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Russian Missile strikes destroy several Islamic State Positions in Syria
Damascus, Oct 8: Russian nighttime cruise missile strikes targeted and destroyed several positions of the Islamic State (IS) militants in three Syrian provinces, the official Syrian news agency SANA reported on Wednesday, citing a military…
Obama says sorry to Doctors Without Borders for US airstrike
Washington, Oct 8:US President Barack Obama has called Doctors Without Borders to apologize to it for the US mistaken bombing of the organisation-run hospital in Afghanistan, White House said on Wednesday.
Obama's apology came four days…
Coal Scam: Supreme Court to decide on Manmohan’s plea
New Delhi, Oct 8: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that its coal bench will decide whether allocation of 15 percent of Talabira II Coal Block to Hindalco by the then prime minister Manmohan Singh was beyond the cases covered under the…
Union Cabinet approves mechanisation of Paradip Port in Odisha
New Delhi, Oct 8: In a move to augment the thermal coal handling capacity of Paradip port on the east coast, the cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved mechanisation of three of its east quay berths to increase…
Cabinet approves 3 AIIMS for Maharashtra, West Bengal and Andhra
New Delhi, Oct 7: The union cabinet on Wednesday approved the setting up of three new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in as many states.
The new AIIMS would be set up at Nagpur in Maharashtra, Manglagiri in Andhra…
Cabinet okays Rs.2,142 cr National Watershed Management Project
New Delhi, Oct 7: The cabinet on Wednesday approved the National Watershed Management Project (NWMP) to ensure access to irrigation for every farm, union Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari said.
The NWMP will be a component of the Pradhan…
Somnath Bharti gets bail in Domestic Violence Case
New Delhi, Oct 7: A court here on Wednesday granted bail to Delhi's former law minister Somnath Bharti, who is accused in a domestic violence case filed against him by his wife Lipika Mitra.
Additional Sessions Judge Anil Kumar released…
Orders issued for Akbaruddin Owaisi’s arrest in Bihar
Patna, Oct 7: Orders for the arrest of controversial AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi on the charge of using derogatory language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an election rally in Kishanganj district of the state were issued on…
Three Scientists share 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Stockholm, Oct 7: Three scientists will share the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday. The prize was awarded jointly to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar "for mechanistic…
3 Top Writers return Sahitya Akademi Awards, slam PM Modi
At least three top writers in India have returned the Sahitya Akademi Awards, questioning PM Modi's silence over various issues, including Dadri lynching, murder of Govind Pansare and Kalburgi and other communal unrest and cultural attacks.…