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Kannur, Oct 27: BJP president Amit Shah arrived here Saturday on a day visit to Kerala to attend a party function in the city and the 90th Mahasamadhi observance of social reformer Sree Narayana Guru at Varkala near Thiruvananthapuram. Hundreds of party workers gathered to welcome Shah, who became the first passenger to land at the Kannur International Airport, slated for official inauguration on

New Delhi, Oct 27: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will travel to Qatar and Kuwait from October 28 to 31 in pursuit of India's objective of enhanced engagement with the Gulf region. She will have engagements in Qatar on October 28 and 29 and Kuwait on October 30 and 31, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement. During her visit to Qatar, Swaraj will interact with her

Colombo, Oct 27: Mahinda Rajapaksa staged a dramatic political comeback on Friday, becoming Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister after President Maithripala Sirisena sacked premier Ranil Wickremesinghe, triggering angry reactions from the finance minister who termed the former strongman's return as an "anti-democratic coup". Visuals of the former president Rajapaksa taking oath as the premier were

New Delhi, Oct 27: In one of his sharpest attacks yet on Narendra Modi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh said his successor’s rule has not been good for India as he “failed” the electorate and led a government that was “mostly silent” on incidents of communal violence, mob lynching and cow vigilantism. Singh, while speaking at the launch of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s new book, alleged

Gurgaon, Oct 27: Unable to repay a loan of Rs. 40 lakh, a man murdered his business partner in Gurgaon and later killed his wife after she backtracked on her promise to commit suicide together, police said Friday. The accused Harnek Singh had taken a loan from Jaskaran Singh but despite repeated reminders, refused to pay him back, they said. Fed up, Jaskaran landed at the his business partner's

Srinagar, Oct 26: An Army jawan died at a hospital in Srinagar on Friday after he sustained head injuries during stone-pelting by a group of youths, an official said. "Sepoy Rajendra Singh was part of a quick reaction team which was providing security to a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) convoy on Thursday. At around 1800 hrs, when the convoy was passing through the Anantnag bypass tri-junction

New Delhi, Oct 26: At least eight people were killed and three injured in an explosion that occurred in a firecracker factory in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun city Friday, PTI reported. “At around 4.00 pm, there was an explosion in a licensed firecracker factory in Rasulpur village under Civil Lines police station,” Badaun Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ashok Kumar said. “Seven persons died on the

Islamabad, Oct 26: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit China next week, authorities said Thursday, as the former cricketer mounts a desperate search for funds to prop up the nation’s dire finances. The confirmation of Khan’s first visit to China as premier comes days after Pakistan secured $6 billion dollars in funding from Saudi Arabia to help stave off a widening balance of payment

Newsroom, Oct 26: Former Bollywood actress Tanushree Dutta, who emboldened a wave of womenin India to tell their #MeToo stories, has now been accused of rape by item girl and former Bigg Boss contestant Rakhi Sawant. Addressing a press conference, Rakhi said she was raped several times by Tanushree Dutta. “I am too embarrassed to say this but I was raped twelve years ago,” she stated. “Being a

Islamabad, Oct 26: Promising that all corrupt leaders will go to jail, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that no politicians and officials who have put Pakistan into the debt trap through their corrupt practices will get protection from any legislation like the defunct National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO). The controversial NRO was promulgated in October 2007 by the government of then