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Supreme Court verdict on gay rights needs to be 'reconsidered': Arun Jaitley

He said that consensual gay sex should be legalised in keeping with the present day scenario.

Nov 29, 2015

Two killed in blast at upcoming hydropower plant in Himachal

Explosion occurred on Sunday morning when an engineer was inspecting dynamite installed to carry out a blast.

Nov 29, 2015

Facebook grants paid time off for baby leave as global benefit

Currently, fathers and non-primary caregivers outside the United States get four weeks of paid leave.

Nov 29, 2015

Horse named Aamir Khan sells for Rs 5 lakh at Sonepur fair

Trader from Agra in Uttar Pradesh buys equine specimen

Nov 29, 2015

NSA to end bulk phone surveillance programme

The move, mandated by a law, represents the reduction of US spying capabilities.

Nov 29, 2015

Child who fell in borewell in Telangana has been found dead

Rakesh had fallen into the pit on Saturday while playing with his five-year-old brother Balesh.

Nov 29, 2015

Modi assures aid to flood-hit Tamil Nadu

Rain lashed the Cuddalore, Chennai, Thiruvallur and Kanchipuram districts over past two weeks, killing about 180.

Nov 29, 2015

Turkey to return body of Su-24 Russian pilot killed by Turkmen rebels in Syria

Lieutenant-Colonel Oleg Peshkov was killed by the Syrian Turkmen Brigade militants in Syria.

Nov 29, 2015

Iceland: Hackers hit 5 govt sites in whaling protest

The sites went offline on Friday, and remained down till Saturday.

Nov 29, 2015

Activists to form human chain in Paris to urge action on global warming

Activists in France scaled back their plans when the govt imposed state of emergency after the Paris attacks.

Nov 29, 2015

Haryana: Police gun down 'cow smuggler', injure another

Haryana recently banned transportation of cattle for slaughter or for sale outside the state.

Nov 29, 2015

China police crack online gun ring, seize 6 million bullets, 1180 guns

The gun selling ring has made more than $625,537 in profit since 2012.

Nov 29, 2015

EU aims to enhance national privacy regulators in new US data pact

The commission is looking for ways to involve European privacy watchdogs more deeply.

Nov 29, 2015

Thiruvananthapuram: Rs 1700 crore National University for Rehabilitation to come up soon

Empowerment ministry is provisioned to spend Rs.390 crore for the first 5 years of expansion of NISH.

Nov 29, 2015

Intolerance not an adequate word to describe fear of minorities: Arundhati Roy

The function attracted strong protests from pro-RSS Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.

Nov 29, 2015