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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
