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Experts began overseeing the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons on Sunday under the terms of a UN resolution that will see Damascus relinquish the banned arms, an official told AFP.The source in the international mission said experts had begun verifying details turned over by the Syrian...
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Suicide car bombers attacked an elementary school and a police station in a small northern Iraqi village today while another on foot detonated his payload among Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad, killing at least 27 people including children, officials said. The attacks are the latest in a relentless...
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World powers negotiating with Tehran over its disputed nuclear programme must come up with new proposals before talks in Geneva on October 15-16, Iran's foreign minister said.The United States wants Iran to respond to proposals made by world powers in February as a starting point for talks. If...
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Opposition parties including the Left today slammed Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh for saying that government was ready to privatise Air India and accused him of selling public asset without bringing a civil aviation policy. Warning the Minister against making any off-the-cuff remark, senior...
17:12
Experts today began the process of destroying Syria's chemical weapons arsenal under the terms of a UN resolution that will see Damascus relinquish its banned weapons, an official said. The source in the international mission said the experts would verify details of the arsenal turned over by the...
17:11
Sri Lanka's first elected Tamil chief minister C V Wigneswaran will be sworn in by the President tomorrow after his party secured an emphatic victory in the historic provincial polls in the former LTTE stronghold last month. Wigneswaran, 73, will take the oath of office at the residence of...
15:43
Impressed by the bravery of Pakistani girls' education campaigner Malala Yousafzai, Queen Elizabeth II has invited her to the Buckingham Palace. The news of the invitation has increased speculation that the 16-year-old may be named as the youngest winner of the Nobel peace prize later this week....
14:59
Members of an alleged London cell of the Al Shabaab terrorist group, behind the recent shopping mall siege in Kenya, have secretly been stripped of British citizenship. At least four men with links to the group behind the Nairobi massacre have had their British passports removed by UK Home...
14:06
The ongoing diplomatic efforts to normalise the frozen ties between the US and Iran are being watched keenly by the state-run general insurers, who are currently wary of providing cover to companies dealing with Iranian oil imports. We are closely watching the events. Any kind of positive outcome...
13:38
Violence including an attack on Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad has killed at least 73 people across Iraq, among them two journalists gunned down in the north, officials said. Violence is at a level unseen since 2008, and there are persistent fears that Iraq will relapse into the kind of intense...
13:31
Travelling by train will become costlier from tomorrow with the revised fare structure coming into effect. Passengers will have to shell out Rs 95 more for travelling to Bangalore from Delhi in AC First Class in Rajdhani as Railways has increased the fare by about 2 per cent for all classes,...
13:23
Pakistan High Commissioner Salman Bashir has called reports of incursions baseless. He also said that Pakistan has great respect for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Bashid denied Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif comparing Dr Singh to a rural woman.
13:06
A two seater Indian Air force plane made an emergency landing in the Shastri park area of North East Delhi on Sunday. No one has been injured in the incident. The pilots landed the plane at a ground near the new Usmanpur police station. The aircraft flown by Wing Commander Vidyut Ghosh and...
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Fresh sexual assault complaints have been registered against controversial self-styled godman Asaram Bapu and his son Narayan Sai here after two sisters accused the duo of abusing them.
11:20
The Pentagon is ordering most of its approximately 400,000 furloughed civilian employees back to work. The decision announced yesterday by Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel is based on a Pentagon legal interpretation of a law called the Pay Our Military Act.That measure was passed by Congress and...
11:18
Tropical Storm Karen, swirling offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, was on track to make landfall in the US state of Louisiana, forecasters said. While weakening overnight, the storm is still expected to bring rain and some coastal flooding as it moves toward Mississippi and Alabama, according...
11:16
Curfew has been imposed in Vizianagaram town with police given the orders to shoot at sight in the wake of large-scale violence by anti-bifurcation agitators, police said. Vizianagaram, a town in coastal Andhra, has been roiling since the Union Cabinet's decision to create the state of Telangana...
11:14
US forces struck two militant targets in Africa on Saturday, snatching a top Al-Qaeda suspect from the streets of Tripoli and launching a pre-dawn raid against a Shebab leader's home in Somalia. In Libya, US forces seized a militant known as Abu Anas al-Libi, along-sought Al-Qaeda operative...
11:03
BJP leader L K Advani today appeared to be on the same page as Narendra Modi, a rarity since the acrimony over naming PM candidate, as he endorsed the Gujarat Chief Minister's view that there that there should be compulsory voting along with the None-of-the-Above option. In his latest blog...
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Cooking gas (LPG) will now be available at selective petrol pumps in metro cities from Saturday as the Oil Ministry has allowed sale of small 5-kg cylinders at retail outlets.Consumers can also opt for the distributor of his choice within a cluster of LPG distributors in the vicinity and across...
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Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram turned emotional on Saturday while inaugurating a branch of Indian Bank at his birthplace Kanadukathan in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu, recalling his grandfather was one of the founders of the bank.I am proud and happy about inaugurating the branch.. This...
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The Australian cricket team led by George Bailey arrived in Mumbai on Saturday night for the seven-match ODI series against India that will be preceded by the lone T20 game at Rajkot on October 10.The ODI rubber commences on October 13 in Pune and concludes in Bangalore on November 2. Five...
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A few moments after crossing 50,000 runs in competitive cricket across all formats, Sachin Tendulkar called himself a little superstitious and said he was not aware of the impending landmark till it beamed on the big screen at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in New Delhi on Saturday night.Senior...
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Mumbai Indians rout Trinidad to set up CLT20 final against RajasthanAnother record for Tendulkar as he scales 50,000-run mark in cricketHyderabad an Indian city; belongs to no region: Jaipal Reddy Congressmen face Seemandhra fury; power crisis looms Jagan fasts for united Andhra, claims Sonia...
