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Six people killed in Meghalaya bus accident
Six people, including a woman, were killed and 30 others injured Sunday when a bus they were travelling in fell into a gorge in Meghalaya’s West Khasi Hills district, police said. The accident took
Read More »Congress’ Telangana MPs refuse to withdraw resignations
On the eve of parliament’s monsoon session, the Congress party MPs from Telangana Sunday rejected the party leadership’s appeal to withdraw their resignations. The MPs made it clear that there is no question of
Read More »India not alert despite terror attacks says Sadhvi Ritambhara
Right-wing Hindu leader Sadhvi Ritambhara Sunday said unlike the US, India was coming under terror attacks repeatedly as it had failed to become alert. “There was one terrorist attack in the US in 2001.
Read More »Plane crash kills two in US
The aircraft crashed shortly before 11 am on Saturday, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. It had taken off from Springfield Beckley Municipal Airport. Both pilots had extensive experience flying the biplane, built by
Read More »Two killed, 30 injured in Bengal train accident
Two people have been reportedly killed and nearly 30 have been injured in a train accident in West Bengal. “The accident happened in Malda division between Jamirghata and Gourghata stations,” said an Eastern Railway spokesman. Rains and darkness
Read More »Kannada Movie ‘Chinnada Thali’; box office dud by Jagannath Rao
Film: “Chinnada Thali”; Cast: Thilak Raj, Thungasri, Swathi, Devaraj, Ravindranath, Jigani Shanker and Ramamurthy; Producer: Listo Entertainment India Private Limited; Screenplay- Direction: Vemgal Jagannath Rao; Music Director: R. Damodhar; Cinematographer: K.V. Chaudhary; Rating: 1/2
Read More »Jammu central varsity VC to be named soon
The appointment of the first vice chancellor of the Central University-Jammu here is likely to be announced in the next couple of days, officials here said Sunday. The union human resource ministry in consultation
Read More »British parents nibbling at kids’ education funds
Millions of cash-strapped parents have been forced to take out money from their savings meant for their children’s education, to cover the rising cost of living, a study in Britain has found. The survey
Read More »AIDS patient commits suicide
Depressed over his AIDS infection, a 28-year-old youth allegedly committed suicide by jumping off from the seventh floor of a hospital here Sunday, police said. The patient identified as Deep Chand, resident of Ghaziabad,
Read More »Supreme court cautions on transferring probes from police
The Apex Court has said that courts should hand over a case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or a special agency only if they are satisfied that investigation would suffer from bias
Read More »Youth dies in Kashmir police custody, tension in town
Tension gripped the town of Sopore in north Kashmir after the death of a youth in police custody Sunday. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah assured swift action against those guilty, though he admitted any action
Read More »Nepal government loses Pashupatinath battle
Nepal’s beleaguered communist government, facing an imminent threat of dissolution, received a fresh blow Sunday with the Supreme Court preventing it from tangling with the trust that administers the former Hindu kingdom’s revered Pashupatinath
Read More »Actress Geeta Basra walks the ramp as showstopper at IIJW
Actress Geeta Basra, who was last seen in 2007 movie “The Train”, made her presence felt when she walked the ramp as the showsotpper for Sangam Chains at the opening day of the second
Read More »No travel curbs on US diplomats: Pakistan
There are no specific travel curbs on US diplomats in Pakistan, the foreign ministry has said. Refuting reports in a section of media, the foreign office spokesperson here said that no US-specific restrictions have
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