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IKEA to invest Rs 2,000 crore in upcoming Bengaluru showroom

Like other outlets, the Bengaluru store will have a food court attached to the furniture store. It will also feature a supervised daycare centre for children.

Oct 12, 2018

US Army cancelled contracts and expelled over 500 immigrant recruits after promising them citizenship

While the US Army has refused to speak about why the recruits were discharged, a document submitted to the US District Court for the District of Columbia confirms that 502 personnel enlisted under MAVNI were let go in the last one year.

Oct 12, 2018

Meerut: Over 100 Dalit families barred from installing Goddess Kali idol; threaten to convert to Islam

The group who stopped the installation belong to the same caste as the Dalit families. They claim that they are part of the temple board even though they have no documentation to prove it.

Oct 12, 2018

Who is D Shankaran? Founder of Shankar IAS Academy commits suicide in Chennai

D Shankaran had started Shankar IAS Academy in 2004 at Anna Nagar in Tamil Nadu to train IAS and IPS aspirants.

Oct 12, 2018

No more leaves on working days for judges; CJI Gogoi's plan to tackle 3 cr pending cases

There are approximately 55,000 pending cases in the Supreme Court, 32.4 lakh cases spread across 24 high courts and 2.77 crore cases in subordinate courts.

Oct 12, 2018

Uttar Pradesh: 17-yr-old girl gang raped, killed in Shamli district

The girl's body was found hanging from a ceiling fan in the house, the officer said.

Oct 12, 2018

Mysterious UFO or Soyuz remnants? Fire streaks in California skies trigger fear

After watching the video, many people argued that the giant fire streaks could be a malfunctioned alien UFO

Oct 12, 2018

CISF to get world's first detect-track-disrupt counter-drone system for surveillance near airports

The system is in use in France, Israel, the US and the UK, and can not only detect, track and classify if the drone is a micro, mini or large but also differentiate between a bird and drone.

Oct 12, 2018

IT raids TDP leader CM Ramesh's residence, offices in Hyderabad

Responding to reports of the raids, the TDP MP claimed that it is a case of political vendetta and blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah.

Oct 12, 2018

Telangana politician quits Congress, joins BJP and makes a return within 10 hours

Padmini Reddy is the wife of senior Congress member C Damodar Raja Narasimha. On Thursday, a tweet by BJP's national general secretary had said that Padmini was impressed by the work done by PM Modi.

Oct 12, 2018

Lashkar-e-Taiba planning sea-borne attack on Indian ports, ships: Intelligence reports

Security officials say LeT cadres can hijack cargo ships or oil tankers and carry out a suicide attack on Indian ports or suicide attackers can infiltrate into Indian territory through sea or inland water channels.

Oct 12, 2018

Rafale deal: Dassault says it picked Reliance of its own will for jet contract

The deal has faced scrutiny both on the price and the decision to choose billionaire Anil Ambani's Reliance as a local partner with no aeronautical expertise instead of the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics which has a long history of making planes.

Oct 12, 2018

Who is Mohammed Dewji? Africa's youngest billionaire abducted by suspected foreigners in Tanzania

Three people have been arrested in connection with the abduction of Tanzanian billionaire Mohammed Dewji, of which two are said to be foreigners. However, the motive of the abduction is yet to be ascertained.

Oct 12, 2018

#MeToo accusers should provide evidence, says Melania Trump

Trump has said that although she supports the women who have come forward to reveal sexual assaults they faced, but argued that women should produce "really hard evidence" before making sexual misconduct allegations

Oct 11, 2018

Malaysia to abolish death penalty; Bangladesh sentences 19 to death

Over the past five years, the highest number of executions has been carried out by Indonesia. Till date, 142 countries have scrapped death penalty in law or practice.

Oct 11, 2018