Turks woke on Monday to a country once again under the sole control of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party, which swept back into power in a surprise election win seen as a crucial test for the troubled nation. The AKP party founded by the divisive strongman, who has dominated Turkish politics for […]
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The Islamic State jihadist group on Sunday posted a video claiming responsibility for the brutal murders of a Syrian anti-IS activist and his friend in southern Turkey last week. The video posted online said IS “slaughtered” Ibrahim Abdul Qader, 20, and fellow media activist Fares Hamadi in Sanliurfa on Friday “after they conspired with the
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South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held their first formal bilateral talks on Monday since both leaders took office, seeking to move beyond a bitter wartime history that has haunted ties between two of Washington’s key Asian allies. The meeting is a diplomatic plus for Abe, who had sought two-way
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Security forces in the Somali capital fought for several hours on Sunday before clearing a hotel of Islamist al-Shabaab gunmen who had stormed the building after two bombs ripped into it, police and witnesses said. At least 13 people were killed. Al-Shabaab, which has frequently launched attacks in Mogadishu in its bid to topple the
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Another band of strong storms and heavy rain spawned three tornadoes and dangerous flooding in east Texas on Saturday, with the death toll rising to five after Houston police found two more bodies. It’s the second day of turbulent weather in the state, where at least three people died Friday in flood waters in central
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A Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt broke up “in the air”, an investigator said Sunday, as the bodies of many of the 224 people killed on board were flown home. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urged patience to determine the cause of Saturday’s crash, after the Islamic State jihadist group (IS) claimed it brought down
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will meet President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday to bring his attention towards the alleged “growing intolerance” and “communal tensions” in the country. Congress sources said Gandhi will lead a party delegation to the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The proposed meeting comes in the wake of a large number of writers and artistes returning
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A 48-year-old man was allegedly shot at by his neighbour after an argument over car parking issue at west Delhi’s Vishnu Garden area, police said on Sunday. According to the police, victim Harbhajan Singh and accused Binny had an argument over car parking on Friday, during which the latter had allegedly threatened to harm Singh.
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Prison officials are looking to step up security at Arthur Road jail to prepare for the arrival of gangster Chhota Rajan, who was arrested last week in Bali and will be extradited to India soon. The additional security is meant to prevent an attack on Rajan by his rivals from the Dawood Ibrahim gang. A
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a rally in Srinagar’s Sheri-e-Kashmir Stadium on 7 November — his first after the Peoples Democratic Party and the BJP stitched an alliance in the state in March early this year. While Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mufti Mohammad Sayed has already described the upcoming rally as a
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Nepalese police on Monday forcibly removed the agitating protesters from their sit-in spot on crucial Miteri Bridge at Indo-Nepal border, opening the Birgunj-Raxaul border point after 40 days. The protesters initially hurled stones towards police when the latter started removing them early this morning. They were eventually chased away by police. Some 170 freight trucks
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Harshivraj Singh of Gurdaspur clinched gold in 800 metres by clocking 2:05.46 on the opening day of Punjab State Rural Games for Boys Under-16 at Sports Stadium, Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College here today. Sukhanpreet Singh of Patiala won silver in 2:07.16 whereas Buta Singh of Ludhiana got bronze in 2:07.85. The torch bearing
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The process of underworld don Chhota Rajan’s deportation will begin on Monday as a team led by Central Bureau of Investigation arrived in Indonesia on Sunday. Rajan received consular access with an Indian diplomat meeting him at an Indonesian police detention centre in Bali. The visit of the joint team of CBI and Mumbai and
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In another sign of increasing India-US cooperation on fighting terror, US army’s Special Forces are conducting their first-ever joint counter-terrorist training with National Security Guards (NSG) at Manesar in Haryana. Christened Exercise “Balanced Iroquois”, this three-week long specialist training began on 18 October 2015 and will end this week. “The inaugural exercise clearly captures the
A host of celebrities from Bollywood, Team India cricketers and politicians on Sunday graced the high-profile wedding reception of offspinner Harbhajan Singh at a posh city hotel. Prime minister Narendra Modi also took out time from his busy schedule to be present at the wedding reception. Among the first to arrive at the venue were
