April 5, 2016
Donald Trump says he will force Mexico to pay for a border wall as president by threatening to cut off the flow of billions of dollars in payments that immigrants send home to the country, an idea that could decimate the Mexican economy and set up an unprecedented showdown between the United States and a key diplomatically.
April 5, 2016
New Delhi: A day after the u-turn from Pakistan over the Pathankot terror attacks probe, Indian government sources clarified that full permission was given to the joint investigation team (JIT), which conducted the probe.
Sources in the government added that the neighbor was not serious about investigating the attack.
April 5, 2016
People in Germany have been warned to stay away from their windows and to refrain from waving during Barack Obama’s visit later this month.
President Obama will be speaking that day at the SXSW conference in Austin
April 5, 2016
Cranford, NEW JERSEY – On the surface, the University of Northern New Jersey seemed legitimate. It had a website, with a seal featuring the Latin words “Humanus, Scientia, Integritas,” a list of business-oriented degrees offered and a promise of “an exceptional educational experience.”
April 5, 2016
CHENNAI – Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK will field a record highest 227 candidates in the assembly elections, with Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa contesting from flood-battered Chennai. Even the allies in the remaining seven seats will seek votes on the AIADMK symbol.
April 5, 2016
Washington: The US is poised to sell nine AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters worth USD 170 million to Pakistan, weeks after Obama administration decided to provide eight F-16 fighter jets to the country despite strong opposition from some Congressmen and India.
April 4, 2016
New Delhi: Less than a month after petrol prices were hiked by over Rs 3 per litre, they were on Monday increased further by Rs 2.19 per litre while that of diesel went up by 98 paise a litre.
Petrol price was earlier hiked on March 16 by Rs 3.07 a litre, reversing its 3-month declining trend, while diesel rates went up by Rs 1.90 per litre.
April 4, 2016
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a network across 78 countries, has published one of the world’s biggest leaks of documents on secret offshore accounts held by the world’s big and mighty.
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April 3, 2016
Brief Scorecard: West Indies 161 for 6 (Samuels 85*, Brathwaite 34*, Willey 3-20) beat England 155 for 9 (Root 54, Brathwaite 3-23, Bravo 3-37) by four wickets
Eden Gardens delighted in West Indies' celebrations © Getty Images
April 3, 2016
KANDALAKSHA, Russia — So many decrepit Soviet-era cars carried migrants into Europe from this frozen Russian town in recent months that border officials in Finland, who confiscate the rust-bucket vehicles as soon as they cross the frontier, watched in dismay as their parking lot turned into a scrapyard.
