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The first victim of the AirAsia plane crash was today identified as a female flight attendant as authorities conducted forensic examination of two of the nine bodies recovered from the Java Sea.Hayati Lutfiah Hamid's body was returned to her family after her identity was confirmed by fingerprints...
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A video of police mock drill showing dummy militants shouting pro-Islamic slogan emerged today in Gujarat, a day after controversy erupted over men, playing the part of terrorists, being made to wear skullcaps in a similar exercise in Surat.Reacting to the Surat episode that came to light...
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BJP President Amit Shah will hold a press conference in Fri at 3:30 pm at Garware Club, Wankhede Stadium, Church Gate, Mumbai.
20:15
Former Minister of State for External Affairs Kamala Sinha passed away in the US, her family said here. She was 82. Sinha, who was a member of former Prime Minister I K Gujral's cabinet, died at Syracuse in New York, USA. She is survived by three daughters and four grandsons.She was...
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan today said he is not associated with any ad film of the Narendra Modi government. There were reports that the 72-year-old actor would feature in a TV ad which seeks to ask Indians to rise above religion for inclusive development.Bachchan took to micro-blogging site...
19:49
The government is likely to issue details for the upcoming spectrum auction in the 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2100 MHz band by January 6. The cabinet will also take a decision on the base price for the spectrum auction -- scheduled for February 23 -- next week. The department of Telecom...
19:43
Pakistan today said it was vigorously pursuing the 2008 Mumbai attack case and described as 'unfortunate' the 'hype' created on grant of bail to Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the mastermind of the deadly assault.The case is sub-judice. It is unfortunate that an unnecessary hype was created on grant of...
18:54
Renowned UK-based economist and politician of Gujarati origin, Lord Meghnad Desai, has been selected by the Vishwa Gujarat Samaj for being conferred with the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Vishwa Pratibha Award, for his contribution to society as a Gujarati.Gujarat Governor O P Kohli is set to present...
18:52
As ceasefire violations by Pakistan continued unabated, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said Islamabad does not seem to learn any lesson. Pakistan does not like to stay quiet even on New Year day. They started (cross-border) firing at 12.30 pm and don't seem to learn (any) lesson,...
18:42
Around 30,000 refugees hit by NDFB violence in Assam have returned to their homes since yesterday as 10 relief camps were closed with a slight improvement in the situation though nearly 2.37 lakh people are still lodged in these temporary shelters.According to an official release by the Assam...
18:03
Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attack, was today sent back to a Rawalpindi jail after a court here remanded him to 14 days judicial custody for the abduction of an Afghan national. Lakhvi, 54, was...
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As Pakistan resorted to fresh firing from across the border, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said if anyone dares to cast an evil eye on India, security forces will give a fitting response.Our jawans are protecting the border with all their might. No one can dare cast an evil eye on India. Even...
17:41
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today claimed that Congress would get majority in the state if assembly elections are held this year.We'll get majority if assembly elections are held this year as people can see that the BJP has already made an U-turn from all the promises they had made before...
17:17
The Left Front in West Bengal has demanded to immediately declassify the secret files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and declare his birthday on January 23 as 'Desh Prem diwas'.In his letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday, Left Front chairman Biman Bose asked Modi to take...
17:14
Breaking with past practice, Congress today released its first list of 24 candidates for Delhi assembly polls repeating all its eight MLAs and 12 others who were runner-ups in the 2013 assembly election in which the party had suffered a setback. Usually the Congress list comes during the...
16:53
Just in: Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi has been sent to a 14-day judicial custody on charges of kidnapping.More details are awaited
16:49
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today debuted on micro-blogging site Twitter and greeted the people on New year.Her very first tweet from '@MamataOfficial' read: A New Year. A new beginning for me on Twitter. Mamata Banerjee has always been comfortable addressing large gatherings and...
16:33
The government plans to amend the Whistleblowers' Protection Act to keep the issues of national security and sovereignty out of its ambit. As the original legislation passed by Parliament earlier this year does not have the provision to safeguard against disclosures affecting sovereignty of the...
16:29
Pakistani army gunships pounded militant hideouts in the restive North Waziristan province on Wednesday killing 23 suspected militants.The airstrikes were carried out in the far-flung Shawal valley that sits on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.This region has become one of new...
16:25
Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi possesses a double barrel gun and a rifle worth Rs one lakh, but he is no match to most of his ministers when it comes to wealth.His total movable and immovable assets worth Rs 66.81 lakh. Bihar chief minister and 30 ministers of his cabinet declared their...
16:04
While Tyeb Mehta was top-selling artist this past year, his contemporary V S Gaitonde remained the all-time most expensive artist in auctions held in India. The country's art market confidence ended 34 per cent higher than 12 months ago, according to art-market analysts ArtTactic, who...
16:00
The Congress has released its first list of 24 candidates for Delhi assembly polls.
15:50
The Modi government is starting the New Year with the resolve to wipe out terror and it has cracked down on websites that have been carrying anti-India views and spreading the propaganda of the Islamic State.RFead the story HERE
15:34
At least 20 people have been killed in Afghanistan when a wedding party was hit by a stray rocket, officials say.More than 40 others were wounded when the rocket struck a house being used to host the wedding in the southern province of Helmand. Most of the dead and injured were women and...
