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7.4 magnitude quake hits Colombia
An earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale hit southeast Colombia Sunday, the US Geological Service reported. There was no immediate news of any damage or casualties. The quake’s epicentre was located 20 km
Read More »East Bengal are Federation Cup champions
East Bengal rediscovered their touch in the extra-time to down Dempo SC 3-2 and reclaimed the Federation Cup football title, in front of a partisan crowd of around 35,000 at Kanchenjunga Stadium on Sunday.
Read More »16 people killed in Mexico road crash
As many as 16 people, including an infant and a three-year-old child, were killed in a road accident in Mexico on Sunday after a truck hit a bus carrying 20 people to a family
Read More »India Beat Pakistan to Stay in Semi Final Hunt
Virat Kohli struck a brilliant unbeaten half-century as India stayed in the hunt for a semi-final with a big eight-wicket win over arch-rivals Pakistan in the Super Eights match of the World Twenty20 at
Read More »Air India struggle to make semis
The star-studded Air India huffed and puffed to a 4-2 win over Jharkhand on Sunday to set up a semi-final clash with hosts Karnataka in Hockey India’s senior men’s National Hockey Championship. Meanwhile, defending
Read More »After winning Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5 , Gurmeet Choudhary eyes Bollywood
Television actor Gurmeet Choudhary, who has won the “Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5″, is overjoyed and overwhelmed and says that his next destination is Bollywood. “I always wanted to do films. I hope directors have
Read More »Six killed in Karachi
At least three people were killed in firing incidents while as many bodies bearing torture signs were found in different areas of Pakistan’s port city of Karachi on Sunday. According to police, a man
Read More »No headway in Rs.50 lakh cash van robbery
Investigators remained clueless in a bank cash van robbery here in which the driver fled with Rs.50 lakh after drugging his three colleagues, police said on Sunday. The incident occurred after loading cash at
Read More »Karthi wished he was born conjoined with Suriya: Anand
Southern actor Karthi, who has dubbed for his brother Suriya for the first time in the Telugu-dubbed version of ‘Maattrraan’, wished he was born conjoined with his brother after watching the film, director K.V.
Read More »Spate of attacks kill 34 and 85 hurt in Iraq
At least 34 people were killed and 85 injured in a wave of gunfire and bomb attacks, including 12 car bombs, across Iraqi cities and towns Sunday. Of these, 25 people were killed and
Read More »India beat Pakistan by eight wickets
India kept alive semi-final hopes in the World Twenty20 with an eight-wicket win over arch-rivals Pakistan in a Super Eights match at the Premedasa Stadium here Sunday. India achieved the target of 129 losing
Read More »Politics cannot deliver goods: Hazare
Politics cannot combat corruption, activist Anna Hazare said on Sunday. “Politics is not the right direction,” he told the media on his arrival to meet with activists to decide the future court of action
Read More »DMK won’t nominate anyone for ministerial berth
The DMK won’t nominate anyone for any ministerial post in the central government in any reshuffle, party president M. Karunanidhi declared on Sunday. Ahead of the party’s executive committee meeting on Monday, he denied
Read More »Stewart, Pattinson sign ‘no sex’ accord?
Actor Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, with whom he has reportedly reunited, have agreed to sign a no-sex accord to save their relationship. The two split in July after Stewart, 22, cheated on Pattinson
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