The 46 nurses trapped in a Tikrit hospital for the past few weeks were on Thursday kidnapped and taken to Mosul by jihadists of the Islamist State of Iraq and Syria.
Jammu & Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah on Thursday said he would not be part of PM Narendra Modi’s security meeting in Srinagar during his two-day visit starting on Friday.
The passport delivery system could soon become hassle-free. On the directions of the chief passport officer in the ministry of external affairs (MEA), Mumbai may lead the way in breaking with the past on the cumbersome processes that accompany the issuance of a passport.
The 24-hour spell of heavy showers that Mumbai experienced between Wedneday and Thursday covered more than 60% of the total rainfall the city has received so far this season.
Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek moved into the semifinal of the men's doubles at Wimbledon with a hard fought win over Nenad Zimonjic and Daniel Nestor.
All eight of the teams through to quarters allowed their players to have sexual relations with partners during down time, according to Brazil's Lance! newspaper.
Uruguay on Thursday lodged an appeal against the four month football ban imposed on star striker Luis Suarez for his World Cup bite, a top FIFA official said.
The income tax department on Thursday raised an interim demand of Rs 4,860 crore on the Sahara group even as it is busy selling off assets and mopping up bank accounts to arrange for Rs 10,000 crore to secure the release of chairman Subrata Roy and two directors, detained in jail since March 4.
A three-hour long tech glitch on Thursday stopped trading on the Bombay Stock Exchange as the problem prevented a large number of members from logging onto the bourse's servers.
Mishaps on the sets during monsoon is not new for the tellyworld. Last monsoon it was the sets of Comedy Nights with Kapil that turned into ashes followed by a fire on the sets of FIR. And this time its on the sets of Diya Aur Baati Hum.
After his autobiographical play Kucch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai completed 300 shows, Anupam Kher is now set to host a chat show highlighting the trials and triumphs of celebrities.
Riteish Deshmukh has always been a dependable actor, but his portrayal of the meek mannered psychotic killer in Ek Villain ranks among the best in recent times.
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