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Death toll of Indians in Haj stampede rises to 51
According to the Consulate General of India in Jeddah, 46 Indians had died until September 28. By October 1, the death toll climbed to 51.
Egyptian cartoonists to hold an exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi
The exhibition entitled 'Gandhi through Eyes of Egyptian Cartoonists' will be held from October 4-15, and is part of an extensive collaboration between the Maulana Azad Centre for Indian Culture (MACIC), Embassy of India, and the Egyptian Caricature Socie...
'Digital India', an enterprise to transform India: PM Modi
Narendra Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Silicon Valley in more than three decades.
Counting on India's leadership in South Asia: UN chief tells Narendra Modi
Calling for Security Council reforms, Modi had written to Ban for the "need to rethink how the multilateral system can be made more inclusive".
Road to 2 Degrees summit begins in New York: 10 key facts about Sustainable Development Goals
Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThe world leaders are meeting in New York on Thursday to agree the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the successor to the Millennium Development Goals. But what...
Refugee family swaps Syrian hell for Vatican flat
The family of four are the first beneficiaries of the Catholic leader's determination that the Church should take a lead in shaping Europe's response to an ongoing migration crisis partly caused by the conflict in Syria.
30 people including 13 terrorists killed in Taliban attack on Pakistan air force base
The attack was carried out by a group of seven to 10 terrorists at Inqalab road in Peshawar's Badaber area.
American Airlines stops flights to 3 airports amid computer woes
Airline spokesman Casey Norton said on Thursday that the outage began around 11 AM CDT.
Spurned Italian wife bites off love rival's finger
The revenge attack came when the wife of a businessman in Naples found out her husband was having an affair with one of her relatives, Il Mattino reported.
Pentagon creates 1st country specific cell for India to speed up defence ties, co-develop hi-tech military equipment
India is the only country to have a specific cell of its kind inside the Pentagon.
US astronaut Scott Kelly misses fresh air halfway through year-long mission
Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko agreed to double the length of a typical astronaut's mission at the ISS in order to help the world's space agencies study how long-term space travel affects the human body and mind.
Pakistani journalist Aftab Alam shot dead by unidentified men in Karachi
Aftab who received multiple bullet wounds on his head, neck and chest, was rushed to Abbasi Shaheed hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Britain, France join Germany to pledge help with migrant wave
Across the Atlantic, Canada's Quebec province pledged to welcome 3,650 Syrian refugees in 2015.
Now a British academic to study history of beards!
The project, funded by the Wellcome Trust, will examine how beard grooming has evolved from being a medical procedure carried out by a barber surgeon.
Turkish policeman who found drowned Syrian toddler says, 'I thought of my own son'
Aylan was buried on Friday in the Syrian town of Kobane, itself now a symbol of resistance by Syrian Kurds against Islamic State (IS) extremists.
Pakistan ready for short or long war with India: Defence Minister
Pakistan is ready for a short or long conflict and will inflict heavy losses on India in case "war hysteria" overcomes Indian leadership, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said.