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Washington, Sept 9: U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday hinted that his summit meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi here at the end of the month may to large extent focus on counterterrorism and security cooperation policies, including within its ambit the rise of Islamic State in Syria and Iraq and prospects for regional stability after the U.S.’ Afghanistan drawdown in months ahead

Srinagar/Jammu, Sep 8: Massive rescue operations were under way on Monday to evacuate tens of thousands of people stranded in floods in Jammu & Kashmir as the situation remained grim with most parts of Srinagar city still under water and bad communication lines and high water levels posing a big challenge. As authorities struggled to deal with the calamity, a landslide was reported from Pachori

New Delhi, Sep 8: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Monday released a "sting tape" which featured a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in Delhi trying to "poach" his MLA. While screening the video at a media conference, Kejriwal claimed it was shot at the house of BJP state vice president Sher Singh Dagar's house as he tried "to offer" AAP MLA Dinesh Mohania Rs. 4 crore to help the

New Delhi, Sep 8: The Supreme Court today stayed the execution of death sentence of Surinder Koli for killing children in a house in Nithari village in Noida near here in 2006. The bench comprising justices H L Dattu and A R Dave stayed the execution for a period of one week. An official of the apex court said that the plea in this regard was mentioned before the bench after midnight and the order

New Delhi, Sep 8: Viewers of free-to-air TV channels may soon have to bear with longer commercial breaks if the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry goes ahead with its plan to scrap the existing 12-minute advertisement per hour regulation imposed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). “We will free all free-to-air channels from the 12-minute advertisement per hour rule,” a

New Delhi, Sep 8: Amid speculation over the formation of a government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)?in Delhi next week, the Congress has launched a campaign against an “unconstitutional move” to install a regime led by the saffron party. Delhi BJP leaders have refused to comment on the possibility of a party-led government’s formation in the hung Assembly, claiming that a lot will depend

New Delhi, Sep 7: Growing Internet penetration and rising popularity of online banking have made India a favourite among cybercriminals, who target online financial transactions using malware, security solutions provider Trend Micro said. According to the firm, India ranks third after Japan and the US in the tally of countries most affected by online banking malware during the April-June quarter

New Delhi, Sep 7: Putting to rest the debate on printing of one rupee notes, the Law Ministry has opined that the Government of India has all the powers to print currency notes of this denomination. While the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has the authority to issue bank notes of denominational values of Rs. 2, Rs. 5, Rs. 10, Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 100, Rs. 500, Rs. 1,000, Rs. 5,000 and Rs. 10,000, the

Jammu, Sept 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today reviewed the flood situation in Jammu region at a high-level meeting attended by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and top officials. Modi, who arrived here this morning, held the meeting at Jammu's Technical Airport and was briefed by Abdullah on the devastation caused by the floods which have claimed 116 lives, officials said. The Prime Minister is

Srinagar/Jammu, Sep 7: The land for rehabilitation of displaced Kashmiri Pandits, who migrated from the Kashmir valley in the early 1990's due to militancy, can be identified in one or two months, home minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday. "We are committed to the rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits who have migrated from the valley. The state government can start the process of identifying the