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After Twin Bombings, Nigeria's Boko Haram Goes on Violence Spree; Kills 17 in Alagarno Village Attack

Even as Nigerians are still recovering from the shock of Tuesday's twin bomb blasts in the central city of Jos – an incident that is blamed on Boko Haram – the Islamist group has now been accused of killing 17 people in an attack on a village in north-east Nigeria

May 21, 2014

Fire at Shastri Bhavan: Twitter Users Suspect Bid to Destroy Coal Scam Files

A minor fire broke out in the seventh floor of the government building that houses departments such as Coal, Mining and Corporate Affairs.

May 21, 2014

Egypt Court Sentences Former President Hosni Mubarak to 3 Years in Prison for Embezzlement

Hosni Mubarak, the ousted former president of Egypt, has been sentenced to three years in prison for charges of embezzlement.

May 21, 2014

Britain's Prince Charles Compared Putin's Actions to Nazi's, Says Polish Refugee

Britain's heir apparent, Prince Charles reportedly compared actions taken by Russia's Vladimir Putin to that of the Nazi actions.

May 21, 2014

Naveen Patnaik Takes Oath as Odisha CM for 4th Consecutive Term

Biju Janata Dal president Naveen Patnaik on 21 May took over as the Chief Minister of Odisha for the fourth consecutive term in Bhubaneswar.

May 21, 2014

Confusion reigns in Pakistan after polio guidelines

Pakistan, the world's number-one exporter of polio, has seen a rush on vaccines and angry scenes at hospitals after new World Health Organization guidelines aimed at halting the crippling disease caused widespread confusion.

May 21, 2014

Colombia schoolchildren bus inferno

Relatives and friends gather to mourn the 31 schoolchildren who died inside a bus inferno in Fundacion, Colombia. Duration: 00:38

May 21, 2014

US Judge Rules Same-Sex Marriage Ban in Pennsylvania as Unconstitutional

A federal judge has struck down Pennsylvania State's ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, calling it unconstitutional.

May 21, 2014

Fire breaks out at Shastri Bhavan in Delhi

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): A fire broke out on the seventh floor of Delhi's Shastri Bhawan that houses some union ministries on Wednesday morning. The fire was reported at 9:40 am, when at least nine fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the fire. The cause of the fire is unknown. Further details are awaited.

May 21, 2014

Congress calls BJPs objection over PMO Twitter handle unnecessary

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): After BJP called Prime Minister Office renamed the prime minister's Twitter handle ‘unethical’ and ‘ungraceful’, Congress called the whole row as unnecessary hype. Shashi Tharoor said that it is only the earlier tweets of the PMO which are archived so that the new prime minister takes over it. Meem Afzal said that this is normal course of action and that BJP should make it clear what their agenda is.

May 21, 2014

Shashi Tharoor impressed with Modi over his emotional speech, other leaders call it natural

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): A day after Narendra Modi gave an emotional speech during BJP parliamentary meet, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said that he was genuinely impressed by Modi’s recent comments and said that these are good signs on his part. He also said that opposition will support him on development issues, but will remain vigil if he turns away from welfare objectives of all. Further, Meem Afzal and Satyavrat Chaturvedi said that this is just normal and that Modi is shifting from anger oriented politics to emotional politics.

May 21, 2014

Kiran Bedi may join politics, Congress reacts

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): As speculations continue over Kiran Bedi joining politics and BJP fielding her from Delhi, Congress leader Meem Afzal said that Bedi has no political background and her intention towards working for any party is not clear. Further, Satyavrat Chaturvedi said that Kiran Bedi’s joining politics or not will not matter.

May 21, 2014

JD (U) will not support Kejriwal, want elections: Shoaib Iqbal

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): After AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal seek support for new mandate to form government in Delhi, JD (U) leader Shoaib Iqbal said that the party won’t support him. He said that morally Kejriwal should not even think of forming government and that he has lost confidence of the people. Further, he said that the JD (U) wants elections.

May 21, 2014

KCR to Attend Modi's Oath Taking Ceremony 26 May, to Become Telangana CM on 2 June

Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) is going to take oath as the first Chief Minister of India's 29th state -- Telangana -- on 2 June. Sources close to the development said KCR will take the oath at 12.55 pm to be precise, and many people will attend the programme.

May 21, 2014

BJP Calls PM's Twitter Account National Asset, Criticizes Manmohan Singh's Staff

Narendra Modi's IT team is at loggerheads with the outgoing PM Manmohan Singh's office over PMO Twitter account.

May 21, 2014