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BR Ambedkar's 59th death anniversary: Inspiring quotes by principal architect of India's Constitution

BR Ambedkar served as independent India's first law minister in 1947.

Dec 5, 2015

San Bernardino shooting: Barack Obama says US will not be terrorised

US President called for Americans to stand united after attacks in which 14 people were killed.

Dec 5, 2015

Seattle: Police video catches 73-year-old trying to snort cocaine during traffic stop

Seattle: Police video catches 73-year-old trying to snort cocaine during traffic stop

Dec 5, 2015

British RAF jets carry out second airstrike

Targets were oil fields, and the mission involved two Typhoons and two Tornados

Dec 5, 2015

China fights rodents with hawks, bows and arrows

Agriicultural authorities in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous prefecture look for different ways to protect crops.

Dec 5, 2015

Chad bomb blast: 27 killed, 80 injured in triple suicide attack on Loulou Fou island

Suicide attacks were carried out at three different areas of a weekly market on Loulou Fou island in Lake Chad.

Dec 5, 2015

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal confident of repeating Delhi victory in Punjab elections

The AAP chief clarified that his prediction was based on surveys conducted by his party in Punjab.

Dec 5, 2015

Syria air strikes: Isis oil field struck by second round RAF bombings

RAF Tornadoes, Typhoons and Reaper drones were in operation over Syria in the second wave of air strikes.

Dec 5, 2015

#DelhiOddEvenLogic: Twitterati mock government's new formula [Funny tweets]

The Delhi government on Friday announced that starting 1 January private vehicles with odd and even number plates will be allowed on alternate days, sparking furious and funny responses on Twitter.

Dec 5, 2015

Chennai Floods: ICICI Bank, HDFC waive penalty on EMI delay

ICICI Bank will also waive off charges for cheques that bounce in the period concerned.

Dec 5, 2015

San Bernardino shooting: American muslims fear rise of Islamophobia after massacre

Fears rise Islamophobia will spread in US after married muslim couple carried out California massacre.

Dec 5, 2015

'We should all be feminists' distributed to 16-year-olds in Sweden

The project is meant to initiate dialogue about gender equality.

Dec 5, 2015

Bihar govt to get more help from Gates Foundation to improve healthcare

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates meets Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during a three-day visit.

Dec 5, 2015

Chhota Shakeel 'threatens' journalist bidding for Dawood Ibrahim's property

However, the former journalist said that he has not informed the police about the SMS threat.

Dec 5, 2015

Norwegian newspaper apologises for publishing obituary of Santa Claus

The hoax ad in Aftenposten was published on 3 December.

Dec 5, 2015