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UN to soon set up Commission to inquire into Benazir killing

Staff Reporter · Dec 28, 2008 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, Dec 27 (UNI): As Pakistan today observes the first anniversary of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto the United Nations said it hoped to soon establ...

Russian Ambassador calls for eliminating terrorism

Staff Reporter · Dec 28, 2008 · 3 min read

NEW DELHI, Dec 27 (UNI): Sharing India's concern on cross-border terrorism, Russian Ambassador to India Vyacheslav Trubnikov has called for strengthening "globa...

Mumbaikars want retribution for terror attacks: Thackeray

Staff Reporter · Dec 28, 2008 · 3 min read

PUNE, Dec 26 (Agencies): Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today asked politicians to stop glorifying the resilient spirit of Mumbai in the aftermath of the Novembe...

Karunanidhi re-elected DMK Prez, Stalin becomes treasurer

Staff Reporter · Dec 28, 2008 · 1 min read

CHENNAI, Dec 26 (Agencies): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi was today unanimously elected as DMK President at the party's General Council meeting here. ...

Formation of Third Front gaining momentum: CPI-M leader

Staff Reporter · Dec 28, 2008 · 2 min read

PUDUCHERRY, Dec 26 (Agencies): The formation of a third political front to contest the next Lok Sabha elections was gaining momentum in different states and the...

Kasab's identification parade conducted in Mumbai

Staff Reporter · Dec 28, 2008 · 1 min read

MUMBAI, Dec 26 (Agencies): The identification parade of the lone surviving terrorist of the Mumbai attacks, Ajmal Amir Kasab, was conducted at the city's Arthur...

LJP activist killed; calls bandh & raises oust Mayawati slogan

Staff Reporter · Dec 28, 2008 · 4 min read

AGRA, Dec 26 (Agencies): Close on the heels of the murder of a PWD engineer allegedly by a BSP MLA for reportedly failing to pay money for Mayawati's birthday, ...

Chhattisgarh not to acquire agricultural land for industries

Staff Reporter · Dec 28, 2008 · 6 min read

RAIPUR, Dec 26 (Agencies): Chhattisgarh's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government said on Saturday it would now only provide government-owned or barren land for...

Justice after 28 years

Staff Reporter · Dec 28, 2008 · 4 min read

High court acquits man facing charges in 8 cases of misappropriation JAMMU, Dec 27 (JNF): State high court today acquitted an accused facing trial and investiga...

FM meets top brains to finalise India's stand on meltdown

Staff Reporter · Dec 11, 2008 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, Oct 29 (Agencies): Finance Minister P Chidambaram today held a meeting with the country's top economic brains to deliberate on the implications of th...

Chandrayaan-1 gets closer to Moon

Staff Reporter · Dec 11, 2008 · 7 min read

BANGALORE, Oct 29 (Agencies): The fourth orbit-raising maneuver of Chandrayaan-1 was carried out today which took the lunar spacecraft closer to the moon, the I...

10 lose vision as cracker shops catch fire

Staff Reporter · Dec 11, 2008 · 17 min read

Lucknow, Oct 29 (IANS) At least 20 people suffered burns, while 10 lost their vision, when cracker shops caught fire in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj district, police...

It's a Diwali gift for me: Sarabjit's sister

Staff Reporter · Dec 11, 2008 · 8 min read

AMRITSAR, Oct 28 (Agencies): "Pakistan has given me a Diwali gift", this is how Dalbir Kaur, sister of Sarabjit Singh currently lodged in a Pakistani prison, re...

Kissinger hopeful of a solution to India-US nuke deal

Staff Reporter · Nov 2, 2008 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, Nov 3 (Agencies): Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger on Saturday said he was hopeful of a solution to the Indo-US civil nuclear deal in nea...

Ministers stay away from Dalai Lama function

Staff Reporter · Nov 2, 2008 · 5 min read

NEW DELHI, Nov 3 (Agencies): Apparently keen on not offending Chinese government's sentiments, government on Saturday asked ministers to keep away from a functi...

Rahul's brush with death - Bollywood negligence at play

Staff Reporter · Nov 2, 2008 · 3 min read

MUMBAI, Nov 3 (Agencies): Rahul Bose had a near-fatal accident while shooting an aerial stunt for Samar Khan's 'Shourya', and it puts a big question mark on the...

Prisoners in Bhopal turn over a new leaf, become scribes

Staff Reporter · Nov 2, 2008 · 2 min read

BHOPAL, Nov 3 (Agencies): Inmates in Bhopal jail have received their journalism diploma following an initiative by prison authorities to open up new vistas of e...

Designer clay lamps, artificial flowers to add glitter to Diwali

Staff Reporter · Nov 2, 2008 · 4 min read

JAMNAGAR, Nov 3 (Agencies): Ahead of Diwali, the festival of lights, artisans here are having a busy time making designer earthen lamps and artificial flowers s...

Student leaders who don't attend classes out in the cold

Staff Reporter · Nov 2, 2008 · 7 min read

CHANDIGARH, Nov 3 (Agencies): Student leaders - projected politicians of the future - are finding it hard to accept new guidelines on students' council polls in...

Don't attend Dalai Lama's function, says Govt

Staff Reporter · Nov 2, 2008 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, Nov 3 (Agencies): The Government has asked its Ministers to keep away from a function on Saturday to felicitate Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai La...

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