United States President Barack Obama has said that Turkey is a NATO member and has the right to defend its airspace, after Turkish air force downed a Russian fighter jet on its border with Syria.

The two pilots who ejected after Turkish pilots shot down a Russian war plane are believed to be alive.

Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan today came out in support of Bollywood actor Aamir Khan arguing what he said was not about intolerance but a reality and exhorted people not to target the film star. 

The US military has backed up backed up Turkey's claim that its pilots had warned the Russian jet at least 10 times, but never got a response before shooting it down.

The Congress today sought to dismiss government's suggestion to reconsider some of its view on GST contending that the concerns raised by the party are "not partisan grandstanding" like that of the BJP. 

JUST IN: Russia's State Duma has proposed stopping of flights between Russia, Turkey, following jet incident.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today offered to discuss with Congress changes in the GST bill but counselled the party to reconsider its suggestions saying some of them can "damage" the system much more than it can benefit.

Former media baron Peter Mukerjea is being evasive during his interrogation by CBI team here which grilled him for several hours today after he was shifted from Mumbai in connection with the murder case of his step-daughter Sheena Bora.

Hindu Sena activists today protested outside Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan's residence in suburban Bandra against his remarks on intolerance even as security for the actor was beefed up. At least seven activists of the Hindu Sena gathered outside the residence of Aamir at Pali Hill around 4 pm and tried to stage a protest, DCP (Detection) Dhananjay Kulkarni said. 

Pakistan's former president Asif Ali Zardari was today acquitted in a corruption case dating back to the 1990s when his slain wife Benazir Bhutto was prime minister

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has concluded his 2-day visit to Singapore and has left for New Delhi. 

Sheena Bora died due to asphyxia as a result of strangulation, according to a medical report that is part of the CBI charge sheet in the sensational murder case in which her mother Indrani is the key accused.

Indrani Mukerjea, prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, had willed most of her property to Vidhie Khanna, her daughter from earlier marriage with Sanjeev Khanna, a co-accused in the case, the CBI charge sheet said.

Russian president Vladimir Putin says downing of Russian jet over Syria is a stab in the back. "Shooting down of Russian jet will have "serious consequences" for Moscow's relations with Turkey," Putin says.


Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin considers it incorrect to talk about any consequences for Russian-Turkish relations after the incident with Russia's Sukhoi Su-24 warplane. "It would be wrong now to give any assessments, assumptions or make any conclusions before we get a full picture," Peskov said in reply to a question about the prospects of relations between Moscow and Ankara.


"We have to be patient, it is a very serious incident, but again, without all of the information it is impossible to say anything and it would be wrong," he said.


The Kremlin has no idea if Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's visit to Turkey, due on Wednesday, November 25 will be canceled.

@ishaan_ANI  Live leak video out there of a dead Russian pilot with rebel factions dancing around the body. Russia Today has the drumbeat ready for war!

Author, journalist Rohini Mohan has won the Shakti Bhatt first book prize for The Seasons of Trouble. Award carries Rs 2 lakh and a trophy.

Turkey summons Russian envoy over downed warplane on Syrian border, says Official. One Russian pilot of downed jet dead, second missing, says AFP.

NATO will hold an emergency meeting on the shooting down of a Russian fighter plane by Turkey. This is the first time that a Nato country and Moscow have exchanged direct fire over the crisis in Syria.


Ankara and the Kremlin gave conflicting accounts of the incident, which appears to have occurred in an area near the Turkish-Syrian border straddling Iskenderun and Latakia.


The Turkish military said it scrambled two F-16 fighter jets after a plane penetrated Turkish airspace in the province of Hatay at 9.20am on Tuesday morning, warning it to leave 10 times in five minutes before it was shot down.


Russias defence ministry, in a series of tweets, confirmed a Russian Su-24 had been shot down, but insisted the plane had never left Syrian airspace and claimed that fire from the ground was responsible. At all times, the Su-24 was exclusively over the territory of Syria, the defence ministry said. 

George Fisher was partner in a firm of auctioneers. He was well enough off to send his son, Ronald, to Harrow in 1904. But he lost his wealth soon after. Ronald worked hard on his studies, and got a scholarship in mathematics to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, in 1909. After graduation, he did not get a university job; he earned a living teaching in undistinguished schools, doing casual farming, and writing articles. Read more

In a fresh development in France, there is a massive deployment of police personnel in the small village of Artigat in south-west France, reports NDTV.


