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Girl burnt in ‘satanic ritual’
A teenaged girl was in a coma Monday after being doused with petrol and burnt alive in a “satanic ritual” in Johannesburg, a media report
US visas for Indians rise
Underlining the burgeoning India-US relationship, the US mission has issued over 490,000 non-immigrant visas to Indian tourists, students and businessmen in the last year, an
Britain rioters were from 44 nations
Robbers, vandals and thugs from 44 countries took part in the riots in August in Britain, a media report said Monday. The sheer number from
Wandering in India, Steve Jobs learned intuition
Apple co-founder Steve jobs’ wandering across India for seven months looking for spiritual enlightenment turned out “not be a waste of time” as he came
Briton burnt alive ‘for being gay’
In a horrific attack, a 28-year-old man in Britain was savagely beaten, burnt alive and then tied to a lamppost “for being gay”, a media
China jails two for leaking secrets
Two officials have been jailed for divulging China’s confidential economic statistics, an official said Monday. Sun Zhen, a former official from the National Bureau of
Maoist hawks ask Nepal PM to scrap trade pact with India
The new trade pact inked by Nepal’s Maoist Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai during his just-concluded visit to India has come under fire with the hawks
China, EU vow to strengthen military ties
China and the European Union Monday pledged to strengthen military relations. The pledge was made during Defense Minister Liang Guanglie’s meeting with Catherine Margaret Ashton,
Indians safe in quake-hit Turkey
All Indians are safe in Turkey that was rocked by a massive earthquake, the government said Monday. “As per information available with the Indian embassy
China to freeze terror funds
China plans to freeze the funds of terrorist organisations following two attacks that have been blamed on the East Turkestan Islamic Movement whose cadres are
Nusrat Bhutto was woman of dignity, courage: Daily
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Nusrat Bhutto was a woman of extraordinary dignity and courage and her death brings back thoughts on the “decimation of
Three kids killed in roof collapse
A boy and his two sisters were killed and their mother injured when the roof of their house collapsed on them in Pakistan’s Punjab province.
Woman, daughter tortured, killed
A woman and her daughter were tortured and then murdered in Pakistan’s Lahore city. The bodies of Afzal Bibi, 55, and her daughter, 21-year-old Nighat
Pakistan’s foreign policy is successful, says Gilani
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said the country’s foreign policy was successful and cited India’s vote to Pakistan in the UN Security Council
