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    Bus Accident Kills 36 in Ecuador

    A bus accident in Ecuador killed at least 36 people and injured 12 more, including six children, when the buss fell off a cliff, local police said on Sunday. The accident occurred on Sunday early morning in La Delicia zone, 95 kilometers south to Quito. Apparently the bus drivers, who died, lost the vehicle’s control […]

    International

    Five Policemen Killed in Russia’s Chechnya

    Five police officers died and another 17 injured during a special operation conducted early Sunday in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Chechnya that also killed 12 militants, said the republic’s investigators. Two police officers died on the spot in the operation carried out in the Tsentaroi village of Kurchaloyevsky district, the hometown of Chechen leader […]

    International

    Obama Heralds New Orleans’ Revival after Storm

    U.S. President Barack Obama said Sunday in New Orleans his administration is working to restore the city, five years after the devastating Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana, and will fight “until the job is done.” In a speech delivered at Xavier University to mark the hurricane that left over 1,800 people dead and billions […]

    International

    2 Killed as Soldiers, Leftist Rebels Clash in S. Philippines

    Leftist rebels and government troops clashed anew in southern Philippines on Sunday, leaving two people dead and several others wounded, the military said. Among those killed in a series of clashes in Marihatag town in Mindanao region’s Surigao del Sur province were a female New People’s Army (NPA) fighter and a government soldier, said Lieutenant […]

    International

    U.S. Condemns Israeli Rabbi’s Inflammatory Remarks

    The United States on Sunday condemned the remarks made by an influential Israeli rabbi on the Palestinians and their leader Mahmoud Abbas, warning the remarks would hurt the peace process. “We regret and condemn the inflammatory statement by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef,” said State Department spokesman Philip Crowley, adding that “these remarks are not only deeply […]

    National

    Sonia all set to be Congress President for record fourth term

    Sonia Gandhi is all set to be re-elected as Congress President for a record fourth term this week with the polls for the top party post likely to be an uncontested affair. The last date for filing nominations for the election is 2nd September, a day on which several sets of nomination papers are expected […]

    Sports

    Saina gets Khel Ratna award; 15 given Arjuna Award

    Badminton ace Saina Nehwal, whose phenomenal rise was highlighted by three top-flight international titles recently, was conferred the coveted Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award at a glittering ceremony in New Delhi on Sunday. Saina’s achievements in the past one year made her an automatic choice for the prestigious award, the highest sporting honour in the […]

    National

    PM visits JN stadium, asks authorities to redouble efforts

    The Government will table the much-awaited Direct Taxes Code (DTC) bill in the Lok Sabha on Monday, that is expected to provide relief to income tax payers, both personal and corporate, though not as much as was proposed earlier in the draft. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday visited the Jawaharlal Nehru sports complex in […]

    Breaking News

    Relief to tax payers in offing:Govt to table DTC bill tomorrow

    The government is quite confident of replacing archaic Income Tax Act with DTC from 1st April, 2011. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said he would announce the slabs for personal income tax while tabling the bill and has refused to share the details before that. He has only said so far that the exemption limit […]

    National

    5 security personnel killed in Naxal ambush in Chhattisgarh

    At least five security personnel, including three BSF jawans, were killed and another injured when Naxalites amushed them in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district on Sunday morning. A joint team of BSF and district police was attacked by the rebels in Bhuski village under Durg Kondal police station in the district while they were conducting routine search […]

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