Early reports say that 40 police vehicles have been deployed to the place to hunt down a terrorist called the 'White Emir' All access to Artigat has been blocked by the police.



Yesterday, French police discovered what they believe to be a suicide bomb belt in a bin in the southern Paris suburb of Montrouge.

Police have sealed off the area and a specialist team is investigating whether the belt contains explosives.


The belt was found without a detonator near where Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam was traced to on the night of the attacks.

One theory suggests Abdeslam intended to blow himself up but abandoned the plan, although it is currently unclear why.


File pic of a security check underway in Paris in January in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks.

Marium Mukhtiar, one of Pakistan's first female fighter pilots has been killed after her trainer jet crashed. While she and her colleague were able to eject the aircraft, which then crashed near the central town of Mianwali, Mukhtiar, however, died from her injuries. The second pilot, Saqib Abbasi is reportedly in intensive care. RIP.

A record numbers have complained to the press industry watchdog after The Sun made a claim that one fifth of British Muslims had "sympathy for jihadis'.


The British tabloid's claim, in a front page headline, was based on a survey of Muslim and non-Muslim opinions commissioned in the wake of the Paris attacks. The study found that 19 per cent of Muslims expressed at least "some sympathy' with young Muslims who had left the UK to join fighters in Syria.


But the newspaper's interpretation of the poll data was called into question by numerous critics who noted that an earlier survey for Sky News had shown that more than 30 per cent of non-Muslims had shown a degree of sympathy with young Muslims fighting in Syria. Read more

Downing of Russian warplane in Syria 'very serious incident', but too early to draw conclusions: Kremlin 

Congress to hold a strategy meeting with its Lok Sabha MPs on 27th, 10am in the Parliament.

A Pakistani flag was today hoisted on the ancestral house of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in Bijbehara area, the hometown of three Hizbul Mujahideen militants killed in an encounter yesterday.


The 'Green and White' flag was hoisted on the ancestral home of Sayeed in Bijbehara as hundreds of residents were marching in the funeral procession of one of the militants, eyewitnesses said. Police officials refused to comment on the incident.


However, PDP leader Waheed Parra said the flag was not hosted on Sayeed's house but on the periphery of the compound. "Not much should be read into this isolated incident. Hoisting flags has become a fashion and it is because of social media that such isolated incidents get so much attention," Parra, who is Political Analyst to the Chief Minister, said.


Three militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Ashmuqam area of Anantnag district yesterday. The slain militants were all residents of Bijbehara, the ancestral hometown of the Chief Minister.

Actor Ranbir Kapoor weighs  in on the Aamir Khan intolerance debtate saying, "The intolerance question is being blown out of proportion. I don't get feeling that intolerance has gone up. India is a tolerant country. Aamir's heart is with India. He would never run away."


Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma: Intolerance issue is highly exaggerated, its a non issue in my view. India is the most tolerant country in the world. Such statements send a wrong signal.

@tyagiG tweets the poster of the Aamir Khan film, Rang de Basanti, saying, "Irony! #AamirKhan." 

Singapore's Changi Airport in talks for participating in development of two airports in India, PM Modi says.


Fingers crossed that happens.

Rishi Kapoor also joined the bandwagon of celebrities slamming Aamir for his intolerance remarks. "Mr & Mrs Aamir Khan. When things are going wrong and the system needs correction, repair it, mend it. Don't run away from it. That is Heroism!," Kapoor tweeted.

It's Glasnost for the BJP after its debacle in Bihar. After a year-and-a-half in government, the BJP is finally becoming more accessible to the Indian media. We can now tell you that five hi-tech TV studios equipped with all the requisite paraphernalia are being constructed inside the BJP national headquarters at 10 Ashoka Road in New Delhi.


This is to help TV news channels access BJP spokespersons at a short notice. After the BJP press briefing on any major events of the party like the national executive meetings or parliamentary board meetings - the spokespersons will use these studios to have live broadcasts. The studios are likely to have Atal Bihar Vajpayee or LK Advani or the party symbol -- the lotus -- with the name of the party written in English and Hindi, as a backdrop. The approximate cost to construct the five studios is Rs 25 lakh.  

