US First Lady Michelle Obama chose a floral gown made of Kashmiri fabric and embroidery by Indian-American designer Naeem Khan for dinner on the concluding day of the Obamas' visit to Cuba on Tuesday....
A tweet on the Indian National Congress' official Twitter handle @INCIndia has called right wing ideologue V.D. Savarkar a 'traitor' while celebrating the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh. ...
Actor-turned-politician A. Vijaykant on Wednesday announced that his DMDK will contest the assembly elections in Tamil Nadu in alliance with Vaiko's MDMK, the Left and Dalit party VCK. ...
Moderate Hurriyat group chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq on Wednesday said they expect the Indian government to carry forward the spirit of Atal Bihari Vajpayee's vision that called for settling dispute within the parameters of humanity. He hoped India and Pakistan would evolve ways and means to include the people of Kashmir in the compo...
The two suicide bombers who carried out the Brussels airport attacks on Tuesday have been identified as brothers Khalid and Brahim El Bakraoui, the media reported on Wednesday. The brothers were Brussels residents with criminal records but have not been linked by local police to terrorism until now, broadcaster RTBF quoted an unnamed ...
The University of Hyderabad remained tense on Wednesday as police imposed clampdown on the campus and student groups called for boycott of classes for four days to protest "police brutality". Joint Action Committee (JAC) for Social Justice, an umbrella grouping of various student bodies, has given a call for boycott of classes to pro...
Pakistani-American terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Headley on Wednesday claimed that his associate Tahawwur Rana was opposed to his (Headley's) links with the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Headley, 56, said that Pakistani national Rana -- who ran an immigration consultancy in Chicago, US, had knowledge that he worked as an operative of t...
It is a colourful time in Bihar, but politics is not too far from the celebration of colours. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Yadav are in major demand for Holi in the state. Holi this year brings 'Modi mask' and 'Modi cap' to the fore with 'Nitish pichkari' (water sprink...
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A court here on Wednesday granted conditional bail to CPI-M leader P. Jayarajan who is an accused in the murder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker Kathiroor Manoj. ...
