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One dead & two hurt as elephant herd attacks Nepal village Kathmandu 28 Dec 2016 - 10:18 pm

A HERD of elephants attacked a village in southwest Nepal yesterday, killing one person and wounding two others, officials said. Government official Dilli...

More than 200 fighter jets needed: IAF Chief 28 Dec 2016 - 10:16 pm

New Delhi: The Air Force chief, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, yesterday said 200 to 250 more fighter aircraft were required to be...

Samajwadi Party announces 325 assembly candidates 28 Dec 2016 - 10:16 pm

Lucknow: In a swift development, the ruling Samajwadi Party yesterday made public a list of 325 candidates for Uttar Pradesh assembly elections early...

Ratan Tata meets RSS chief in Nagpur 28 Dec 2016 - 10:16 pm

Nagpur: In a surprise development, Ratan Tata, the Interim Chairman of Tata Sons, yesterday arrived here to meet Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan...

Fake note printing machine seized 28 Dec 2016 - 10:14 pm

Gujarat Police seized a fake note printing machine here while four persons were caught in Kheda district yesterday with Rs12.45 lakh, mostly in...

40kg gold looted from Muthoot Finance 28 Dec 2016 - 10:14 pm

Posing as CBI officials, five unidentified persons looted 40 kg gold from a Muthoot Finance officer in Hyderabad yesterday, the city police said....

Britain cracks down on illegal nail-salon workers; 97 held 28 Dec 2016 - 10:12 pm

London: British immigration officers have raided nearly 300 nail salons and arrested 97 people, mostly from Vietnam, for suspected immigration offences as part...

Greece to improve migrant camps 28 Dec 2016 - 10:12 pm

Athens: Greece, a frontline country for migrants fleeing to Europe from war and poverty, vowed yesterday to improve living conditions in its overcrowded...

50 days after note ban, Rahul demands answers 28 Dec 2016 - 10:12 pm

New Delhi: Fifty days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the scrapping of old Rs500 and Rs1,000 currency notes, he continued to be...

Hollande pardons woman who killed husband 28 Dec 2016 - 10:04 pm

Paris: French President Francois Hollande yesterday pardoned a woman who killed her abusive husband, allowing her to walk free from jail where she...

Rise in migrants leaving Germany 28 Dec 2016 - 10:04 pm

Berlin: Nearly 55,000 migrants who were not eligible for or were likely to be denied asylum left Germany voluntarily in 2016, up by...

Trump slams 'inflammatory' Obama 28 Dec 2016 - 08:50 pm

Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump yesterday accused Barack Obama of making "inflammatory" statements and complicating the impending transfer of power -- the latest...

California teens rescued from capsize boat 28 Dec 2016 - 08:47 pm

Little Torch Key: Three stranded teenage boys from California called 911 and calmly sat atop a capsized boat before being rescued from waters...

US charges 3 Chinese with hacking 28 Dec 2016 - 08:47 pm

New York: Three Chinese citizens have been criminally charged in the United States with trading on confidential corporate information obtained by hacking into...

Colombia kidnappings down 92% 28 Dec 2016 - 08:38 pm

Bogota: Kidnappings in Colombia have fallen 92 percent since 2000, a "historic" change, the authorities said as the government and FARC rebels implement...

Kerry urges Israel, Palestinians to agree on 1967 lines with land swaps 28 Dec 2016 - 08:38 pm

Washington: US Secretary of State John Kerry insisted Wednesday that Israel and a future Palestine should live as two states based on the...

Gambians turn back to migration as political impasse drags 28 Dec 2016 - 07:01 pm

Banjul, Gambia: Ansu Sanyang was ready. Sick of providing so little for his parents and sisters with any work he could find, the...

Israel's other army expanding illegal settlements 28 Dec 2016 - 06:39 pm

Bethlehem, occupied West Bank: Abuses of power committed by Israel's Civilian Security Coordinators (CSCs), civilian guards of the illegal settlements, continue to contribute...