Indian-American teenager jumps off Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, dies

Washington, December 15An Indian-American teenager is believed to have jumped off the famous Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and died, according to his parents and officials of the US Coastal Guards.The 16-year-old boy’s bicycle, phone and bag were found on the bridge. The twelfth grader is believed to have…

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‘Hosting Osama Bin Laden…’, India’s sharp response to Pakistan’s Bhutto after ‘Kashmir remark’ in UN

New York, December 15 Without naming any country, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar slammed the neighboring state after Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari unceremoniously raked up the issue of Kashmir during a UN gathering in New York to discuss the issue of multilateralism. Speaking in his national capacity,…

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Stand by ally India, LAC disputes must be resolved via bilateral channels: US

New Delhi, December 14The US has, in response to the India-China border clashes in Arunachal on December 9, said it is committed to ensuring the security of its allies even as the neighbours must use bilateral channels to defuse border tension.Pentagon calls out aggressive ChinaThere is growing trend by China…

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AIIMS-Delhi server attack originated in China: Officials

New Delhi, December 14Noting that the attack on the server of the All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, originated in China, officials in the government today confirmed that of the total 100 servers, five were physically breached, and they had been retrieved now.Quoting the FIR registered in…

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Public Accounts Committee wants separate funds for troops at high altitudes

New Delhi, December 14 The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), in a report tabled in Parliament today, said it had been informed that the Indian armed forces were adequately equipped and organised to deal with any kind of threat and operational contingencies. The committee, headed by Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury,…

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17 Opposition parties form strategy to corner govt on India-China border issue as Speaker turns down adjournment motion plea

New Delhi, December 14 Leaders of 17 Opposition parties met in Parliament House complex on Wednesday and decided to evolve a joint strategy to corner the government on the India-China border issue. The meeting was held after the Opposition MPs walked out of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha…

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17 Opposition parties form strategy to corner govt as Speaker turns down adjournment motion plea

New Delhi, December 14Leaders of 17 Opposition parties met in Parliament House complex on Wednesday and decided to evolve a joint strategy to corner the government on the India-China border issue.The meeting was held after the Opposition MPs walked out of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha for the…

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Chinese army overtly aggressive since summer, flouting all pacts

Ajay BanerjeeNew Delhi, December 14Since the onset of summer this year, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China has been overtly aggressive along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.China was regularly breaching the agreements inked since 1993, probably to create a “new normal” along the…

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