Widespread flooding in the Philippines caused by a powerful typhoon eased on Wednesday but the storm’s death toll climbed to 47 and tens of thousands of people remained in evacuation centres. As the weather improved three days after the onslaught of Typhoon Koppu, officials were also counting the cost of ruined crops and drowned livestock […]
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Ahmed Mohamed, the teenager who became a national flash point after he was detained and handcuffed in a suburban Dallas high school for bringing in a homemade clock, is moving to Qatar with his family. The Young Innovators Program at the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development said it was giving Ahmed, a
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Canada’s Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau, who came from behind to trounce his Conservative rivals and snatch a majority mandate, now has to deliver on pledges from tackling climate change to legalising marijuana. Trudeau, who had also promised to withdraw Canada from combat in the coalition fight against Islamic State, said he told USA President Barack
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Afghanistan Taliban forces advanced on the capital of the volatile southern Afghan province of Helmand on Tuesday amid fierce fighting with government forces that threatened to cut off a major highway and prompted many families to flee. The fighting near the town of Lashkar Gah comes three weeks after the Taliban won its biggest victory
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Three policemen, arrested in connection with the alleged custodial torture and sexual assault of a woman in Udumalpet, were remanded and lodged in the Central Jail in Coimbatore on Tuesday. The sleuths of CBI Special Crime Branch had arrested Sub-Inspector, Vijay Kumar and constables Tilak Kumar and Ranganayagam, attached to Udumalpet police station in nearby
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India is among the countries with the largest surplus of men and a worrying under-five sex ratio with more girls dying before the age of five than boys, according to a UN report on Tuesday. “The World’s Women 2015” report launched said men outnumber women in eastern Asia, southern Asia, Oceania, and western Asia. The
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Protests have rocked Punjab for more than a week, with businesses crippled and schools shut following the desecration of the Sikh holy book, Guru Granth Sahib, being reported from at least seven places. The controversy and violence have put the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal in the spotlight and hundreds of paramilitary personnel have been deployed
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A 22-year-old student was beaten to death at a party in Gurgaon over a request for the music to be changed. Rohit Bhardwaj was attacked with hockey sticks and his father, who tried to rescue him, was also attacked till he lost consciousness. Rohit — a second-year BBA student of JIMS Institute in Rohini, Delhi,
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Two children were burnt alive while their parents were reported to be critical when the house of a Dalit family in Haryana’s Faridabad district was set on fire on Tuesday, police said. Three of the 11 accused have been arrested. The house of Jitender in Sun Perh village near Ballabgarh was set on fire by
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Let’s get this out of the way early. Virender Sehwag was an absolute star. That guy who dragged people through the turnstiles. For Viru, every ball was a bad ball. He swung harder than a Canadian lumberjack. He had more power than Vladimir Putin. Chuck Norris wouldn’t have wanted to bowl to him. Boundary ropes
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President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday Russia had foiled 20 militant attacks this year and was stepping up efforts to root out domestic terrorism, almost three weeks after launching air strikes against Islamist fighters in Syria. The Russian authorities have arrested a number of suspected militants since the Syria campaign started on Sept. 30, a
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Surely no one can forget the magic created by iconic film, ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’. This film is a ever green movie for the audiences even now. DDLJ has blasted all the records and turned as trend setter in the Indian film history. According to the latest update, DDLJ successfully completed 20 years. Exclusively, we
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At least 22 people were tested positive for swine flu (H1N1 virus) in Rajasthan in the past 10 days, an official said on Tuesday. Eight people have been found swine flu-positive in Kota, four each in Jaipur, Jhalawar and Bundi and one each in Bikaner and Jhunjhunu, the official said. “Swine flu-positive cases as of
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Without spelling out any specific time-frame, Nestle India on Tuesday said the production of Maggi noodles would be resumed as soon as possible. Sources, however, said the instant noodles would be available in the market within four to five months. “Restarting the manufacturing process and bringing Maggi noodles to the consumers requires alignment with several
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In an incident that is being termed as a ‘revenge killing’ as a result of ‘communal rivalry’, a member of Bajrang Dal was hacked to death in Mangalore for his role in shutting down a slaughter house in the area. Police have arrested eight Muslim youth in connection with the murder, according to report The