15:30
Doomed AirAsia jet's black box which is crucial to solve the mystery surrounding the crash may take a week to be found, an Indonesian official said today, as searchers raced against time and weather to recover bodies and plane wreckage in the Java Sea.Indonesian Transportation Safety...
15:24
Tibetan spiritual leader and Nobel peace prize winner Dalai Lama, who is on his maiden visit to Gujarat, today said he considers Indians as his Guru. My mind is filled with Nalanda (an ancient Buddhist Monastery) thoughts. That is an ancient Indian institute. So, therefore I consider you Indians...
15:21
Asaram Bapu was today taken to AIIMS here amidst high security for examination by a medical board following a Supreme Court direction in connection with his bail application in the Jodhpur rape case.Heavy security had been put in place to control his supporters who arrived in large numbers at...
14:45
Egypt's highest court has accepted the appeal of three jailed journalists who work for Al Jazeera and granted them a retrial, the journalists' lawyers said.Peter Greste, Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were convicted in June of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood. They were sentenced to seven...
14:39
Father of the December 16 Delhi gangrape victim, who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi yesterday, said the family is confident of getting justice in the case.The prime minister condoled their loss and assured them that the Union government was considering stringent action against juvenile...
14:26
Mercury plummeted in Kashmir Valley today after a slight respite for few days, dropping further below the freezing point with Kargil recording a new low of minus 15.8 degrees Celsius this season.Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a minimum temperature of minus 4.8 degrees...
14:21
A dazzling show of New Year's eve gala using 70,000 LED bulbs around the world's tallest building Burj Khalifa here has broken the Guinness World Record of the 'Largest LED-Illuminated Facade'.The never-before-seen show of fireworks, Light Emitting Diode lights and laser beam displays became one...
14:16
A stampede at a New Year's celebration in the heart of Shanghai killed at least 35 people -- the worst disaster to hit one of China's biggest cities in recent years.More than 40 people were also wounded as hundreds of thousands of revellers crammed into Shanghai's popular riverfront Bund area for...
14:08
India lost 64 tigers due to various reasons in 2014 with Tamil Nadu topping the chart with the maximum number of deaths, according to National Tiger Conservation Authority.Tamil Nadu saw 15 tigers deaths followed by Madhya Pradesh, which witnessed 14 deaths, says the data on tigernet.nic.in. MP's...
14:07
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won the backing of his hard-line Likud party in its primary and will lead it into general elections this March, Israeli media reported Thursday.With about 20 percent of the ballots cast Wednesday counted, Israeli media said Netanyahu had won the support...
13:59
The Pakistan government today challenged Islamabad High Court's order suspending Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi's detention under a public security order in the Supreme Court.The interior ministry today challenged the Islamabad high court's order to suspend the Mumbai attack...
05:05
The US military today confirmed killing the intelligence chief of Somalia's Shebab militants in an air strike this week, saying it dealt a setback to the Al-Qaeda-linked group. Somalia's government had already announced that the Shebab figure had been taken out in what it called a joint...
05:00
The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in west Africa has risen to 7,890 out of 20,171 cases recorded, the World Health Organisation has said. Since the previous toll published on Monday, the first confirmed case of Ebola has been diagnosed in Britain. Almost all the deaths and cases have...
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At least 35 people have been killed and dozens injured after a stampede broke out during New Year's celebrations in the Chinese city of Shanghai.CCTV America, citing Sina News, today reported that the cause of the stampede on the Bund, the financial hub's popular waterfront area, was still...
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At least 23 suspected militants were killed today when Pakistani fighter jets targeted their hideouts in Shawal area of North Waziristan Agency. According to an army statement, 23 suspected terrorists were killed when jets targeted the militants' hideouts. Four militant hideouts were...
00:15
Stung by a resounding defeat in the UN Security Council, the Palestinians announced today that they joined the International Criminal Court to pursue war crimes charges against Israel. The move by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas set the stage for a diplomatic showdown with the United...
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The Defense Department announced Wednesday that five more prisoners will be transferred out of Guantanamo Bay to another nation, in the latest step by the Obama administration to whittle down the prisoner population in pursuit of ultimately closing the camp. The five men will be transferred...
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Stormy weather has hindered the efforts of rescuers to recover the victims of AirAsia Flight 8501, even as a seventh body was pulled from the Java Sea Wednesday.Heavy rain, wind, and thick clouds have prevented divers from carrying out their recovery operations and largely grounded helicopters,...
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Stormy weather in the Adriatic Sea thwarted efforts today to tow a fire-ravaged ferry to Italy so authorities can investigate the blaze that killed at least 11 people and search the ferry for more possible dead. Ninety-eight people were still unaccounted for Wednesday after a pre-dawn...
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Cross-border firing: Pak summons Indian Deputy High Commissioner PHOTOS: How the world is ringing in the New YearSurat: 'Terrorists' wear skullcap in mock drill, sparks war of wordsBengaluru blast: Police prepare sketches of suspects4 Pak rangers killed in retaliatory BSF firingAirAsia QZ8501:...
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