WASHINGTON: An American fighting for the Islamic State was killed over the weekend in Syria, US officials said on Tuesday, underlining growing concerns about Westerners signing up for extremist groups in the Middle East.

Kota. BJP quota for South Assembly byelection candidate Sandeep Sharma made​​. Congress has already fielded a poll Shivkant Nandwana.

NEW DELHI: China and Japan are once again in competition, this time for the lucrative high speed rail network market in India.

 JAMMU: BJP president Amit Shah on Monday criticized Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah for failing to visit the people displaced due to cross-border firing near here, saying the state "is not confined'' to the valley.

LUCKNOW/VARANASI/KANPUR/GORAKHPUR: Prolonged power cuts in UP have given fresh opportunity to the opposition to train its guns on the Akhilesh Yadav government. BJP and the Congress have already started raking up power protests in various districts.

A recently released NSSO report shows that onions, potatoes and green chillies are the most widely eaten vegetables in India.

GAZA: A series of powerful explosions wrecked the northern part of Gaza City after Israeli war jets struck a 14-floor residential tower with four heavy missiles, a TV report said Monday.

MONROVIA (Liberia): A Liberian doctor who was among three Africans to receive an experimental Ebola drug has died, the country's information minister said on Monday, as a top UN delegation promised more help for countries battling the virulent disease during a visit to Sierra Leone.

NEW YORK: An Egyptian lawyer charged in the 1998 embassy bombings in Africa is trying to distance himself from other acts of terrorism even as British investigators reportedly look at his son in the killing of an American journalist.

MARGAO: True to his wont, Milkha Singh wastes no time in making a point. The 'Flying Sikh' India's legendary sprinter touched down in Goa and left his keen listeners in awe during an interaction with the media in Margao.