Rajnath defends price rise
ANI, Khajuraho :Union Minister Rajnath Singh, who is here on a short visit, defended inflation during Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rule, saying that policies are...
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Putin orders central Russia forces on ‘full combat alert’
AP, Moscow :Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday ordered military forces in central Russia on combat alert as well as a drill of airborne troops,...
Pak copters pound rebel hideouts, killing 30
AFP, Pakistan :Helicopter gunships pounded militant targets in Pakistan’s northwest on Saturday, killing up to 30 rebels, as the number of civilians fleeing an expected...
Kevlar inventor Stephanie Kwolek dies
BBC Online :The inventor of Kevlar, the lightweight fibre used in bulletproof vests and body armour, has died aged 90.Stephanie Kwolek was a chemist at...
Gun battle flares as Israeli soldiers seek missing teens
Reuters, West Bank :Israeli forces traded gunfire with Palestinians on Thursday, the military said, in the fiercest street battles in the occupied West Bank since...
Global refugees now 50m
BBC Online :The number of people forced to flee their homes because of war or persecution exceeded 50 million in 2013, the first time since...
Iraqi forces ready push after Obama offers advisers
Reuters, Baghdad :Iraqi forces were massing north of Baghdad on Friday, aiming to strike back at Sunni Islamists whose drive toward the capital prompted the...
Obama extends family leave rights of gay couples
Reuters, Washington :President Barack Obama on Friday will announce a rule that makes legally married same-sex couples eligible for benefits under the Family and Medical...
Car bomb `kills dozens` in Hama province
BBC Online :A car bomb has killed at least 34 people in a Syrian government-controlled village in central Hama province, state media say.More than 50...
Doc-couple murderer escapes from prison
BBC Online :A man serving a life sentence for the brutal murder of a couple from south Wales on their honeymoon in Antigua has escaped...
Speedboat death wife Victoria Milligan in kill cord plea
BBC Online :A woman whose husband and daughter died in a speedboat accident has urged other boat users to wear a safety kill cord.The Milligan...
300 separatists killed in fighting: Ukraine
Reuters, KIEV :Fighting raged for a second successive day in the east of Ukraine on Friday, a day after clashes in which Ukrainian government forces...