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Chhattisgarh police to get special force 'Black Panther' to combat Maoists

Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that he is confident that the Black Panther force will be able to uproot Maoism from Chhattisgarh's Bastar district, where the militants have a stronghold.

May 22, 2018

Indian Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore sets fitness goals, challenges Hrithik, Kohli and Nehwal

Rajyavardhan Rathore shared a video on Twitter urging people to take some time out of their busy schedule for the fitness regime. He even challenged Hrithik Roshan, Virat Kohli and Saina Nehwal to take the fitness challenge.

May 22, 2018

INSV Tarini: All-women naval crew reach Goa after spending 194 days at sea

The six-member-all-women crew covered the expedition with stopovers at four ports - Fremantle in Australia, Lyttelton in New Zealand, Cape Town in South Africa and Port Stanley in Falklands. They had started the journey on September 10, 2017.

May 22, 2018

Heatstroke kills 65 in Pakistan; heatwave warning issued for Karachi

At least 114 bodies were brought to the social welfare group Edhi Foundation's morgues out of which at least 65 had died from heatstroke, Xinhua news agency reported quoting the head of the foundation Faisal Edhi.

May 22, 2018

BJP leader Lal Singh's brother booked for hurling 'derogatory' remarks at J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti

Lal Singh's brother abused the CM during a rally, which was in held in Kathua district to seek a CBI probe into rape and murder case of a minor.

May 22, 2018

Australian court convicts archbishop for concealing child sex abuse

Last year, Australia completed a five-year government-appointed inquiry into child sex abuse in churches and other institutions, amid allegations worldwide that churches had protected paedophile priests by moving them from parish to parish.

May 22, 2018

Congress-JD(S) alliance agrees to 'let the past be history' and 'forge ties for future'

HD Kumaraswamy, the nominee for the position of the 24th chief minister of Karnataka will take oath on Wednesday. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will attend the swearing-in ceremony.

May 22, 2018

Cuba plane crash survivor dies, toll rises to 111

Cubana de Aviacion flight DMJ-972, which was using a Boeing 737 operated by Mexico's Global Air airline, crashed on May 18.

May 22, 2018

Gunman who killed Indian man in Kansas bar pleads guilty to federal charges

The Indian man, Srinivas Kuchibhotla, was shot in 2017. The shooting drew international attention as part of a wave of attacks nationwide against ethnic and religious minority groups following the 2016 election of U.S. President Donald Trump.

May 22, 2018

Congress extended support to JDS to keep communal forces at bay: KE Radhakrishna

Karnataka Congress leader KE Radhakrishna said that his party has extended an unconditional support to JDS to keep the communal forces at bay.

May 21, 2018

Delhi pubs ordered to stop playing recorded music

The move is likely to lead to a tussle between the local government and more than 1,000 bars, worried about their survival.

May 21, 2018

Karnataka CM designate HD Kumaraswamy meets Rahul Gandhi in Delhi

Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ashok Gehlot have already briefed Rahul Gandhi on the recent political developments in Karnataka. Azad said further strategy will also be decided during the meeting between the two leaders in Delhi.

May 21, 2018

Rajiv Gandhi death anniversary: Political leaders pay homage to the former prime minister

The swearing-in ceremony of JD(S)' HD Kumaraswamy to the Karnataka Assembly as the new chief minister was also deferred to Wednesday, May 23, as today marks the 27th death anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi.

May 21, 2018

Baby born after 12 years in Brazil's remote island where childbirth is banned

Fernando de Noronha, a remote island in Brazil, is celebrating the birth of a baby girl for the first time in 12 years as childbirth was banned in the island.

May 21, 2018

Informal summit takes India-Russia ties to new level: Modi

"I am happy that today I got the opportunity to be a guest of President Putin and that too in Sochi," Modi said after being received by Putin here for the informal summit.

May 21, 2018