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Riyadh, Jan 31: The sky above Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, filled with thick black smoke Tuesday, rising from a building site on one its most populated and famous roads, Al-Olaya Street while shrouding one of the city’s more prominent skyscrapers. The blaze's source was actually in a building site, but as the heavy smoke rose, it shrouded the nearby famous landmark Al-Faisaliah tower, leading

Kolkata, Jan 30: Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin said there cannot be another Kapil Dev, amid growing comparisons between Hardik Pandya and the World Cup winning skipper. Pandya's whirlwind innings of 93 in the first Test against South Africa on a difficult track at Cape Town gave further fuel to the comparison between him and Dev. "It is not advisable to do that. It is not good because

Houston, Jan 30: An Indian software engineer was found dead at his apartment where he was living as a paying guest in the US state of Texas, according to officials. Venkannagari Krishna Chaitanya (30), who moved to the US three years ago, was living as a paying guest in Arlington, a suburb of Dallas in Texas, said sources at the Indian Consulate here. When Chaitanya did not came out of his room

Mumbai, Jan 30: A sessions court here on Tuesday framed charges against Bollywood actor Sooraj Pancholi for allegedly abetting actress Jiah Khan's suicide. Judge K D Shirbhate framed charges against the 27-year-old actor under section 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code, to which he pleaded not guilty. "Sooraj pleaded innocence and the examination of witnesses will start from

Dubai, Jan 30: Saudi Arabia says a wide-reaching anti-corruption campaign has netted more than $106 billion in financial settlements with 65 people who remain in custody. Saudi attorney general Saud al-Mojeb said on Tuesday that the settlements reached include seizure of real estate assets, commercial entities, securities and cash. His statement didn't disclose further details on the types of

New Delhi, Jan 30: An eight-month-old baby, who was raped by her 28-year-old cousin in northwest Delhi’s Netaji Subhash Place, needed a three-hour-long surgery for her injuries, after which she is in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Doctors said she is stable. The baby was rushed to a local hospital on Sunday evening with severe wounds and bleeding. The surgery took place on Monday. The baby was

New Delhi, Jan 30: An eight-month-old baby, who was raped by her 28-year-old cousin in northwest Delhi’s Netaji Subhash Place, needed a three-hour-long surgery for her injuries, after which she is in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Doctors said she is stable. The baby was rushed to a local hospital on Sunday evening with severe wounds and bleeding. The surgery took place on Monday. The baby was

New Delhi, Jan 30: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission (EC) to state the factual aspects behind its decision to disqualify the 20 AAP MLAs for holding office of profit by filing an affidavit. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar asked the poll panel to file the affidavit after the EC said it wanted to respond to some of the allegations made in the MLAs'

Washington, Jan 30: President Donald Trump told visiting members of the UN Security Council today the US would no longer talk with the Taliban following a recent string of deadly attacks in Afghanistan. Trump railed against a series of "atrocities" in Afghanistan and said as a result the US would not engage in any future talks with the Taliban as the administration seeks to end a stalemate in

Visiting Washington DC, Qatar's Defence Minister Khalid Bin Mohammad Al Attiyah said his country will expand the American airbase that currently houses about 10,000 US military personnel. The expansion at the Al Udeid base - home of the US Central Command - will allow for 200 more housing units for officers and their families, Attiyah said. "It will very soon become family oriented place for our