No Al Qaeda activities in Iran, says foreign minister
byTehran, April 23 (IANS) Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi Tuesday categorically denied claims about Al Qaeda’s activities in his country, stressing that such allegations…
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President, PM, vice president greet nation on Mahavir Jayanti
byNew Delhi, April 23 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Vice President Hamid Ansari Tuesday greeted the nation on the eve…
Three children drown in Odisha
byBhubaneswar, April 23 (IANS) Three school children drowned Tuesday while bathing in a river in Odisha’s Sundergarh district, police said. Four boys – all…
Jwala has no plans of partnering Ashwini
byNoida, April 23 (IANS) Ace Indian shuttler Jwala Gutta Tuesday said she has no plans of going back to her old-time doubles partner Ashwini…
BJP asks Bengal depositors to withdraw money from chit funds
byKolkata, April 23 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) West Bengal unit Tuesday demanded a CBI inquiry into all the chit fund groups operating…
Bengal chit fund promoter arrested in Kashmir
bySrinagar/Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) In a major breakthrough in West Bengal’s chit fund muddle, Sudipto Sen, the chairman and managing director of the Saradha…
Child rape: Petitioner wants errant cops booked
byNew Delhi, April 23 (IANS) A complaint was filed Tuesday in a Delhi court seeking registration of a first information report (FIR) against three…
Tendulkar helps light up Maharashtra villages
byMumbai: Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has brought light into the lives of over a thousand residents of Velunje village, in Nashik. Last Diwali (2012),…
Bangladesh backs Sri Lanka on human rights issue
byColombo, April 23 (IANS) Bangladesh Tuesday said it will back Sri Lanka on the human rights issue, the Sri Lankan President’s Office said, reported…
Man rapes five-year-old cousin
byGurgaon, April 23 (IANS) A man raped his five-year-old cousin in Gurgaon when she was alone in her house, police said Tuesday. Ajay Kumar,…