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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi vowed today to retaliate against the Islamic State group after it launched a chemical attack on a town near Kirkuk. The suspected mustard gas attack on Taza that left a three-year-old girl dead will not go unpunished, the premier said in a statement.A large...
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In the biggest makeover the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has witnessed in its history, the unique khaki knickers will make way for trousers to help the organization achieve resonance with the youth.Highly places sources in the RSS have told India Today that a decision on uniform change has been...
21:56
In an attempt to improve the relationship, Minister of State for Urban Development Babul Supriyo sang a Bollywood number for Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.While sharing the stage for the launch of the NDMC app, NDMC311, the BJP MP sang a song from Bollywood movie 'Hum Tum', asking the Delhi...
21:44
Railways today stated that some websites have given false advertisement about recruitment drive in the Railway Protection Force and said no suchnotification has been issued by the Ministry or RPF. Some websites are spreading false information regarding recruitment of about 18,000...
21:19
A South African teen may have discovered a piece of the missing MH370 plane while strolling at a beach in Mozambique.Liam Lotter said he found the piece during a family vacation in the east African nation in December.We stumbled across what seemed like a curved sort of gray object, the...
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Amid blasts of explosives and camouflaging smoke, US and South Korean marines and sailors stormed a beach aboard assault vehicles Saturday in a mock amphibious landing.The carefully choreographed drill begins a much larger, eight-week series of annual joint military exercises between the US and...
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Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, today called on Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh here and apprised him about various activities of her organisation.During the 20-minute meeting, Gates briefed the Home Minister about the ongoing projects of the Foundation in...
20:24
A minor boy was made to stand naked outside his coaching class here as a punishment, while another underage student accompanied him wearing just a T-shirt, leading police to book two persons for the incident.The shocking incident came to light today when a video featuring the two boys, aged about...
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The Pakistan men's cricket team arrived in Kolkata on Saturday evening after high drama over the last few days to play the ICC World Twenty20. The 27-member contingent had left for India immediately after they got the government's nod. Security was tightened at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose...
19:49
Explosion near an oil pump in Minuthong area of Manipur's capital Imphal, one person injured. According to the initial reports, this could be a grenade blast. Incident took place around 7 pm, say Manipur Police.More details are awaited.
19:44
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Saturday slammed Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad for comparing them with the terrorist group ISIS, saying that such a remark showed intellectual bankruptcy of the grand old party.Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad comparing ISIS with RSS, exhibits the intellectual bankruptcy...
19:28
Ben Affleck, who plays a world-weary, disillusioned superhero in In Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, has revealed that his trusted sidekick Robin is dead and is being mourned by the Caped Crusador at the beginning of the movie.Batman is bitterly disappointed... that he's lost this guy who...
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Chief of Staff of Northern Command at Udhampur, Lt Gen N P S Hira, has been appointed as Deputy Chief of Army Staff and would assume office on March 14. Lt Gen N P S Hira, who is presently posted as Chief of Staff of Northern command at Udhampur, has been posted to Army Headquarters at Delhi to...
18:53
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton today expressed grave concern over divisive campaign rhetoric by her rivals and called for collectively addressing the anger of the people.The divisive rhetoric we are seeing should be of grave concern to us all. We all have our differences, and...
18:33
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday sought to draw a parallel between the Islamic State and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh over their alleged attempts to divide communities, saying Muslims oppose both of them.We see among Muslims too, who have become reason of destruction of Muslim...
18:23
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit West Bengal towards the end of this month for election campaign, according to state BJP president Dilip Ghosh.Ghosh said that party's Bengal unit had suggested some dates for his campaign visit.We want Modiji to campaign from towards the end of this...
18:04
Actor Anupam Kher has said he does not mind being called a 'chamcha' (stooge) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who works day and night for the country and wondered why children cannot chant slogans in admirationof a prime minister.Why can't our children chant slogans in admiration of our prime...
17:07
Ram Gopal Varma has done it again. The filmmaker -- known for his brash views -- took to Twitter to comment on the topic du jour, Vijay Mallya and his crores of unpaid debts.However, according to a Firstpost report, Varma had an unusual suggestion on how the banks might recover the money...
16:54
The United Nations Security Council has endorsed a new policy by which soldiers facing allegations of sexual abuse can be repatriated.Keeping in view of the rise in sex abuse claims against peacekeepers, Egypt abstained from the United States-drafted resolution, which was adopted by a vote of...
16:18
Finally, old-friends-turned-foes, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared stage, and both were smiling.The occasion was inauguration of Digha-Sonepur rail-cum-road bridge in Hajipur, Bihar.The PM inaugurated the bridge, saying, This project was initiated when...
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Asserting that quality of argument and judgement will improve with the introduction of technology, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday batted for the augmentation of judiciary aided by technology.Today we have something that we didn't have earlier, that is the power of technology. Let's...
15:16
Wing Commander C K Sharma (retd) was placed in judicial custody by a Gurgaon court on Saturday till March 25 for alleged financial irregularities committed in an organisation for defence veterans and their widows.He has been booked under Sections 420 (cheating), 406 (punishment for criminal...
