Two killed in explosions in China’s Muslim-dominated Xinjiang region
Beijing: At least two persons were killed and several others injured in a series of explosions in China’s restive Muslim-dominated Xinjiang province. Explosions hit at least three locations in Xinjiang’s Luntai County last evening, the Tianshan news portal, run by the regional... read more »
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley admitted to hospital again
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was on Sunday night admitted to a hospital here for a check-up after an operation to treat his diabetes. A news agency has quoted a doctor as saying that the minister was doing well. “His condition is absolutely normal. His kidneys are doing well and... read more »
Seat sharing row: Not received any call from BJP president Amit Shah, says ...
New Delhi/Mumbai: Stalemate over seat sharing between Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena continues on Monday as reports claim that Uddhav Thackeray has not received any call from Amit Shah. Earlier in the day, reports had claimed that in a bid to salvage his party’s 25-year-old alliance in... read more »
MH17 crash: 225 victims now identified
Around 225 victims of the crashed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 have now been identified. The Dutch ministry of security and justice Friday said that out of 14 more who have been identified, seven were Dutch, Xinhua reported. At the request of the embassies of the countries concerned, the... read more »
Netanyahu slams UN’s cease-fire call in Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday criticised the UN Security Council’s call for ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, saying it strengthens Hamas and neglects Israel’s security... read more »
India has to decide on trade: Kerry
While India and the U.S. have one of the most important relationships internationally, “India has a decision to make about where it fits in the trading system,” U.S. Secretary of State... read more »
Nitin Gadkari dismisses bugging claim, Manmohan Singh seeks probe
Transport minister Nitin Gadkari on SundGadkari dismisses bugging claim, ex-PM Manmohan seeks probeay dismissed as speculative media reports that “listening devices” were recovered from... read more »
Boko Haram’s terrifying regional ambitions and a kidnapped politician’s wife
It was late Saturday or early Sunday when hundreds of militants descended upon a dust-caked Cameroon town called Kolofata. In remote communities like this, more than 700 miles from the... read more »
Together Again. After 24 Years, Lalu and Nitish to Share Bihar St...
New Delhi: They have been the most bitter rivals for over two decades. But a common need to defeat the BJP has brought Bihar stalwarts Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav on the same side of an... read more »
