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1 dead as Tatanagar-Ernakulam Express coaches catch fire

India, Dec. 30 -- One person was killed after two compartments of the Tatanagar-Ernakulam Express caught fire at Yalamanchili, about 66 km from Visakhapatnam, on Monday midnight. Police received infor... Read More


I am 'secular': Mamata says while laying foundation stone of Durga Temple

India, Dec. 30 -- Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday rebranded herself to be a secular politician and not an appeaser of Muslims as her detractors often allege her to be. Banerjee was spe... Read More


16 elderly people killed in fire at Indonesian retirement home

India, Dec. 30 -- A fire at an Indonesian retirement home killed 16 older people on Sunday evening, police said. The fire in the single-story house in Manado, Indonesia's North Sulawesi Province, star... Read More


Chinese military stages drills around Taiwan

India, Dec. 30 -- China's military on Monday dispatched air, navy and rocket troops to conduct joint military drills around the island of Taiwan, a move Beijing called a "stern warning" against separa... Read More


Pakistan: Five gang members killed in police operation

India, Dec. 30 -- Five offenders associated with a criminal network of target killers were killed by the police in an operation carried out Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials sa... Read More


South Korean President returns to presidential palace

India, Dec. 30 -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday commuted to Cheong Wa Dae, the country's traditional presidential palace, for the first time since taking office in June, more than thr... Read More


INR 79,000-crore proposals approved for Armed Forces

India, Dec. 30 -- Giving a fillip to ongoing modernisation and ensuring operational readiness of the armed forces, proposals worth over INR 79,000 crores were given the nod on Monday. The list include... Read More


Fog paralyses Delhi-NCR, North India

India, Dec. 30 -- North India, including Delhi-NCR, came to a standstill on Monday with visibility almost zero due to a thick fog. It severely disrupted the schedule of flights and trains, besides ren... Read More


Lalit Modi apologises for '2 Biggest Fugitives' remark

India, Dec. 30 -- In a swift retreat from a remark that reignited scrutiny of India's most high-profile economic offenders, IPL founder Lalit Modi on Monday apologised for jokingly referring to himsel... Read More


SC puts Aravallis definition on hold amid controversy

India, Dec. 30 -- Amid the controversies over the new definition of Aravallis, the Supreme Court on Monday kept in abeyance its November 20 directions that accepted a uniform definition of these hills... Read More