14:45
Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda came out in support of Vijay Mallya on Saturday, saying he (Mallya) 'is a son of Karnataka soil and he is not running away'.The government has given a reply on Mllya. The ED (Enforcement Directorate) has given the summons and he has already replied, Deve...
14:27
Eight defence personnel onboard an Indian Air Force Avro aircraft escaped a major mishap after a tyre burst while landing at the Jolly Grant Airport in Dehradun.Lucknow Central Command General Officer Commanding Lt General B S Negi was among the four Indian Army and four Indian Air Force...
14:08
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has decided to impose restrictions on wilful defaulters. The Board has decided to bar them from public issue of securities, taking control of listed firms.The Board also discussed the plan of action for FY 2016-17. Important proposed activities include...
14:04
National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut Scott Kelly will retire from the agency, effective April 1, ending his 20 years of service.The announcement from the 52-year-old comes barely two weeks after he returned to earth from his year in space.'This year-in-space mission was a...
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After writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention in safeguarding their interest, employees of Vijay Mallya's now defunct Kingfisher Airlines are set to file a case in the Supreme Court in order to get their dues from the company.The employees are in touch with senior lawyer...
12:55
A 112 year-old Israeli man, who is an Auschwitz survivor, has become the world's oldest living man, the Guinness World Records organization said Friday.Israel Kristal, who is 112 years and 178 days as of Friday, received his Guinness World Records' certificate at his home in Haifa.I don't know...
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Rejecting a report which claimed that an RTI reply received from the Ayush ministry stated that it does not recruit Muslims as a policy, Ayush minister Sripad Naik said it is totally false and he will order a probe into the matter.It is totally false. I strongly condemn it. Its an attempt to...
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Amid the controversy surrounding liquor baron Vijay Mallya, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday put the onus on Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that the Central Bureau of Investigation could not have let the bureaucrat leave the country without the former's approval as they...
11:09
A 27-member Pakistan cricket contingent left for India to take part in the Twenty20 World Cup, finally ending days of uncertainty over their participation in the mega event.The team will be reaching Kolkata via Abu Dhabi.The Pakistan squad including 15 players, 12 officials and support staff...
10:33
Republican front-runner Donald Trump has cancelled his rally in Chicago after protesters packed into the arena where it was to take place. There were isolated physical confrontations between some members of the crowd after the event was cancelled.The announcement that the billionaire businessman...
10:20
Managing Director of International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde said on Saturday that India's stars are shining bright with promise of more reforms. Speaking at Advancing Asia conference, the IMF chief said lauded Aadhaar, saying it is a ground breaking way to deliver targeted...
09:26
Two Border Security Force personnel have been killed and four injured in a fierce encounter which is underway with Maoists in Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.In the special operations which were launched from Kanker last night by 170,122 and 165 Battalions of the BSF with the civil police near...
03:54
CNN reports: The North Korean regime lost contact with one of its submarines earlier this week, three US officials familiar with the latest information told CNN.US spy satellites, aircraft and ships have been secretly watching for days as the North Korean navy searched for the missing sub.The US...
03:52
Within the latest viral hashtag lies a powerful campaign against colourism and the need for solidarity between dark-skinned people across the world.#UnfairAndLovely highlights the marginalisation and discriminatory beauty standards dark-skinned women experience in countries where fair skin is...
03:49
US Secretary of State John Kerry landed today at a sprawling military facility in northeastern Saudi Arabia where the kingdom just finished a three-week-long counter-terrorism drill that included 20 nations and which observers say was a show of force against its foes.Kerry touched down at the...
03:31
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, located in the Bay of Bengal, northwest of the pivotal maritime choke point at the Strait of Malacca, are an immensely valuable geopolitical asset for India, particularly as it looks to 'Act East' and play an increasingly more visible role in the eastern Indian...
03:29
Alan Amron has invented a battery-powered squirt gun, a digital photo frame, even a laser system that may someday provide a visible first-down line for fans inside NFL stadiums. He holds 40 US patents, but he's most interested in an invention for which he gets no credit: the Post-it Note, that...
03:27
Libya has been beset by chaos since Nato-backed forces overthrew long-serving ruler Col Muammar Gaddafi in October 2011.US President Barack Obama has partly blamed David Cameron for the mess, saying the UK leader has not done enough to support the North African nation whose instability is...
03:23
A former aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin found dead in a Washington hotel suffered blunt force injuries to the head, not a heart attack as initially claimed, the US capital's chief medical examiner said.Mikhail Lesin, 57, a former press minister accused of curtailing media freedoms in...
03:23
Egypt's state news agency says the Arab League has formally branded Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group a terrorist organisation. MENA says the decision came during the league foreign ministers' meeting on Friday.The move aligns the 22-member league firmly behind Saudi Arabia and the Saudi-led...
03:21
Sri Sri's World Cultural Festival starts off on a highJNU revokes Kanhaiya's suspension, submits report on Afzal Guru protestChina at it again, intrudes 6 km into LadakhTharoor's bill to decriminalise gay sex defeated againHeavy water leakage at Kakrapar atomic plant, 1 unit shutGovt takes Rs...
