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At least 31 dead in Iran train crash

More than 70 people were admitted to hospital after the crash

Melania Trump is set to be a long-distance first lady

She was an elusive figure in the campaign, had no political experience before her husband's stunningly successful outsider campaign

Colombia to sign revised peace deal

A recent wave of alleged assassinations in conflict areas has raised pressure to seal a deal fast

Iraq truck bomb kills 70, mostly Iranian pilgrims: official

Blast struck in the village of Shomali, 120 kilometres southeast of the capital Baghdad and around 80 kilometres from Karbala

Tokyo gets November snow for first time in 54 years

Train and subway services were temporarily suspended or delayed especially in western Tokyo

SP MP Akshay Yadav throws paper towards chair in LS, to face action

It was not immediately clear whether the paper torn was picked from the table of the Secretary General

Donald Trump effect hits Mexico's growth forecast

The bank lowered its projections to a range of 1.8-2.3 per cent in 2016, compared to a previous forecast of 1.7-2.5 per cent

Banks ready to waive service charges on debit card use till Dec 31

DEA Secretary Shaktikanta Das also says New Rs 500 and 2,000 notes made available in 155,000 post offices

Old notes not valid for small savings schemes

Small saving schemes include post office deposits, public provident fund and Sukanya Samriddhi

Currency purge beginning of long battle against black money: PM

Emotional PM asserts demonetisation will benefit poor and middle classes; Opposition to launch joint protest against move

Defence ministry reduces ban for errant arms makers to 5 years

The new policy moves away from blanket blacklisting and employs a mix of heavy fines and graded banning

Turkey PM withdraws controversial child sex conviction bill

Critics says the bill will allow the release from jail of sex assault convicts if they marry their victims would legitimise rape

Staff crunch: Taxman may not be able to scan more than 700,000 bank deposits

Only about 1% of total assessees might be probed; warning against parking cash in others' accounts

Japan hit by 6.9 magnitude quake; tsunami warning issued near Fukushima

The US Geological Agency said the quake, at a shallow depth of 11.3 kilometres, struck shortly before 6:00 am in the Pacific off Fukushima

Here's why Janardhana Reddy is on I-T radar after daughter's Rs 500-cr wedding

In 2011, Reddy had been arrested on charges of illegally mining iron ore and had been in prison for over three years

Suicide bomber targets Shiite mosque in Kabul, killing 32

Afghan police said the bomber, who was on foot, had walked into the Shiite mosque in western Kabul where he detonated his explosives among the crowd of worshippers

Hyderabad civic body tops tax collections among 22 cities

Kalyan in Maharashtra stood in second position by collecting Rs 170 cr, followed by Ahmedabad Rs 150 cr

India has become extremely sensitive to criticism: Gopalkrishna Gandhi

Gandhi said that it is easy to work against the state than it is to work against an intolerant society

120 killed in UP train derailment

Centre, Madhya Pradesh & Uttar Pradesh promise cash aid to relatives of deceased; relief work on

Mauritius hopes to remain top FDI source despite new tax treaty

In May, India and Mauritius signed a protocol to introduce in-principle taxation of capital gains in India in a phased manner