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India will need 5 billion pairs of shoes in 2020: Govt

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will inaugurate the second edition of India's B2B footwear fair on August 5 in New Delhi.

Aug 3, 2016

Artist paints semi-nude graffiti of Hillary Clinton in Melbourne covered with Niqab

Leaving only Clinton's eyes showing, the artist Lushsux painted the message: "If this Muslim woman offends u, u r a bigot, racist, sexist Islamophobe."

Aug 3, 2016

GST Bill in Rajya Sabha: Twitter has a field day with 'Girgit Samjhauta Tax'

Social media platforms were abuzz with humour and insight.

Aug 3, 2016

Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda elected as Prime Minister of Nepal

He becomes the 24th Prime Minister in 26 years since the Himalayan nation adopted multi-party democracy in 1990 and the eighth since the 239-year-old monarchy was abolished eight years ago.

Aug 3, 2016

Emirates EK521 crash-landing: Twitter erupts in appreciation for airline after passengers confirmed safe

The airline confirmed that all the 282 passengers and 18 crew members were safe.

Aug 3, 2016

Puducherry teen forcibly hugged by 32-year-old stalker on fire dies

The family of the 17-year-old girl had registered four police complaints against the stalker.

Aug 3, 2016

Emirates Boeing 777 crash-lands at Dubai airport; all Indians among 300 aboard plane safe [VIDEO]

All the passengers and crew members were safe; however, a firefighter died while responding to the aircraft's crash-landing.

Aug 3, 2016

Sonia Gandhi shifted from Army RR Hospital to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital

The Congress president had taken ill on Tuesday during campaigning ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

Aug 3, 2016

Excessive rainfall in Krishna, Godavari rivers to fill parched reservoirs in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh

Officials have alerted disaster management teams in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to stay watchful about the water levels in major reservoirs.

Aug 3, 2016

Nitin Patel, Vijay Rupani in race to replace Anandiben as Gujarat chief minister

The probable candidates are Union minister Purshottam Rupala, Gujarat BJP chief Vijay Rupani, and state leaders Nitin Patel and Ganpat Vasava.

Aug 3, 2016

Bhagwant Mann barred from Lok Sabha until probe against him is over

A nine-member committee is probing the incident of the AAP MP videographing Parliament's security positions and posting it online.

Aug 3, 2016

Mumbai-Goa bridge collapse: What we know so far about the incident

Here is what we know so far about the incident in Mahad.

Aug 3, 2016

IIM draft bill to go before Cabinet after Smriti Irani's policies scrapped

The changes to the draft bill were made by the PMO after the IIMs protested that its autonomy was being diluted.

Aug 3, 2016

Maharashtra: 4 from Pune killed, 1 injured in accident on Mumbai-Pune expressway

All five were travelling in the same car, said local police sources.

Aug 3, 2016

Udta Punjab: 47 candidates fail dope test in police recruitment drive

The Punjab Police has tightened norms by sending the samples for two different tests.

Aug 3, 2016