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 »
IAS officers petition PM Modi, urge for CBI probe in DK Ravi’s death
Several Indian Administrative Service officers in Karnataka have signed an online petition addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the death of their colleague DK Ravi, reports said on Thursday. At least 13.58 lakh people have signed the... read more »
Former Singaporean prime minister Lee Kuan Yew ‘critically ill’...
The condition of former Singaporean premier Lee Kuan Yew has deteriorated further and he is critically ill in intensive care, the government says. Mr Lee, the country’s first elected prime minister, has been receiving treatment for severe pneumonia at Singapore General Hospital since February... read more »
Haiti Carnival float accident kills 16
At least 16 people were killed early Tuesday in the Haitian capital after a man on top of a musical group’s Carnival float was shocked by high-voltage wires above the street, setting off... read more »
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat after Sakshi Maharaj’s remarks: Our mothers are not baby fac...
New Delhi: Days after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sakshi Maharaj made controversial remarks asking Hindu mothers to produce at least four kids, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief... read more »
Former Iran vice president jailed over corruption charges
The former vice president of Iran, Mohammad Reza Rahimi, who was sentenced to a little over five years in prison for corruption, was transferred to a jail Sunday, Iran’s official IRNA... read more »
ISIS vows revenge for Osama’s blood, beheads 21 Egyptian Christians at Libya beach
airo: Flaunting its latest atrocious act, the Islamic State has released a new video showing the beheading of tens of Egyptian Christians in Libya, who were abducted by the extremists last... read more »
Female Suicide Bomber Kills 10 in a Nigerian Region Racked by Isl...
DAMATURU, Nigeria — A suicide bomber blew herself up at a crowded bus station in this northeastern Nigerian city on Sunday, killing 10 people and wounding 30, the police said. Damaturu is in a... read more »
