I have no aim of entering politics: Priyanka
Zee Media Bureau, New Delhi :Notwithstanding her high decibel poll campaign in family pocket boroughs of Rae Bareli and Amethi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday...
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Priyanka attacks me just to grab headlines: Irani
Agency :The BJP’s Smriti Irani, who takes on Rahul Gandhi in his constituency Amethi in the national election, has dismissed his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s...
China jails man for leaking military data
BBC Online :A man in Guangdong has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for leaking information on China’s military, state media say.News reports have...
Yemen ‘kills 43 al-Qaeda men’
AP :Fighting and airstrikes in an al-Qaida stronghold in southern Yemen killed six suspected militants and four soldiers Sunday, the military said, part of an...
11 crew missing after vessel sinks off HK
BBC Online :At least 11 crew members have been reported missing after two ships collided off the coast of southern Hong Kong, a police official...
Dozens killed in Ukraine fighting and fire; OSCE monitors freed
Reuters, Odessa :At least 42 people were killed in a street battle between supporters and opponents of Russia in southern Ukraine that ended with dozens...
9 dead, 30 hurt as train derails in Maharashtra
TNN, Mumbai :At least 9 passengers were killed and 30 injured when four bogies of the Diva-Sawantwadi passenger train derailed in Maharashtra on the Konkan...
Modi factor changes poll fate of Bihar’s transformer Nitish Kumar
TNN :One of the biggest puzzles of this election is the likely fate of Bihar’s Nitish Kumar. After 15 years of hopeless governance by the...
Bridge collapses in south China, killing 11
AP, Beijing :A stone arch bridge under illegal construction in a village in southern China collapsed, killing 11 people and injuring several others, state media...
Day of mourning in Afghanistan declared
BBC Online :The Afghan government has declared a day of national mourning for hundreds of people killed when a mudslide engulfed their village on Friday.Badakhshan...
Nigeria cracks down before World Economic Forum event
BBC Online :Nigerian security forces have detained several people in Abuja over recent bomb attacks, days before a World Economic Forum event in the capital.Most...
Russia calls on US to help stop Kiev’s military drive
Reuters, Moscow :Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has told his US. counterpart John Kerry that the US. should use its influence to make Ukraine’s government...