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Sri Lanka seizes passports of 74 Indian ...

Sri Lanka seizes passports of 74 Indian nationals

The Government of Sri Lanka has reportedly seized the passports of 74Indian nationals working at a plywood factory near Colombo. The Indian nationals have reportedly been charged with working in the island-nation without valid work visas. The Department of Immigration and Emigration in Sri Lanka... read more »

Triple murder convict executed in Pakist...

Triple murder convict executed in Pakistan

Islamabad: A man convicted in a triple murder case was executed on Thursday in Pakistan`s Punjab province. Muhammad Siddique was hanged in a district jail in Toba Tek Singh city, Dawn online reported. This is the first non-terror execution since Pakistan lifted its moratorium on the death penalty... read more »

Australian teen among ISIS suicide bombe...

Australian teen among ISIS suicide bombers in Iraq, Govt still probing for ...

Australia’s government was trying to confirm reports that an Australian teenager was among a group of suicide bombers from the Islamic State movement that struck Iraq’s embattled Anbar province. The Islamic State group claimed in an online statement that it used foreign fighters from Australia,... read more »

Protests After Lawyer’s Death in P...

Protests After Lawyer’s Death in Police Firing at Court in Uttar Prad...

Lawyers in Uttar Pradesh are on strike today, a day after a policeman fired his gun at a court in Allahabad and shot dead a lawyer. The state government on Wednesday announced Rs. 10 lakh as compensation for the lawyer’s family but the Uttar Pradesh Bar Association has demanded five times... read more »

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Delhi awaits a political Super Sunday

Delhi awaits a political Super Sunday

New Delhi – The outcome of the Delhi assembly elections – arguably the most exciting among the five states that went to polls in Nov-Dec – will be out Sunday, with t! he fate of 810... read more »

Delhi Assembly Elections: Why exit polls can’t predict the next CM

Delhi Assembly Elections: Why exit polls can’t pre...

New Delhi: A 66 per cent voter turnout in an urban centre like Delhi is phenomenal by any standards. No one had expected such brisk polling from an... read more »

Uncertainty over fresh parole for Sanjay Dutt

Uncertainty over fresh parole for Sanjay Dutt

Nagpur – Uncertainty looms over the fresh parole granted to imprisoned Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt as the state government Saturday sought a report on... read more »

Police crosschecks Narayan Sai’s account of 58 ab...

Police crosschecks Narayan Sai's account of 58 absconding days

Surat – Gujarat Police has said it is crosschecking Narayan Sai’s account of the past 58 days that he had been absconding. Police Commissioner... read more »

Assembly poll 2013 verdict in Delhi, Rajasthan, Chhatti...

Assembly poll 2013 verdict in Delhi, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and MP on Sunday

The fate of governments in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh will be known on Sunday when counting of votes will take place in the assembly... read more »

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U.S. honors JFK on 50 years after assassination

U.S. honors JFK on 50 years after assassination

WASHINGTON – People across the United States came to honor former U.S. President John F. Kennedy on Friday, the day marking the 50th anniversary of his assassination in Dallas, Texas. President... read more »

Kerry to join world powers in Geneva to help finalize Iran nuke deal

Kerry to join world powers in Geneva to help final...

Washington – United States Secretary John Kerry will reportedly join the P5+1 in Geneva to help finalize an agreement on Iran’s nuclear... read more »

China oil pipeline blast toll rises to 44

Death toll from China oil pipeline blast rises to 52, 11 missing

The death toll from two huge blasts caused by a leaked oil from a ruptured pipeline in an eastern Chinese port city has risen to 44 with 166 injured in one the... read more »

China successfully tests its first drone

China successfully tests its first drone

Beijing – The Chinese military carried out a successful test flight of the Asian nation’s first jet-powered stealth drone, the South China Morning... read more »

Merkel hails Greek progress in cutting debt

Merkel hails Greek progress in cutting debt

Berlin – German Chancellor Angela Merkel Friday praised the progress Greece has made in cutting debt while meeting her Greek counterpart, but said more... read more »

India captain Virat Kohli will probably be aggressive captain, says Australia fast bowler ...

Having featured regularly in war of words with new India captain Virat Kohli in the ongoing test series, Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson believes the volatile batsman will probably... read more »

Mike Hussey clueless about MS Dhoni recommending him as India coach

Former Australia cricketer Michael Hussey has said he is surprised by reports claiming that Mahendra Singh Dhoni had suggested his name to replace Duncan Fletcher as India’s... read more »

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Schedule in IST: Time Table, Fixture & Venue Details of all...

The 11th edition of ICC Cricket World Cup presented its schedule and match fixtures, which commences on February 14 with the match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka. ICC Cricket World Cup... read more »

Bihar: Cop shot dead in train by criminals

A policeman was killed and another injured after they were shot at on the Farakka-Delhi Express train in Bihar’s southern Munger district early Friday. Santosh Kumar, a jawan of the... read more »

Maoists attack Kerala stone quarry, paste posters

Suspected Maoists attacked a stone quarry in north Kerala’s Kannur district early on Friday weeks after they carried out a string of attacks signalling an intensification of their activities in... read more »