Oil minister to attend cabinet meet amid gas price hike speculation
Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan will attend a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, a government source said, amid speculation that India could raise gas prices from July 1. Pradhan is not a member of the cabinet committee, but can attend the meeting as a special invitee. The earliest possible date to... read more »
Pakistan: Gunmen open fire on plane at Peshawar airport, one dead
Bannu: Gunmen opened fire on a passenger jet as it landed in Pakistan’s troubled northwest, killing a woman passenger and wounding two crew in an attack staged as the military wages an anti-militant offensive. The Pakistan International Airlines flight, landing in Peshawar from Riyadh in... read more »
More than 60 women, girls abducted in Nigeria: local official
Suspected Boko Haram militants have abducted more than 60 women and young girls in restive northeast Nigeria, a local official and a vigilante leader said today. The group was kidnapped in the last week during a Boko Haram attack on Kummabza village in the Damboa district of Borno state, which... read more »
DU crisis: A course that has gone awry
The VC’s resignation further deepens uncertainty over the admission process that involves the fate of over 2.7 lakh students Delhi University Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh resigned on Tuesday apparently in protest against the UGC’s direction to dump the controversial Four-Year Undergraduate... read more »
After photos go viral, Digvijaya goes public with ‘relationship’
Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh’s acceptance of his “relationship” with a 43-year-old Rajya Sabha TV anchor and their plans to get married created a political storm on... read more »
More Than 100 Injured in Florida Jail Explosion
Pensacola, Florida: A county spokeswoman says a gas explosion at a jail in Pensacola, Florida, has injured 100 to 150 inmates and corrections officers. Kathleen Castro says the explosion... read more »
Team India drop two places to No.5 in ICC Test rankings
Dubai: India have dropped two places to No.5 in the latest Test rankings released by the International Cricket Council (ICC) Thursday. This is the biggest change in the rankings table with... read more »
Chennai Bomb Blasts: Woman Killed After Twin Explosions on Train at Station
Chennai: Two blasts ripped through a train after it arrived at the Chennai train sta The twin explosions took place in two sleeper coaches 10 minutes after the Guwahati –... read more »
EC orders police complaint against Modi for holding press confere...
Narendra Modi on Wednesday triggered a controversy after he openly sought votes for the BJP at a press conference while holding aloft his party’s lotus symbol immediately after casting his... read more »
