BREAKING NEWS: All accused in 2007 Makkah Masjid blast acquitted
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All accused in Makkah Masjid blast case acquitted
Hyderabad, April 16 (IANS) A National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Monday acquitted all five accused in the 2007 Makkah Masjid blast case. (This story has not been edited by Social News XYZ staff and…
DMK leads protest against SC/ST law dilution
Chennai, April 16 (IANS) The DMK, along with other opposition parties, staged a protest here on Monday against the dilution of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Addressing the gathering, DMK…
India’s wholesale inflation in March stood at 2.47%
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Wholesale price-indexed (WPI) inflation in India during March softened marginally at 2.47 per cent from 2.48 per cent in the previous month, official data showed here on Monday. According to…
Kathua rape and murder accused produced in court
Jammu, April 16 (IANS) All the eight accused in the Kathua rape and murder case were produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of Kathua as the trial started on Monday. Under heightened security the…
Taj belongs to India, not religious boards: Mughal descendant
By Brij Khandelwal Agra April 16 (IANS) Y.H. Tucy, who claims to be the great grandson of last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, has said the Sunni Waqf Board has no claim over the Taj…
SC to hear plea for transfer of trial in Kathua case
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said that it will hear later in the day a plea by the father of Kathua rape and murder victim seeking transfer of trial to…
Shutdown in Andhra over special status hits normal life
Amaravati, April 16 (IANS) Normal life came to a standstill in Andhra Pradesh on Monday as the day-long shutdown called in demand for the special status category to the state evoked near total response. Shops…
Donald Trump morally unfit to be President: Comey
Washington, April 16 (IANS) Former FBI Director James Comey in his first exclusive interview since he was fired last May said that Donald Trump was “morally unfit” to be the President of the US. In…
China remains largest developing country: Economist
Beijing, April 16 (IANS) China remains the world’s largest developing country despite having a a low per capita GDP, lingering urban-rural gap, weak industrial competitiveness and technological innovation, according to an economist. The remarks were…
ISRO completes final orbit raising operations of navigation satellite
Chennai, April 16 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully carried out the fourth and final orbit raising operations of navigation satellite, IRNSS-1I, the space agency has said. The orbit raising operation took…
Russia may be entrapping Trump: Ex-FBI chief Comey
Washington, April 16 (IANS) Former FBI Director James Comey has said that it is “possible” that Russia has something it can blackmail US President Trump with, media reports said. In an exclusive interview with ABC…
Negative global cues depress domestic equity indices
Mumbai, April 16 (IANS) Heightened geo-political tensions in the Middle East, along with broadly negative Asian markets dragged the Indian equity indices in the red during the early morning trade session on Monday. According to…
Nonagenarian ex-Malaysian PM to contest elections
Kuala Lumpur, April 16 (IANS) Malaysia’s main opposition pact has announced that former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad will contest the parliamentary seat of Langkawi in the May 9 general elections. The announcement was made late…
Cloudy Monday morning in Delhi, rain likely
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) It was a cloudy Monday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 22.4 degrees Celsius, one notch above the seasons average, the weather office said. “The…
2 shot dead in Pakistan’s Quetta
Islamabad, April 16 (IANS) Bike-borne assailants killed at least two persons and injured five others outside a church in Pakistan’s Quetta city, police said. Deputy Inspector General of Police Abdur Razzaq Cheema said on Sunday…
Tremors felt in Philippines
Manila, April 16 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.4-magnitude on the Richter scale hit Philippine’s main Luzon island on Monday, the volcanology and seismology institute said. The quake struck at 3.43 a.m. 39 km east of…
Time to turn the page on Russia probe: White House
Washington, April 16 (IANS) White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has criticised former FBI Director James Comey, whose controversial memoirs will go on sale this coming week, adding that it is time to “move…
‘Russia to fight back any US pressure attempts’
Moscow, April 16 (IANS) Russia will respond resolutely to any attempts of forceful pressure from the US, Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department of Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Vladimir Yermakov has said. “We can…
AU calls on world powers to respect Syria’s territorial integrity
Addis Ababa, April 16 (IANS) The African Union Commission (AUC) has called on world powers to undertake international efforts to solve the Syrian civil war that respects the territorial integrity of Syria. The statement by…