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US Asks Citizens To Avoid Non-essential Travel To Pakistan
The US Department of State on Wednesday asked American citizens to avoid all non-essential travel to Pakistan as "foreign and indigenous terrorist groups" in the country "continue to pose a danger to US citizens".....
US Drops Largest Bomb On Afghan, 36 ISIS Terrorists Killed
Around 36 terrorist have been killed after US military on Thursday dropped largest non-nuclear bomb on Afghanistan, Kabul's Ministry of Defence announced on Friday.....
Afghan 'mother Of All Bombs' Toll Rises To 94
The death toll of Islamic State (IS) militants killed when the US military dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb or the "mother of all bombs" in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province has risen to 94, a Kabul official said on Saturday. ....
BJP MLAs Suspended From Telangana Assembly Over Muslim Quota Bill
All five members of the BJP on Sunday were suspended from the Telangana legislative assembly as they tried to stall the proceedings to protest the bill for raising the reservation quota for Muslims in the state. ....
HC Refuses AAP Request On Use Of EVMs With VVPAT
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday declined Aam Aadmi Party's request to use second-generation EVMs with paper trail in the April 23 civic polls in the national capital.....
US State Carries Out First Execution In 12 Years
The US state of Arkansas carried out its first execution in more than a decade after the Supreme Court, in a last-minute series of orders, rejected requests by a death row inmate to stay his lethal injection.....
Rohtang Pass Reopened For Motorists
The majestic snow-marooned Rohtang Pass, located at an altitude of 13,050 feet in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, has been reopened for motorists after four months of closure, officials said here on Sunday. ....
Kill Leaders, Not 'jawans', Pappu Yadav Tells Maoists
Controversial MP on Wednesday urged Maoists to kill political leaders instead of security personnel, saying the former "looted" the country while the latter provided it security.....
Video: Rajnath Calls For Financial Choking Of Maoists
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday called for the choking of financial resources of left-wing extremist groups and said it was the fundamental instrument to counter Maoist violence.....
SBI Cuts Home Loan Rates By 25 Bps
The country's largest home loan provider State Bank of India (SBI) has announced reduction in the home loan rates by 25 basis points (bps) from 8.60 per cent to 8.35 per cent per annum, which will come into effect from Tuesday.....
