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Evening wrap: India to seal border with Pak by 2018, Apple iPhone 7 launch in India, Mirzya review and more

Also read about Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos winning Nobel Peace Prize

Oct 7, 2016

US refuses to brand Pakistan as terrorist state

US Department of State spokesperson John Kirby urged India and Pakistan to engage in a meaningful dialogue to dissolve the tensions.

Oct 7, 2016

Goa: 39-year-old perfumer found dead in Sangolda flat

The victim described herself as an independent perfumer and researcher on her website and social network profiles.

Oct 7, 2016

Creepy clown spotted in Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester

Local resident Graham Alan Lowndes-Buckley filmed the mysterious figure, after spotting him from a bus window. Lowndes-Buckley said: The guy had a hockey mask covered in blood on, a poncho with blood on the back and front… just walking down the street staring at people and pointing then shouting.”

Oct 7, 2016

Columbian president Juan Manuel Santos wins 2016 Nobel peace Prize

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize in a surprise choice after Colombians voted No to an agreement he signed with Marxist rebels to end 52 years of war.

Oct 7, 2016

How Indias acid attack victims are empowering themselves

Between 2014 and 2015 at least 400 people in India were attacked with acid, with news coverage of such incidents becoming almost a daily occurrence. The Make Love Not Scars organisation aims to help acid attack victims by providing skills and rehabilitation so that they can reintegrate back into society. They have even helped one victim achieve her dream of walking down a runway at New York Fashion Week.

Oct 7, 2016

Airlines issue informal warning to pilots: 'Avoid landing in Pakistan'

Almost all flights from central and east India, which fly to Europe, Gulf region and America, fly over Pakistan.

Oct 7, 2016

Hurricane Matthew: Fox News weather report tells audience their kids will die

Shepard Smith told Fox News watchers in Florida that if they did not evacuate from Hurricane Matthew that they would die. While showing viewers the potential path of the hurricane on the green screen, Smith told viewers this moves 20 miles to the west and you and everyone you know are dead. All of you. 1.5 million Floridians have been asked to evacuate after Hurricane Matthew killed at least 280 people in Haiti on its way through the Caribbean.

Oct 7, 2016

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos wins Nobel Peace Prize despite Farc accord falling through; here's why

FARC leader Rodrigo Londono, also known as Timochenko, had also been tipped to win the prize, but was ignored by the judges.

Oct 7, 2016

More men agree to date an HIV positive person than women: Survey

At present, around 1.2 million Americans are living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Oct 7, 2016

Amit Shah condemns Rahul Gandhi's 'khoon ki dalaali' comment, lauds media for boosting Indian Army's morale

Shah asks the politicians, who don't believe that the strikes happened, to make note of the uproar in Pakistan.

Oct 7, 2016

BREAKING: 4 dead, 13 injured in explosion near Jaffer Express travelling to Rawalpindi

It is still not known whether the bomb was planted inside the train or on the tracks.

Oct 7, 2016

Hurricane Matthew hits Florida as millions urged to evacuate

With winds up to 140mph and the power out for 140,000 people in Florida, Hurricane Matthew has hit America. President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency and Governor Rock Scott begged 1.5 million Floridians to evacuate. The storm has already killed at least 280 people in Haiti.

Oct 7, 2016

India-Pakistan border to be entirely sealed by December 2018: Home Minister Rajnath Singh

Singh meets representatives of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Gujarat and Rajasthan — the four states bordering Pakistan.

Oct 7, 2016

Jayalalithaa health update: As Swamy demands President's Rule in Tamil Nadu, Rahul Gandhi visits Apollo Hospital

Swamy said several terror modules in the state had become active in the absence of its leader.

Oct 7, 2016