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Turkey's military killed 18 Islamic State terrorists in northern Syria over the last 24 hours, the army said, intensifying strikes against the militant group.Four buildings and one vehicle used by the Islamic State fighters were destroyed in the strikes, an army statement said.Separately, five...
20:45
An American woman has announced 30 days of sex sanctions against her husband.Appealing to the global community on Reddit, the husband in question related the events since Tuesday but stopped short of calling them the actions of a rogue, or hostile spouse.The husband also argued that such a...
20:15
De Niro has had a lot to say during and in the aftermath of the US elections. First describing how he would like to punch Mr Trump in the face and then declaring he would no longer like to do so, the Raging Bull actor's palpable confusion embodies the disbelief felt across America. He said...
19:48
At leas thirty people have been killed and scores of others injured as a result of huge blast in the crowded Shah Noorani Shrine in Hub town of Balochistan's Lasbela District on Saturday evening, police said.As per sources, at least thirty dead bodies have been take to hospital. The death toll...
19:23
A man has been shot at an anti-Trump rally in Portland, Oregon, where demonstrations against the president-elect had already become violent.Portland police reported projectiles were thrown at them by protesters before a shooting was reported on Morrison Bridge in the centre of city.In a...
19:21
Post offices across Maharashtra and Goa have collected as well as exchanged the demonetisedcurrency notes worth around Rs 435 crore within two days, a senior official said today.After Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, people have been thronging...
18:46
Endless queues, chaos and agitated crowd -- scenes outside most banks and ATMs across the country as millions rush to exchange and deposit discontinued currency. But amidst the hassled crowd are some who have tried to ease this transition by helping strangers at a time of need.To deal with the...
18:26
A US national has been apprehended by police after he allegedly flew a drone near the high-security Taj Mahal.Officials said the incident was reported around 2 pm yesterday when a small white-coloured drone was spotted twice near the historical monument which is a tight security zone.A joint...
18:07
In a fallout of demonetisation, a bride's father suffered a massive stroke in Bihar's Kaimur district and later died fearing that the groom's family might not accept the amount of Rs 35,000 demanded as dowry in Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes.The victim Ram Awadh Sah, 45, had fixed the marriage...
17:36
The election of Donald Trump and running mate Mike Pence set off panic in gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities across the country, as people worried which of their divisive campaign promises would come true.Would the President-elect make good on his pledge to repeal the Affordable...
17:10
JUST IN: Narinder Batra becomes first Indian to be elected as International Hockey Federation president
17:04
There is no beating Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media. So while there was a backlash on his twitter handle @narendramodi soon after the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes was announced, his number of followers has bounced back to keep the growth trajectory consistent. As per...
16:46
Twitter users have flooded the micro-blogging website with calls to assassinate the US president-elect Donald Trump and the US authorities were probing the threat, media reported on Saturday. Some posts called for both Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence to be assassinated, and theres even...
16:07
Rock star Sting will on Saturday reopen the Bataclan, the revered Paris concert hall where extremists massacred 90 people, with a hugely symbolic show to mark the first anniversary of France's bloodiest terror attacks.Scores of survivors of the Bataclan assault -- the worst of the gun and suicide...
15:40
As people line up outside banks and ATMs to deposit the now-illegal Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley held a meeting with the heads of several banks, including SBI and PNB. Following the media, he is addressing the media on the currency ban. >> The currency...
14:53
A Gujarat-based evening newspaper, which published a news item as a prank on its readers on April Fools Day saying the government will scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, has been flooded with calls ever since the government demonetised them. The daily --...
14:37
JUST IN: One soldier succumbed to his injuries last night in a ceasefire violation in the Keran sector of Jammu-Kashmir.
14:33
Renewing her attack on the Modi government for demonetisation of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today demanded withdrawal of this black political decision saying it is against the common people.Withdraw this 'black' political decision which is anti-commoner....
14:06
J Jayalalithaa's lung infection is now fully under control and she can leave whenever she feels fit, the chairman of Apollo Hospitals, where the Tamil Nadu chief minister has been recovering for nearly two months, said today.Jayalalithaa's infection is fully under control. She can go whenever she...
13:48
The Centre today dismissed the rumours of shortage of salt in the market and said adequate stocks are available across the country, including Uttar Pradesh, Delhi-NCR and Tamil Nadu.The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, which comes under the ministry of commerce and Industry, in a...
13:37
The demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 banknotes is unlikely to help the government suck out black money from the economy as hoarders keep a tiny portion of their ill-gotten wealth in hard cash, going by income-tax data. Cash recovery has been less than six per cent of the...
