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Swiss gold exports to India cross Rs 1.2...

Swiss gold exports to India cross Rs 1.2 lakh crore

Switzerland’s gold exports to India crossed Rs 1.2 lakh crore in 2014 even as concerns persist over bullion being used to channel illicit funds into the Indian shores. The value of precious metal imported from Switzerland touched 17.1 billion Swiss francs (over Rs 1.2 lakh crore) during the... read more »

America can be India’s best partne...

America can be India’s best partner: Obama

Nothing fills me with more hope than when I see young people speak. To the people of this great nation, I bring you the friendship of the American people. Thank you so much for welcoming us back to India. ‘Bahut Dhanyavad’. It’s my great honour to be the first US president to join... read more »

Seven killed after SUVs collide in Telan...

Seven killed after SUVs collide in Telangana

Seven persons were killed in a ghastly road accident when two SUVs collided near Kommireddipally village in Addakal police station limits of Mahabubnagar district on Tuesday morning. According to Addakal police, the accident occurred when a Tavera vehicle bound for Nanded in Maharashtra lost... read more »

Chest Hospital to be shifted to Vikaraba...

Chest Hospital to be shifted to Vikarabad

The staff including senior doctors, house surgeons, paramedical and administrative staff and nurses of Government Chest Hospital, Erragadda launched a struggle to protest alleged attempts by the State Government to shift the hospital to Vikarabad. On Tuesday, the healthcare workers from the... read more »

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Rajya Sabha hails Tendulkar's Bharat Ratna

Rajya Sabha hails Tendulkar’s Bharat Ratna

New Delhi – The Rajya Sabha Friday congratulated cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar for winning the country’s highest honour, the Bharat Ratna. It was Tendulkar’s first day in the winter... read more »

Vasundhara Raje sworn in as Rajasthan CM

Vasundhara Raje sworn in as Rajasthan CM

Jaipur – Vasundhara Raje Friday was sworn in! the Rajasthan chief minister for the second time after the BJP wrested the state from the... read more »

‘Dec 16 rapist shows no remorse, has become diffi...

'Dec 16 rapist shows no remorse, has become difficult'

By Rajnish Singh New Delhi – A minor, who raped a young woman in a moving bus last year alongwith five men, has become “more rude now, more... read more »

Should juveniles be treated as criminals? Debate rages

Tribal girl gang-raped by members of kangaroo court as punishment for affair

New Delhi – Should minors involved in heinous crimes, like rape, be tried under the Juvenile Justice Act or should they be punished under the Indian... read more »

Andhra legislature rocked by protests over Telangana bi...

Andhra legislature rocked by protests over Telangana bill

Hyderabad – Both houses of the Andhra Pradesh legislature were rocked by protests Friday as legislators from Telangana, across party lines, demanded... read more »

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Honduras holds general elections amid tight security

Honduras holds general elections amid tight security

Tegucigalpa – The general elections held to elect president, legislators and loc! al mayors in the central American country of Honduras concluded Sunday evening after a relatively tranquil day... read more »

Estonia mourns Latvian supermarket deaths

Estonia mourns Latvian supermarket deaths

Tallinn – Public institutions and many families in Estonia Sunday raised their national flag with blac! k ribbons, mourning Lativia for a... read more »

Iranian n-programme makes ‘important first step&#...

Iranian n-programme makes 'important first step': David Cameron

London – British Pri! me Minister David Cameron said Sunday that the agreement reached on Iran’s nuclear programme in Geneva was “an... read more »

Mexican drug lords’ kids brag wealth on social me...

Mexican drug lords' kids brag wealth on social media

Mexico City – The Twitter and Facebook accounts of individuals presumed to be the children of Sinaloa drug cartel bosses — Joaquin “El... read more »

Britain calls Geneva deal on Iran ‘encouraging...

Britain calls Geneva deal on Iran 'encouraging'

London – British Foreign Secretary William Hague has hailed the agreement reached between the P5+1 group and Iran on the latter’s nuclear programme... read more »

Trinamool targets Amit Shah in Parliament, to hold huge counter-rally in Kolkata

A day after Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah launched a scathing attack on West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on her home turf, Trinamool Congress launched a... read more »

Pope visits iconic religious sites in Istanbul

ISTANBUL — His head bowed and hands clasped in front of him, Pope Francis on Saturday stood in two minutes of silent prayer facing east inside one Istanbul’s most important... read more »

Egyptian court dismisses murder charge against Hosni Mubarak

CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Saturday dropped its case against ousted President Hosni Mubarak, his interior minister and six aides on charges of ordering the killing of protesters during the... read more »

Nigeria vows to track down militants

Nigeria’s president has pledged to track down those responsible for Friday’s attack on a mosque in the northern city of Kano that reportedly left 120 dead and a further 270 injured. The... read more »

PM Modi thanks voters in Jharkhand, says ensure same results as L...

Expressing his gratitude to the people of Jharkhand for reposing their faith in him during the Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged the voters here to ensure the same... read more »