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Opposition in Rajya Sabha wants select committee to oversee triple talaq bill

Besides Congress, the AIADMK, Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have also opposed the bill in the lower house.

Dec 31, 2018

Will New Year see 'jobs massacre' for Indians in KSA? Saudization threatens 160,000 jobs

Riyadh's inability to offer gainful employment to its burgeoning young population will spell doom for the tightly held benevolent monarchy model of governance.

Dec 31, 2018

CBI asks social media firms to run PhotoDNA to investigate suspects, users concerned about privacy

CBI's request is raising serious concerns among social media users as the platforms will not be able to run a search on one particular account and will have to run a surveillance across their data base, which means it would breach the privacy of all the users, suspects or not.

Dec 31, 2018

Air India Airbus A320 passenger aircraft.

Male passenger strips mid-air on Dubai-Lucknow Air India flight

After landing at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow, the staff handed him over to the airport security officials.

Dec 31, 2018

'Murder them, we'll take care of it later,' says vice-chancellor during Purvanchal University seminar

Raja Ram Yadav is part of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and is also closely associated with Bharatiya Janata Party.

Dec 31, 2018

BAT attack foiled along LoC, two Pakistani soldiers killed

"Army foiled a major BAT attempt to strike a forward post along the Line of Control in Naugam Sector in the early hours of Sunday," an Army spokesman said.

Dec 31, 2018

Gujarat: 10 members of family killed as car gets crushed between two trucks

The incident occurred on the Bhachau highway in the evening, when a trailer truck carrying salt jumped over the divider and onto another lane, where it collided with an SUV carrying 11 people.

Dec 31, 2018

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on 6 January 2014

Bangladesh PM Hasina scores big election win, opposition claims vote rigged

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's alliance won Bangladesh's election with a thumping majority, the country's Election Commission said early on Monday, giving her a third straight term following a vote that the opposition rejected as rigged.

Dec 31, 2018

Trump compares US-Mexico border wall with protection at Obama's home

"President and Mrs Obama built/has a ten foot Wall around their DC mansion/compound. I agree, totally necessary for their safety and security. The US needs the same thing, slightly larger version!" EFE news quoted Trump as saying on Sunday.

Dec 31, 2018

Indian police personnel holding 'lathi' sticks try to manage crowds during New Year's Eve celebrations in Bangalore on January 1, 2017.

Security beefed up in Bengaluru for New Year's eve celebrations

About 10,000 police personnel, including women constables, will be deployed in and around the city to maintain law and order and prevent untoward incidents on the New Year eve.

Dec 31, 2018

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In Bangladesh, some voters allege being barred from polling booths

At least three voters in southeast Bangladesh, including a journalist, told Reuters on Sunday that they were barred from entering polling booths or were told their ballot papers had already been filled in, hours after voting began in the nation's general election.

Dec 30, 2018