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    US will take steps to stop Iran from developing nuke weapon: Panetta

    US will take every possible step to stop Iran from becoming a nuclear-capable state, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said. “If they (Iran) proceed and we get intelligence that they’re proceeding with developing a nuclear weapon then we will take whatever steps are necessary to stop it,” Panetta told a channel in an interview aired […]

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    India won’t scale down its petroleum imports from Iran: Pranab

    India, which imports 12 pc of its oil from Iran, will not scale down its petroleum imports from Tehran despite US and European sanctions against the Islamic republic, Finance Min Pranab Mukherjee has said. “It is not possible for India to take any decision to reduce the imports from Iran drastically, because among the countries […]

    Breaking News National

    65th Martyrdom Day being observed today

    The 65th Martyrdom Day of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi is being observed today. A number of functions are being organised throughout the country to mark the occasion. A two-day All India Gandhian Summit will begin at Guwahati in Assam today. Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and the State Chief Minister Tarun […]

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    Pak arrests 22 Indian fishermen

    Pakistan Marine Security Agency has arrested 22 Indian fishermen from the Sir Creek area in Arabian Sea late last night for allegedly violating international maritime boundary. Quoting sources, reports that 22 Indian fisherman were arrested and along with four fishing boats, taken to Karachi by the Pakistan Marine Security. Arrested fishermen informed the incident to […]

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    Low turnout for Egypt’s upper house election

    Low turnout was witnessed on Sunday in Egypt’s landmark election for the upper house of parliament, seen as a key step towards civilian rule after the end of a three-decade dictatorship by the Mubarak regime last year. Turnout for the largely advisory 270-member Shura Council’s election was low in the capital Cairo, one of 13 […]

    Breaking News National

    BJP confident of victory in UP, dismisses forming coalition

    BJP leader Rajnath Singh has said his party has strong chances of winning the elections in Uttar Pradesh and dismissed the idea of forming a coalition govt in case it is unable to muster a majority in the Assembly. “BJP is in a very good position of winning the election and forming the government in […]

    Breaking News National

    Right to Reject can be considered: CEC

    Asking government to take up electoral reforms in the coming session of Parliament, Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi has said the time has come to consider the Right to Reject proposal. The CEC rejected the suggestion for state funding of elections, saying “this will only further add to the problem and not curb the […]

    Breaking News Education

    India grants $1.5 mn to US University for Vivekananda Chair

    India will provide 1.5 million dollar grant to the prestigious University of Chicago to establish a Vivekananda Chair for Indian studies. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in this regard between Dean of University of Chicago Martha Roth and Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Culture Sanjiv Mittal in presence of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. […]

    Breaking News International

    Normalisation of Indo-Pak ties ‘compelling necessity’, says Pak PM

    Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani has described normalisation of Indo-Pak ties as a compelling necessity. During a meeting with Minister of State for Planning, Science and Technology and Earth Science, Dr. Ashwani Kumar at Davos in Switzerland on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, Mr. Gilani said, his Interior Secretary will soon visit India […]

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    Boko Haram rejects Jonathan’s call for dialogue

    Threatening a fresh bout of violence, Nigeria’s dreaded militant group Boko Haram has rejected President Goodluck Jonathan’s call for a dialogue, days after it carried out a bloody attack in Kano, killing 185 people. Boko Haram has threatened to attack northern city of Sokoto even as Jonathan demanded that they put forward their requests for […]

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