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Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek among hardline Islamic groups to contest general elections

One of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan's central points is the defense of the blasphemy law, which allows courts to punish insults to symbols of Islam even with the death penalty, although no one has ever been executed for it.

Jul 18, 2018

IIT engineers all set to challenge draconian law criminalising homosexuality

Meet Akhilesh Godi, one of the 20 openly gay students and alumni of various IITs across India, whose position as products of some of the country's most elite schools has made them one of the most high-profile groups challenging Section 377.

Jul 18, 2018

US Prez Trump plans new makeover for his 'incredible' Air Force One

The US Defence Department had earlier announced that Boeing had secured a $3.9 billion contract to build two new Air Force One planes.

Jul 18, 2018

Swami Agnivesh is fraud, survives on foreign donations, planned mob attack on his own: CP Singh

Swami Agnivesh is a fraud who survives on foreign donations: CP Singh

Jharkhand Urban Development Minister CP Singh reacted on social activist Swami Agnivesh's assault case by calling him a fraud.

Jul 18, 2018

China opposes formal ties between US and Taiwan; warns Trump-admin against meeting Taiwanese minister

China, which maintains that Taiwan is a rebellious island since the end of the 1949 civil war, demands that countries should not maintain diplomatic relations with Taiwan, under its "One China Principle".

Jul 18, 2018

Cabinet approves scholarship schemes benefiting 70 lakh minority students

Union Minister of Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad also said that technology is being used in transferring scholarships directly to the accounts of the beneficiaries to avoid duplication and other problems.

Jul 18, 2018

Tamil TV actress Priyanka to Silk Smitha: 5 South Indian starlets who committed suicide

International Business Times India presents a list of five starlets apart from Priyanka who ended their lives themselves.

Jul 18, 2018

Golden girl Hima Das scripts history; helps put her little Assamese town on the map

After her historic feat, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal met Hima's parents and announced that she will be appointed the state's first sports ambassador. She will also be felicitated with Rs 50 lakh award at a state-level programme after her return.

Jul 18, 2018

Defence Ministry postpones warship deal under Make in India

The Rs 20,000 crore contract for landing platform docks (LPD) is witnessing a stiff corporate war between two defence manufacturing giants with allegations of favouritism and supplying insider information.

Jul 18, 2018

If BJP wins 2019 polls, India will become Hindu Pakistan: Shashi Tharoor

After 'Hindu Pakistan' comment, Shashi Tharoor attacks BJP with 'Hindu-Taliban' jibe

While addressing a public meeting in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor spoke against the vandalism of his office in the state capital.

Jul 18, 2018

Attack was pre-planned and I could have been murdered: Swami Agnivesh [VIDEO]

Agnivesh has demanded an inquiry by a retired or sitting judge of the Jharkhand High Court in the incident where he was attacked by members of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.

Jul 18, 2018

India's war on terror continues with new friends and old foes

India's much-hyped surgical strikes have also flushed out many terror organisations which have mushroomed across the Indo-Pakistan and Indo-Myanmar border

Jul 18, 2018

Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of Russia: Poll

Overall, 38 percent of registered voters agreed that Russia is an enemy of the United States. About the same percent considered Russia "a competitor" while 8 percent said it was "a friend."

Jul 18, 2018

Late fatherhood blues? Man kills newborn after neighbours taunt him for having child at 47

Owing to the high rate of female infanticide cases in India, the police are also probing whether the couple killed the baby as she was a girl.

Jul 18, 2018

Delhi HC tells JNU not to take coercive steps against Kanhaiya Kumar till July 20

Kanhaiya Kumar, the former Students Union leader of Jawaharlal Nehru University was fined in connection with a 2016 incident when anti-India slogans were allegedly raised at an event.

Jul 18, 2018

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Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek among hardline Islamic groups to contest general elections

IIT engineers all set to challenge draconian law criminalising homosexuality

US Prez Trump plans new makeover for his 'incredible' Air Force One

Swami Agnivesh is a fraud who survives on foreign donations: CP Singh

China opposes formal ties between US and Taiwan; warns Trump-admin against meeting Taiwanese minister

Cabinet approves scholarship schemes benefiting 70 lakh minority students

Tamil TV actress Priyanka to Silk Smitha: 5 South Indian starlets who committed suicide

Golden girl Hima Das scripts history; helps put her little Assamese town on the map

Defence Ministry postpones warship deal under Make in India

After 'Hindu Pakistan' comment, Shashi Tharoor attacks BJP with 'Hindu-Taliban' jibe

Attack was pre-planned and I could have been murdered: Swami Agnivesh [VIDEO]

India's war on terror continues with new friends and old foes

Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of Russia: Poll

Late fatherhood blues? Man kills newborn after neighbours taunt him for having child at 47

Delhi HC tells JNU not to take coercive steps against Kanhaiya Kumar till July 20

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

Dhanush's Captain Miller has no buyers in Telugu states? Here's why

Deepika Padukone is a sight to behold in velvet gown; attends Academy Museum Gala with Selena Gomez, Dua Lip [see pics]