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Watch Donald Trump participate in traditional Saudi sword dance

After Donald Trumps arrival in the Saudi capital Riyadh the US president, his family and White House staff took part in a ceremonial sword dance which Trump called beautiful.

May 21, 2017

8 injured after passenger jet collides with utility truck at Los Angeles airport

Eight people were injured in a collision between a plane and a utility truck at LAX airport. The truck was flipped over when the Aeromexico flight crashed into it on a taxiway.Two people in the truck were seriously hurt, and six people suffered minor injuries. The right wing of the aircraft was damaged in the crash.None of the 149 passengers and crew on board were hurt. The cause of the crash is still unclear.

May 21, 2017

Kapil Mishra starts 'Let's clean AAP' campaign, calls upon Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav

Kapil Mishra calls upon people who left the AAP, including Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav, to retake the party from Arvind Kejriwal. Read to know more.

May 21, 2017

Indian Navy to get missile defence systems from Israel for $630 million

Indian Navy is taking its defence capabilities a notch higher, having inked a $630-million deal with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). Read to know more.

May 21, 2017

Jharkhand lynching: FIR lodged against 17 identified and 1,200 others

As many as 12 men have been lynched in Jamshedpur in a span of five days over child trafficking suspicions.

May 21, 2017

Wikileaks Julian Assange remains wanted by UK police despite dropped rape investigation by Sweden

Even though Sweden dropped the rape investigation against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, he isnt exactly walking free. In 2012, Assange took refuge in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden over rape allegations. By doing so, Assange violated his bail conditions set by the UK and he still has an arrest warrant out. Assange has feared Sweden or the UK would hand him over to the US to face prosecution over one of the largest classified military and diplomatic document leaks in US history.

May 21, 2017

GST rate of 28% on film tickets a big setback for Indian cinema: FTPGI president Siddharth Roy Kapur

Siddharth Roy Kapur, president of the FTPGI, said the government's GST rate of 28% on film tickets would adversely impact an already struggling film industry.

May 21, 2017

Trumps International Tour: Which countries is the president visiting?

Donald Trump is embarking on his first foreign trip as US President. On a nine-day trek, Trump will meet with world leaders in the Middle East and Europe. Given Trumps reputation to speak uninhibitedly, some worry about his diplomatic skills.

May 21, 2017

Trumps International Tour: Which countries is the president visiting?

Donald Trump is embarking on his first foreign trip as US President. On a nine-day trek, Trump will meet with world leaders in the Middle East and Europe. Given Trumps reputation to speak uninhibitedly, some worry about his diplomatic skills.

May 21, 2017

May 26: Will Tendulkar's biopic Sachin: A Billion Dreams spoil PM Narendra Modi's third anniversary party?

The former Indian cricket captain's much-hyped biopic will hit the silver screens on May 26, the same day the Modi govt will complete three years in office. Will it hit BJP's chances of another round of propaganda?

May 21, 2017

Mumbai Police obtain non-bailable warrant against Dawood Ibrahim, to go after him again

the Mumbai police are going after Dawood Ibrahim once again, this time armed with a non-bailable warrant issued against him in connection with a 1999 fake currency case. Read to know more.

May 21, 2017

Remembering Rajiv: Was the Congress party over the day Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated 26 years ago?

Rajiv Gandhi's death in 1991 meant the Congress, which had become a family-centric party by then, lost three of its top leaders in a decade and the party could never be the same again, despite occasional successes.

May 21, 2017

Pak lawyers give 7-day deadline to PM Nawaz Sharif to resign

While the Opposition believes Sharif will have to step down in the wake of the lawyers' movement, National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq says Sharif will not resign at any cost

May 21, 2017

Didn't need genitals any more, Kerala godman defends after his organ was chopped off by woman who he tried to assault

Instances of religious people sexually assaulting women are being witnessed often in Kerala. What is worse is that the families of the victims are doing little to save their own children, irrespective of the religion.

May 21, 2017

Defence ministry approves strategic partnership model to manufacture submarines, fighter jets in India

The strategic partnership model aims to create a robust defence-manufacturing ecosystem in India through involving major corporates and MSMEs to boost the Make in India policy.

May 21, 2017