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New Delhi: Cyclone 'Fani' is very likely to intensify into a "severe cyclonic storm" in the next 12 hours and further soar into a "very severe cyclonic storm" in the next 24 hours, the Cyclone Warning Division of the MeT department said on Sunday. In its 1 pm bulletin, the Cyclone Warning Division said 'Fani' currently lays over 745 kilometres east-southeast of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), 1,050

New Delhi, Apr 28: Opposition parties on Saturday approached the Election Commission alleging display of party name only under the BJP symbol on EVMs during a mock poll in West Bengal's Barrackpore constituency, but the poll panel said the same insignia has been under use since 2013. A delegation of opposition parties comprising senior Congress leaders Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Ahmed Patel and

Colombo/Kalmunai, Apr 28: The father and two brothers of the suspected mastermind of Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings were killed when security forces stormed their safe house two days ago, police sources and a relative of the suicide bombers told Reuters on Sunday. Zainee Hashim, Rilwan Hashim and their father Mohamed Hashim, who were seen in a video circulating on social media calling for all

New Delhi, Apr 28: The five-hour shutdown of Air India's check-in software, which occurred Saturday morning, is still causing its ripple effect as the airline said 137 flights will be running with a delay on Sunday. The average duration of delay -- on these 137 flights of Sunday -- would be of 197 minutes, the airline's spokesperson said. Thousands of passengers had a harrowing time Saturday

Mumbai, Apr 28: A Jet Airwaysemployee undergoing treatment for stomach cancer died after jumping off the terrace of his four-storey building in Nalasopara on Friday afternoon, a day after he was discharged from hospital. Police suspect Shailesh Singh (52), a senior technician, committed suicide as “he was suffering from depression”. Singh, who was on a leave without pay for over a year, had been

Colombo, Apr 28: While monitoring the usual channels, Indian police stumbled upon something extraordinary: a detailed plot for what would become the bloodiest attack linked to the Daesh group in South Asia. Police were investigating suspected sympathizers of the withered caliphate in southern India when a name they had no record of surfaced — National Towheed Jamaat, the Sri Lankan Daesh-backed

California, Apr 28: A 19-year-old gunman opened fire inside a synagogue near San Diego as worshippers celebrated the last day of a major Jewish holiday, killing a woman and wounding the rabbi and two others Saturday, authorities said. President Donald Trump and other elected officials decried what they called an anti-Semitic attack exactly six months since 11 people were killed at a Pittsburgh

Colombo, Apr 28: Sri Lanka's president is banning two groups allegedly linked to the Easter bombings under emergency powers that came into effect on Tuesday. The office of President Maithripala Sirisena said in a statement Saturday evening that National Thawheed Jammath, or NTJ, and Jamathei Millathu Ibraheem, or JMI, would be banned by presidential decree. Presidential spokesman Dharmasri

New Delhi, Apr 28: PM Modi launched another attack on the grand alliance in Uttar Pradesh as an arrangement of convenience between "opportunists" who intend to steal the people's wealth by playing the caste card. The Prime Minister, while addressing an election rally in Hardoi, accused Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati of betraying her ideology by allying with "those opposed" to Dalit

Morada/Sukinda, Apr 28: BJP president Amit Shah Saturday took a potshots at his Congress counterpart Rahul Gandhi saying he is no match to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who works 18 hours a day without taking a leave in the last 20 years, whereas Gandhi takes a break from work every two months leaving even mother clueless about his whereabouts. Addressing back-to-back rallies in tribal-dominated