Declaring November 26 as the Constitution Day, government has lined up a host of activities on Thursday to pay tribute to B R Ambedkar, including a "special" session of Parliament in which lawmakers will pay tribute to the Dalit icon, who played a seminal role in framing the Constitution.


The Constitution Day events will be a part of the year-long nationwide celebrations to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Ambedkar.


The government has asked officials to read out the preamble of the Constitution on November 26, government sources said. The Constitution was adopted on this day in 1949 before it came into force on January 26, 1950.


The following day, on Friday, at 4 pm, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reply to a debate on Constitution Day,  according to a highly-placed political source. This will be followed by another debate at around 7 pm, in the Rajya Sabga by Arun Jaitley, who is the Leader of the Upper House.


Parliament will be illuminated on November 26, and 27 to commemorate Constitution Day. On the directions from the PMO, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu has ordered that booklets on the Constitution will be distributed to the members of parliament. The booklet has been printed in all regional languages.

Turkish warplanes have reportedly shot down a Russian military aircraft on the border with Syria.Russia's Interfax news agency cited the Russian defence ministry as saying that a Su-24 had crashed in northern Syria, and that its two pilots had ejected, reports the BBC.


Turkish military officials said Turkish F-16s had shot down the plane after repeatedly warning its pilots that they were violating Turkish airspace.


Video footage showed the plane crashing into mountains in Latakia province.Russia launched an air campaign to bolster Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government in late September.

PM Narendra Modi pays homage to those who sacrificed their lives for India's freedom at the Indian National Army memorial in Singapore.


The INA memorial was rebuilt in 1995 by the National Heritage Board of the Singapore government to observe the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.


In 1946, Nehru visited the original INA memorial at the Esplanade, which was later demolished by India's then viceroy Lord Mountbatten.


Interestingly, since Nehru was yet to hold office and since no other prime minister visited the memorial since, Modi is the first Indian prime minister to visit the memorial.


The Indian diaspora in Singapore had contributed to the construction of the monument with financial donations.


In fact, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had laid the foundation stone for the original memorial, which was built during the Japanese Occupation on 8 July 1945. Now, a signboard is put in the Esplanade Park to guide tourists to "Site of the Former INA Monument". Singapore will celebrate its 50th anniversary of its Independence on August 9, 2015. Modi began the process of declassification of secret files related to Subhas Chandra Bose beginning 23 January (Bose's birthday) next year, in a move he explained saying, "there is no need to strangle history".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today invited investors in Singapore to participate in the proposed divestment of Navratna PSUs and sought the Singaporean government's help in building at least 20 smart cities.


In wide-ranging discussions with Singapore leaders, including its Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and President Tony Tan Keng, Modi stressed on the idea to 'create many Singapores' within India.


He also pitched for issuance of rupee bonds and infrastructure bonds in Singapore. Besides, Modi sought faster completion of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to create a new economic block within Asia. The Prime Minister also invited his Singaporean counterpart to visit India, especially Gujarat to see with his entire family the Asiatic lion, which forms part of the symbol of Singapore.


Singapore sought doubling of flights to India while Modi wanted the city-state to play a key role in upgradation of railway stations in India. At the media briefing about Modi's meetings here, Secretary (East) at the Ministry of External Affairs Anil Wadhwa said there were broadly 14-15 key issues including skills development, urban development, tourism, civil aviation and financial services, that were discussed in the meetings the Prime Minister has had. 

Ruling TRS retains Warangal (SC) Lok Sabha seat in Telangana with its candidate Pasunoori Dayakar winning with a margin of nearly 4.6 lakh votes.

Probably the only political party that hasn't summoned the services of master strategist Prashant Kishor is the DMK. And the reason is this: The DMK does not want to spoil its chances in the upcoming Tamil Nadu assembly elections by getting Prashant Kishor to strategise for it because it feels AIADMK chief and J Jayalalitha would use it to her benefit by pointing out that the DMK depends more on a Hindi speaking North Indian for its public relations exercise. Issues and personalities are different in Tamil Nadu as compared to Bihar as well. A senior BJP leader says that Kishor's true colours will emerge soon with an exposure by the Lalu camp.

Kishor, is the man who hardsold brand Narendra Modi during the 2012 assembly polls in Gujarat and last years general elections and also helped craft Nitish Kumars campaign strategy in Bihar that saw him trump his arch foe in the state assembly election.

BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain holds forth on Aamir Khan's 'intolerant' India comment. "A small incident happens in a country of 121 crore people, but it is not alright to malign our 'Incredible India' over the same. No country is better than India for Muslims. We believe Rahul Gandhi should  not teach India tolerance," he said. To Aamir Khan, Hussain said, "Don't forget India made you a star."


Reacting to actor Aamir Khan's remarks on intolerance in India, the ruling BJP said there was little truth to Khan's remarks and that India was, is, and always will be a tolerant nation. "Moving out of the nation, is an individual's choice,' the BJP said.


Khan's comments on growing intolerance have provoked sharp reactions on Twitter with his industry colleagues Anupam Kher and Ram Gopal Varma, berating him, asking "When did 'Incredible India' become 'Intolerant India' for you".


The 50-year-old "PK" star during his outing at an award function last evening in the national capital had said he has been "alarmed" by a number of incidents and his wife Kiran Rao even suggested that they should probably leave the country. Kher, who shared screen space with Aamir in "Dil", "Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin" among others, hit out at him saying, "India has made him what he is".


Union Minister Smriti Irani told NDTV, "Aamir Khan is able to speak his mind, it proves India is tolerant.":

The winter session of Parliament promises to begin with a bang on Thursday. The Congress has given notice for a discussion on intolerance in the Lok Sabha, says leader of the opposition in the lower house, Mallikarjun Kharge. 


The party move comes in the aftermath of the Aamir Khan's statement at an award ceremony yesterday, where he said he was "alarmed" by a number of incidences and his wife Kiran Rao had wondered if they should move out of India.


He also virtually supported those returning their awards, saying one of the ways for creative people to express their dissatisfaction or disappointment is to return their awards.


The BJP said there was little truth to Khan's remarks and that India was, is, and always will be a tolerant nation. "Moving out of the nation, is an individual's choice," party spokesperson Nalin Kohli said.


BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain added that some isolated extreme incidents should not be allowed to define India and took a dig at Aamir Khan wife's suggestion to leave India. "Don't forget India made you a star," Hussain said.

Former environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday met Prakash Javdekar and briefed him on the Congress party's points that need to be articulated at the Climate Change conference. Javdekar says that many political leaders have keen interest in climate change and in fact, these leaders want a day-long discussion in Parliament on the subject. But Congress, which is likely to disrupt this session of parliament as well, may not allow climate change to be discussed in the Lok Sabha.

Environment Minister Prakash Javdekar has taken up the task of putting forth the Indian perspective to counter criticism made by the US administration that India's consumption of coal is way too high causing environmental pollution in the region.

World leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be heading to Paris later this month for COP21, the United Nations' conference on climate change. The challenge for 196 countries is to reach a legally binding agreement to keep global warming below 2 degree Celsius.

Javdekar drew up a calendar to brief the Congress and the Left parties by Wednesday and regional  parties thereafter before he leaves for Paris on November 27 for the Climate Conference.


Today, Javdekar held organised a briefing for the electronic and print media on the conference. Javdekar says that Narendra Modi's foreign visits and the recent Africa summit in Delhi had helped foster the right image ahead of the Climate Change conference.


He said India has regained its lost status in the global arena with Modi meeting foreign heads making it easier ahead of Javdekar's visit to Paris where he has to interact with 160 countries representatives.

Coming out in support of Bollywood star Aamir Khan's remarks on intolerance, the Congress today said what the actor is saying, the whole world is saying and asked the current dispensation to pay heed to the message.


"What Aamir Khan, one of the most respected actor, has said in the presence of many senior BJP people is what the whole world is saying, all of India is saying, all right- minded people are saying," Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said today.


Khan, at an award ceremony yesterday, had said that he was "alarmed" by a number of incidences and his wife Kiran Rao had wondered if they should move out of India.


He also virtually supported those returning their awards, saying one of the ways for creative people to express their dissatisfaction or disappointment is to return their awards.


Taking a dig at BJP, Singhvi said Khan should not be branded as a Congress man for raising the intolerance issue. "I only hope and trust that he will not be referred to as a Congress man. I will only hope and trust he will not be referred to in derogatory terms," the Rajya Sabha MP said. "These are the people whose conscience is speaking. Instead of criticising them, heed should be paid to the message, not shooting the messenger," he added.

