Central forces to guard Goa during tourist season
byPanaji : A day after the Goa government admitted to a specific input about a potential terror strike in Goa during the tourist season,…
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34 die in Afghanistan triple bombings
byKabul : Thirtyfour people were killed in massive explosions that rocked Kabul, Kandahar and Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan Tuesday, a day after the Bonn conference…
Shimla’s HPTDC lift to install CCTV cameras
byShimla : The Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation’s (HPTDC) popular lifts connecting the cart road and mall road will soon have CCTV cameras installed…
Gigantic planets holding billions of tonnes of diamonds
byWashington : Recent findings have revealed that some stars in the Milky Way could be harbouring carbon super earths — gigantic planets completely bereft…
Ministers to brief Congress chiefs on flagship schemes
byNew Delhi : In a bid to improve implementation and ensure that benefits percolate down to the most marginalised, union ministers will brief Congress…
Triple bombings rock Afghanistan
byKabul : Massive bombings rocked Kabul, Kandahar and Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan Tuesday, a day after the Bonn conference that focussed on the strife-ridden nation’s…
Maoists set ablaze mobile tower equipment, truck in Odisha
byBhubaneswar : Maoists Tuesday set ablaze the equipment of a mobile phone tower and a truck in Odisha in two separate incidents, police said….
Equity central to global deal on climate change: Natarajan
byDurban : India is open to discussion on a new legally binding climate change treaty but the principle of equity — the right of…
Two Indian Americans held for fake perfume trafficking
byWashington : Two Indian Americans from New Jersey have been indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to import and traffic in counterfeit perfume,…
Muharram observed in India
byNew Delhi : Thousands of Muslims in India took out processions Tuesday to mark the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram and…