The Japanese Cabinet approved today the lifting of sanctions on Iran, following the recent completion of a landmark deal to try to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. The widely expected move will allow Japanese companies to pursue investment in Iran’s oil and gas industry. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters that the government […]
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Delhi police on Friday issued an alert after the driver of a taxi allegedly hijacked by three unidentified men from Pathankot was found murdered, sparking security concerns in the midst of a nationwide crackdown on suspected Islamic State terrorists. Police released photographs of suspects and details of the vehicle through its official Twitter handle saying
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Five members suspected to be involved with terror outfit Islamic State (IS) were arrested and nine others detained by the NIA in cooperation with state police agencies across India, a home ministry official said on Friday. Of the six men who picked up for interrogation by the NIA and police in Karnataka, one is a
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In a bid to defuse the raging controversy, the Centre today decided to set up a judicial commission to go into the dalit student’s suicide in Hyderabad University, which announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs.8 lakh to his family but protests continued. Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke his silence and expressed his grieve
“Do you think you are responsible for this,” Sunny Leone was asked in an interview about the fact that India was now one of the largest consumers of the adult website PornHub. This was followed by: “People think if you see a Sunny Leone film, you will be morally corrupted. I am wondering if I
Ahead of the one-day visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande to Gurgaon, the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Friday asked Haryana police to submit crime status report for Gurgaon, Faridabad and other adjoining districts as part of efforts to ensure proper security arrangements. The two leaders have a programme
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In a major anti-terror swoop across the country ahead of Republic Day, the NIA on Friday took into custody 14 people — suspected to be Islamic State sympathisers and believed to be plotting attacks in different parts of the country. Of the 14 suspects, six have been arrested while eight have been detained for further
Tunisia’s president has vowed to end the cycle of unrest that has pummeled towns across the country as authorities imposed a nationwide curfew five years after the nation, convulsed by protests, overthrew its longtime ruler and moved onto the road to democracy. President Beji Caid Essebsi Friday warned that Tunisia could fall prey to Islamic
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At least 44 people, including 17 children, drowned on Friday in the Aegean Sea as two smuggling boats sunk off different Greek islands. A search-and-rescue operation was underway for others feared trapped in the wreckage. Greek rescuers pulled 74 people to safety after two boats ran into trouble off the Aegean islands of Farmakonisi and
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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has slammed the attack on a restaurant in Somali capital Mogadishu, which killed at least 20 people, a media report said. In a press statement on Friday, the UN body “condemned in the strongest terms” the attack by Al-Shabaab, an Al-Qaeda linked militant group, Xinhua news agency reported. A
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Senior diplomat Syed Akbaruddin would present his credentials as India’s permanent representative to the United Nations to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday. The former high-profile spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs, Akbaruddin had previously served at the Indian Mission to the UN as First Secretary during 1995-98 and focused on UN Security
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25-year-old newly-recruited woman constable of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police was stabbed to death allegedly by her boyfriend in Haldwani today, police said. Vimla Bisht, a resident of Dharchula area in Pithoragarh was stabbed to death by her boyfriend, Navin Singh (25), with a knife in Bhotia Parao area, police said. According to Ram Singh Mehta,
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If reports are to be believed, the man behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s emphatic win in Lok Sabha and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s victory Assembly polls last year – Prashant Kishor is all set to now manage the election campaign of Capt Amarinder Singh of Congress party in Punjab Assembly polls next year. Quoting AICC
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Shiv Sena party founder Bal Thackeray’s memorial at the mayor’s bungalow may not see the light of the day any time soon, with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis seemingly leaning on legalese to delay the process. After announcing the memorial in November 2015 on the third death anniversary of the Shiv Sena chief, Mr Fadnavis has
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Of the six men who were picked up for interrogation by the NIA and police in Karnataka on Friday, one is a 46-year-old US-educated software engineer who was deported from Turkey for attempting to enter Syria. Two of them were arrested — Mohammed Afzal, 35, a software engineer with MNC IHS Global, and Najmal Huda
