Miami: The US state of Florida on Wednesday passed a gun control bill that raises the minimum age to buy firearms to 21 while funding a program that allows some teachers and school employees to be armed.

The "Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act," which takes its name from last month

New Delhi: The CBI on Thursday said that it has registered a fresh case against diamantaire Nirav Modi for causing a loss of Rs 321 crore to Punjab National Bank (PNB) by availing different credit facilities between 2013 and 2017.

According to a Central Bureau of Investigation official, the case was registered aft

Amaravati: Two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ministers in Andhra Pradesh Government submitted their resignation in the Chief Ministers office on Thursday, amid the deteriorating relations between Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and BJP.

The ministers, who have submitted their resignation, are State Health Minister Kaminen

Beirut: Fresh air strikes on Eastern Ghouta near Damascus brought the death toll for Wednesday's bombardment on the rebel-held enclave near Damascus to 45, a monitor said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said at least 18 of the day's victims were killed in strikes carried out by Ru

London: Juventus staged a stunning fightback against Tottenham to reach the Champions League quarter-finals 4-3 on aggregate after Paulo Dybala sealed a dramatic 2-1 win in the last 16, second leg on Wednesday.

Massimiliano Allegri's side were on the brink of elimination after Son Heung-Min's first-half st

Kohima: On the eve of the swearing-in ceremony of new Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, the National People's Party (NPP) on Wednesday wrote to the governor, stating that it was withdrawing its letter of support to the NDPP-BJP alliance.

However, it would have no effect on government formation as the NDPP-B

New York: Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi, a pioneer of low-cost housing design, won the prestigious Pritzker Prize on Wednesday, considered architecture's Nobel equivalent.

The 90-year-old Doshi -- one of the last living architects to have apprenticed with the Franco-Swiss trailblazer Le Corbusier -- distin

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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu today directed Telugu Desam Party (TDP) ministers Ashok Gajapathi Raju and YS Chowdary to resign as Union cabinet ministers.

The decision comes after Arun Jaitley announced that Andhra Pradesh will not be given Special Status but will only be given

Mumbai/Panjim: 

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who left for treatment to a US hospital from Mumbai in the wee hours of Wednesday, is reportedly suffering from an advanced stage of pancreatic cancer.

Sources in Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital and outside, and Goa Medical College and Hospital -- both health facilities

Bengaluru: In a shocking incident that highlights security shortcomings in public offices, Karnataka Lokayukta judge P Vishwanath Shetty was stabbed multiple times inside his chamber on Wednesday afternoon.

Sources said judge Shetty was allegedly stabbed three times by one Tejas Sharma, an advocate from Tumku