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Australian teen among group ISIS suicide...

Australian teen among group ISIS suicide bombing in Iraq

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 »

19 jailed Bangladeshi fishermen return from India
Sri Lanka to release 86 fishermen ahead ...

Sri Lanka to release 86 fishermen ahead of PM Narendra Modi’s visit

Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena has decided to release 86 Indian fishermen. The release is being initiated as a goodwill gesture ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka on March 13 and 14. Formal orders for the release of the fishermen will be issued by the... read more »

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh extends $25 mn credit to Maldives
Summons to Manmohan Singh: Congress lead...

Summons to Manmohan Singh: Congress leaders stop trains across UP

NEW DELHI: Congress leaders on Thursday took out rallies and stopped trains at several places across Uttar Pradesh to protest against the court summons issued against former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in a coal scam case. Congress workers, lead by Rita Bahuguna Joshi, on Thursday stopped the... read more »

Economy heading towards better times, no reason to despair : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
I am upset, Manmohan Singh says after co...

I am upset, Manmohan Singh says after court summons him as accused in coal ...

NEW DELHI: Former PM Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that he was upset over a Delhi court’s decision to issue him summons to appear as an accused in a coal scam case. “I am upset, but this is a part of life,” Manmohan Singh told reporters on Wednesday. “I am sure that the... read more »

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No need to celebrate if growth jumps from 4.4% to 4.8%: Sinha

No need to celebrate if growth jumps from 4.4% to 4.8%: Sinha

Mumbai – Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha on Saturday said there is a need to unlock various projects in the country to boost the economic growth of the... read more »

Tejpal’s police custody extended till December 10

Tejpal’s police custody extended till December 10...

Tehelka founder-editor Tarun Tejpal, accused of sexually assaulting a journalist woman colleague, will remain in custody of Goa Police for four more... read more »

BJP has approached AAP candidates: Manish Sisodia

Fresh elections in Delhi inevitable, says Sisodia

New Delhi – Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member Manish Sisodia said on Saturday that their party candidates might have been approached by Bharatiya Janata Party... read more »

How office energy bills can be cut down

How office energy bills can be cut down

Washington –  Researchers have shown how the ubiquity of smart phones connected to the office network can be used to monitor occupancy and reduce... read more »

Corn oil better at cutting cholesterol than extra virgi...

Corn oil better at cutting cholesterol than extra virgin olive oil

Washington –  Researchers have shown that corn oil significantly lowers cholesterol with more favorable changes in total cholesterol (TC) and LDL-C than... read more »

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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 could be done in its efforts to overcome... read more »

47 dead in Latvian supermarket roof collapse

47 dead in Latvian supermarket roof collapse

Riga – The death toll from the roof collapse at a supermarket in the Latvian capital Riga Thursday rose to 47, police said! Friday. The number... read more »

UN court orders Russia to release Greenpeace activists

UN court orders Russia to release Greenpeace activists

The Hague – The German-based International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea has ruled that Russia should immediately release the Greenpeace activists it... read more »

26 killed in South Africa road accidents

26 killed in South Africa road accidents

Cape Town – At least 26 people were killed in two separate road accidents in South Africa Friday, authorities said. At least 15 people were killed and... read more »

China conducts test flight of stealth drone

China conducts test flight of stealth drone

Beijing – China has successfully conducted the first test fl! ight of the domestically built and designed stealth unmanned aerial veh! icle (UAV), media... read more »

Make Delhi safe for women this year: Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday appealed to make Delhi a safer place for women this year, as in 2014 Delhi’s trial courts witnessed an “alarming rise” in cases of... read more »

Pakistan trying to push terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir: Rajnath Singh

NEW DELHI: India today accused Pakistan of trying to push terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir and giving cover to such attempts by continuous firing along the border. “No doubt about... read more »

With 76,000 deaths in Syrian conflict 2014 becomes deadliest in 4 years

Over 76,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict in the year 2014 marking it as the deadliest year yet in the country’s four year conflict, said activists. According to the... read more »

Manmohan Singh’s letter to me does not address Tamil issue: President Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa regime losing its grip

Delhi: Casino mogul James Packer must wish he could vote in Sri Lanka’s presidential elections next Thursday. Not only is the main challenger Maithripala Sirisena threatening... read more »

Chinese react to stampede deaths: Thought this happened only in I...

China on Friday mourned the 36 dead from New Year festivities at its financial capital Shanghai, as the city government revealed the victims of the deadly stampede were mainly young women. Among the... read more »