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BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was on Sunday test fired from on board guided missile destroyer INS Kochi off the western coast. The “successful” test, according to Defence Ministry sources, culminated in the missile hitting the target successfully. The success is significant, given that the missile provides the much-needed teeth to one of the most modern
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Director SS Rajamouli’s Bahubali franchise continues to be the biggest news makers of the town. Weeks after the release of the Prabhas starrer blockbuster movie Bahubali: The Beginning is once again creating buzz with the reports of evergreen Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit joining the sequel movie Bahubali 2. It has been said that Madhuri will
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Security agencies guarding Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport have been put on high alert following the ‘regular spotting’ of suspicious flying objects in and around the airport. On Friday morning, the Air Traffic Controller (ATC) at the Delhi airport observed flying objects thrice, in and around the airport. Sources said the Indian Air Force
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Reports say the aircraft was carrying mainly Russian tourists and was traveling from the Egyptian resort city of Sharm al-Sheikh to Russia. A report by Sky News Arabia initially said that the aircraft had crashed. Security sources in Sinai Peninsula confirmed reports that an aircraft had gone missing, without clarifying whether they were referring to
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IPL 2015 made a contribution of Rs 11.5 billion (USD 182 million) to India’s GDP, a survey conducted by top financial auditing firm KPMG on behalf of the BCCI has said. The total economic output associated with IPL matches in India for 2015 is estimated at Rs 26.5 billion (USD 418 million). This is the
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The United States, Russia and other regional and world powers were considering a new plan Friday to set up a ceasefire in Syria within the next four to six months, followed by the formation of a transition government featuring President Bashar Assad and opposition members, officials told The Associated Press. How long Assad could remain
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At least 57 people were killed and dozens wounded when Syrian government forces fired missiles into a marketplace in a town near Damascus, a conflict monitor said on Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the war through a network of sources on the ground, said government forces fired 12 missiles at Douma,
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President Barack Obama has authorized the first sustained deployment of special forces to Syria, the White House said Friday, reversing a long-standing refusal to put US boots on the ground. Obama okayed a deployment of “fewer than 50” special operations personnel in the north of the war-ravaged nation, in a bid to strengthen forces fighting
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Three years after she became a national symbol of the abuses of China’s strict family planning policy, Feng Jianmei finally had a second daughter in August. Feng had a stillborn child in 2012 after local officials in Shaanxi province induced labor seven months into her pregnancy. A supporter of Feng posted a photograph of her
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Increased interactions between the Chinese and U.S. Navy in the contested South China Sea risk becoming more complicated by the increasingly sophisticated missiles being carried by submarines. A new report to Congress assessing a Chinese submarine-launched missile known as the YJ-18 highlights the danger, noting the missile accelerates to supersonic speed just before hitting its
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The Election Commission on Friday clamped a ban on publication of two controversial advertisements printed by BJP in Bihar where assembly polls are on. In a strongly-worded advisory to Chief Electoral Officer of Bihar Ajay Naik, the Commission has asked him to ensure that the two advertisements are not published in any newspaper or journal
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It is easy to lose sight of the wood for the trees in a warzone like Kashmir’s, and the state police appear to have done just that over the funeral of Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Abu Qasim on Thursday. He was killed earlier that day in an operation led by the Rashtriya Rifles. Senior police officers said
Pathankot deputy commissioner (DC) Sukhvinder Singh and SSP RK Bakshi on Wednesday discussed the plans to deal with the traffic problems around the corner in the coming festival days with their junior colleagues and mediapersons today. The suggestions were rolled down by the mediapersons and ways were suggested to ensure smooth traffic in the crowd
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CBSE Indian Heritage Quiz was conducted by CBSE New Delhi at Jodhamal Public School, (JPS), here. Sixteen schools from Jammu, Kashmir and Punjab participated in quiz competition and Jodhamal Public School emerged as winners with 115 points in the city round with K C Public School as first runners up with 45 points and third
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The ‘Santa Banta’ jokes came under the lens of the Supreme Court on Friday with the court agreeing to hear a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking direction to ban websites displaying jokes on Sardars and projecting them in poor light. “This (Sikh) community is known for its great sense of humour and they also enjoy
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