A Hindu ashram worker was on Friday hacked to death by unidentified assailants while he was on his regular morning walk in Bangladesh, days after a priest was killed by suspected Islamic State jihadists in the Muslim majority nation, which has seen a string of brutal attacks by Islamists on religious minorities and secular activists. Nityaranjan Pandey (60), who was […]
» Read moreThe Sri Lankan Navy arrested six more fishermen from Rameswaram and seized their trawler (TN 10 MM 942) on charges of poaching when they were fishing on the high seas in the early hours on Thursday. The six fishermen had set out into the sea on Wednesday along with 3,000 others. According to the Sri Lankan Navy’s website, they were […]
» Read moreAs the extraordinary two-day plenary of the Nuclear Suppliers Group began in Vienna on Thursday to discuss membership applications, India’s chances received a boost from Mexico, considered a “non-proliferation hardliner” thus far. “As a country we are going to be positively and constructively supporting India’s (membership at the NSG) in recognition of the commitment by PM Modi to the International […]
» Read moreTwo MLAs – one from the Congress and the other from the BJP – were disqualified by Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker under anti-defection law, on Thursday, after they had cross-voted during the floor test conducted in the State Assembly on May 10. The two legislators had cross-voted on May 10 during the floor test was held in the Uttarakhand Assembly. While […]
» Read moreAfter a series of celebrity Twitter handle hacks over the past weeks, Evan Williams , the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, had his account briefly compromised, a media report said. A group by the name of OurMine — the same group that claimed credit for compromising Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg’s social media accounts on Monday — took credit for hacking […]
» Read moreAmid tight security and elaborate arrangements, the Bathini Goud family administered the fish prasadam to over 40,000 persons at Exhibition Ground in Nampally on Wednesday. Despite it being a subject of controversy, unending queues were formed at the ground with people hoping to find some relief from their nagging respiratory problems through the “miracle drug”. Asthma patients from various parts […]
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