13:16
While addressing the Indian diaspora in Japan, PM Modi spoke of his huge fight against black money in the form of the demonetisation of the Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes. Here are the highlights of his speech:>> I salute each and every Indian. Many families had weddings, health...
13:01
Demonetised Rs 1,000 notes were found flowing in Ganga river at Nayaghat area here, police said. According to reports, boatmen got into a fight after spotting the invalid Rs 1,000 notes flowing in the river yesterday after which police was informed. Nineteen Rs 1,000 notes in a torn...
12:31
PM Modi's demonetisation move may be hailed by many for its efforts against black money. However, a post speaking of a cabbie's reaction has gone viral with over 27,000 reactions. New Delhi-based Viplav Arora booked a cab to take him to the railway station. Since he only had Rs 500 notes...
11:55
After the Supreme Court on Friday issued suo motu contempt notice to its former judge Markandey Katju, the latter launched a personal attack on the bench in a series of tweets calling the decision the result of a pre-arranged drama.Slamming the bench's decision to issue him a contempt notice,...
11:31
Few prognosticators predicted a Donald Trump victory ahead of Tuesday night. Polls showed Hillary Clinton comfortably ahead, and much of America (chiefly the media) failed to anticipate the wave of pro-Trump support that propelled him to victory. But a Washington, DC-based professor insisted that...
11:19
Dharmendra Singh, a journalist with the Hindi newspaper Dainik Bhaskar, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Bihar's Rohtas in wee hours on Saturday.Singh was standing at a tea stall near his house early in morning when three bike-borne assailants opened fire on him, peppering his chest...
10:53
3 killed and 13 others injured in explosion at Bagram Airfield, the largest US base in Afghanistan.We can confirm there was an explosion at Bagram Airfield this morning just after 5:30 a.m. There have been casualties. Our Force Protection and medical teams are responding to the situation. As we...
09:38
As expected, the highlight of the visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Japan has been the signing of the civil nuclear cooperation agreement in Tokyo on Friday. The 6-year long protracted negotiations have reached a successful end. This is Japan's first such nuclear deal with a non-NPT...
09:34
Australia suffered humiliation in the second Test against the Proteas at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart as they were bowled out for 85 on the opening day of the second Test. Their innings lasted just 32.5 overs, making it their second shortest innings at home since the Perth Test in 1984,...
09:20
For a third night since Donald Trump was elected the 45th president, anti-Trump protests have erupted with thousands marching from every corner of the country.On Friday, protests were scheduled in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Greensboro, Honolulu, Indianapolis, Omaha, Orlando and Washington...
08:51
President-elect Donald Trump has shaken up his White House transition team, appointing Vice President-elect Mike Pence as its head and three of his children as part of the group that would shape the direction of Trump's administration beginning January 2017. Trump, who won the general...
08:40
Facebook accidently declared live users dead, acknowledging after fixing the problem that it had committed a terrible error. For a brief period, a message meant for memorialised profiles was mistakenly posted to other accounts, a Facebook spokesperson told AFP. This was a terrible error...
08:29
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a three-day visit to Japan, took a ride on the famous Shinkansen bullet train in Tokyo today.Accompanied by his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, PM Modi is traveling to Kobe by the train.Putting #IndiaJapan relations on the fast track! PM @narendramodi and...
08:21
Donald Trump's administration would build on progress made in Indo-US ties and be less tolerant of Pakistan's dual policies on terror, but the issue of H-1B visas could be a potential area of friction with New Delhi, a noted US expert on South Asian issues has said. It seems likely that a...
00:21
First Lady Michelle Obama has achieved so much in her eight-year tenure in the White House: She's assisted veterans and their families, given knockout speeches (including one at the Democratic National Convention this summer) on topics she feels passionately about, transformed the way that kids...
00:20
Actor Robert Vaughn has died at the age of 83 after a short battle with leukaemia. The star, best known for his role as Napoleon Solo in The Man From U.N.C.L.E., died surrounded by his family, his manager said today. The father-of-two is survived by wife Linda, son Cassidy and daughter...
00:16
Day one of Donald Trumps America came with countless acts of hate that were carried out by his supporters against several of the countrys most marginalized groups. Day two was no different. Since Tuesday, people from all types of communities - black, Latino, Muslim, Jewish, Asian, queer...
00:12
Deadline extended: Rs 500, Rs 1,000 notes valid for key utilities till Nov 14Pay up to Rs 8,500 extra per air ticket so that aam aadmi can fly!Amid cash rush, RBI asks people to be patientAfter 6 years of toil, India and Japan ink historic nuclear dealWhen people standing in bank queue found...
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