Political storm in Himachal averted
byShimla: Ahead of the Mandi parliamentary by-election in Himachal Pradesh, a political crisis sparked by the purported resignation of a Congress minister who was miffed…
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Dravid to retire from IPL?
byKolkata, May 25 (IANS) Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid has indicated that he will retire from the Indian Premier League, after the Champions League…
15 Pakistani kids die in cylinder blast
byIslamabad, May 25 (IANS) At least 15 children were killed in a school van gas cylinder blast that took place Saturday in Pakistan’s Punjab…
Dravid hopes spot fixing truth will be revealed
byKolkata, May 25 (IANS) Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid hopes that investigators “get to the bottom of the mess and reveal the truth” about…
Gurunath spends night in lock-up, to be produced in court
byMumbai, May 25 (IANS) After spending a night in the crime branch lock-up, Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of BCCI chief N. Srinivasan is likely to…
South Asians rely on informal money transfers: Gallup
byWashington, May 25 (IANS) Nearly six in ten adults in the South Asian region and Indonesia sent or received a payment or remittance in…
Woman, daughter jump off moving truck in UP, die
byLucknow, May 25 (IANS) A mother and her three-year-old daughter were killed in Uttar Pradesh late Friday after they jumped off a speeding truck…
Whose cat is beautiful: Chechen leader vs TV celebrity
byMoscow, May 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov entered into a bizarre public row with a Russian socialite over whose cat was the…
North Korea’s bid to return to n-talks welcomed by Moscow
byMoscow, May 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia regards as a “positive development” reports that North Korea is willing to return to six-party talks on the…
Italy to scrap public funding of political parties
byRome, May 25 (IANS/AKI) The Italian government has agreed to abolish public funding of political parties, Prime Minister Enrico Letta announced. “In the cabinet,…