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Michael Jackson's 16-year-old daughter Paris Jackson sparks pregnancy rumour
Michael Jackson's daughter Paris sparked pregnancy rumours after she was spotted with a bulging baby bump.
Planning Commission to be turned into a monitoring & accountability panel: sources
This new commission will headed by the Prime Minister himself.
Chennai Police to monitor crime reporters, keeping a tab on the press
Chennai police is monitoring crime reporters in the city to ensure that there are no negative news reports in the media.
Second warning flag hoisted, people in low-lying areas rescued
Several villages in the East Godavari district remained marooned as river Godavari was in spate.
NDRF to launch intensive operations in flood-hit J&K
The worst floods to hit the state in six decades have claimed nearly 200 lives.
Power ministers from all states to meet today
Agenda of the meeting is likely to be the shortage of coal for power production. The tariff issue is also likely to be taken up in the meet.
Obama reaches out to Australian PM on Iraq
Obama telephoned Abbott and thanked him for his contributions to humanitarian air drops in northern Iraq and logistics support for re-supply missions.
Year's last 'supermoon' tonight
A "supermoon" occurs when the moon is full and at the point of its orbit that brings it closest to the Earth.
Snapshot: IAF continues to rescue people stranded in flood-hit areas of J&K
Nearly 200 people have lost their lives and lakhs are still stranded in the worst floods in Jammu and Kashmir in six decades. With rescue operations in full swing, more than 23,000 people have been rescued by Army, Indian Air Force, NDRF and state force.
Exposing corruption does not defame judiciary: Katju
Referring to criticism that he was trying to defame judiciary by exposing corruption, he said sarcastically that this is a new definition of defamation.
Abhinav Bindra draws blank on tough opening day at World Championships
Bindra missed the cut as he finished 10th in qualification relay 1 and shot a series of 103.5 104.1 104.9 103.9 104.0 104.4 to total 624.8.
No facilitation fee to agents for air travel by government officials
The government had allowed three authorised travel agents to charge a facilitation fee of Rs 100 on domestic air travels and Rs 300 on international travels.
Mere equality not enough, main goal is social harmony: Modi
He was addressing the 152nd birth anniversary of Ayyankali at a function organised by the Kerala Pulayar Maha Sabha (KPMS) that represents the interests of the most oppressed Scheduled Caste community in Kerala.
Chennai: Bomb threats to two schools turn out to be hoax
Bomb detection and disposal squads were pressed into service which scanned the premises of the two institutions but no explosives were found, they said.
Centre will not allow FDI in multi-brand retail: Nirmala Sitharaman
Sitharaman said her party, BJP, has clearly articulated its position on the MBRT and had won the elections on the basis of the manifesto.
Meteorite smashes into Nicaraguan capital
"We are convinced that this was a meteorite. We have seen the crater from the impact," said Wilfredo Strauss of the Seismic Institute.