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Digital police verification, other reforms to speed up passport process

The time taken for police verification for passports will soon be considerably reduced with the linking of CCTNS with the MEAs passport service. Read to know more.

Aug 22, 2017

Barcelona attack driver among 8 killed, 4 held by Spanish police

The Spanish police on Monday shot dead an Islamist militant who killed 13 people with a van in Barcelona last week. Read to know more.

Aug 22, 2017

End of Talaq, Talaq, Talaq: Supreme Court strikes down practice as unconstitutional by 3:2 majority

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declared the practice of instant triple talaq as void, illegal and unconstitutional as it is against the tenets of the Holy Quran and also violates the Sharia law.

Aug 22, 2017

US Secret Service is nearly at the spending limit for 2017 under Trump

Secret Service Director Randolph Tex Alles told USA Today that some agents have already maxed out the allotted amount for salary and overtime for the entire year after just eight months of Trump in office.

Aug 22, 2017

Barceona suspect shot dead: Who was Younes Abouyaaqoub?

Younes Abouyaaqoub, the main suspect in Thursdays (17 August) deadly vehicle-ramming attack in the city centre of Barcelona, was shot dead on Monday in a police operation. Police confirmed they had killed a man who appeared to be wearing an explosive belt in the town of Subirats, west of Barcelona.

Aug 22, 2017

WATCH: Donald Trump defies solar eclipse rules

While NASA specifically warned people not to look directly at the sun.

Aug 22, 2017

US and South Korea practice virtual war against Pyongyang

The US and South Korea kicked off their annual joint drills on 21 August, amid threats of war from North Korea.

Aug 22, 2017

BJP activists throw rotten eggs at Kanhaiya Kumar in West Bengal

Nearly 100 BJP activists on Monday threw rotten eggs at Jawaharlal University student leader Kanhaiya Kumar in West Bengal. Read to know more.

Aug 22, 2017

Trump corners Pak over providing safe havens to terrorists, seeks 'help' from India in Afghanistan

Trump unveiled his new policy on Afghanistan saying that he would stop the resurgence of safe havens for terrorists and also sought for more "help" from India, especially in the "economic sector".

Aug 22, 2017

University of Texas removes Confederate statues

The University of Texas in Austin (UT-Austin) has removed its four remaining statues honoring Confederate figures overnight.The removal of the statues depicting General Robert E. Lee Albert Sidney Johnston, John Reagan and James Stephen Hogg began just before midnight local time, reported KSAT 12.

Aug 21, 2017

Marseille crash: One dead after van ploughs into two bus stops

One person has died after a car crashed into two bus shelters in different areas of the southern French city of Marseille, according to local police.Julien Ravier, a local mayor, told Frances BFMTV news channel that the victim of the crash at the second bus shelter was a woman in her 40s. She was waiting alone at the stop.

Aug 21, 2017