The Prime Minister today presented Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong a reproduction of a map of the island of Singapore dating back to 1849. Measuring 52in x 52in and based on a survey that was done during 1842-45, the map depicts topographical details and description of various points in the vicinity of Singapore town above the level of low water spring tides. The reproduction was done from the cartographic collection of the National Archives of India, New Delhi.

Senior BJP leader Dr Murli Manohar Joshi is now distancing himself from LK Advani on the Bihar debacle.


Two days after the crushing defeat in the crucial polls and a day before Diwali, the veterans  -- Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Yashwant Sinha -- lashed out at Team Modi in a statement saying, "To say that everyone is responsible for the defeat in Bihar is to ensure that no one is held responsible. It shows that those who would have appropriated credit if the party had won are bent on shrugging off responsibility for the disastrous showing in Bihar.""


The bonhomie within the old guard seems to have vanished now.


An insider in the party says that Dr Joshi after having two rounds of discussions with RSS leaders will be heading to its headquarters in Nagpur. The meeting has been organised by by Nitin Gadkari and is aimed at ironing out the differences between BJP leaders and Dr Murli Manohar Joshi.


In next few days BJP president Amit Shah is also set to convene the Margadharshak Mandal where issues will be sorted out and a new policy direction towards implementation of BJP's national manifesto will be
deliberated. In short the revival of Ram Mandir might may well be discussed at the Margardharshak Mandal.


Party insiders say that right wing organisations like the Vishva Hindu Parishad and the Sangh Parivar have raised the issue of the Ram Temple construction time and again, but after the Bihar poll results the issue may actually gain currency.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi weighs in on Aamir Khan's statement on the increasing intolerance in the country. The @OfficeOfRG tweeted:  "Instead of branding all those who question the government and Modiji as unpatriotic, anti-national or motivated the govt would do better to reach out to people to understand what's disturbing them. That's the way to solve problems in India - not by bullying, threatening & abusing!"

Aamir Khan had on Monday said that he has been "alarmed" by a number of incidences and his wife Kiran Rao even suggested that they should probably leave the country.

He also virtually supported those returning their awards, saying one of the ways for creative people to express their dissatisfaction or disappointment is to return their awards.

"As an individual, as part of this country as a citizen, we read in the papers what is happening, we see it on the news and certainly, I have been alarmed. I can't deny. I have been alarmed by a number of incidents," he had said.

BJP today insisted that some isolated extreme incidents should not be allowed to define India and took a dig at his wife's suggestion to leave India, saying people move out for many reasons, including for saving taxes.

The ruling party also reminded Khan that his last movie 'PK' was a resounding box office success despite protests by some right wing outfits, stressing that it was a example of how tolerant Indian society is.

Manipur assembly by-polls: BJP wins Thangmeiband and Thongju seats. Congress wins Aizawal North-III seat.

Shashi Tharoor on Aamir Khan's statement about his wife Kiran Rao feeling unsafe in India.

Tharoor says, "Nowhere was Aamir Khan's statement hostile to the govt. He said it in a responsible way. He's a man who commands great national audience, he speaks for all Indians."

"You cant reduce people like Aamir and Shah Rukh to one community or a particular point of view. They are speaking as individuals who really have shown over the years tremendous concern and patriotism for count."

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) yesterday has taken former media baron Peter Mukerjea to Delhi for further questioning and a possible lie detection test to unearth the truth behind the conspiracy to kill Sheena Bora.


NDTV reports that agency officials said it was felt best to question him in Delhi with the supervision of senior officers including the joint director, special director and CBI director.


The CBI is now probing a financial dispute as the most likely reason for the murder, in which Peter, mastermind Indrani Mukherjea, her former husband Sanjeev Khanna and driver Shyamvar Rai took active part.


A magistrate on Monday extended CBI custody of Peter till November 26 on CBI's plea seeking additional remand. Sources said Peter may undergo a lie detection test in the presence of forensic experts at the Central Forensic Science Laboratory.

The counting for Ratlam-Dewas bypolls is underway on Tuesday. Congress is leading by 60,000 votes in Ratlam-Jhabua polls. BJP candidate Gayatri Raje Puar is leading by 30,778 votes in the 12th round in Dewas Assembly bypolls.

