Regional players likely to align in Lok Sabha
In an attempt at isolating the Congress and denying it the principal opposition space, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the Trinamool Congress and the Biju Janata Dal have begun talks for floor coordination in the new Lok Sabha. The three parties, commanding 91 seats (AIADMK: 37 in... read more »
California kidnap victim found 10 years after kidnapping
A woman who disappeared as a teenager a decade ago was reunited with her family after she went to police and told them her mother’s ex-boyfriend drugged and kidnapped her in 2004, forced her to marry him and fathered her child. Isidro Garcia, 41, was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping for rape,... read more »
Blast rocks capital of China’s Xinjiang region
Powerful explosions rocked a crowded open market in the provincial capital of China’s Muslim-majority Xinjiang region on Thursday morning, leaving an unknown number of people killed and injured. Authorities were working to establish the number of casualties, officials said an hour after the... read more »
Libyan authorities propose early parliamentary election
Tripoli – Libyan electoral committee on Tuesday proposed an early general vote to solve the present crisis between the interim parliament and its attacker, retired Major General Khalifa Haftar. The committee raised four dates for the election and the final decision will be announced at a... read more »
In Mumbai, Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘aam aadmi’ travel by auto, local train
Mumbai: Arvind Kejriwal, who landed in Mumbai this morning, caught an autorickshaw from the airport to travel the 5-km distance to the Andheri station in the western suburbs of Mumbai. His... read more »
Malaysia Airlines MH370: Confusion over plane last location
Search teams are scouring waters off both sides of the Malaysian peninsula, amid confusion over a missing Malaysia Airlines plane’s last known location. Malaysia’s air force... read more »
Missing plane: Search widens to Malaysia west coast
Search teams had expanded their scope to the Straits of Malacca, Malaysia Airlines said. The authorities are looking at a possibility of an attempt made by MH370 to turn back to Subang. The... read more »
It’s not our to chant “NaMo NaMo”: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat
The RSS chief has asked his organisation’s cadres not to cross its limits while working with the BJP in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. His comments were ridiculed by Communist... read more »
Sheila Dikshit takes oath as Kerala Governor
Thiruvananthapuram: Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday took over as the governor of Kerala at a function in Trivandrum. The 75-year-old Dikshit was administered the oath by Kerala... read more »
