Malala visits Nigeria
Pakistani rights activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education, has pledged while on a...
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No proposal to repeal Article 370
PTI, New Delhi :The government has no proposal to repeal Article 370 of the Constitution that grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Lok Sabha...
Bastille Day celebrated
French President François Hollande on Monday reviewed the annual Bastille Day military parade attended by soldiers from 76 nations once involved in World War I...
Twelve killed, 120 hurt in Moscow subway accident
Reuters, Moscow :Twelve people were killed on Tuesday and up to 120 injured when a Moscow underground train derailed between two stations during the morning...
Hague quits, Philip Hammond new Foreign Secretary
Education Secretary Michael Gove is to become the new chief whip in the most wide-ranging cabinet reshuffle of David Cameron’s premiership.He has been replaced by...
Iraq army launches Tikrit offensive, politicians elect speaker
Reuters, Baghdad :Iraq’s army and Shi’ite militia forces launched an assault on Tuesday to retake the city of Tikrit from Islamist militants as parliamentarians in...
Modi meets Xi Jinping ahead of BRICS summit
PTI, Fortaleza :In a significant development, China on Tuesday invited India to attend a summit of Asia and Pacific (APEC) leaders as Prime Minister Narendra...
Congress-BJP spar over Vaidik-Hafiz Saeed meet
With Congress launching fresh offensive on the NDA government, Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday said that the MEA did not facilitate free-lance...
Indian leader dies at 94
BBC Online :Giriraj Kishore, a senior leader of the hardline Hindu organisation VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad or World Hindu Council), has died after a long...
Fighting flares near Luhansk
BBC Online :Fighting has flared outside the rebel-held east Ukrainian city of Luhansk, with rebels saying government forces tried to storm the city with tanks.Rebel...