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Rights plea against Ram Charan Tej

Hyderabad: The State Human Rights Commission on Wednesday took up the petition filed against actor Ram Charan Tej who...

29 Aug 2013 3:00 AM GMT

Iyer's ton help India colts enter final of quadrangular series

Visakhapatnam: Shreyas Iyer smashed a quick-fire century to help Indian colts beat Australia by 18 runs in a...

27 Sep 2013 1:10 PM GMT

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Sri Lanka to export cannabis from first plantation

Country's health minister said the market currently depends on handouts from courts which seize illegally grown or...

13 Sep 2017 11:26 AM GMT

Dont try to create any type of unnecessary confusion. I have already told that I am running a coalition government here with Congress, Deve Gowda said. (Photo: ANI)

Deve Gowda urges world community to come together to eliminate...

The JD(S) leader also said that Congress president Rahul Gandhi was a mature, responsible and upcoming leader.

22 April 2019 2:46 PM GMT

About 20 people were seriously wounded and we sent them to the National Hospital. (AP photo)

Sri Lanka bomber queued at hotel buffet then unleashed devastation

The Taprobane restaurant at the hotel was having one of its busiest days of the year for the Easter holiday weekend.

21 April 2019 3:14 PM GMT

The privatisation of loss-making Air India has hit a roadblock at the starting line-up itself.

Air India waives off charges for cancellation of flights to,from...

Air India took to Twitter to inform passengers about the important announcement.

21 April 2019 3:07 PM GMT

Sushma Swaraj said that she has directed concerned authorities to be cautious while processing applications of the affected persons for re-issuance of their passports. (Photo: File | ANI)

3 Indians killed in Sri Lanka blasts, confirms Sushma Swaraj

A woman from Kerala, who had settled in Dubai, also died in the explosion, reported news agency IANS.

21 April 2019 2:51 PM GMT

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TN parties condemn blasts in Sri Lanka, say Tamils too hit

The blasts struck three churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing more than 200 people and...

21 April 2019 2:41 PM GMT

The alleged plot briefly threatened to cause tension between Sri Lanka and India, after a report that Sirisena had accused Indias intelligence services of involvement - a claim New Delhi and Colombo have both denied. (Photo: File)

After multiple blasts, Lanka blocks Facebook, Instagram to curb false...

The Presidential Secretariat said in a statement that decision to block social media sites was taken due to spreading of...

21 April 2019 1:51 PM GMT

Sri Lankan security personnel walk past debris next to a dead body slumped over a bench following an explosion in St Sebastians Church in Negombo, north of the capital Colombo, on April 21, 2019. (Photo: AFP)

Sri Lanka church witnesses pieces of flesh thrown all over walls post...

Sri Lankan media reported that Negombo Hospital has at least 74 deaths and received 113 injured worshippers from the...

21 April 2019 1:03 PM GMT

Police chief Pujuth Jayasundara sent an intelligence warning to top officers on April 11 setting out the threat. (Photo: ANI)

Sri Lanka police had warned of suicide attack on Indian Embassy too:...

At least 156 people were killed in six bomb attacks today that included three churches.

21 April 2019 9:51 AM GMT

Sri Lankas sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickeremesinghe attends a media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. (Photo | AP)

Lanka PM, prez condemn coordinated bomb attacks, urge countrymen to...

Three explosions were reported from the five-star hotels - the Shangri-La, the Cinnamon Grand and the Kingsbury.

21 April 2019 8:56 AM GMT