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    Malala nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 2013

    Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai is amongst those known to be nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, as the deadline expired today. A group of Members of Norways’ Parliament from the ruling Labour Party, have submitted the name of Malala to the Norwegian Nobel Committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize. The Labour Party’s […]

    International

    Russian rocket carrying US satellite plunges into Pacific Ocean shortly after launch

    A Russian rocket carrying a US-made communications satellite has plunged into the Pacific Ocean shortly after its launch. The Zenit-3SL rocket was launched from a floating site in the ocean today. Sources in the Russian space industry said the rocket had strayed from its trajectory immediately after lift-off, causing the engine to cut out. The […]

    International

    Over 22 killed, 50 injured in Pak suicide attack outside mosque

    In Pakistan, at least 22 people were killed and 50 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside two neighbouring mosques in the town of Hangu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province today. According to police, the bomber detonated his explosives as worshippers poured out after Friday prayers in the crowded Pat Bazaar area. District […]

    International

    32 die in Mexico oil company office building blast

    Rescuers searched for survivors on Friday and authorities promised a thorough investigation after an office building blast killed 32 people and injured 121 at the headquarters of Mexico’s state-owned oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos. The cause of the basement explosion in an administrative building next to the iconic, 51-story Pemex tower in Mexico City remained a […]

    National

    Mixed reactions on revised Lokpal draft

    New draft of Lokpal Bill has not endorsed two of the Rajya Sabha select panel suggestions as these relate to authority for sanction for prosecution and govt’s power to call back CBI officials working under Lokpal and involved in the anti corruption probe. However, Anna’s team member and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi backed the […]

    National

    Doubling food production in next five years will be test of our capacity: Prez

    President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday inaugurated a seminar on “Doubling Food Production in Next Five Year” at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. Mukherjee expressed concern over declining growth in the farm sector but felt confident that agriculture will soon return to higher growth path. He also emphasised on doubling food production to meet rising demand […]

    National

    Special meeting of Cabinet on Verma committee report

    The Union Cabinet will have a special meeting Friday evening to discuss the Justice Verma Committee report which has recommended a series of measures to make crime against women laws more stringent. The meeting, to be chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan, has been convened amid speculation that the government was contemplating bringing an ordinance on […]

    National

    SC stays Ashis Nandy’s arrest

    Supreme Court has stayed the arrest of eminent scholar Ashis Nandy for his alleged anti-Dalit statements on interim basis and issued notices to four states where FIRs have been lodged against him. The Apex Court was hearing Nandy’s plea for quashing FIRs lodged aginst him. Seeking an urgent hearing, Nandy’s advocate Aman Lekhi pleaded the […]

    International

    Syria’s future will not include Assad: US

    The United States has ruled out the possibility of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad having any role in the future of the Arab country, asserting that he has no other option but to go. “Syria’s future will not and cannot include Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian people have decided that,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told […]

    National

    ED probing Madhu Koda close aide Anil Bastawade

    Enforcement Directorate is probing Madhu Koda’s close aide Anil Wastawade for more clues to strengthen money laundering case. Anil Bastawade, an aide of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who is now in jail and is accused of money laundering, was on Thursday remanded to 10 days custody of Enforcement Directorate (ED) by a court. […]

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