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The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation's Namma metro train

Bengaluru: Metro pillar develops crack, trains halted till repairs

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said he has directed the authorities to suspend the services till the damaged portion was repaired.

Dec 13, 2018

Trump ropes in intelligence official as his point person for South Asia

Trump intends to nominate Williams, who, for more than 20 years, has specialised in South Asia and Afghanistan affairs as an analyst and intelligence officer, for the important position of Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs.

Dec 13, 2018

Italys Interior Minister and deputy PM Matteo Salvini

Italy's strategic analysis committee meets after Strasbourg attack

"This morning the strategic analysis committee convened an urgent meeting," said Matteo Salvini, Interior Minister and Deputy Premier, in a video on Facebook which he posted from Jerusalem during a two-day official visit to Israel.

Dec 13, 2018

The British Prime Minister Wins The Vote Of No Confidence In Her Leadership

May survives no-confidence vote triggered by Conservative MPs

After winning 200 votes to 117 or 63 per cent of the total ballots on Wednesday night, May is now immune from a leadership challenge for a year.

Dec 13, 2018

Chhattisgarh Assembly election: SC, ST votes steer Congress to victory

The state has 29 seats - in the 90-member assembly - reserved for ST candidates, and Congress won 25 of them, besides bagging seven of 10 SC reserved seats.

Dec 13, 2018

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney and fixer

Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen sentenced to 3 years in jail for campaign finance violations

Prosecutors had asked for a prison term of between 51 and 63 months due to the "seriousness" of Cohen's violations of election laws.

Dec 13, 2018

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RBI is accountable, government runs country: Governor Shaktikanta Das

The newly-appointed RBI governor refused to go into contentious issues in response to queries on the recent government-RBI tiff culminating in the resignation of Urjit Patel.

Dec 13, 2018

Decisive leadership must to make India $5 trillion economy: Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis

"Today we have become the sixth largest and fastest growing economy in the world and considering the strategic and cultural reforms we have undertaken in the last four years I believe we will be able to achieve the USD 5 trillion target," he said.

Dec 12, 2018

Kashmiri militant Saqib Bilal, neutralised during Mujgund encounter, acted in Haider

The police identified the three as Saqib Bilal Sheikh, Mudasir Rashid Parray and Ali Bhai, both hailing from Hajin area of north Kashmir's Bandipore district. While, Parray and Sheikh were the residents of Hajin Bandipora, Ali was a Pakistan national who recruited the two boys into the terrorist outfit.

Dec 12, 2018