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Hillary Clinton has won the Florida primary, multiple news outlets called early Tuesday night. This was expected for Clinton, who has been polling with double-digit leads in Florida over Sanders in the weeks leading up to Super Tuesday II. While some speculated that Sanders’s major upset win in Michigan would give him momentum through the […]
At least 50 persons were injured today when the engine of a Bangkok commuter boat exploded during rush hour in one of the city’s busy canals. The boat was ferrying passengers when its engine exploded near the Wat Thepleela Pier in the city’s eastern outskirts, throwing many passengers in the canal that also serves as […]
Four Indian nuns were among 16 people killed in strife-torn Yemen’s Aden city today when a group of terrorists stormed an elderly care home run by Kolkata-based Missionaries of Charity, handcuffed the victims before shooting them in the head. The terrorists, numbering between 2 and 4, asked the guard to open the gate of the […]
Massive earthquake of 7.9 hits off the coast of western Indonesia, USGS reports, no immediate reports of damage. Quake reported in the Indian Ocean west of Indonesia. Earth quake in Southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia.
Today Blasts and gunfire were reported near Indian consulate in Afghanistan’s Jalalabad. (AFP). Staff of Indian Consulate is reported to be safe.
Indo-British filmmaker Asif Kapadia won the best documentary Oscar for “Amy”, a poignant examination of singer Amy Winehouse’s life and her tragic death at the age of 27. Kapadia, who has already won the Golden Globe and Bafta awards for the documentary, paid tribute to Winehouse, who died in 2011 following a battle with drug […]
Two commuter trains collided head-on in southern Germany today, killing at least eight people and injuring around 100, in one of the country’s deadliest rail accidents in years. Hundreds of rescuers were racing to pull passengers from the wreckage in a wooded area near Bad Aibling, a spa town about 60 kilometres southeast of Munich. […]
Miss Spain Mireia Lalaguna Royo has been named this year’s Miss World. She was handed the crown by last year’s winner Rolene Strauss of South Africa, according to the official website of Miss World. Miss Russia, Sofia Nikitchuk, was named first runner up while Miss Indonesia, Maria Harfanti, was second runner up at the three-hour […]
Top Indian and American defence officials have discussed a range of common regional security interests and new opportunities for engagement, laying the foundation for Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s maiden visit to the US next month, a senior Pentagon official said. The 14th US-India Defence Policy Group (DPG) meeting was co-chaired by US Under-Secretary of Defence […]
Vowing to combat terror, India and Malaysia today decided to ramp up their strategic ties in security and defence sectors and called on all states to bring perpetrators of terrorism to justice as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with his Malaysian counterpart. Modi, while speaking at a joint media briefing after his talks with […]
