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Megathrust earthquake could kill crores in India and Bangladesh

Researches from the U.S. and Bangladesh have predicted that the South Asian countries seem primed for a devastating earthquake.

Jul 12, 2016

Italy: At least 12 people killed, many injured in a head-on train collision

Two trains crashed into each other in the southern part of Italy, killing several people and injuring many others.

Jul 12, 2016

South China Sea dispute: UN Tribunal rules that China has no exclusive rights to islands

United Nations International Tribunal has ruled that China has violated the Philippines' sovereign rights and also caused "severe harm to the coral reef environment" by building artificial islands.

Jul 12, 2016

Hyderabad: NIA arrests 2 persons for allegedly financing Isis module; terrorists used encrypted mail

The National Investigation Agency has arrested two people who are believed to have raised funds for suspected Isis sympathisers.

Jul 12, 2016

Kashmir: India asks Pakistan to 'refrain', just as Musharraf told Vajpayee Govt to 'lay off'

Fifteen years after former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf asked India to "lay off" from Afghanistan, India is asking Pakistan to "refrain" over Kashmir.

Jul 12, 2016

Supreme Court gives Sikh groups 6 weeks to decide on mechanism to stop jokes on community; Twitter reacts

A Sikh lawyer had filed a Public Interest Litigation in December to raise the issue that the community was insulted by the jokes.

Jul 12, 2016

Do you know any of the 5 Indians on the Forbes list of Asia's 2016 Heroes Of Philanthropy?

The five people from three organisations have been adjudged by Forbes magazine the most philanthropic people from India in 2016.

Jul 12, 2016

Austria: Supreme Court rules that employees can be fired for wearing a veil, and this is why

The court has ruled that employers banning a Muslim face veil is not discriminatory, and for a reason.

Jul 12, 2016

Kerala: Political violence kills CPI(M), BJP workers in 12 hours

Both the workers were hacked to death in their homes near Payyannur.

Jul 12, 2016

Peshawar Army school massacre mastermind killed in US drone strike in Afghanistan: Report

Umar Mansour was shot dead along with another militant Qari Saifullah on Saturday in Nangarhar, Afghanistan, reported Dawn.

Jul 12, 2016

Iraq: 11 killed, 32 injured in car bombing in Shiite-dominated district of Baghdad

Rescue teams have begun to shift the injured to the hospitals, while aid workers fear that the death toll will rise.

Jul 12, 2016

Uttar Pradesh: 5 dead, 30 injured after bus collides with truck

The two people who are critical have been taken to Lucknow while are others are being treated at the Bahraich district hospital.

Jul 12, 2016

Kerala Isis links: Suspects to be booked under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act; NIA to probe the matter

At least 21 people from the Kasaragod, Palakkad and Thiruvananthapuram districts have gone missing under different circumstances.

Jul 12, 2016

Kashmir unrest: 12 security personnel injured in grenade attack in Srinagar

People complain of shortage in essential supplies and medicines as curfew entered the fourth day.

Jul 12, 2016

J&K: PM Modi appeals for peace in Valley; assures all assistance to state

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a high-level meeting to take stock of the situation in Kashmir.

Jul 12, 2016