabia ‘chosen to head key UN human rights panel’

The United Nations has been criticised for handing Saudi Arabia a key human rights role – despite the country having “arguably the worst record in the world” on freedoms... read more »

Nepal in turmoil, protest against new Constitution rages on; 1 person commits suicide, bom...

Protests against the new Constitution in Nepal have intensified with one member of Sadbhavana Party even committing suicide. Nepal Police has also increased its presence along the... read more »

Alexis Tsipras returns to power to secure Greek debt relief

Greek leftist leader Alexis Tsipras will return as prime minister on Monday determined to secure debt relief from the country’s creditors in his “first and most important battle”... read more »