Due to wildfires in Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta led evacuation of about 80,000 people, devastating the remote town at the hub of the country’s oil-sands industry. Some 76,000 people shifted from Fort McMurray, 270 miles north of Alberta’s capital Edmonton, to shelters hundreds of miles north and south of the town.
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Indian-origin student killed in shooting incident in US
A 21-year-old Indian-origin student at Rutgers University was killed and his roommate seriously injured in a shooting incident at their apartment near the school’s campus in the US state of New Jersey. Shani Patel, a junior economics major at the university, was shot and killed on Sunday at an off-campus apartment building in Newark, a […]
Prince William says, “India was on Kate’s wishlist since our marriage”
Duke of Cambridge Prince William today revealed that his wife Kate Middleton wanted to visit India ever since they got married. “It has been a wonderful and colourful evening. It has been a real treat to be welcomed to India in this way… When Catherine and I got married, India was the first place in […]
Saudi King apprises Narendra Modi on counter-terrorism coalition
King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud apprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi about Saudi Arabia’s initiative in bringing together 34 Muslim countries to form a powerful Islamic military coalition to combat the scourge of terrorism as the two leaders resolved to enhance counter- terror cooperation. In the talks at the at the Al-Yamamah Palace?here Sunday, the King […]
Panama Papers: Huge tax leak outs Putin aides, world leaders
A massive leak of 11.5 million tax documents has exposed the secret offshore dealings of aides to Russian president Vladimir Putin, world leaders and celebrities including Barcelona forward Lionel Messi. An investigation into the documents by more than 100 media groups, described as one of the largest such probes in history, revealed the hidden offshore […]
PM Narendra Modi leaves for Saudi Arabia after Nuclear Security Summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left for Saudi Arabia after two days of engagement with world leaders during the Nuclear Security Summit here. “My Washington DC visit was full of fruitful meetings and interactions. We have discussed an issue of great global importance,” Modi said in a tweet before Air India One left Andrews Airforce […]
Narendra Modi arrives in Belgium to attend India-EU Summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here today for a hectic day-long visit during which he will attend the India-EU Summit and hold bilateral talks with his Belgian counterpart Charles Michel. Though terror is expected to figure prominently both at the Summit and also in the bilateral talks in the wake of the Brussels suicide attacks […]
EgyptAir Flight Hijacked; Lands on Cyprus
An EgyptAir airliner has been hijacked and forced to divert to Larnaca airport on the south coast of Cyprus. Flight MS181, an Airbus A320 carrying 81 passengers from Alexandria to Cairo, was taken over by at least one hijacker. A passenger who said he was wearing a suicide belt ordered the flight crew to divert […]
Dubai based plane crashes during landing in Russia
As per Russia’s emergencies ministry the aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 operated by Dubai-based budget carrier Flydubai, crashed at 03:50 (0030 GMT) at the airport in Rostov-on-Don. Officials said there were 55 passengers and six crew on board the plane. “Unfortunately, they all died,” Viktor Yanutsenko, an emergencies ministry official helping coordinate the emergency response, was […]
PM Narendra Modi’s wax statue to unveiled at London’s Madame Tussauds in April
Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be one of the most influential leaders in the world and he will soon be immortalised in wax. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon join a host of celebrities, world leaders, historical figures and royalty – as a wax figure at Madame Tussauds. The celebrated wax museum of London established […]











