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  • Modi wades into political battle over Muslim divorce law
    NEW DELHI, October 24 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday waded into a controversy over a Muslim divorce law he said was destroying women's lives, drawing criticism from rivals that he was fishin
    / 24th October 2016
  • 'India must take up with China issue of Brahmaputra drying up'
    Kolkata, October 24 (IANS) India should collect information and take a pre-emptive position on fears about the Brahmaputra drying up as China goes ahead with blocking an important tributary to construct a dam,
    / 24th October 2016
  • 24 Maoists, policeman killed on Andhra-Odisha border
    Bhubaneswar, October 24 (IANS) As many as 24 Maoists, including eight women, were killed by security forces in a gunbattle which also left a Greyhounds commando dead near the Andhra-Odisha border on Monday, pol
    / 24th October 2016
  • Dalai Lama to take part in 'Kalachakra' ceremony
    Dharamsala, October 24 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will participate in the 'Kalachakra' (Wheel of Time) ceremony in Bodh Gaya this January and pray for world peace, a Tibetan body announced o
    / 24th October 2016
  • Battle for Mosul can shape or break Iraq further
    ERBIL, October 24 (Reuters) - It has taken two years of training a demoralised army, backed up by the air cover and special forces of the worlds greatest powers, for Iraq to mount an offensive to recapture Mosu
    / 24th October 2016
  • Sharapova removed from women's tennis rankings
    Moscow, October 24 (IANS) Suspended Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova was removed from the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings, according to a report on the organisation's website on Monday.
    / 24th October 2016
  • Indian media, entertainment industry to grow 3-4 times in 7 years: Report
    New Delhi, October 24 (IANS) Driven by digital media and increasingly connected rural consumers, the Indian media and entertainment industry has the potential to grow three to four times over the next seven yea
    / 24th October 2016
  • Plane crashes after take-off in Malta, killing all five on board
    VALLETTA, October 24 (Reuters) - A light aircraft crashed after taking off from Malta's main airport early on Monday, killing all five people on board, officials there said, in the island nation's worst peaceti
    / 24th October 2016
  • China warns US not to meddle in border row with India
    Beijing, October 24 (IANS) China on Monday slammed the US after its envoy visiting Arunachal Pradesh, warning it not to meddle in the border dispute between New Delhi and Beijing.   After the US amba
    / 24th October 2016
  • New learning plans could help 52 per cent class 5 rural students who can't read
    IANS | IndiaSpend.org October 24, 2016 Salgaon (Sirohi district) In a classroom in the government school here in southwest Rajasthan, about 25 students from standards 3, 4 and 5 standing in a circle, anim
    / 24th October 2016
  • Bomb blast, protests prevent Manipur CM from opening hospital
    Imphal, October 24 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh was on Monday prevented from inaugurating a district hospital in Ukhrul town after protesting tribals did not let him and his entourage move fr
    / 24th October 2016
  • Latin America important for India's food security: MEA official
    New Delhi, October 24 (IANS) Observing that the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region countries can be an important region for global prosperity and stability, Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (East)
    / 24th October 2016
  • Clinton's achievements are ahead of her: Streep
    Tokyo, October 24 (IANS) Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep says she was "flattered to hear" that US Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton once suggested that Streep would be her choice to portray her in a movie
    / 24th October 2016
  • I was mesmerised by Aishwarya's persona: Anushka Sharma
    Mumbai, October 24 (IANS) Actress Anushka Sharma was mesmerised by the persona as well as beauty of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan while working with her in the forthcoming film "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil".   "I ha
    / 24th October 2016
  • Fireworks as Mulayam, Akhilesh spat; Shivpal in fury
    Lucknow, October 24 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party was in turmoil on Monday as party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav publicly pulled up his son and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav at a meeting which en
    / 24th October 2016
  • Modi bats for women rights, slams triple talaq
    Lucknow, Octoebr 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday batted for equal women rights in the Muslim community and said he favoured discontinuation of 'triple talaq'.   Addressing a gatherin
    / 24th October 2016
  • BSF trooper, boy killed in Pakistan shelling in Jammu
    Jammu, October 24 (IANS) Two persons were killed and seven others, including a Border Security Force (BSF) trooper and six civilians, were injured in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday in Pakistan shelling along the L
    / 24th October 2016
  • Thirteen killed, 31 injured in California tour bus crash
    PALM SPRINGS, Calif., October 24 (Reuters) - A tour bus crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer on a Southern California highway before dawn on Sunday, killing 13 people and injuring 31, authorities said.
    / 24th October 2016
  • Clinton calls Trump a 'sore loser'
    CHARLOTTE, N.C./NAPLES, Fla., October 24 (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called Donald Trump a "sore loser" on Sunday because of his refusal at their debate last week to commit to
    / 24th October 2016
  • Mexico president says Trump visit could have been done better
    MEXICO CITY, October 24 (Reuters) - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Sunday defended his decision to host a visit by U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump to Mexico, but he said it could have been car
    / 24th October 2016
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