A journalist working for a Hindi daily was shot dead on Thursday by unidentified assailants near the Nagar Palika market in Billhaur, 60 km from here, police said. Navin Gupta was sprayed with bullets when he came out of a public toilet, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Jai Prakash said. Mr. Gupta, in his 30s, succumbed to injuries while being rushed […]
» Read moreTwitter recorded a growing interest in Gujarat politics as conversations related to the Assembly election rose 20% in the past month, the micro-blogging platform said on Wednesday. During the elections, Twitter will launch initiatives such as real-time updates on the campaign trail and connect voters to politicians on key issues. It will unveil an emoji, available till December 22, which […]
» Read morePakistan’s former President Pervez Musharraf has called himself the “biggest supporter” of the Lashkar-e- Taiba and its founder Hafiz Saeed and asserted that he backs the terror group’s role in “suppressing” the Indian Army in Kashmir. Musharraf, the 74-year-old retired General who is on self-exile in Dubai, said Mumbai attack mastermind Saeed “is involved in Kashmir” and he supports their […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated on Tuesday the first leg of the Hyderabad Metro rail project from the Miyapur rail station. The 30 km-long first phase of the project between Miyapur and Nagole has 24 stations. Its commercial operations will start on Wednesday. PM @narendramodi takes the inaugural ride from Miyapur to Kukatpally in #HyderabadMetro pic.twitter.com/9oWvIoymkC — Doordarshan News (@DDNewsLive) […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his government understood that an environment of transparent policies and the rule of law providing a level playing field were necessary for entrepreneurship to flourish. Inaugurating the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) here, in the presence of U.S. President’s Adviser Ivanka Trump, a couple of Union Ministers and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, […]
» Read moreIsrael’s Health Minister Yaakov Litzman , who heads a powerful ultra-Orthodox political party in Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, has resigned after the country’s railways carried out maintenance work on the Sabbath, which is strictly prohibited by Jewish law. Ultra-Orthodox parties have provided Mr. Netanyahu with support to stabilize his coalition, while the government carves out large budgets for their community. Mr. […]
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