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New Delhi, Nov 7: The BJP on Monday left its leaders Jayant Sinha and Ravindra Kishore Sinha to defend themselves on news reports that mentioned the duo in the latest leaked Paradise Papers. The papers showed that the rich and the famous used two global companies to move their money abroad. A news report stated that Minister of State Jayant Sinha worked as managing director (India) of Omidyar

New Delhi, Nov 7: Former finance minister P Chidambaram on Monday suggested that the media ask the government for the release of his reply to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, who had reportedly asked him to look into the allegations of harassment of private firm First Global, the financiers of Tehelka. Tehelka magazine had "exposed" alleged corruption in defence deals during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Lucknow, Nov 7: Children continue to die at the BRD Medical College Hospital in Gorakhpur, the native city of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. As many as 55 children have died at the hospital in the past four days, according to official sources. Of these, 29 died in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) alone. Sources said the children died of encephalitis and other diseases

Chennai, Nov 6: A Bali-bound Qatar Airways flight from Doha had to be diverted to Chennai thanks to the ruckus created by an inebriated and angry woman passenger, who had just went through her husband’s flirtatious chats with another woman. According to sources, the Iranian lady reportedly unlocked her sleeping husband’s mobile phone by putting his finger on its scanner and then she realized that

Riyadh, Nov 6: An anti-corruption probe that has purged Saudi Arabian royals, ministers and businessmen appeared to be widening on Monday after the founder of one of the kingdom's biggest travel companies was reportedly detained. Shares in Al Tayyar Travel plunged 10 percent in the opening minutes of trade after the company quoted media reports as saying Nasser bin Aqeel al-Tayyar, who is still a

Chennai, Nov 6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said editorial freedom must be used wisely in public interest and the media should make an "extra effort" to maintain credibility. "The freedom to write does not include the freedom to be factually incorrect," the Prime Minister said in Chennai, addressing a function to mark the 75th anniversary of Tamil newspaper Daily Thanthi at the Madras

Beijing, Nov 6: China on Monday objected to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's first visit to Arunachal Pradesh, saying her tour of the "disputed area" is not conducive to the peace and tranquillity in the region. On Sunday, Sitharaman visited forward army posts in remote Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh bordering China to take stock of the defence preparedness. "As to Indian Defence

Riyadh, Nov 6: A high ranking Saudi prince and seven others were killed when a helicopter crashed near the southern-border they share with Yemen on Sunday. Prince Mansour bin Moqren, deputy governor of Asir province, was among eight government officials on board the aircraft that crashed in the Air Region, Saudi Arabia. News channel Al-Ekhbariya announced the death but did not release what the

New Delhi, Nov 6: A year after the Panama Papers, a new set of data taken from another offshore law firm, Appleby, could expose the hidden wealth of individuals, including Indians, and show how corporations, hedge funds and others may have skirted taxes. Among the 180 countries represented in the data (being dubbed Paradise Papers), India ranks 19th in terms of the number of names, a report on

Sutherland Springs, Nov 6: A gunman shot and killed more than two dozen people and injured many others Sunday inside a small community church here in South Texas, and he was found dead several miles away from the scene after fleeing, authorities said. The mass shooting happened during morning services at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, a small town in the countryside more than 30