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99.38% Indians now live in areas under cow-protection laws

By Alison Saldanha IANS/ IndiaSpend On March 31, the Gujarat assembly amended the state's cow protection laws to extend the maximum sentence for cow slaughter from seven years to a life term and a fine of

/ 14th April 2017
BHIM-Aadhaar will revolutionise Indian economy, empower Indians: PM

Nagpur (Maharashtra), April 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the BHIM-Aadhaar digital payments platform has the potential to revolutionise the Indian economy while empowering common Indians in th

/ 14th April 2017
Jadhav used fake identity, India failed to respond to query: Aziz

Islamabad, April 14 (IANS) Pakistan on Friday said Indian "spy" Kulbhushan Jadhav was sentenced according to the country's laws and that India had not responded to "specific information" sought on him in Januar

/ 14th April 2017
FACTBOX: 'Mother of all bombs' targets Islamic State in Afghanistan

(Reuters) - The United States dropped a 21,600-pound GBU-43 bomb, one of the largest non-nuclear devices used in combat, on a suspected Islamic State target in Afghanistan on Thursday. Here are som

/ 14th April 2017
China's dilemma over North Korea on show at border

DANDONG, China, April 14 (Reuters) - It is at China's main border post with North Korea where Beijing's fraught dilemma over how to keep its unpredictable neighbour in check is best encapsulated. T

/ 14th April 2017
North Korea says to 'ruthlessly ravage' the U.S. if it chooses to attack – KCNA

SEOUL, April 14 (Reuters) - North Korea's military said on Friday it would "ruthlessly ravage" the United States if Washington chose to attack, as a U.S. aircraft carrier group headed for the region amid fears

/ 14th April 2017
'Right time' to use huge bomb in Afghanistan - U.S. general

KABUL, April 14 (Reuters) - The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said on Friday the decision to deploy one of the largest conventional bombs ever unleashed in combat was a purely tactical decision mad

/ 14th April 2017
Catholics in the Philippines re-enact crucifixion, pray for drug victims

MANILA, April 14 (Reuters) - Catholics in the Philippines re-enacted the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in a gory display of devotion on Good Friday, with actors costumed as Roman soldiers hammering nails of stain

/ 14th April 2017
Air China to suspend Beijing-Pyongyang flights - Chinese state TV

BEIJING, April 14 (Reuters) - China's national airline, Air China, suspended flights from Beijing to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, from late on Friday, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said. I

/ 14th April 2017
Hollywood's Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner file for divorce

(Reuters) - Actors Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner officially filed for divorce nearly two years after the Hollywood A-list couple split, the Los Angeles Times reported. Irreconcilable differences

/ 14th April 2017
Iranian President Rouhani registers to run in May for second term

ANKARA, April 14 (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, a pragmatist who engineered the country's landmark 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, registered on Friday to run for a second four-year term in

/ 14th April 2017
Resolving Kashmir issue is not easy: Parrikar

Panaji, April 14 (IANS) The Kashmir conundrum is not an easy issue to resolve and only a long-term policy can tackle it, Goa Chief Minister and former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Friday.

/ 14th April 2017
Iraqi Christians return to ransacked town with fear and hope

QARAQOSH, Iraq, April 14 (Reuters) - With Islamic State expelled, Iraqi Christians are trickling back to the ransacked town of Qaraqosh, beset by anxiety for their security and yet hopeful they can live in frie

/ 14th April 2017
Sharapova blames ITF for failing to warn her on banned substance

April 14 (REUTERS) - Five-times grand slam champion Maria Sharapova has criticised the International Tennis Federation (ITF) for not doing enough to make her aware that meldonium had been added to the list of b

/ 14th April 2017
Modi pays homage to Ambedkar on his 126th birth anniversary

Nagpur (Maharashtra), April 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to the architect of the Indian Constitution, Bharat Ratna Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar on the occasion of his 126th birth anniversary her

/ 14th April 2017
North Korea condemns U.S. for bringing "huge" nuclear assets to region

PYONGYANG, April 14 (Reuters) - North Korea denounced the United States on Friday for bringing "huge nuclear strategic assets" to the Korean peninsula as a U.S. aircraft carrier group headed for the region amid

/ 14th April 2017
U.S.'mother of all bombs' killed 36 Islamic State militants in Afghanistan

KABUL, April 14 (Reuters) - As many as 36 suspected Islamic State militants were killed in Afghanistan when the United States dropped "the mother of all bombs," its largest non-nuclear device ever unleashed in

/ 14th April 2017
World must stop lethal 'lords of war': Pope

Vatican City, April 14 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis on Thursday urged the world to "stop the lords of war" who sinfully stoke deadly conflicts for their own financial gain -- at "immense" human cost. "T

/ 14th April 2017
Saudi banks, bin Laden companies face $4.2 billion U.S. lawsuit by 9/11 insurers

NEW YORK/RIYADH, April 14 (Reuters) - More than two dozen U.S. insurers affiliated with Travelers Cos <TRV.N> have sued two Saudi banks, companies affiliated with Osama bin Laden's family, and several cha

/ 14th April 2017
Ajax win, United held, trouble delays match at Lyon

BERNE, April 14 (Reuters) - European football was given good and bad reminders of its past on Thursday with an impressive 2-0 win for once-mighty Ajax Amsterdam over Schalke 04 in one Europa League game but ugl

/ 14th April 2017