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Make Delhi safe for women this year: Arv...

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 sexual offences against women and children. “May 2015 be a year where we make Delhi safe for women,”... read more »

Pakistan trying to push terrorists into ...

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 that,” Home Minister Rajnath Singh told reporters here when asked whether the repeated ceasefire... read more »

With 76,000 deaths in Syrian conflict 20...

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 BBC, among the dead, 17,790 were civilians while 3,501 were children, said the UK-based Syrian Observatory for... read more »

Manmohan Singh’s letter to me does not address Tamil issue: President Rajapaksa
Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa regime losin...

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 incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s bid for an unprecedented third term – he is also promising to cancel... read more »

SoftBank’s $650 million injection to value Snapdeal at $2 billion

SoftBank Corp is set to invest up to $650 million in Snapdeal in a deal that could see it become the largest shareholder with a nearly 35% stake in India’s second-biggest online... read more »

Modi replaces top finance mandarin Mayaram in first major shakeup

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has transferred the top civil servant at the finance ministry, replacing him with a top official from Rajasthan, the state that has pushed dramatic free market... read more »

Hunt for 100 Trekkers Missing After Deadly Nepal Storm

KATHMANDU:  Nepalese rescuers on Thursday scoured Himalayan hiking routes for more than 100 trekkers who have been out of contact since a snowstorm and avalanche that have killed around 32... read more »

Indian-American woman Vanita Gupta appointed to key US Justice Department post

Indian-American Vanita Gupta, a top lawyer from American Civil Liberties Union, has been appointed to head the civil rights division of the US Justice Department, becoming the first South... read more »

Putin denies deployment of n-missiles in Kaliningrad

Bishop, Putin attend summit in Italy

MS Bishop and the Russian president will be among the senior politicians and leaders attending the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Milan which starts on Thursday (Milan time). Prime Minister Tony... read more »