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One militant was killed and two jawans were injured in an ongoing encounter in Kunzer area of Tangmarg, in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. According to a police spokesperson, the encounter began after militants were found during a search operation conducted jointly by the army and Jammu and Kashmir Police. “It was after a tip off
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Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday arrived in Washington on a four-day official visit to the US. Scheduled to meet President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday, Sharif was received at the Andrews Airforce Base by the Assistant Secretary of State Peter Selfridge. Sharif was accompanied by his wife Kulsoom Nawaz, daughter
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Punjab police on Tuesday claimed to have cracked one of the seven cases of sacrilege of holy books in the state with the arrest of two brothers, who committed the offence in connection with “someone in Australia”. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) under ADGP IPS Sahota consitituted after the sacrilege incident in Bargari village gurudwara
After dismissing reports of his impending retirement from international cricket on Monday night, Virender Sehwag, in his own inimitable style, announced his retirement from International cricket on Tuesday. He made the announcement on his 37th birthday via Twitter with this message: Virender Sehwag -@virendersehwag I hereby retire from all forms of international cricket and from
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The first look of the third installment of the comedy franchise ‘Housefull’, featuring Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nargis Fakhri and Lisa Haydon, has been unveiled. The female co-stars Jacqueline, Lisa and Nargis have been bonding big time on and off the sets. From clicking selfies together to partying, seems like the
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The roller-coaster ride that is Ravindra Jadeja’s career took yet another turn on Monday when he was recalled to the Test side for the series against South Africa, after being dropped for the Bangladesh and Sri Lanka series. It’s been 14 months since he last played a Test — against England in Manchester in August
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Citing the incident of Shiv Sena activists storming the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai protesting against the resumption of bilateral cricket series between the arch-rivals, the ICC president Zaheer Abbas on Monday said he feared for Pakistan players’ security during the World T20 in India next year. The much-anticipated talks between BCCI president Shashank Manohar and
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Fourteen people were killed and 16 more injured when the bus they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday morning. The overcrowded bus was on its way from Ghordi village to Ramnagar town when it skidded off the road at a spot about five kilometres
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Hundreds of South Koreans crossed the border to the North on Tuesday for emotional three-day reunions with family members most hadn’t heard from since the war between the countries more than 60 years ago. About 390 South Koreans, some in wheelchairs, arrived Tuesday morning at an immigration office in Goseong, a South Korean town on
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At least 11 people, including two children, have been killed and 22 injured when a bomb exploded in a passenger bus in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province. The explosion took place just as the vehicle was due to leave a bus terminal at Quetta’s Saryab Road yesterday night. Officials said most of those killed were daily
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Canadians voted for a sharp change in their government on Monday, returning a legendary name for liberals, Trudeau, to the prime minister’s office and resoundingly ending Conservative Stephen Harper’s near-decade in office. Justin Trudeau, the son of late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, became Canada’s new prime minister after his Liberal Party won a majority of
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Andhra Pradesh government is making grand arrangements for the foundation laying ceremony of the new capital Amaravati by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 22. Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu plans to built Amaravati as a people’s capital and a city of the future. But with continuing protest from the opposition parties and farmer groups, building
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has convened a Cabinet meeting of ruling Akali Dal while its ally BJP will hold a core committee meeting of the party on Tuesday, as protests continued in various parts of the state against the alleged incidents of sacrilege of Sri Guru Granth Sahib today. Chief Minister Badal has
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja on Monday made a return to the Indian team after a gap of more than a year for the first two Tests of the four-match series against South Africa. The senior selection panel of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), led by Sandeep Patil, met on Monday in Delhi
A major fire broke out in a slum in Northwest Delhi’s Mangolpuri area, gutting at least 250 jhuggis. The incident occurred at 1.30 am Monday, said police, adding that no one was injured. However, most residents lost all their belongings. Police said authorities are yet to ascertain the cause of the fire. Residents said they
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