23 killed in Pakistan road accident
byIslamabad: At least 23 people were killed and over 30 injured in a road accident in Pakistan’s Punjab province early Saturday, police said. The accident…
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5,000-carat emerald found in Russia
byBeijing (RIA Novosti) A state-owned miner in Russia has claimed to have unearthed a unique emerald weighing 5,000 carats at a deposit in the Urals….
We walked out of assembly: Himachal Pradesh BJP
byShimla: The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday maintained that it had walked out of the Himachal Pradesh assembly Thursday. “We staged a walkout yesterday…
Parliamentarians seek pardon for Sanjay Dutt
byNew Delhi: A host of parliamentarians extended support to Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt who was sent back to jail by the Supreme Court Thursday in…
Activists discuss ways to save water
byAgra (IANS) Social activists and environmentalists gathered here Friday to deliberate on the ways to save dwindling sources of freshwater on the occasion of World…
Congress becomes ‘laughing stock’ for Akalis (Punjab Newsletter)
byChandigarh (IANS) A series of election losses in the last one year, public bickering among top leaders, a legislator deserting the party, some disastrous political…
Faced no racism: Desi ‘American Idol’ contestant
byNew Delhi (IANS) ‘Turbanator’ Gurpreet Singh Sarin happens to be luckier than Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty. The young man of Indian origin, who made it…
Chinese NASA worker in US court over computer cache
byWashington (IANS/RIA Novosti) A former Chinese contractor with the NASA has appeared in a US federal court after he was arrested following an attempt to…
Kashmir opposition demands troopers be allowed to carry arms
byJammu: Opposition parties in Jammu and Kashmir assembly Friday protested the government’s decision to disallow paramilitary forces from carrying arms which, they said, results in…
1,800 children die daily from unsafe water: Unicef
byUnited Nations: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that almost 90 percent of death of children from diarrhoeal diseases are directly linked to…