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Washington, The US and coalition military forces continued to conduct airstrikes against the Islamic State (IS) forces in Syria and Iraq over the past two days, the US Defense Department has said. During the period, fighter and bomber aircraft conducted 14 airstrikes in Syria, and fighter aircraft conducted six airstrikesRead More
Washington, Two people were killed and a dozen others injured when a school bus collided with a freight train in the US state of North Dakota, media reported. The accident took place Monday afternoon in Larimore in the state`s northeast as the school bus from the Larimore Public School failedRead More
* Home ministry proposes special police units to probe crimes against women New Delhi, The Centre has proposed to set up 150 special investigative units on a pilot basis, in some of the most crime-prone districts in the country to probe grievous offences against women, particularly rape, dowry harassments, acidRead More
New Delhi, Union minister Raosaheb Patil Danve was on Tuesday appointed as the new BJP chief of Maharashtra. Danve (59) succeeds Devendra Fadnavis, who has since become the state Chief Minister after the party’s stunning victory in the Assembly elections. “BJP President Amit Shah has appointed Raosaheb Patil Danve asRead More
New Delhi, Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, whose hate speech kicked up a political storm and stalled Parliament, has been given VIP security. 47-year-old Jyoti, who is a Minister of State in Food Processing Ministry, will now have 11 para-military personnel guarding her round-the-clock, official sources said on Tuesday. UnderRead More
New Delhi, In a relief to former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday set aside the trial court order imposing a fine of Rs three lakh on her for not appearing in a criminal defamation case filed by her against BJP leader Vijender Gupta. Justice ManmohanRead More
New Delhi, A murder case has been registered in the death of Sunanda Pushkar, the wife of Congress MP and former Union Minster Shashi Tharoor, the Delhi Police said on Monday. Pushkar was found dead in a hotel room in New Delhi on January 17, 2014. The final post-mortem reportRead More
* Says it is exploring other remedies under the law New Delhi, Uber, an US taxi hailing service, has withdrawn a plea filed in the Delhi High Court appealing against its ban by the Delhi government on December 8. According to preliminary reports, the company’s lawyer told the Court thatRead More
Washington, The US Monday expressed concern over rising India-Pakistan tensions and the exchange of fire along the working boundary, which claimed four Pakistani civilian lives, Geo News reported Tuesday. Washington encourages Islamabad and New Delhi to engage in a dialogue. “We certainly remain concerned and watch over tensions along theRead More
New Delhi, The Supreme Court today declined urgent hearing of a plea seeking quashing of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act which ends the two-decade-old collegium system of judges themselves selecting and appointing judges for higher judiciary. “There is no urgency. This will come in the usual course,” aRead More
