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North Korea's 'Princess' Now One of the Secretive State's Top Policy Makers
It makes her only the second woman in patriarchal North Korea to join the exclusive club after Kim Kyong Hui, who held powerful roles when her brother Kim Jong Il ruled the country.
Voices in 'Bribery' Clip Belong to BS Yeddyurappa and Ananth Kumar: Forensic Lab
A report by the Forensic Sciences Lab accessed by CNN-News18 brings fresh trouble for the Karnataka BJP heavyweights months before Assembly elections in the southern state where the saffron party is trying to wrest power from the Congress.
Will Pay Half of Funds Needed to Run Delhi Metro if Centre Gives the Rest, Says Kejriwal
In a letter to Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Kejriwal said the Centre bore the entire loss of Kolkata Metro and there should be no difficulty if it provided half the funds in the case of Delhi.
Iran Confirms Nuclear Negotiator Imprisoned for Spying
"Mr Abdolrasoul Dorri Esfahani... was among some who were accused of spying and providing information for foreigners and had links with two espionage services," judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejeie told reporters.
PM Narendra Modi Criticises UPA Govt Over Health Policy
"The last health policy was announced during Ataljis (former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee) regime around 15 years back. After that, such a government assumed power which used to hate development. It did not have any empathy for the people," Modi sa...
IAF's First Three Women Fighter Pilot may Fly MiG-21 Bisons Jets
The three women pilots -- Avani Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singh are set to script history next month when they will fly military jets after completing a strenuous training programme within three weeks.
Railways Asks Officials to Slug it Out — at Home and at Work
As part of a massive overhaul of the culture of privilege prevalent in the ministry, the Railway Board has decided to do away with the instructions of a 1981 circular that mandated such protocol.
Jio MAMI Film Festival: Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor on Their Fathers, Nepotism, Paparazzi Culture and More
The most versatile and talented actors, Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor, talk about their similarities in handling the craft, their active fathers on social media and their different takes on stardom and paparazzi.
Bid to Oust Theresa May After Gaffe-hit Speech, Plotters Told to 'Shut Up'
British PM Theresa May said she would remain as leader after a former Conservative chairman said he had garnered the support of 30 lawmakers who wanted her to quit.
Q1 GDP Decline Temporary, Economy Will Bounce Back, Says Ravi Shankar Prasad
"The GDP grew 7.5 per cent in 2014-15, 8 per cent in 2015-16 and 7.1 per cent in 2016-17. Only in one quarter, that is the first quarter of the current fiscal, GDP growth was at 5.7 per cent. I believe it will bounce back in the second quarter," Prasad sa...
After 10 Years, Tamil Nadu Govt Hikes Cinema Ticket Prices
According to the order, base price for multiplexes having more than three screens has been increased to Rs 150. For multiplexes with less than three screens, the base price could be between Rs.106.30 and Rs 118.80.
CRPF Officer Injured in Terrorist Attack in Kashmir's Kulgam District
Terrorists opened fire at a road opening party of the CRPF at Mir Bazaar in Kulgam district, a police official said.
Raghuram Rajan Among Probables for Economics Nobel Prize, Says Report
Raghuram Rajan is one of the six economists on the list of probable winners complied by Clarivate Analytics, a company that does academic and scientific research and maintains a list of dozens of possible Nobel Prize winners based on research citations.
Decapitated Head of Swedish Journalist Found, Had Vanished After Meeting Inventor
Swedish journalist Kim Wall's headless torso was found floating in waters off Copenhagen on August 21. Submarine inventor Peter Madsen has been accused of her death.
21st Century Police Cannot be Brute, Will Have to be Civilised, Says Rajnath
Rajnath Singh said he has already asked the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) to look for "less-lethal" solutions to be used in policing tasks and crowd control.
Google Remembers Begum Akhtar on her Birth Anniversary With a Special Doodle
BegumBegum Akhtar's genre was, however, not ghazals alone, but also included splendid renderings of Hindustani classical music like Dadra and Thumri.