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Right to Privacy verdict: Ruling is a positive development to strengthen fundamental rights, says Arun Jaitley

Arun Jaitley said that the SC verdict on Right to Privacy is a positive development and there will always be efforts to strengthen the fundamental rights.

Zakir Musa cornerned in Kashmir's Tral area, cordon-and-search operation underway

Former Hizbul Mujahideen commander Zakir Musa has been cornered by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Tral district

Tokyo receives 'first snow' in November for first time in 54 years

The last time it snowed in central Tokyo in November was 1962.

BJP and Congress colluded to compromise national security: Swaraj Abhiyan

Swaraj Abhiyan on Thursday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre and the Congress colluded with each other and compromised "national security".

Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal slams Arvind Kejriwal on PM remark

The Chief Minister asked Kejriwal to stop reducing politics to "cheap", "street theatre" and to return to politics of development and service to the people.

Brazilian researchers discover Zika virus in common mosquito ahead of Olympics

Brazilian researchers on Thursday announced that they have found signs of Zika virus in a common mosquito which belongs to a different species from the insect known to be the primary means of transmission.

After meeting the family of Una victims, Rahul Gandhi vows to defeat RSS' ideology

Attacking the BJP and RSS over the Dalit thrashing incident, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said "weaker sections are being terrorised and trampled upon in Gujarat", a state that Prime Minister Narendra Modi projects as a "model."

After SC verdict on Arunachal Pradesh, BJP claims Nabam Tuki's exit proves it was right

"If the Supreme Court had asked Tuki to take a floor test as well, then the result would have been different," the BJP said.

Ataturk airport attack is a blow to the limping tourism industry of Turkey, say analysts

Turkey's already limping tourism industry is suffering a fresh grievous blow after the latest in a series of attacks targeted at tourists claimed dozens of lives, analysts said Wednesday.

Former ISI chief admitted Pakistan's role in 2008 Mumbai attack: Ex-CIA chief

Soon after the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, the then chief of Pakistan's ISI conceded that some of the powerful spy agency's retired members were involved in the heinous crime