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Modi targets NC, PDP and Congress over corruption in JandK

Udhampur, Nov 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday targeted the regional NC, PDP in Kashmir for massive corruption in the state. He also attacked the Congress over the issue. Modi stated that he would send adequate funds for the state and would keep a track on whether it is being utilized in a proper way or not.

Nov 28, 2014

Consider Treating Sanskrit as Additional Subject: SC

The Supreme Court asked the government to treat it as an additional language retaining German as a third langauge.

Nov 28, 2014

ISIS: Indian Youth Escapes from Islamic Militants' Grasp; Returns to Mumbai from Turkey

Areeb called his father Dr Ijaz Majeed in order to return from Turkey after having escaped from the clutches of ISIS

Nov 28, 2014

Labourers carry EVMs at an election material distribution centre on the eve of the final phase of general election in Kolkata

Namibia Goes to Polls with Indian EVMs

Namibia became the first African country in Africa to go to presidential and legislative polls using EVMs made in India, on Friday.

Nov 28, 2014

Rebel fighters prepare to fire a machine gun towards forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Jabal al-Akrad area in Syria's northwestern Latakia province November 25, 2014

Qatar-US Holding Joint Camps for Training Syrian Rebels Against Al Assad and IS

The moderate Syrian rebels are trained for three to four months at a Qatar Special forces base run with the assistance of US.

Nov 28, 2014

Smoke rises after an explosion in what witnesses said was an Israeli air strike in Gaza August 10, 2014. Israel has accepted a new Gaza ceasefire proposed by Egyptian mediators and will send negotiators to Cairo on Monday if the truce holds,

US Sends 3,000 'Smart Bombs' to Israel that Killed Thousands in Gaza Strip this Summer: Report

The United States is arming Israel with 3,000 more of the similar 'Smart bombs' that killed more than 2,140 Palestinians in Gaza Strip.

Nov 28, 2014

Matrimonial Alliance to Mend Political Ties between Lalu, Mulayam?

Mulayam's grand-nephew Tej Pratap and Lalu's youngest daughter Raj Lakshmi will tie the knot in February 2015.

Nov 28, 2014

Black Friday 2014: Shoppers Throng Wal-Mart, Macy's, Best Buy, Target and More [PHOTOS]

On Black Friday, major retailers give promotional offers to kick start the holiday shopping season.

Nov 28, 2014

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Sushma Swaraj's statement full of 'helplessness': Congress on abducted Indians in Iraq

New Delhi, Nov 28 (ANI): Congress on Thursday slammed External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj after Swaraj said that the government is continuously receiving information about those Indian nationals who have been abducted in Iraq from its sources. She added that the abducted Indians are alive and safe. Congress leader Pramod Tiwari reacting over Swaraj's statement said that the statement was full of helplessness and Government must clarify if abducted Indians are safe or not. Tiwari further added that BJP government acting like hostage.

Nov 28, 2014

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Sushma Swaraj says abducted workers in Iraq alive

New Delhi, Nov 28 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday while speaking in the Rajya Sabha said that 39 abducted construction workers in Iraq were alive on the basis of information from six sources, thus contradicting eyewitness' account that they have been shot dead. Swaraj said the information was written and she had shared that information with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and other colleague. However, the foreign minister refused to divulge the identity of source, as it could hamper the rescue efforts, but admitted that government has no direct contact with the abductees. Swaraj said that eye-witness Harjeet was well and was in government's protective care.

Nov 28, 2014

Marathon runner Mauro Prosperi lost in Sahara desert

Marathon Runner Lost in Sahara Drank Urine and Ate Bats, Snakes, Lizards to Survive

A marathon runner revealed that he had to eat snakes, lizards and drink his own urine and bat blood to survive in the Sahara Desert for ten days after he got lost during the world's toughest foot race, Marathon des Sables.

Nov 28, 2014

Sudan: Tribal Gunmen Riding Horses and Camels Kill 15 in south Darfur

Most on board were Imams who fell victim to the attack on their way back from Hamada village.

Nov 28, 2014

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Rampal produced before Punjab and Haryana HC Part - 2

Chandigarh, Nov 28 (ANI): Self-styled 'godman' Sant Rampal was produced before the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday. His bail plea had been cancelled earlier on November 20 in a 2006 murder case. The divisional bench today directed the additional chief secretary, Home, Haryana, to file a report regarding the properties owned by Rampal. The self-styled ' godman ', who was arrested from his Satlok Ashram after a two-week long standoff in Hisar's Barwala town, has rubbished all the charges leveled against him.

Nov 28, 2014

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