Nitin Gadkari invites Sonia Gandhi, Anna Hazare for open debate on Land Bil...
New Delhi: Amid Opposition’s all-out effort to stall the amended Land Acquisition Bill, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday wrote a letter to political leaders and social activists inviting them for an open debate on the legislation. Among those who have been sent letters... read more »
2 dead, many injured in Sweden restaurant shooting
Several people were shot inside a restaurant in the city of Goteborg and at least two of them have died, Swedish police said. Police said in a statement that an automatic weapon is believed to have been used in the shooting. They had no details on any suspects but said several people had been... read more »
Prashant Bhushan, Yadav fire another letter in Aam Aadmi Party game of thro...
If the two days since Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal returned to Delhi have been dominated by negotiations and meetings in the deeply divided AAP, they have also been replete with political posturing. It emerged that senior leader Prashant Bhushan had written a note to Kejriwal, which sources said,... read more »
Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee remains critically ill
Singapore’s first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, remains critically ill in intensive care, the prime minister’s office said on Thursday. Seen as the founding father of modern Singapore, which he led from 1959 until 1990, the 91-year-old Lee has been in hospital with severe pneumonia... read more »
Car bombs in Kirkuk, Baghdad kill 33
The first major attack in the disputed Iraqi city of Kirkuk in months killed 18 people ton Thursday, while two car bombs in a frequently targeted Shiite district of Baghdad left 15... read more »
Jammu and Kashmir: 5 security personnel, 3 militants killed in attack at army artillery ca...
Five members of the Indian security forces were killed in a suicide attack on an army artillery camp in northern Kashmir early on Friday as militants step up violence in the disputed region... read more »
Russia’s Putin calls for Russians to be self-reliant
Speaking to both chambers in the Kremlin, Mr Putin condemned Western governments for seeking to raise a new iron curtain around Russia. Russia has been hard-hit by falling oil prices and by... read more »
Protests After Grand Jury in Eric Garner Chokehold Case Doesn’t Indict Officer
A Staten Island grand jury on Wednesday ended the criminal case against a white New York police officer whose chokehold on an unarmed black man led to the man’s death, a decision that... read more »
Hong Kong student leaders mull protest retreat
Members of the Hong Kong Federation of Students said on Thursday that they’re mulling whether to stay or go, with spokeswoman Yvonne Leung telling a local radio station that the group hopes to come... read more »
