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Modi vest or Nehru jacket? PM's personal fashion designer reveals the answer

South Korean president Moon Jae-in had the social media buzzing when he called sleeveless jacket gifted by PM Modi as "Modi vest."

Nov 3, 2018

Japan's Esambe Hanakita Kojima island goes missing, coast guard fears it could have been washed away

The island of Esanbe Hanakita Kojima is one of Japan's 158 uninhabited islands and was surveyed and registered in 1987. It is known to have risen about four-and-a-half feet above sea level, and could be seen from the northern tip of the Hokkaido island.

Nov 3, 2018

Andhra Pradesh: Temple priest beaten to death over use of loudspeaker

Satyanarayana Sharma was allegedly assaulted by Sadiq Hussain, a 32-year-old unemployed man, after he "refused" to turn off or reduce the volume of the loudspeakers at the temple.

Nov 3, 2018

Man-eating tigress Avni, responsible for killing 13, is shot dead

Popularly called Avni though officially called T1, the tigress was ordered to be shot to death by the Supreme Court earlier in the year despite calls by animal rights activists to capture the animal alive.

Nov 3, 2018

Indonesian diver dies during search and rescue mission for crashed Lion Air plane

Syachrul Anto was a part of the search mission and did not return to the surface after 4 pm when the mission was called off for the day due to bad light. The mission's team leader Bayu Wardoyo said the 48-year-old diver's body was retrieved around 9.30 pm local time.

Nov 3, 2018

Bihar: Over 300 constables attack officers as woman cop dies due to dengue; probe ordered

Three police officers and two journalists were injured as the protesting trainee constables, including a large number of women, attacked and ransacked officers' quarters at the Patna Police Lines.

Nov 3, 2018

Florida yoga class 'fought back' as gunman killed two

A gunman opened fire in a Florida yoga studio on Friday, shooting six people and killing two of them before class members fought back and the attacker killed himself, police and authorities said.

Nov 3, 2018

Karnataka bypolls 2018 LIVE updates: Polling underway as Congress-JD(S) alliance scrambles to get majority

As Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) join hands to take on Bharatiya Janata Party, the results of the five seats in the Karnataka bypolls could well be an indication for what's in store ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Nov 3, 2018

Tej Pratap Yadav files for divorce from Aishwarya Rai

Earlier, Tej Pratap Yadav had said that he would not want his wife Aishwarya Rai to join politics a couple of days after taking wedding vows.

Nov 2, 2018

Missing Sharda University student Ehtisham Bilal joins ISIS; audio message goes viral

Ehtisham who was pursuing BTech at Sharda University was roughed up by students and had gone missing on Sunday.

Nov 2, 2018

DMK endorses Rahul Gandhi's opposition unity pitch to defeat BJP at 2019 LS polls

DMK chief MK Stalin said "Rahul Gandhi's opinion that all opposition parties should work together to defeat the BJP is significant."

Nov 2, 2018

Assam killing: Lone survivor recounts horrifying ordeal in Tinsukia attack

Namashudra is the sole survivor of the bloody incident that took place at Kheraibari in Tinsukia district late on Thursday evening.

Nov 2, 2018

Chhattisgarh: Maoists release apology letter after death of DD cameraman; say media not our target

In the statement released by Sainath, secretary of Darbha divisional committee of Communist Party of India-Maoist, he mentions cameraman Achyutananda Sahu of DD was not their target nor was any media personnel.

Nov 2, 2018

'Jamal Khashoggi's body was dissolved in acid as Saudi agents wanted no trace left '

"We now see that it wasn't just cut up, they got rid of the body by dissolving it," top Erdogan aide tells the Hurriyet newspaper.

Nov 2, 2018

Lion Air crash: On ill-fated plane's previous flight, pilot made distress call

In the first several minutes of the flight, the Boeing 737 MAX experienced unusual variations in airspeed and altitude, including a drop of 875 feet in 27 seconds when it was supposed to be ascending.

Nov 2, 2018