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Italy Earthquake: Death Toll Mounts to 123, Dozens Still Trapped in Rubble
Italy's civil protection unit confirmed 73 fatalities in and around the villages of Amatrice, Accumoli and Arquata del Tronto.
Ram Gopal Verma Apologises to Chiranjeevi Fans For Mocking Khaidi No 150
Khaidi No. 150 is an upcoming Telugu action drama featuring Chiranjeevi and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles and marks the filmstar-politicians comeback to acting after nine years.
SC Refuses to Allow Human Pyramids Beyond 20-feet for Dahi Handi
The plea seeking to relax the cap of 20-feet height of the human pyramid was filed by Mumbai-based Jai Jawan Krida Mandal Govinda Pathak.
Arya to Play the Villain in The Great Father
The project also stars Tamil actress Sneha, who is making a comeback after being away on a maternity break.
Kiran Bedi Stresses Need to Focus on Law and Order in Puducherry
Puducherry spends major portion of its financial resources to the committed expenditure and only a limited portion was available for developmental activities.
Rupee Slips 5 Paise to Close at 67.11
Rupee has started showing signs of a corrective move once again over the upcoming redemption pressure of the FCNR B deposits and impending Fed rate hike, a forex dealer said.
Nine-Man AS Roma Suffer Champions League Woe
AS Roma suffered another European humiliation on Tuesday when they had two players sent off, lost 3-0 at home to Porto and missed out on the Champions League group stage.
Sepp Blatter in Last Fight Against FIFA Ban
Sepp Blatter will mount his final challenge against his six-year FIFA ban on Thursday, following more than a year of scandal that saw him thrown out of football in disgrace.
North Korea Fires Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Towards Japan
North Korea fired a submarine-launched missile on Wednesday that flew about 500 km (311 miles) towards Japan, a show of improving technological capability for the isolated country that has conducted a series of launches in defiance of UN sanctions.
BJP Asks Kashmiri Youths to Defeat Designs of Separatists
BJP on Tuesday appealed to the youths of Kashmir to come under the national tricolour and hold it aloft to defeat the designs of separatist forces who are "disturbing peace" in Jammu and Kashmir.
Chikungunya Outbreak in Delhi: 6 Precautions You Should Take
The disease is caused by the same aedes aegypti mosquito which causes dengue. However, chikungunya is not considered to be life-threatening.
A Censor in Me Now: Tamil Writer Perumal Murugan
In December 2014, Murugan had declared in a Facebook post that the writer in him was dead. He described the subsequent period as "nightmarish".
5.3 Magnitude Quake Hits Myanmar
An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale jolted Myanmar and neighbouring Bangladesh on Tuesday morning.
Actor-Turned-Politician Ramya Faces Sedition Case for Praising Pak
A Karnataka based advocate lodged a complaint against actor-turned-politician Ramya for praising Pakistan.
7-year-old Girl Raped in Delhi, 3 Arrested
The accused have been identified as Bhure, 19, Amir, 21, and Bhim Sen, 19, police said.
Tamil Author Murugan Ends Exile, Launches New Collection of Poems
Describing the first three months after he had declared his "death", Murugan said he did not want to "even write one word". He said during that time he felt like a like "a walking corpse", and "like a rat in a burrow".