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Washington, May 26: A teacher at an Indiana middle school where a student opened fire with two handguns is being hailed as a hero after reportedly helping to subdue the shooter in his classroom. Jason Seaman, 29, a former football player at Southern Illinois University and a 13-year-old female student were wounded by gunfire in the shooting, which broke out around 9 a.m. on Friday morning at a

New Delhi, May 26: The BJP will launch a fortnight-long programme to mark the fourth anniversary of the Modi government, with its president Amit Shah leading an exercise to reach out to one lakh personalities from different walks of life to highlight its achievements. The programme will start on May 27, in which all ministers -- both from the Centre and BJP-ruled states, MPs, MLAs, mayors and all

Kolkata, May 26: Wonder man from Afghanistan Rashid Khan produced an all-round effort to guide Sunrisers Hyderabad to a 13-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the second qualifier and take the visitors to the final of the Indian Premier League season 11 here today. Rashid (34 not out off 10) first played a late cameo with the bat to help Sunrisers overcome a wobbly start and post a challenging

New Delhi, May 25: Some passengers of an Air India Delhi-Rajkot flight were left aggrieved on Friday at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here after the airline denied boarding to them on the ground that the flight was overbooked. The airlines did not allow some passengers to board the Rajkot-bound flight scheduled for around 5 pm from here. Confirming the incident, an Air India spokesperson

Samba, May 25: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday announced that the state government will provide jobs to family members of those who lost their lives in recent ceasefire violations by Pakistan. Talking to media, the Chief Minister expressed her grave concern over the killings of civilians in cross-border shelling and said that the discussions are on, to build Border Bhavan

New Delhi, May 25: BJP president Amit Shah on Friday said the Modi government's welfare schemes in its four years have benefitted 22 crore poor families and set an example of how a pro-people dispensation is run. In his brief address to the media on the fourth anniversary of the BJP-led NDA government, Shah claimed that the current dispensation has taken the country's self-pride to the highest

Pahalgam, May 25: The Chief of Army Staff, General Bipin Rawat on Friday said that Major Gogoi would be punished if found guilty of any wrongdoing. General Rawat's stern words have come amidst reports that Major Leetul Gogoi, who tied a civilian to a jeep and drove through Budgam last year, was allegedly involved in a brawl at a Srinagar hotel with a woman recently. The locals claimed that the

New Delhi, May 25: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will review the performance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government of the past four years from May 28-31 here. According to the RSS, the government is still failing on many fronts. The meeting will be attended by RSS leaders Dattatreya Hosabale and Krishna Gopal. BJP chief Amit Shah and leader Ram Lal will participate in the

Santiniketan, May 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India and Bangladesh are separate nations but attached with cultural ties which are defined by several public policies. While attending the convocation ceremony of the Vishwa Bharti University along with Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Prime Minister Modi identified the

Toronto, May 25: Two unidentified men walked into a restaurant on Thursday in the Canadian city of Mississauga and set off a bomb, wounding more than a dozen people, local police said. The blast went off in the Bombay Bhel restaurant at about 10:30 p.m local time. Fifteen people were taken to hospital, three of them with critical injuries, the Peel Regional Paramedic Service said in a Tweet. The