Over 59 per cent polling was registered in the by-election to Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh, while over 62 per cent turnout was recorded for Dewas Assembly bypoll.

BJP wins both the seats in Manipur bypoll

The Congress on Tuesday backed Bollywood actor Aamir Khan for his views on rising intolerance in the nation and he hoped Aamir won't be referred to as a 'Congress man' after his remark.


"What Aamir Khan, one of the most respected actor has said, and in the presence of senior BJP people, is what the whole world is saying, all of India is saying, all right-minded people are saying. I only hope and trust that he will not be referred to as a 'Congress man', not to be told as a biased person, he will not be referred to in derogatory terms," Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has backed Bollywood actor Aamir Khan for his views on rising intolerance in the nation and urged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government to take steps to instill a sense of security among citizens.


"Every word that @aamir_khan said is so true. I admire him for speaking up," Kejriwal tweeted. "BJP shud stop silencing voices thro abuses n threats. Its high time centrl govt took concrete steps 2 instil sense of security amngst people," he said in another tweet.


Meanwhile, BJP leader Manoj Tiwari slammed Khan for his remark, saying that the Bollywood actor was free to leave the country if he was so afraid of the prevailing situation.


Speaking at the eighth edition of the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards, Khan had yesterday expressed "alarm" and despondency over the rise in such cases "in the last six to eight months".


He had said that a sense a sense of "insecurity" and "fear" had seeped deep within society. "When I go home and talk to Kiran (Aamir's wife), for the first time she says,"Should we move out of India?," Khan said. "She (Kiran Rao) fears for her child and what the atmosphere around us will be," he added.

Two bombs explode at hotel which was housing the election of judges in Egypt's Al Arish; at least 1 person killed, state TV reports.

Far more than ceasefire violations, actions of the Pakistani Deep State, terrorist incursions, and the separatists in Jammu and Kashmir, the looming threat that can no longer be ignored is the inexorable move towards extreme radicalisation, writes NK Narayanan, Former National Security Advisor and former Governor of West Bengal. Read

@virsanghvi Hey Sanghi Control Rooms:if you ask your trolls to viciously attack Aamir for complaining about intolerance, don't you just prove his point?

The Supreme Court today refused the urgent hearing on a plea seeking a direction to the CBI to register a case against Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for allegedly declaring himself as a British national before company law authorities there.  Recently, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has alleged that the Congress Vice President has claimed himself to be a British national before the authorities in connection with incorporation of a firm.

On Day 2 of PM Narendra Modi's visit, India and Singapore have signed five MoUs. These include a joint declaration on strategic partnership, an agreement on defence cooperation, an agreement on sharing white shipping information, and agreements on cooperation in the fields of arts, heritage archives and library. Here's the full list of MoUs.


The five MoUs are in the fields of: civil aviation, planning, capacity building, urban planning and governance, cyber security and cooperation to combat illicit trafficking in narcotics drugs.


Yesterday, the PM delivered a 20-minute '37th Singapore Lecture - India's Singapore Story' - soon after his arrival. The Indian Prime Minister reached Singapore after his trip to Malaysia in the second and final leg of his four-day visit to southeast Asia.

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday told a court that financial transaction was the motive behind Sheena Bora's murder and that her step-father Peter Mukerjea, a former media magnate and one of the four accused, had knowledge of some incriminating documents.

A Pakistani man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison by an anti-terrorism court for posting a sectarian "hate speech" on Facebook. Saqlain Haider, 32, was arrested on a complaint that he posted hateful sectarian material on October 27.

Kashi Vishwanath temple authorities on Monday denied media reports that they were planning to impose a dress code for the pilgrims and said it had only urged the devotees to wear "decent clothes".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi alongwith his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe will visit Varanasion December 12. Abe is slated to visit India on December 11. Both the leaders also talked about deepening of the Varanasi-Kyoto partnership on the sidelines of 13th ASEAN-India Summit here in the Malaysian capital of Kaula Lumpur.

Veteran journalist, columnist and author Kuldip Nayar was today honoured with 'Lifetime Achievement Award' for his contribution to journalism at the eighth edition of the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Excellence awards for years 2013 and 2014. 

Britain's Royal Air Force has released details of a series of strikes against Islamic State in Iraq, as Prime Minister David Cameron said he believed the UK should join France in bombing the terrorist group in Syria.