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Sonia Gandhi admitted to hospital; will her continued ill-health pave the way for Rahul to be Congress president?

Sonia Gandhi has been admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi for viral fever.

Nov 29, 2016

IAF deploys major aircraft to transport banknotes, ferries over 160 tonnes of new currency

IAF has deployed some of its big aircraft like C-130J Super Hercules and C-17 Globemaster for transporting newly minted notes.

Nov 29, 2016

CCTV shows woman left paralysed after car drives onto pavement

CCTV footage has been released showing the moment a woman was left paralysed after a car drove onto the pavement. The video, released by the Metropolitan Police, captures the incident which happened on the 29 May in Norwood, London.The woman who was paralysed was 30-year-old Chanelle Higgins. According to to the police appeal, Higgins was paralysed from the waist down and is confined to a wheelchair.The police said that on 16 June a 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. He was released on bail to return on a date in December pending further enquiries.

Nov 29, 2016

Colombia plane crash, Munich air disaster: Air tragedies involving football teams

Alan Ruschel and Marcos Danilo may be the only two survivors from Chapecoense football team.

Nov 29, 2016

Cuban President Raul Castro pays final respects to brother and predecessor Fidel Castro

Cuban President Raul Castro paid his final respects to to his brother and predecessor Fidel Castro.The president signed signed an allegiance to the countrys revolution during a ceremony in Havana.Fidel Castro died on 25 November at the age of 90.His ashes will be in the countrys Revolutionary Square for two days so Cubans can pay their final respects.

Nov 29, 2016

Punjab: Rs 9,806 crore credited to taxi driver's Jan Dhan account in State Bank of Patiala!

Branch Manager Ravinder Kumar said that officials from the Income Tax Department were investigating the case.

Nov 29, 2016

Video shows Brazil football team Chapecoense boarding plane before deadly crash

A plane with 81 people on board, including members of the Brazilian first division football team Chapecoense, has crashed in the city of Medellin in Colombia. A video published on Facebook shows the Chapecoense players checking in before the flight at the international airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Chapecoense were due to play Medellin-based team Atletico Nacional in the final of the Copa Sudamericana on 30 November, but the match has now been suspended.

Nov 29, 2016

10 things to know about Gen Qamar Bajwa

Gen Qamar Bajwa was a dark horse before his elevation to Pakistan's top post rivaling that of the Prime Minister himself.

Nov 29, 2016

North Dakota Access Pipeline: Standing Rock Sioux refuse evacuation calls from feds, what next?

Tulsi Gabbard, the Democratic representative from Hawaii, and 2,000 veterans are supposed to join the protest on December 4.

Nov 29, 2016

Did UFOs launch an attack on Turkey; Twitter attempts to censor footage [VIDEO]

A strange sighting, similar to the UFOs reported in Turkey on November 28, took place at Phoenix in Arizona, US, on March 13 1997.

Nov 29, 2016

Tennessee wildfire: Evacuation ordered in resort towns of Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge as blaze spreads

Gatlinburg Fire Department chief Greg Miller said that they were battling the raging fire amidst strong winds.

Nov 29, 2016

Delta Air Lines bans passenger who went on pro-Trump rant on flight

The airline also apologised to other passengers for having allowed him to continue on the flight.

Nov 29, 2016

Jammu and Kashmir: Vaishno Devi, Udhampur on high alert after Nagrota terror attack that killed 3 soldiers

Three terrorists were killed and three BSF jawans injured in a separate encounter in Jammu's Samba sector.

Nov 29, 2016

Space agencies confirm San Francisco's Millenium Tower is sinking fast

The building has sunk 16 inches so far and it is also now tilting at about two inches. Other buildings in the Bay Area are sinking too.

Nov 29, 2016

Morning brief: Ohio State University attack, plot to kill PM Modi, women's T20 Asia Cup 2016 and more

Also read about how Salman Khan helped Suneil Shetty's son make his Bollywood debut and how Reliance Jio is adding 1,000 customers per minute.

Nov 29, 2016