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Taliban attack killed 10 troops, 7 policemen in Khwaja Ghar district: Afghanistan officials

In western Farah province, the Taliban targeted police forces in the provincial capital, Farah city, late on Thursday. Provincial council member, Abdul Samad Salehi, says seven policemen died and three were wounded there.

Nov 9, 2018

Stephen Hawking's wheelchair sold at online auction for this whopping amount

Funds raised in the auction will be used for Stephen Hawking Foundation and the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

Nov 9, 2018

Who was Tipu Sultan? Freedom fighter to some, tyrant to others and political divider till date

Tipu Sultan's birth anniversary falls on November 10 and it promises to be an interesting day of political interplay.

Nov 9, 2018

5 Indian cities more polluted than Delhi in May; will the national capital go up the list?

A World Health Organisation report released in May said that there are five cities in India more polluted than Delhi. Surprisingly, they are all from the northern part of the country from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Haryana.

Nov 9, 2018

Maharashtra: Fire hits Western Railway services; several long distance train cancelled

A WR spokesperson said that the fire broke out near Vangaon station in a goods trains transporting a cargo of plastic granules from Surat (Gujarat) to Uran (Raigad), around 10.45 p.m. on Thursday.

Nov 9, 2018

India-China rivalry taking toll on Sri Lankan politics

The trigger for the recent political turmoil in the island nation was the disagreement between the Sri Lankan president and prime minister on how much India's interest should be accommodated which led to the unity government falling apart.

Nov 9, 2018

Citing Biblical prophecy, preacher claims arrival of three asteroids a sign of apocalypse

Paul Begley believes that the arrival of these three asteroids is an indication that an apocalypse is imminent

Nov 9, 2018

Chhattisgarh: PM Modi pays tribute to DD cameraman killed by Naxals in Dantewada

"An innocent cameraman of Doordarshan, Achyutanand Sahu, who was doing his duty was killed by Maoists. He was sharing the dreams of people of Bastar with other people across the country, what was his fault?" Modi asked.

Nov 9, 2018

Avni was killed to save Anil Ambani's project: MNS chief Raj Thackeray

A district official in Yavatmal said the site of the proposed project by the Ambani group is far away from the area where the tigress was shot.

Nov 9, 2018

Amarinder Singh urges Sushma Swaraj to take up Kartarpur Sahib issue with Pakistan

In a letter to Swaraj, the chief minister said Kartarpur Sahib in Narowal district of Pakistan's Punjab province was one of the most-revered religious places for Sikhs as Guru Nanak spent a large part of his life there, an official statement said Friday.

Nov 9, 2018

Govt. denies move to appropriate Rs 3.6 lakh crore from RBI reserves

"Lot of misinformed speculation is going around in media. Government's fiscal math is completely on track," says Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg.

Nov 9, 2018

Big boost to Indian defence as Army inducts 3 new artillery gun systems

This is the first set of artillery guns to be imported since the Bofors in 1980.

Nov 9, 2018

Chhattisgarh election 2018: 'Urban Maoists live in AC houses, roam in fancy cars', says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public meeting in Jagdalpur in poll-bound Chhattisgarh on Friday. Congress president Rahul Gandhi is also in the state for campaign.

Nov 9, 2018

Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy to skip Tipu Jayanti celebrations; superstition or politics?

There are seemingly two wildly different speculations as to why the CM will not be at the event—prevailing superstitions surrounding the Sultan of Mysore and political pressures.

Nov 9, 2018

Thane: Girl repeatedly raped by father, accused held

The accused used to threaten the girl that he would kill her mother and siblings if she revealed about the crime to anybody, a police officer said.

Nov 9, 2018