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Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson waves as he leaves Downing Street in London, Britain, Jun 28, 2018. (Photo: Reuters)

Boris Johnson elected as UK Prime Minister after winning Tory leadership race

Johnson won 92,153 votes in the leadership election. His opponent Jeremy Hunt got 46,656 votes. As many as 159,320 members of the Conservative Party voted in the election.

Jul 23, 2019

Boris Johnson expected to become the next UK Prime Minister

Johnson is the clear favourite to replace departing Prime Minister Theresa May, with several polls putting showing his support at around 70 percent.

Jul 23, 2019

Chandrayaan-2 injected into orbit; India awaits its tryst with moon

The GSLV-Mk III blasted off from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota spaceport at 2.43 p.m. to begin its ascent into space.

Jul 22, 2019

Why is Israel demolishing Palestinian homes near West Bank wall?

The demolitions took place a month after the Supreme Court of Israel ruled in favour of the military in a dispute which involved violation of a construction ban in Wadi al-Hummus

Jul 22, 2019

UP man running from pillar to post over Rs 128 crore electricity bill

This is not the only incident in Uttar Pradesh in recent times. Earlier this year, a man in Kannauj was charged a whopping Rs 23 crore for his house's electricity bill.

Jul 21, 2019

Is Mammootty planning to enter politics? Megastar clarifies

Earlier, several sources had reported that CPI(M) is apparently compelling Mammootty to enter in active politics

Jul 20, 2019

Karnataka political crisis: Trust vote delayed as Speaker adjourns House till Monday

Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy had missed the 6 pm deadline set by the Governor to prove his majority on the floor of the House.

Jul 19, 2019

US keeps 150 atom bombs secretly in Europe and Turkey, reveals leaked NATO report

Atom bombs have been stored at six bases, including Kleine Brogel in Belgium and Buchel in Germany.

Jul 18, 2019

Lockheed Martin scouts for local partners in India to make F-21 aircraft

Indian Air Force had received responses to its "request for information" from world's topmost fighter aircraft manufacturers for the purchase of more than 100 fighter planes last year.

Jul 17, 2019

Infiltration in J&K reduced by 43% in 2019: Home Ministry

The report by the Ministry of Home Affairs came a week after India slammed a United Nations report on human rights violations in Kashmir.

Jul 16, 2019

India, Russia agree to trade in national currencies to bypass US sanctions - Report

In recent times, the US has become an important ally for India but New Delhi and Moscow have maintained their long-time strategic ties dating back to the Soviet era.

Jul 16, 2019

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Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget rides high as subsidies cut by 50% in last 5 years

The government closed down about 4.03 crore duplicate, fake and inactive connections excluding the elimination of about 1.03 crore beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana above the poverty line.

Jul 15, 2019

Conspiracy theory YouTube channel misleading public? 'Time traveller' admits hoax

Alleged time traveller Denis Bal alias Noah made this shocking revelation in a recent video uploaded on YouTube

Jul 15, 2019

India's higher education student-teacher ratio lower than Brazil, China

Among the eight countries compared, India's student-ratio has turned out to be the lowest - against Sweden's 12:1, Britain's 16:1, Russia's 10:1 and Canada's 9:1.

Jul 14, 2019

MS Dhoni joining the BJP? Party leader Sanjay Paswan declares so

The former Union minister has claimed that discussions to bring the former India captain into the party have been going on for a long time.

Jul 13, 2019

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