Five killed in Afghanistan blast
byKabul, June 28 (IANS) Five people were killed as a roadside bomb struck a car in Afghanistan’s Laghman province Thursday, an official said. A…
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British PM to visit Pakistan Saturday
byIslamabad, June 28 (IANS) British Prime Minister David Cameron will arrive here on a two-day visit Saturday during which he will meet Pakistan President…
Rain halts Paes’ match at Wimbledon
byLondon, June 27 (IANS) The men’s doubles first round match featuring Indo-Czech fourth seeds Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek was suspended on Court 7…
Sudarsan Pattnaik made member of tourism advisory panel
byBhubaneswar, June 27 (IANS) Internationally-acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik Thursday said he has been inducted as expert member of a panel which advises the…
Chandy receives UN award for public service
byManama/Thiruvananthapuram, June 27 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy received the prestigious United Nations Global Award for Public Service at a glittering ceremony held…
Mafia don Abu Salem again attacked in jail
byMumbai, June 27 (IANS) Mafia don Abu Salem was attacked in a Maharashtra jail Thursday, official sources said but did not give any details….
CPI-M accuses Mukul Roy of masterminding pre-poll terror
byKolkata, June 27 (IANS) The CPI-M Thursday accused Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy of being the “mastermind” in letting loose a reign of terror…
Two Delhi women gang-raped in Gurgaon, five held
byGurgaon, June 27 (IANS) Two Delhi-based women were gang-raped here by three men in a moving car early Thursday while returning home from a…
All three gang-rape accused nabbed in Karnataka
byManipal (Karnataka), June 27 (IANS) A week after the abduction and gang-rape of a medical student in this educational centre, Karnataka Police Thursday cracked…
Cabinet approves doubling domestic gas price from 2014
byNew Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) Thursday approved doubling the price of domestically produced natural gas – to…