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Barcelona, Mar 9: Taking on social networking giant Facebook's ambitious 'free internet' plans, telecom major Bharti Airtel chief Sunil Mittal has said the companies should do 'philanthropy' if they stop charging for mobile internet. Facebook has launched an 'internet.org' initiative under which users can access internet free of charge for select websites if they come through a partner telecom

Washington, Feb 13: One of the two police officers who allegedly assaulted the 57-year-old Indian man in Alabama has been arrested and FBI will be conducting a probe into the matter to find out if there were any federal violations in the incident. Larry Muncey, the Madison City Chief of Police while apologising to the victim Sureshbhai Patel, who was wrongfully assaulted by two police officers

Washington, Feb 11: While US officials refrained from comment on Aam Aadmi Party's massive victory in Delhi elections, the New York Times saw "A Defeat for Prime Minister Modi" in the results. "Fresh from the diplomatic high of a successful summit meeting with President Obama, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been brought down to earth by domestic politics," the influential US daily said in an

Dubai, Feb 10: A Dubai-based Indian businessman, whose company's networth is USD 7.2 billion, has topped the Indian rich list for 2015 in the Gulf region. Sunil Vaswani is the chairman of Stallion Group, a Nigeria based multinational conglomerate operating in 18 countries, including the UAE. The second position in Arabian Business GCC Indian Rich List has been bagged by last year's top-placed

Washington, Feb 7: A US Congress-established commission on international religious freedom has commended President Barack Obama for deepening relations with India while recognising religious freedom concerns during his trip to the country. "President Obama's timely comments underscore the importance of India getting religious freedom right," said Katrina Lantos Swett, Chairwoman of the US

Taipei, Feb 6: One of the engines on TransAsia Airways Flight 235 went idle 37 seconds after takeoff, and the pilots may have shut off the remaining engine before attempting to restart them, but the plane crashed before that could happen, Taiwan's top aviation safety official said on Friday. The details were presented at a news conference in Taipei by Aviation Safety Council Executive Director

Taipei, Feb 5: Rescuers were searching for 12 people on Thursday morning after using a crane to hoist the fuselage of a wrecked TransAsia Airways plane from a shallow river in Taiwan's capital following a crash that killed at least 31 others. Flight 235 with 58 people aboard - many of them travelers from China - banked sharply on its side Wednesday shortly after takeoff from Taipei, clipped a

Islamabad: Feb 3: Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to be the chief guest at an annual military parade that Pakistan will hold after seven years on its national day, March 23, officials said. A security official said the venue of the parade has not been decided yet, but it is expected to be held near Islamabad. The joint military parade of the three branches of the armed forces - that was

Amman (Jordan), Feb 1: The ISIL claims to have beheaded Japanese freelance journalist Kenji Goto held captive by the Takfiri group. The group released a video on Saturday purportedly showing Goto's decapitation. The footage shows Goto kneeling, dressed in an orange outfit. A masked man standing beside him with a knife blames the Japanese government for his "slaughter." It ends with a still photo

Karachi, Jan 30: At least 40people, including children, were killed and over 55 injured when a powerful blast ripped through a packed minority Shia mosque in Pakistan's Sindh province during the Friday prayers, in the deadliest sectarian attack to hit the country in recent times. The roof of a central Shia Muslim Imambargah came down after an explosion in Lakhi Dar area of Shikarpur - around 470