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Vizag, Sept 21: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that a low pressure formed over the west-central Bay of Bengal has intensified into a deep depression on Thursday and is likely to transform into a cyclonic storm in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha in the next few hours. Speaking to news agency, IMD cyclone warning centre officer, Sastri said, "The deep depression has moved west

Dubai, Sept 20: Emirates and Etihad, two state-owned airlines in the United Arab Emirates, denied on Thursday a Bloomberg report which quoted unnamed sources as saying Emirates was seeking to take over Etihad to create the world's largest airline. "There is no truth to this rumour," an Emirates spokeswoman said. Etihad made a similar statement.

Jammu, Sept 20: Authorities in Jammu gave Islamic burial to three slain terrorists after the Muslim graveyards denied space to them. The three terrorists, belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit, were Pakistan nationals, who were smoked out during a fierce gun-battle with the security forces on September 13 in Dirthi village in the Kakryal area of Reasi district. According to sources in Jammu and

New Delhi, Sept 20: In what appears to be a case of negligence and oversight, at least 166 passengers aboard a Jet Airways flight suffered nose bleed and headaches when the cabin crew forgot to select the switch that maintains cabin pressure during take-off. The Boeing 737 aircraft returned to Mumbai due to "loss of cabin pressure" and the pilots have been taken off duty pending investigation, a

Lucknow, Sept 20: Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena has offered a Lok Sabha ticket from Agra to Shambhulal Regar, the man who allegedly hacked and burnt a Muslim man to death in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district last year. Addressing the press conference in Agra, Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena national president Amit Jani announced names of five contestants who would be contesting in the upcoming Lok Sabha

Lucknow, Sept 20: Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena has offered a Lok Sabha ticket from Agra to Shambhulal Regar, the man who allegedly hacked and burnt a Muslim man to death in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district last year. Addressing the press conference in Agra, Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena national president Amit Jani announced names of five contestants who would be contesting in the upcoming Lok Sabha

New Delhi, Sept 20: Congress president Rahul Gandhi today accused Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of "lying" on Hindustan Aeronautics Limited or HAL's capability to build Rafale aircraft and demanded her resignation. The Congress chief took to Twitter to attack Ms Sitharaman, alleging that her position as the defence minister of the country has become untenable as a former chief of the state

Rampur, Sept 20: Samajwadi Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh Minister Mohammad Azam Khan has termed the promulgation of the Ordinance on Triple Talaq as just a political agenda for the coming 2019 Lok Sabha polls, raised by the BJP. "Allah is the supreme and no law can counter his punishment. But we will obey by the law made by Allah and if the Ordinance was made under its preview, then there

New Delhi, Sept 27: The Supreme Court today upheld the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar scheme but imposed some restrictions on its use. The Supreme Court held that while Aadhaar would remain mandatory for filing of income tax returns (ITR) and allotment of Permanent Account Number (PAN), it would not be mandatory to link Aadhaar to bank accounts and telecom service providers cannot seek its

Washington, Sept 20: Almost 59% of all terrorist attacks in 2017 took place in five Asian countries, including Pakistan and India, a US report said Thursday. The other three countries include Afghanistan, Iraq and the Philippines. Like every year, Muslim dominant countries were the biggest victims of the terror attacks in 2017 too. The total number of terrorist attacks worldwide last year