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    Rain hampers rescue work in flood-hit areas of Uttarakhand

    Rain continued to hamper rescue and relief work in flood and landslide affected areas of Uttarakhand. Our correspondent reports that not a single helicopter could fly from Sahasradhara helipad and Jolly Grant airport in Dehradun due to ban weather. Rain and Landslide had, yesterday, affected rescue of stranded people in the state. Met Department has […]

    National

    PM, Sonia J&K visit: package for border districts, Qazigund-Banihal train launch in focus

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi have left New Delhi on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir. During his visit, Dr. Singh is likely to announce a package for border districts. The Prime Minister and the UPA Chiarperson will also launch train service between Qazigund in Kashmir and Banihal in Jammu […]

    International

    Taliban attack Afghan presidential palace, CIA office

    Taliban militants targeted the presidential palace and national CIA office in central Kabul on Tuesday, with gunfire and explosions erupting at one of the gates of the complex in the Afghan capital. Blasts and gunshots shook the city for an hour after the first explosions at about 6:30 am local time, sending smoke into the […]

    International

    UN Chief Urges Leaders to End Sexual Violence

    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on all leaders at the highest political level to voice their unequivocal support in preventing sexual violence. He made the appeal at a Security Council open debate on women and peace and security, which focused on effective justice for crimes of sexual violence in conflict. “Sexual violence, whenever […]

    International

    Qatar’s Emir to Hand over Power to Son

    Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani declared on Monday that he decided to hand over power to his son Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa al Thani, al-Jazeera TV reported. “Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa al Thani wrapped up a meeting with the royal family, in which he announced he is to make way for […]

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    17 Killed, 80 Wounded in Baghdad Attacks

    At least 17 people were killed and 80 others wounded in a wave of bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Monday, an interior ministry source said. A car bomb exploded in the Husseiniya district in northeastern Baghdad, killing four civilians and wounding eight others, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. […]

    International

    Berlusconi Sentenced to Seven Years in Jail

    A Milan court on Monday sentenced former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi to a seven-year jail term and a lifetime ban from politics for paying sex with an underage prostitute and abusing his power to cover it up. The first-level verdict came at the end of a two-year-long trial composed of 50 hearings. There are two […]

    International

    Nine Indians rescued from Cypriot ship that sank near Oman

    Nine Indian crew members of a Cypriot cargo ship that sank 1.4 nautical miles from Sultan Qaboos Port in Oman have been rescued. The Nisar R3, loaded with 816 tonnes of bitumen, sank on Wednesday in which the ship’s Iranian captain died while nine Indian crew members were rescued by the Omani Coast Guard and […]

    National

    Over 10,000 people still stranded in Uttarakhand; landslides & cloud bursts hamper rescue operations

    The prediction by Weather Department of severe rain in the upper reaches of Uttarakhand has heightened fears among the administration and people. Fresh rains, landslides and cloud bursts impeded rescue operations in the flood ravaged State where over 10,000 people are still reported stranded at different places. The bad weather grounded most of the big […]

    National

    5 jawans killed, 13 injured in attack on Army convoy

    In an audacious terror strike on the eve of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit, suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militants on Monday ambushed an Army convoy on the outskirts of the city, killing 5 jawans and injuring 13 others. Militants attacked the convoy at Hyderpora bypass on the Airport-Lal Chowk road, outside a private hospital this evening, […]

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