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Guwahati: Days after al-Qaeda issued a video threatening to carry out its campaign in India,Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday said the terror group is trying to set up base in the state and had "tacit understanding" with ULFA. "We have got some information that al-Qaeda is trying to...

Amid reports that some Indian youths may have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIS) in its battle against the Nouri al-Maliki government in Baghdad, the Intelligence Bureau has warned the home ministry that the Iraq conflict might set off a fresh outbreak between Shias and Sunnis...

By Khyati Bhatt It was somewhat disconcerting to watch Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s lacklustre performance in the first speech he gave to an international audience during the recent BRICS summit. While one can understand his nervousness on the occasion, but his apparent discomfort and lack of...

By Khyati Bhatt It was somewhat disconcerting to watch Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s lacklustre performance in the first speech he gave to an international audience during the recent BRICS summit. While one can understand his nervousness on the occasion, but his apparent discomfort and lack of...

By Khyati Bhatt It was somewhat disconcerting to watch Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s lacklustre performance in the first speech he gave to an international audience during the recent BRICS summit. While one can understand his nervousness on the occasion, but his apparent discomfort and lack of...

By Khyati Bhatt It was somewhat disconcerting to watch Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s lacklustre performance in the first speech he gave to an international audience during the recent BRICS summit. While one can understand his nervousness on the occasion, but his apparent discomfort and lack of...

MANDALAY — Several hundred people gathered for the funeral of a Buddhist man in Pathein Gyi Township, located some 15 km north of Mandalay, on Friday afternoon and emotions ran high as the victim, Tun Tun, 36, was brought to a local cemetery. He was one of two men killed in central Mandalay on...

An online hate speech survey in Pakistan has found that 92 percent of respondents have come across such content online, and 51 percent have been the target of it. Despite this, most were largely unaware of hate speech laws in Pakistan. The survey, the first of its kind in the country, was...

India on Monday announced a new liberal visa policy for Afghanistan citizens that includes allowing them to stay in this country for up to two years and exemption from police reporting for senior citizens and children. The new visa policy is being introduced on humanitarian grounds for two...

New Delhi: In a hilarious twist, Kamaal R Khan has announced that he is leaving India. The strangest bit in the story is that the controversial actor said that he is leaving because Narendra Modi is touted to be the next Prime Minister of India. The actor posted on his Twitter account: A...

Bangalore: All major airports in South India have been put on high alert following an alert by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). In an alert, the BCAS has warned that the terror groups may attack an airport in the South. International airports in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kochi...

Chandigarh: Imagine you have to travel for less than two hours to reach Chandigarh from Delhi. This is soon going to be possible as Indian Railways plans to roll out the desi version of Bullet trains in the next one year. Bullet trains remain a dream for the country due to high costs involved in...

Shillong: The BSF has handed over a list of 66 camps of north-east insurgents to the Border Guard Bangladesh, seeking actions against them. "We have requested our counterparts in Bangladesh for cooperation in dismantling the camps of insurgents from the region. We have handed over a list of 66...

With fresh snowfall and intense cold having gripped valley, the condition of ailing octogenarian separatist leader has once again deteriorated. This was stated by Hurriyat (G) spokesperson Tuesday. “Geelani Sahab has once again complained of pain and ache in his whole body and he is feeling...

At least 20 security personnel are feared killed in a Naxal ambush in Tongpal village, close to the Darbha Ghat area, of Sukma district in south Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. ChhattisgarhAdditional Director General (ADG) Intelligence Mukesh Gupta toldThe Hindu that 15 of the 20 personnel are from...

MOSCOW: The suspected involvement of converts to Islam in Russian suicide bombings points to the growing reach of jihadists far beyond the Muslim provinces of Chechnya and Dagestan, where insurgency and separatism have simmered for two decades. Russian news media say the authorities suspect an...

ISLAMABAD, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- At least 1,532 people were killed and 4,094 others injured in 324 bomb attacks including 39 suicide ones that ripped through Pakistan during 2013, according to official and local media statistics. According to the data, the 39 suicide attacks killed 764 people...

The man who wants to be India's next prime minister has been voted as the Newsmaker of 2013 in an India Today Online poll. Narendra Modi, BJP's prime ministerial candidate, has secured the most number of votes in the web poll held from the middle of December till the 31st. As many as 1,124...

India has decided to invite the Islamic Republic of Iran to the 11th edition of its biennial international oil and gas conference, Petrotech 2014, slated for next month. According to a report published by the English-language dailyThe Indian Express on Monday, the measure was taken following...

PESHAWAR: Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shaukatullah has revealed that Pakistanis may face a complete travel ban for Hajj and Umrah due to failure of the country to contain the spread of the poliovirus. In an exclusive chat with The News, he revealed that during the last 18 months, Pakistan had...