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Nearly 50 dead bodies found in river Gan...

Nearly 50 dead bodies found in river Ganga in Uttar Pradesh; probe ordered

Nearly 50 bodies were found in the revered River Ganga in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district after which the administration has ordered probe. Dogs, crows and vultures dug into bodies as they had reached the bank due to low water level, posing major environment challenges in the areas under Unnao... read more »

Indonesia investigators hope to get clue...

Indonesia investigators hope to get clues to AirAsia crash in days

Jakarta/Surabaya: Indonesian investigators began examining on Wednesday the black box flight recorders from an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed more than two weeks ago, and hope to unlock initial clues to the cause of the disaster within days. Divers retrieved the flight data and cockpit voice... read more »

SC sets aside order staying Salman Khan&...

SC sets aside order staying Salman Khan’s conviction in black buck po...

New Delhi: Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s fate seem to be on a roller coaster ride, in a setback for the actor, the Supreme Court has set aside Rajasthan High Court order keeping in suspension conviction of the actor in black buck case. Reports suggest that Apex Court has asked High Court to... read more »

Pakistan hangs seven more convicts

Pakistan hangs seven more convicts

ISLAMABAD: Seven more convicts were hanged in Pakistan on Tuesday taking the total number of executions to 17 since December last year, a media report said. The hangings took place in Karachi, Sukkur, Faisalabad and Rawalpindi jails, Dawn online reported. The executed terrorists were Behram Khan,... read more »

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Tejpal never planned to join probe: Goa police officer

Goa session court to decide Tarun Tejpal’s police remand du...

Panaji: Tarun Tejpal, the founder of Tehelka, is being produced in a Goa Sessions court which will decide the duration of his remand with the police. Before entering the court, the lawyers for Mr... read more »

Manmohan receives Japan’s royal couple

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh receives Japan’s roy...

Emperor of Japan Akihito accompanied by Empress Michiko arrived in New Delhi on Saturday for a six-day visit described by the Government as “one of... read more »

All set for voting in Rajasthan on Sunday

All set for voting in Rajasthan on Sunday

Around 40 million people are eligible to vote on Sunday to elect a new 200-seat Rajasthan legislative assembly. Ballotting will take place in 199... read more »

Howrah police takes custody of Kunal Ghosh

Howrah police takes custody of Kunal Ghosh

Howrah district police today took custody of suspended Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh, who was arrested in connection with the Saradha Group ponzi scam a... read more »

Court to decide on Tejpal’s bail plea by evening

Tejpal case: Police probe into Lekhi Twitter leak begins

The sessions court in Goa will decide on the anticipatory bail application filed by Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal at 4.30 p.m. on Saturday, after both... read more »

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Bangladesh deploys troops for parliamentary poll

Bangladesh’s five opposition leaders jailed over violence

Dhaka – Bangladesh opposition’s five top leaders, who were detained late Friday night and early Saturday, have been sent to jail in connection with two cases slapped on them for... read more »

Differences exist among world powers over n-deal: Iran

Differences exist among world powers over n-deal: ...

Tehran – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Saturday pointed out the existing differences among the world powers over a deal on... read more »

South Korean president likely to visit India next year

South Korea leader warns of North's 'reckless provocations'

New Delhi – India and South Korea Saturday reviewed their strategic ties at a meeting of the joint commission here during which the possibility of a... read more »

Maldives court puts off presidential runoff

Maldives court puts off presidential runoff

The Maldives Supreme Court ordered the postponement of a presidential runoff election scheduled for Sunday, one day after the first round failed elect a clear... read more »

10,000 feared dead as typhoon Haiyan hits Philippines

10,000 feared dead as typhoon Haiyan hits Philippines

As many as 10,000 people are believed to have died in one Philippine city alone when one of the worst storms on record sent giant sea waves, washing away... read more »

Fate of Isis leader remains unclear after US airstrike in Iraq

Officials in Baghdad and Washington remained unclear on Sunday about the fate of the Islamic State (Isis) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after a key aide was killed in a US air strike near... read more »

Centre sanctions 4,000cr for national supercomputing policy

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chairman of the Parliamentary standing committee on science, technology and environment Ashwani Kumar said that the Centre has approved the national supercomputing... read more »

Daily habits of happy people

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act but a habit, according to Greek philosopher Aristotle. The world is changing faster than you can wrap your head around new... read more »

Ekta Kapoor confident about 'Ye Hai Mohabbatein'

Has Ekta Kapoor sued Sunjay Dutt for Rs 1.5 crore?

Problems for Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt don’t seem to settle down any soon. According to the latest buzz in B-town, television and film producer Ekta Kapoor has filed a suit against... read more »

Synthetic biology key to space exploration

WASHINGTON: Synthetic biology may hold the key to manned space exploration of the Moon and Mars, say scientists. Researchers have found that biomanufacturing based on microbes could make travel to... read more »