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Nearly a week after a bomb killed 20 people in the Thai capital, the country's police said the main suspect in the blast might already have fled the country.Police General Somyot Poompanmoung said that investigators need some luck if they are to catch a man with unkempt hair...
20:52
In the wake of the debate over the death penalty following the execution of Mumbai attack convict Yakub Memon, the Supreme Court has said capital punishment is not inhuman or barbaric and will not violate the right to life and liberty in heinous crimes. The bench of Justices TS Thakur, RK...
20:41
Pakistan accused the Narendra Modi government of sabotaging the NSA-level talks with its fanatic approach and said its negative attitude was aimed at disrupting peace in the region. Upping the ante a day after Pakistan called off talks between National Security Advisors Sartaj Aziz and Ajit...
20:18
Known for his controversial comments, BJP leader and Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Sunday stoked a fresh controversy when he attacked Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav over the latter's gangrape' remark. Addressing a gathering at his Lok Sabha...
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When India demonstrated its resentment against Pakistan's commitment to meet Kashmir's resistance leadership in New Delhi ahead of the national security adviser (NSA) level talks, little did it know about the consequences of this political miscalculation. Over the years, probably since the summer...
20:05
JUST IN: Consolation win for Australia's Michael Clarke in his final Test. England lose by an innings and 46 runs, take Ashes 3-2.
19:15
Former Assam's State Education and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced on Facebook that he is quitting the Congress and will join the BJP on Monday. Following massive calls over the past months from people across Assam hailing from all communities, will be formally joining the...
18:57
Jamaica's Usain Bolt retained his 100 metres title at the IAAF World Championship in Beijing on Sunday. Bolt with a time of 9.79 seconds came first while Justin Gatlin came in second. The 100 metres world record (9.58 seconds) was set by Bolt in the Berlian edition in 2009. The Jamaican won...
18:35
Well played @KumarSanga2. You have been a terrific ambassador for the game & a thorough gentleman. Warm welcome to the club of the Retired, tweeted Sachin Tendulkar after Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara walked off the field for the final time.
18:31
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today arrived in Leh as part of his two-day visit to Ladakh region of Jammu and Kasmhir and reviewed security situation in the state. The defence minister held a high-level meeting of top commanders of the state and reviewed the security situation, cross border...
18:01
Pakistani nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2011 for championing the cause of girls education, has reportedly been given two 24-hour armed guards in the UK after she was made a key target by terrorists.The guards have been tasked to protect the...
17:46
Bolstered by the Bombay high court order overturning ban on Maggi, Nestle India plans to bring back the popular instant noodles back in the market by end of this year subject to certain clearances.The company, which has taken a hit of Rs 450 crore, including destroying over 30,000 tonnes of...
17:25
The British embassy in Iran has reopened, nearly four years after it was closed. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond attended a ceremony in Tehran with Iranian diplomats to mark the reopening while Iran will reopen its embassy in London later. The UK embassy was closed in 2011 after it was...
16:52
An Indian-origin doctor in the US has successfully grown outer ears from rib cartilage in an eight-year-old boy after a series of 'miraculous' surgeries. Elijah Bell, a second-grade student at Frazer Elementary in Canton, Ohio, was born with bilateral atresia microtia, a rare birth defect...
16:50
Usain Bolt has scrambled into the men's 100 metres final.The Jamaican stumbled out of the blocks and had to play catch up, eventually inching through his heat in 9.96 secs.The 100 metres world record (9.58 secs) was set by Bolt in the Berlian edition in 2009.Bolt's biggest challenger, American...
15:56
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed expressed disappointment over the cancellation of NSA talks between India and Pakistan and hoped that the break in talks would be temporary. He said he was disappointed over the abrupt cancellation of bilateral meeting between National...
15:42
A 5.0 magnitude earthquake has struck Nepal with tremors being felt in Darjeeling and Delhi. Reports say that the epicentre of the quake is Namche Bazar. This comes after the massive 7.8 magnitude quake hit the region in April killing over 9,000 people and injuring over 25,000. A total...
15:21
Islamic State's Jihadi John has apparently threatened to come back to Britain and carry on cutting heads. A man believed to be the sick fanatic - responsible for beheading at least seven hostages in Syria - was captured ranting to the camera in mobile phone footage. In the one minute...
