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Indonesian official says ‘pings...

Indonesian official says ‘pings’ detected in search for AirAsia...

Search and rescue teams looking for the wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 have detected pings which may have come from the plane’s cockpit voice and data recorders, an Indonesian official said Friday. Santoso Sayogo, an investigator at the National Transportation Safety Committee, told Reuters... read more »

Sri Lanka’s new Prez Maithripala S...

Sri Lanka’s new Prez Maithripala Sirisena: Man who did the impossible

In an outcome that many would have seemed impossible until a few weeks ago, Sri Lanka’s united opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena defeated incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa in the country’s presidential polls. “I wish to thank the thousands of Sri Lankans who kept their unstinted... read more »

Spectrum case: Relief to Sunil Mittal, R...

Spectrum case: Relief to Sunil Mittal, Ravi Ruia

In a relief to Bharti Cellular Ltd. CMD Sunil Bharti Mittal and Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia, the Supreme Court on Friday set aside the order of the special court summoning them as accused in a corruption case related to allocation of additional spectrum during NDA rule in 2002. “The legal... read more »

Jean-Claude Juncker proposes further €1....

Jean-Claude Juncker proposes further €1.8bn aid for Ukraine

High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. Jean-Claude Juncker, the European... read more »

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Tejpal case: Goa Police to record woman’s statement

Panaji – A Goa Police team landed in Mumbai Tuesday to record the statement of the woman reporter ! who has accused Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal of sexually assaul! ting her.. The Goa... read more »

EC gives Kejriwal more time to file reply

EC gives Kejriwal more time to file reply

New Delhi – The Election Commission (EC) Monday gave two more! days to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal to reply to its notice... read more »

Tehelka journalist resigns

Tehelka journalist resigns

The Tehelka journalist, who had accused its editor Tarun Tejpal of sexually assaulting her, has resigned from the magazine to be “free from any kind of... read more »

Judgment miscarriage of justice, will appeal: Talwar fa...

Judgment miscarriage of justice, will appeal: Talwar family

New Delhi – The Talwar family expressed dissatisfaction over the judgment of the special CBI court Monday holding Rajesh and Nupur Talwar guilty of... read more »

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections: 46% votes polled til...

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections: 46% votes polled till 2 pm

Bhopal – Brisk polling was underway in the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections Monday with 46.23 per cent voter turnout reported till 2 pm. Additional... read more »

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Brazil says spying activities `completely different` from US’

Brazil says spying activities `completely different` from US’

London – Brazil’s Justice Minister, Jose Eduardo Cardoso has reportedly defended the country’s spying activities and said that they were ‘completely different’ from those carried by the... read more »

Missing Pussy Riot band member ‘transferred to penal colony in Siberia’

Missing Pussy Riot band member ‘transferred to pen...

Washington – A jailed member of the Pussy Riot protest band, who went missing since she was moved to a new prison, is on her way to a new penal... read more »

`Depressed` Indian IT worker quits for being paid too h...

`Depressed` Indian IT worker quits for being paid too high a salary!

London – An Indian computer programmer left his job after complaining to his bosses that he was getting a very high salary. IT worker Sandeep Jia, who... read more »

Woman sentenced to death for arson in China

Woman sentenced to death for arson in China

Beijing – A Chinese woman was sentenced to death Wednesday for arson which caused the death of three firefighters on New Year’s day this year,... read more »

Court orders Musharraf’s release

Court orders Musharraf's release

Islamabad – A Pakistan court Wednesday ordered the release of ex-president Pervez Musharraf from house arrest, two days after he was granted bail in... read more »

Marketing Reforms in India a Big Challenge: Arun Jaitley

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today spoke at the India Economic Summit in Delhi. Here are some points he made: Reforms in developed society are different because people there have already... read more »

Two nabbed with Rs 10 lakh fake notes in West Bengal

Kolkata: Two people were arrested and Rs 10 lakh fake Indian currency notes (FICN) seized from them near the Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s Malda district, the BSF said... read more »

Chandy holds mass contact programme in Kannur

Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy rejects CBI probe on “bar bribe” issue

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today rejected the demand of opposition leader V S Achuthanandan for a CBI probe into the ‘bar bribe’ issue, holding that... read more »

Mayawati fields two Dalit candidates for Rajya Sabha

Bahujan Samaj Party on Wednesday announced Dalit leaders Rajaram andVeer Singh as its nominees for forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections. As the strength of party legislators is less in Uttar... read more »

After Wagah blast, Pakistan Taliban faction threatens to target P...

New Delhi: After claiming responsibility for the suicide bombing at the Wagah border in Pakistanthat killed at least 60 people and left over 110 injured, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan... read more »