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Top North Korean officials travel to US, Singapore in summit preparations

North Korea's Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of the ruling Workers' Party's Central Committee, was scheduled to fly to the United States on Wednesday after speaking to Chinese officials in Beijing, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said, citing an unnamed source.

May 29, 2018

What's going on, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan? Dalit youth's murder shows policing has crumbled in state

Kerala Chief Minister Pinaray Vijayan is in deep slumber as contract killers rule the roost. The 'honour killing' of Kevin Joseph on Sunday showed his police is a shame. It's laughable that he covers up his failures with a broad grin and impudent language. Can he now hand over the home ministry to someone else in the cabinet, please?

May 29, 2018

Enraged stalker slits throat of 19-year-old girl in Hyderabad

Following a heated argument with the girl in a jewellery store for over two hours, the enraged assailant is said to have slit her throat and fled the scene. The accused, who had allegedly been stalking the girl for about a year was upset with her for rejecting his marriage proposal.

May 29, 2018

Turbulence hits Air India as staffer accuses senior management of sexual harassment

The employee of Air India, the national carrier, has accused its senior management of sexual harassment and also said its internal committee set up to look into such issues is a "farce." Civil aviation minister Suresh Prabhu has now asked the company to immediately address the issue.

May 29, 2018

Monsoon rains hit Kerala coast three days ahead of schedule

Monsoon delivers as much as 70 percent of rains that India needs to water its farms. The rains usually hit Kerala by June 1 and cover the whole country my mid-July.

May 29, 2018

US pauses new North Korea sanctions ahead of June summit

US President Donald Trump is expected to meet North Korea leader Kim Jong Un on June 12 in Singapore.

May 29, 2018

Ivanka Trump labeled 'tone deaf' for photo with son amid outrage over missing immigrant children

Ivanka Trump's photo with her youngest son Theodore clearly came at the wrong time considering the Trump administration has been facing a massive backlash over the US government's policy of separating children of undocumented migrants from their parents. About 1,500 of these children have gone missing

May 29, 2018

China: Mao Zedong impersonation at Blockchain conference sparks uproar on social media

The impersonation of Chinese communist revolutionary Mao Zedong at a conference caused such a huge uproar on Chinese social media platforms that the organizing committee was forced to apologise for the 'shameless' act.

May 29, 2018

Nine killed in UP thunderstorm

Five were killed in Unnao district while the other deaths were reported from Rae Bareli and Kanpur rural.

May 29, 2018

Malaysia to end second search for MH370

The flight MH370 disappeared almost four years ago, about 40 minutes after taking off from Kuala Lumpur on the way to Beijing. It had 239 people on board.

May 29, 2018

Priest of Gujarat's Madhavraiji temple booked for raping woman on pretext of marriage

The woman, said to be around 25-years-old, came in contact with Rishibapu Rajangiri Goswami when she visited the Madhavraiji temple for darshan. In her complaint, she said that the priest then trapped her in an affair and demanded physical relationship, promising to marry her.

May 29, 2018

Shubham Goel: Telangana IAS officer Shashank Goel's son shot dead while holidaying in Istanbul

Shubham Goel and his friend Sudhanshu were confronted by a gang of armed robbers in Istanbul who demanded money from them. While Sudhanshu, handed over his possessions, Shubham refused to do so. This irked the robbers who first attacked him with knives and sticks and later shot him dead.

May 29, 2018

Kairana bypolls: Election Commission blames heat wave for faulty EVMs

The Kairana constituency seat fell vacant after the death of BJP MP Hukum Singh in February. His daughter Mriganka Singh, who is now the party candidate, is up against Rashtriya Lok Dal's Tabassum Hasan, who is backed by a joint opposition of Congress, Samajwadi Party, and Bahujan Samaj Party.

May 28, 2018

Three women from Kashmir's militant hotbed pray for Narendra Modi's success

They are beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana scheme, which was launched two years ago with an aim to provide LPG connections to women from below poverty line (BPL) families.

May 28, 2018

14-month-old Benito Mussolini's parents get court summons over name

Benito Mussolini's parents were asked to change their son's name as he is the namesake of infamous Italian dictator. Thus, his parents have been summoned by the Italian court.

May 28, 2018