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North Korean traders offering cheap coal on hopes sanctions will ease - Chinese traders

Official data shows China has not imported any coal from North Korea since October last year after the United Nations banned Pyongyang from exporting coal in September. In 2016, China, Pyongyang's main trading partner, bought 22.5 million tonnes of coal from North Korea worth almost $2 billion.

May 11, 2018

Sridevi's demise: SC rejects filmmaker's plea seeking an investigation into her death

Sridevi died February 24 and initial reports claimed that her cause of death is cardiac arrest, but forensic report revealed that the actress died of accidental drowning. There were also traces of alcohol in her body.

May 11, 2018

Maharashtra: Vegetable vendor ends life over electricity bill of Rs 8.64 lakh

The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) claimed that the correct figure for the units consumed at the vegetable vendor's household should have been 6,117.8 KWH instead of 61,178 KWH.

May 11, 2018

NEET applicant asked to remove bra, says invigilator stared at her inappropriately

The girl in her complaint said she was not comfortable writing the medical entrance test as the male external observer kept staring at her 'inappropriately".

May 11, 2018

Donald Trump-Kim Jong Un's historical meet set for June 12 in Singapore

The decision came just after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Pyongyang for the second time Wednesday and arranged the details of the meeting. This will be the first time a sitting US president is meeting a North Korean leader.

May 11, 2018

Canadian zoo takes bear out for ice cream, faces charges [Video]

The owner of the Canadian zoo reportedly acknowledged to their mistake and said that he was really glad to know about how strictly regulated the zoo industry is in the country.

May 11, 2018

Kid writes assignment as Groot, has social media in splits

Jeffrey Scott Davis, a teacher in Texas, asked the class to write a resume as a Marvel character. One clever kid chose Groot and made sure he wrote it in the character's language.

May 11, 2018

Canadian minister Navdeep Bains asked to remove turban at airport, US apologizes

Canada's Federal Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains said that wearing a turban is "one of the most dutiful acts for a person of the faith." He told the US airport security personnel that he had cleared the security checks and the turban was not a threat.

May 11, 2018

Karnataka Elections 2018: Top 10 constituencies to witness high profile political fights

Karnataka elections 2018 is turning out to be a three-way-battle between Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress and Janata Dal (Secular). Besides Siddaramaih and Sriramulu, we are expecting several high-voltage fights including HD Kumaraswamy and CP Yogeeshwara in Channapatna. Read to know the top 10 constituencies, which are slated witness high profile political fights.

May 11, 2018

Tourist, who had gone missing during visit to Vaishno Devi shrine, found

The man, identified as Rahul Basan, is reportedly a resident of Kundli in Sonepat district on the Delhi-Haryana border and had gone missing from the Mattan temple in the Anantnag district. Basan had come to the state to visit the Vaishno Devi shrine from Faridabad with 14 other pilgrims but never really took part in the prayers.

May 11, 2018

UPSC topper Yedavelli Akshay Kumar says Ram Gopal Varma is his inspiration

Yedavelli Akshay Kumar, who secured the 624th rank in the UPSC examination, has revealed that filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma influenced his life so much that he cannot explain it in words.

May 10, 2018

Sriramulu vs Siddaramiah in Badami: Who has the edge?

Karnataka assembly elections: BJP's Sriramulu and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah will lock horns in the Badami constituency. The development rhetoric has taken a back seat and caste matrix will be the deciding factor, according to the political pundits.

May 10, 2018

Investors think Modi may return to power in 2019, sans absolute majority: Report

Apart from Karnataka, there are other four states — Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan — going to polls before 2019 general elections. However, Karnataka assumes importance as Congress is in power in the state.

May 10, 2018

Karnataka Assembly elections 2018: 5 reasons why BJP may form government

Karnataka Assembly elections 2018: Anti-Incumbency, the return of BS Yeddyurappa and Sriramulu, Narendra Modi wave, Amit Shah's micromanagement, and caste-based strategies are among a few reasons why BJP may come to power in the southern state.

May 10, 2018

Karnataka polls: PM Modi says BJP believes in equality, development for all

The prime minister said that his party is working tirelessly for the welfare of women and the deprived. Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi said that he was confident of Congress' win in the elections considering the development that they have achieved.

May 10, 2018