Hindu Tailor Hacked To Death By ISIS In Bangladesh
DHAKA -- Three assailants sped up to a Bangladeshi tailor's shop by motorcycle on Saturday, dragged out the Hindu owner and hacked him to death, police said, in an attack claimed by Islamic State....
View ArticleUttarakhand Government Deploys Mi-17 Choppers To Douse Forest Fire
DEHRADUN -- With major fires blighting around 1,900 hectares of forests in Uttarakhand, the government today decided to press two MI-17 helicopters into service as NDRF, SDRF and Army personnel...
View ArticlePetrol Price Hiked By ₹ 1.06/Litre, Diesel By ₹ 2.94/Litre
NEW DELHI -- Petrol price was yesterday hiked by Rs 1.06 per litre and diesel by Rs 2.94 a litre. Petrol in Delhi will cost Rs 62.19 per litre from midnight on Friday as against Rs 61.13 previously,...
View ArticleJat Reservation Row: Section 144 Imposed In Jind As Leaders Start 'Jail...
JIND -- The district administration in Jind, Haryana, has clamped prohibitory orders for two days with the Jat leaders threatening to hold 'jail bharo' movement beginning today demanding the release of...
View ArticleChhota Rajan Faces Death Threat From Chhota Shakeel In Tihar Jail
NEW DELHI -- Underworld don Chhota Rajan, deported to India after being caught from Bali in Indonesia in October last year, continues to face death threat even inside the high security Tihar jail where...
View ArticlePriyanka Chopra Attends White House Correspondents' Dinner
WASHINGTON -- Indian actress Priyanka Chopra is glad to meet US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as she attended the White House Correspondents' Dinner here. Lovely to meet the very...
View ArticleRajasthani Teenager Over Grandmother's Job At A Construction Site To Feed Her...
DUNGARPUR, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For Anita, the eldest daughter in a family in Rajasthan, a family tragedy means she has had to leave school and go to work, unlike her friends, doing an...
View ArticleThese Muppets Are Teaching Young Kids How To Manage Their Finances
NEW DELHI -- Muppets and other fun-filled activities are now being used to help children acquire healthy financial skills and behaviour under a new multimedia initiative in the city. The "Sapna,...
View ArticleRajasthan Govt Suspends 6 Officials In Rehabilitation Home Deaths Case
JAIPUR -- The Rajasthan Government on Sunday suspended two deputy directors, one coastal superintendent, one caretaker and two doctors in connection with the death of 11 people, including seven...
View ArticleAgustaWestland Chopper Controversy: Manohar Parrikar To Present Deal Details...
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Sunday that he would present the detailed chronology of the AgustaWestland chopper deal before Parliament on Wednesday. "I will place the detailed chronology...
View ArticleParineeti Chopra Credits Her Weight Loss To 'Bollywood Pressure'
MUMBAI -- Many have criticised Parineeti Chopra's drastic weight loss, saying she succumbed to Bollywood's preference for skinny girls, but the actress admits she is only thankful for this "pressure"...
View ArticlePrime Minister Narendra Modi Passed His MA With A First Class Degree: Report
Prime Minister Narendra Modi passed his Masters of Arts degree in political science from Gujarat University with flying colours, according to a report in Ahmedabad Mirror. Even though the PM's...
View ArticleIndia Tells Iran It Will Clear $6.5 Billion Of Its Oil Dues
NEW DELHI -- Keen to step up engagement in hydrocarbon sector with Iran, India has conveyed to the Persian Gulf nation that it was ready to clear nearly USD 6.5 billion of the dues for oil import from...
View ArticleMeet Ankit Love, The 32-Year-Old 'Maharaja Of Jammu & Kashmir' Running For...
Ankit Love, a British-Dogra musician who calls himself the “Maharaja of the sovereign state of Jammu and Kashmir”, is the youngest candidate in the London Mayor race. However, his is quite a mysterious...
View ArticleWATCH: Ranbir Kapoor And Deepika Padukone In This Intense Deleted Scene From...
Imtiaz Ali's Tamasha, which released in November last year, polarised both audiences as well as critics. Despite stellar performances by once real-life couple Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone, the...
View ArticleISIS Sex Slave Claims Siddhartha Dhar Is The New Jihadi John
LONDON -- Indian-origin Islamic State terrorist from Britain Siddhartha Dhar, dubbed as the "New Jihadi John", is a senior commander of the dreaded outfit, according to a media report. Nihad Barakat, a...
View ArticleHere's Everything You Need To Get Up To Speed With The Surge Pricing Debate
Taxi hailing start-ups and apps have changed the way we commute. And some of them, such as Uber and Ola, have a business model where they demand a higher fare when demand goes up. This ‘surge pricing’...
View ArticleWATCH: This Video Of Katrina Kaif Singing 'Bare Necessities' From 'The Jungle...
Actor Hrithik Roshan, who has recently been in the news for a controversy regarding his alleged relationship with actress Kangana Ranaut, shared a refreshing video on his Instagram on Sunday. The video...
View ArticleRSS To Temples: Stop Spending Money On Extravagant Festivities, Focus On...
After advocating for women's entry in places of worship, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) now wants temples to stop ostentatious festivities and instead focus on charity, reports Hindustan Times....
View ArticleTwitter Is None Too Impressed With CIA's Retro-Tweets On Osama Raid
On 1 May, 2011, US special forces carried out an operation to attack the residence of then Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. They succeeded in killing the terrorist mastermind,...
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