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Boeing 737 from Gitmo skids off runway, ends up in Florida's St Johns river

The incident took place at 9.40 pm on Saturday when the aircraft, carrying 136 passengers and seven crew members, was arriving from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.

May 4, 2019

11 girls at Muzaffarpur shelter home murdered by Brajesh Thakur: CBI to SC

The CBI shared this information as a reply to the allegations that they were trying to protect influential people by shielding the real perpetrators.

May 4, 2019

India's 'zero casualty' policy, pinpoint warnings minimised Cyclone Fani deaths

As of Saturday morning, less than 10 deaths were reported from the 175-kmph cyclone that made landfall in Odisha on Friday.

May 4, 2019

Fast-spreading pig 'Ebola' virus in China to upset global meat trade balance

With the culling of the infected pigs, the population of swine will effectively go down, thus creating dependency on other meat.

May 3, 2019

Flying debris kills woman in Odisha as cyclone Fani gains strength

Three people were killed as a tree came crashing down on a teenager killing him at a place within Sakhigopal police station area limits in Puri district.

May 3, 2019

Christians most persecuted religious group in the world - Report

The report, commissioned by the British Foreign Secretary, underscores its argument that the Christian persecution in parts of the world has assumed genocide proportions.

May 3, 2019

India's strongest storm is here. 3 killed as cyclone Fani wreaks havoc in Odisha | 10 developments

Trees were uprooted, hoardings and windows panes were ransacked in Bhubaneswar and other places as the powerful tropical storm hit the entire eastern coastline, covering Bengal, Andhra Pradesh along with Odisha.

May 3, 2019

India's biggest storm - Cyclone Fani - strikes Odisha. Watch frightening video

Two people have been reported to be dead in Odisha as Cyclone Fani hits the coast of Puri with its brutal force. Several thatched houses have been destroyed and many trees have been uprooted due to its strong force.

May 3, 2019

Shahid Afridi rakes up Kashmir issue again in his autobiography, says the province belongs to Kashmiris

The former Pakistan captain has been repeatedly making controversial interventions on the issue that has vexed India-Pakistan relations.

May 3, 2019

Sri Lanka arrests Delhi-based Reuters photojournalist covering Easter bombing

Delhi-based Siddiqui, a Pulitzer winning photojournalist, was attempting to enter the Maris Stella College in Negombo to enquire about a victim of the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka.

May 3, 2019

Is Rahul Gandhi Indian citizen? A nurse from Wayanad has a colourful story to tell

"I was lucky as I was first among the few who took the newborn baby in my hands. He was so cute. I was witness to his birth."

May 3, 2019

Fearing boycott, Pepsi Co withdraws case against Gujarat potato farmers

On Twitter alone, the conversation revolving around the 'Boycott Pepsi' campaign reached 14 million users, creating 18 million impressions.

May 3, 2019

Rotaract club of Presidency College to organise Vision 2019 on May 5 in Bengaluru

The fundraiser is organised as part of Swara, a project launched by the college in 2018, to tackle the same topics. The event is organised by the Rotaract club of Presidency College and sponsored by the rotary Rajmahal Bangalore Vilas.

May 3, 2019

Pakistan eyes Jaish chief Masood Azhar's assets, imposes ban on overseas travel

Pakistani government issued an order to freeze the assets and impose a travel ban on Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar after the United Nations declared him a global terrorist.

May 3, 2019

Researcher spots tomb on NASA's Mars image, says it could be aliens

Scott C Waring revealed that this tomb discovered on Mars is more than two meters long, and it has carvings on its surface

May 3, 2019