15:09
The death toll from a warehouse blast in north China's major port city of Tianjin has risen to 123 while 50 people were still listed in the country's worst industrial tragedy, authorities said. The dead included 70 firefighters and seven policemen. All the victims have been identified,...
14:59
Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, has welcomed the government's move to strip him off the privilege of not being frisked at airports, saying he had been waiting for this as he was no VIP. Finally!! I am glad and have been awaiting this so called and never used,...
14:54
The suspect in the attack on a high speed train travelling from Amsterdam to Paris has been identified as Ayoub El-Khazzani, a 26-year-old Moroccan national who was living in Spain until last year. He emerged shirtless from a lavatory bearing an AK-47, a handgun, and a box-cutter knife. A...
14:18
A day after pakistan called off National Security Advisor-level talks with India, former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha on Sunday hit out at the neighbouring country for misinterpreting the Ufa agreement.Sinha asked the Narendra Modi government not to talk to Pakistan and said, Not...
13:32
Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the cancellation of Indo-Pak NSA-level talks were 'unfortunate', adding that India wanted it but Pakistan cancelled it. He added, We will continue to try for coordial relations with Pakistan, it up to them to decide.
12:56
It's permeated our psyche for almost two decades now - the 'D' word. It's Diabolocal, Dreadful, Dodgy, Detestible but De rigueur almost. Where there's big bucks, big politics, big crime -- the D word invariably crops up - albeit hush hush. It's the biggest 'Dhong' in our 'Desh'. Read...
12:31
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today embarked on a two-nation tour of Egypt and Germany which is expected to see new vistas being opened in bilateral ties with particular focus on boosting trade and investment. During her visit to Egyptian capital Cairo, she will call on President...
12:27
Violence broke out at hardline separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani's residence in Hyderpora after cops resorted to lathi charge and tear gas at protesters. Group of supporters gathered outside the leader's home after he was placed under detention yet again. The protests soon turned violent...
12:08
The Enforcement Directorate on Sunday summoned separatist Shabir Shah in a terror financing case. The summons were served to him at the airport when Shabir Shah was asked to leave the national capital after being kept under detention by the Delhi police. shaShah came to Delhi to meet Pakistan...
11:57
Hurriyat leader Bilal Lone who was under detention, has been released. On Saturday, the Hurriyat Conference leader was detained at Delhi airport to prevent him from meeting Pakistan's NSA Sartaj Aziz in the event of his arrival. Lone, who is the executive member of moderate faction...
11:36
While the Narendra Modi government is facing a lot of flak from defence veterans for delaying the implementation of the One Rank One Pension scheme, it has been left red-faced now. Union Minister and former Army Chief General VK Singh's daughter on Sunday joined the protest and urged her...
11:21
Criticising the ruling National Democratic Alliance regime over the collapse of the proposed National Security Advisor-level talks with Pakistan, former external affairs minister Salman Khurshid said that it has a great inclination of pulling rabbits out of hats. Expressing his concern over...
11:11
JUST IN: 3 people dead, 2 injured and 1 reportedly critical after a gas cylinder exploded in a house in Telangana's Mahabubnagar district
11:08
Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has once again been put under house arrest. A heavy contingent of police is camped outside the 84-year-old separatist leader's Hyderpora residence. He was supposed to address a seminar today in Srinagar. The action comes following Pakistan calling...
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Three militants were killed today in an encounter with the army in Kupwara district of north Kashmir. The encounter began last night after troops launched a search operation in Khumhair forests of Handwara tehsil, 100 km from Srinagar, following information about the presence of the...
00:20
Japan lodged a protest over Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's visit to one of four disputed Pacific islands which have strained ties between the two countries since the end of World War II.The decades-old argument over the territory, claimed by both states, could set back Japanese Prime...
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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said terrorism was a major concern not only for India alone, but for the entire international community. I don't think that there are two different views on this issue. As far as terrorism is concerned, I think it is not only India which is concerned...
00:08
A military jet taking part in a British airshow crashed into a busy main road, killing seven people and injuring more than a dozen others, police said. The Hawker Hunter fighter jet, which was participating in the Shoreham Airshow near Brighton in southern England, hit several vehicles on...
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Pak calling off NSA talks unfortunate: IndiaPak calls off NSA talks, says India's preconditions unacceptable'Dawood has nine houses in Pak, three Pakistani passports'Hurriyat's Bilal Lone, Shabir Shah and 2 others detained in DelhiWhy is New Delhi afraid of the Hurriyat?FTII crisis: Director,...
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