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Thai police call off raid on scandal-hit Buddhist temple

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police on Tuesday called off a raid to arrest a prominent Buddhist monk wanted for suspected money laundering after devotees barricaded entrances to his sprawling temple complex in a Ba

/ 27th December 2016
Russia finds first black box from Black Sea crash jet

MOSCOW. DECEMBER 27(Reuters) - Russia has found the first flight recorder from a military plane that crashed into the Black Sea killing all 92 on board, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday, amid unconfirmed re

/ 27th December 2016
Jet Airways plane skids off Goa runway, 12 hurt

MUMBAI. December 27 (Reuters) - A Jet Airways Boeing 737 aircraft with 161 people on board veered off an airport runway in Goa shortly before take off just before daybreak on Tuesday, crossing a field before

/ 27th December 2016
Maids, brick makers, children: the faces of slavery in 2016 driving change

CHENNAI, India, December 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Housemaids, brick makers, labourers, textile workers, fleeing migrants and children risking their lives in mica mines. These were the faces of moder

/ 27th December 2016
Global diamond business roiled as cash crunch hits Indian stone cutting

SURAT, India/TORONTO (Reuters) - The global diamond industry is facing disruption that could stretch through the first few months of next year, including Valentine's Day in February, as a result of Pr

/ 27th December 2016
Pakistan rejects call to demonetize 5,000-rupee note

ISLAMABAD. (Reuters) - Pakistan's government has dismissed a recommendation from the upper house of parliament to scrap the 5,000 rupee ($48) bank note to cut the flow of illicit money and reduce the size of

/ 27th December 2016
Demonetisation puzzle: How will PM's black money scheme work after Dec 30?

New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi's black money scheme be valid after December 30? The question takes on importance because old Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes would no longer be allowed to b

/ 27th December 2016
Pope, India must help release Priest from IS: relative

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 27 (IANS) A close relative of the IS abducted Catholic Priest Thomas Uzhunnallil on Tuesday urged Pope Francis and the Indian government to secure his release. Uzhunnallil h

/ 27th December 2016
Raheel Sharif didn't help me to leave the country: Musharraf

Islamabad, December 26 (IANS): A week after an interview that made headlines, former Pakistan President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf said on Monday he never sent a "request" to ex-army chief General Raheel S

/ 26th December 2016
Four held for US woman's gang-rape

New Delhi, December 26 (IANS): Four persons, including a tourist guide, have been arrested here on charges of sexually assaulting a US tourist here in March this year, police said on Monday. Anirud

/ 26th December 2016
ED finds over Rs 104 crore deposits in BSP account

New Delhi, December 26 (IANS): The Enforcement Directorate has detected over Rs 104 crore in an account linked to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and around Rs 1.5 crore in the account of party chief Mayawati's broth

/ 26th December 2016
102 more villages electrified last week

New Delhi, December 26 (IANS): A total of 102 villages in eight states were electrified under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna in the week ended December 25, the government said on Monday.

/ 26th December 2016
'Rogue One' dominating holiday box office, 'Sing' solid

LOS ANGELES, December 26 (Reuters): "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" remains powerful at the U.S. holiday box office with a dominant $15 million on Christmas Eve and projections of a $120 million-plus haul over t

/ 26th December 2016
Modi eyes real estate assets in drive against graft

NEW DELHI, December 26 (Reuters): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has quietly plugged a tax loophole used by the wealthy to buy real estate in someone elses name as part of his campaign against corruption, a senio

/ 26th December 2016
Myanmar says Muslim with links to government murdered in troubled Rakhine

YANGON, December 26 (Reuters): A man has been found dead with stab wounds in Myanmar's Rakhine State, in what the government said on Monday was the second murder in under a week of a Rohingya who cooperated wit

/ 26th December 2016
Tributes flow for soulful British singer George Michael, dead at 53

LONDON, December 26 (Reuters): Madonna, Elton John and Paul McCartney paid tribute on Monday to British pop idol George Michael, who has died age 53 after a career of soulful ballads and dance songs that provid

/ 26th December 2016
Fresh advance in east Mosul to begin within days - U.S. commander

East of Mosul, Iraq, December 26 (Reuters): Iraqi forces will resume their push against Islamic State inside Mosul in the coming days, a U.S. battlefield commander said, in a new phase of the two-month-old oper

/ 26th December 2016
India won't impose long-term capital gains tax - Finance Minister Jaitley

December 26 (Reuters): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said the government does not plan to impose a long-term capital gains tax, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested that people earning f

/ 26th December 2016
Pay a portion of tea labourers wage in cash: Assam leader

Guwahati, Dec 24 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition of Assam Debrata Saikia has appealed to the Central government to make arrangements for disbursing a portion of the wages of tea garden workers in cash so that t

/ 24th December 2016
Army chief visits Assam, Manipur

New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Chief of Army Staff General Dalbir Singh is on a visit to Manipur and Assam to review security situation, an official said. "General Dalbir Singh visits Manipur and Assam t

/ 24th December 2016