Politics

Intolerance debate in Parliament: BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi calls 'award-wapsi brigade' intellectual mercenaries

The discussion on intolerance was called by Congress leader KC Venugopal and CPI (M) leader P Karunakaran.

Nov 30, 2015

For the first time, women begin poll campaign in Saudi Arabia

It's a major step forwards in the country's reform process with the polls to be held on December 12.

Nov 30, 2015

Russian plane enters 1.5 km into Israel from Syria, retreats after communication

Israel's Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon called the incursion a 'mistake'.

Nov 30, 2015

German may put boots on ground in Middle East as part of anti-Isis coalition

Chancellor Angela Merkel promised to support the offensive against Isis during talks with French President Francois Hollande.

Nov 30, 2015

EU-Turkey pact on stemming flow of refugees involves cash and visas

Europeans struggle to limit the strain on their 28-nation bloc from taking in hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees.

Nov 30, 2015

China-sponsored hackers using techniques rarely seen elsewhere

Hackers are parking malware on popular file-sharing services including Dropbox and Google Drive.

Nov 30, 2015

Hillary Clinton moots $275 billion infrastructure spending plan to create jobs

Hillary Clinton plans to make job creation the focus of her campaign over the next month.

Nov 30, 2015

Latvia urges Greece to tighten border to ease refugee crisis

Baltic states have voiced similar concerns about Italy, whose islands have also faced an influx.

Nov 30, 2015

Experts begin sorting through climate change issues to make a breakthrough

Senior negotiators from almost 200 nations began thrashing out a new global deal to curb climate change ahead of speeches.

Nov 30, 2015

UK: People take to the streets to protest against government's 'Bomb Syria' mission

Nearly 4,000 people participate in protest outside Downing Street.

Nov 29, 2015

Kerala: Jiji Thomson says his statement on spreading gospel was misunderstood

Claims he wanted to say a Christian has to take care of his fellow beings as part of personal evangelisation.

Nov 29, 2015

Commonwealth countries unify voices ahead of Paris climate summit

They're committed to working towards an ambitious, equitable, inclusive climate change pact.

Nov 29, 2015

Supreme Court verdict on gay rights needs to be 'reconsidered': Arun Jaitley

He said that consensual gay sex should be legalised in keeping with the present day scenario.

Nov 29, 2015

EU aims to enhance national privacy regulators in new US data pact

The commission is looking for ways to involve European privacy watchdogs more deeply.

Nov 29, 2015

Railways to sign two joint-venture projects for locomotive production

Electric Locomotive Factory at Madhepura and Diesel Locomotive Factory at Marhowra are worth Rs 40,000 crore.

Nov 29, 2015

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Politics

Intolerance debate in Parliament: BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi calls 'award-wapsi brigade' intellectual mercenaries

For the first time, women begin poll campaign in Saudi Arabia

Russian plane enters 1.5 km into Israel from Syria, retreats after communication

German may put boots on ground in Middle East as part of anti-Isis coalition

EU-Turkey pact on stemming flow of refugees involves cash and visas

China-sponsored hackers using techniques rarely seen elsewhere

Hillary Clinton moots $275 billion infrastructure spending plan to create jobs

Latvia urges Greece to tighten border to ease refugee crisis

Experts begin sorting through climate change issues to make a breakthrough

UK: People take to the streets to protest against government's 'Bomb Syria' mission

Kerala: Jiji Thomson says his statement on spreading gospel was misunderstood

Commonwealth countries unify voices ahead of Paris climate summit

Supreme Court verdict on gay rights needs to be 'reconsidered': Arun Jaitley

EU aims to enhance national privacy regulators in new US data pact

Railways to sign two joint-venture projects for locomotive production

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