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It is August, 1990. Kuwait-based Indian businessman Ranjit Katyal (Akshay Kumar) is awoken rudely from slumber by the news that Iraqi forces have attacked the city. It is the sort of awakening that shakes loose Katyal from his cocooned wealthy life, which he shares with his wife Amrita (Nimrat Kaur) and young daughter, forcing him
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday supported Bollywood director and producer Karan Johar for his remark about growing ‘intolerance’ in the country. Kejriwal also attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the intolerance issue. The Delhi CM on Saturday tweeted in Johar’s support and said that, “Karan Johar right. Only one person in this country
A winter storm that could bury parts of the US Middle Atlantic region under nearly 3 feet (90 cm) of snow slammed into Washington on Friday, threatening the nation’s capital with record accumulations as it barrelled up the populous East Coast. The blizzard started to blanket the Washington area during the early afternoon. Six people
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Four people were killed and others injured in a school shooting in a remote part of Saskatchewan on Friday and a male suspect is in custody, Canadian police said. Officials have not given a motivation for the shooting in La Loche, about 600 km north of the city of Saskatoon. “Obviously this is every parent’s
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All vital installations around India Gate and Rashtrapati Bhavan were put on high alert on Friday after Central intelligence agencies received warnings of possible terror attacks here on Republic Day. The intelligence agencies have cautioned that the attacks could be to the tune of the ones that rocked Paris and Jakarta in the recent past,
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On the 119th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today put in the public domain, for the first time, 100 files on the freedom fighter that have been classified till now. PM Modi had, in his meeting with members of the Bose family in October last year, announced that
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India doubts that Pakistan has taken action against anybody of any consequence in Jaish-e-Muhammed, the terror group which allegedly carried out the attack on the Pathankot airbase, a suspicion which may have a bearing on when the Modi government agrees to hold the foreign secretary-level dialogue. Sources in the intelligence establishment here told TOI that,
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“Don’t let me become delicate like a flower. I have lived among the thorns, I will continue to live among the thorns.” This is what Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday while addressing a conference of Agriculture Ministers of states here. “..mujhe phool jaisa nazook mat banne dena. Mein kanton ke beech mein raha
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Students scuffled with police on Tuesday outside Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya’s residence in Hyderabad as protests erupted for the second day over the suicide of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula, an incident which has triggered outrage across the country. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi also headed for Hyderabad on Tuesday to express solidarity with Dalit students,
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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has vowed to bring the culprits behind Sunday’s attack to justice after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a gathering of tribal elders in Jalalabad. According to the Dawn, at least 14 people were killed at a prominent politician’s home in Jalalabad. Ghani said that when terrorists lose the ability
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to arrive here this afternoon to declare Sikkim as the first organic state of the country. Modi will be welcomed by Governor Srinivas Patil and Chief Minister Pawan Chamling who will be accompanied by Cabinet ministers and heads of all state government departments, a state official said. His entourage
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Bhavna Arora, the woman who threw ink on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal while he was to begin his address at a rally here on Sunday, has accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of being involved in a CNG scam. “The odd-even rule was positive, but behind that was a big CNG Scam, of
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Days after comedian Kiku Sharda was arrested for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of his followers, Dera Saccha Sauda leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim is facing similar charges himself. As per a report in Mail Today, All India Hindu Student Federation, in a complaint to Mohali Police, has accused Ram Rahim of hurting religious sentiments by
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As expected, DMK president and former chief minister M Karunanidhi made a political spectacle of a defamation case filed against him by the Tamil Nadu government when he appeared before the principal sessions court — situated on the Madras high court premises — here on Monday. The judge, N Authinathan, took barely a minute to
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Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday made light of the criticism he is facing in the wake of continuing poor results by saying that a review of his leadership can be done only through a PIL. India today suffered a third successive series defeat under Dhoni when the side conceded an unassailable 0-3 lead
