Indian Muslims slam Islamic State
A section of leading Indian Muslims on Tuesday criticised the jihadist outfit Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS, for the atrocities it has unleashed against minorities in Iraq and condemned it for...
View ArticleTaliban launch major offensive in Afghan
As many as 700 heavily armed Taliban insurgents are battling Afghan security forces in Logar, a key province near the capital Kabul, local officials said on Tuesday, in a test of the Afghan military’s...
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If world finishes projects in 2020, can we do it by 2018? Modi asks scientists
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the DRDO Awards 2013 function in New Delhi (Photo: PTI)Against the backdrop of delays in several of its major projects, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on...
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Sonia Gandhi attacks Modi government, says NDA selling fake dreams
Congress president Sonia Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)Making a strong pitch for women's reservation in Parliament and state Assemblies, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said her party would put...
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Pakistan High Commissioner defiant, says dialogue is not a favour
Pakistan's Ambassador to India, Abdul Basit (Photo: AP)A defiant Pakistan on Wednesday made it clear that it will continue talking to Kashmiri separatists despite India's protestation, saying that the...
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Assam-Nagaland border clashes: Violence intensifies, curfew imposed
Locals set ablaze a truck at the National Highway 39 at Pura Bangla in Golaghat district (Photo: PTI)At least three persons have reportedly been killed and six others injured in fresh police firing on...
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Activist Irom Sharmila walks free after 14 years: ‘I am crying because I am...
Human rights activist Irom Sharmila (Photo: PTI/File)Human rights activist Irom Sharmila who has been on hunger strike for the last 14 years in protest against alleged army atrocities on Wednesday...
View ArticleGovernment position on Sri Lanka remains same
In its first meeting with Sri Lankan Tamil leaders, the new government has emphasised to them that the Indian position remains the same the need for a political solution that addresses the aspirations...
View ArticleKannada literary veteran questioned deeply-held beliefs
The Kannada writer has won the Padma Bhushan in 1998, Jnanpith award in 1994, the state Rajyothsava award in 1984 and was nominated for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize A towering figure in the...
View ArticleSon of Bihar minister in ICU, ragging suspected
In a suspected case of ragging, a Bihar minister’s son was on Thursday morning admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of Apollo Hospital in the national capital. The condition of the boy, the son of...
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CBI removes probe officer
Shehla Masood The CBI has removed the officer heading the probe into the infamous murder case of RTI activist Shehla Masood owing to alleged goof-up in the investigations and also on the charge of...
View ArticleCourt asks CBI to probe further
The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (PocSo) special court on Friday asked the CBI to further investigate the alleged rape and murder of two minor girls in Badaun and bring the guilty to...
View ArticleSister gets death threat from Uttar Pradesh poetess’ killer
Nidhi Shukla, the sister of slain poetess Madhumita Shukla, now faces a death threat from the man who has been convicted of killing her sister in 2003.Prakash Chandra Pandey, the shooter convicted for...
View ArticleNSEL scam: FTIL’s Jignesh Shah gets bail
The Bombay high court on Friday granted conditional bail to FTIL founder Jignesh Shah in the `5,000 crore NSEL scam over three months after he was arrested in the case.“I am inclined to grant bail,”...
View ArticleACB seeks nod for probe against Ajit Pawar, Tatkare
The Maharashtra ACB on Friday sought permission from the state government to conduct an open inquiry against deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and state NCP chief Sunil Tatkare following a complaint by...
View ArticleGoons attack man, try to cut off tongue
A young man, identified as Ramesh Reddy, got serious injuries on his tongue allegedly after being attacked by unidentified persons at Cheepuleti village in the early hours of Friday. Ramesh claimed...
View ArticleSaradha Group scam: Sudipta Sen drops 4 new names
During his interrogation by CBI, Saradha Group chairman Sudipta Sen on Friday revealed four new names of “influential” persons while East Bengal Club official Debabrata Sarkar disclosed the names of...
View ArticleCBI to probe SEBI, statutory auditors
Expanding the ambit of its probe into the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam, the CBI is now set to initiate action against “statutory auditors” and the stock market regulator Securities and Exchange...
View ArticleBJP cautions youth against ‘love jihad’
In a move that could have far-reaching consequences in state politics, the UP unit of the BJP has decided to take up the issue of “love jihad” and conversion of Hindus on its agenda. The state BJP on...
View ArticleCongress offers posts to dissidents
The Congress high command has offered important positions to dissidents in poll-bound Haryana and Maharashtra. The Congress on Saturday made Capt. Ajay Yadav chief of the campaign committee in Haryana....
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