Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being directly involved in the Rafale fighter jet deal with France, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that he ran a parallel negotiation.


Modi ran parallel negotiation with France for Rafale: Rahul


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Seven more bodies were found under the debris on Thursday afternoon, raising to 10 the death toll from the collapse of an eight-storey apartment building in Istanbul, the governor said.


Death toll in Istanbul building collapse rises to 10


Pashtun rights activist Gulalai Ismail has been released by the police here following her arrest earlier this week along with 17 others for holding a protest in the city, the police said.


Pakistan releases rights activist Gulalai Ismail


A US federal judge has sentenced a Chinese student to a year in prison after he pleaded guilty to illegally taking pictures at a restricted US Navy base in Florida, the media reported on Thursday.


Chinese student sentenced for taking photos of US naval base


At least 15 people were killed and several others injured on Wednesday in Bole-Bakundu, a locality in Southwest, one of the two troubled English-speaking regions of Cameroon, sources said.


About 15 killed in Cameroon's restive Anglophone region


Roughly 9,920 Havana residents were forced from their homes by the tornado that hit the Cuban capital 10 days ago, killing six people, injuring 195 others and damaging more than 4,800 residences, Cuban official media reported on  Wednesday.


Nearly 10,000 Havana residents displaced by tornado


Iraqi security forces killed five Islamic State (IS) militants on Wednesday in the province of Kirkuk, 250 km north of Baghdad, a provincial security source said.


Iraqi forces kill 5 IS militants in Kirkuk


As part of the "Safer Internet Day" celebrations, Google introduced two updates -- "Password Checkup" Chrome extension and a "Cross Account Protection" -- to protect apps, websites and user-accounts from possible third-party data breaches.


Google adds new security updates celebrating 'Safer Internet Day'


US President Donald Trump has proposed a new nuclear missiles treaty that has the potential to include India as he delivered the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress.


Trump proposes new missile treaty with potential to include India


The number of deaths due to the collapse of an iron mine dam on January 25 in the Brazilian city of Brumadinho has risen to 142 on Tuesday and the number of missing persons has dropped to 194, according to the latest Civil Defense report.


Death toll from mining dam collapse in Brazil rises to 142


The death of Canadian entrepreneur Gerald Cotten, died due to complications with Crohn's disease while travelling in India in December, has left a huge stash of cryptocurrencies locked off from the people who own them.


Crypto exchange may have lost $145 mn after CEO dies in India


After facing a backlash and employee opposition to Google's involvement in the US military's controversial drone-based "Project Maven", the search engine giant has been involving gig economy workers who have unknowingly been improving Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technologies used in the project, The Intercept reported on Tuesday.


Gig economy workers unknowingly working on Google's project for US military


An Egyptian military court has issued preliminary death sentences against eight people convicted of attempting to assassinate President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Saudi Arabia's former Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef in 2014.


Egypt court sentences 8 to death for attempting to kill al-Sisi


Simple steps such as adding a screen lock on the mobile phone and reviewing who can get access to your Google Account data can make you a lot safer on the Internet, according to a new Google campaign announced on Monday.


Google shows how simple steps can make you safer on Internet


Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi have discussed the face-off between Kolkata Police and the CBI.


Rajnath rings Bengal Governor over police-CBI face-off


Newly appointed Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chief Rishi Kumar Shukla took charge of the probe agency on Monday.


New CBI chief Rishi Kumar Shukla takes charge


The death toll from a devastating tornado that tore through Cuba's capital Havana a week ago reached six, health officials said.


Death toll reaches 6 in Cuba tornado disaster


The corruption case against former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar in Rs 3,250-crore loan irregularity involving the Videocon Group and the ICICI Bank is learnt to be part of top five cases being probed on a priority by the CBI which is now set to focus on these matters under its newly appointed Director Rishi Kumar Shukla, sources said.


ICICI-Videocon, PNB fraud among top five cases under CBI lens


The mortal remains of IAF test pilot Squadron Leader Siddhartha Negi were cremated with military honours here on Saturday, a day after he died in the Mirage-2000 fighter crash on Friday, an official said.


IAF Mirage test pilot Negi's body cremated in Bengaluru


The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) will conduct a joint probe into the crash of an upgraded version of the Mirage-2000 fighter jet, a Defence Ministry official said on Saturday.


IAF, HAL to jointly probe Mirage crash in Bengaluru


Air Chief Marshall B.S. Dhanoa was present here on Friday when an upgraded version of Mirage-2000 jet fighter crashed and its two pilots died despite ejecting out of it.

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