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  • Indonesian Prez supports democratic transition in Myanmar

    Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has extended his support to the ongoing democratic transition in Myanmar. “Early this year in Southeast Asia, Myanmar conducted a general election and the country is at present facing a political transition as part of a democratic road map,” he said. “We give our support for Myanmar to continue the […]

    90 die of suffocation in hospital fire, 7 arrested

    Ninety people, most of them patients in sleep, were on Friday choked to death in a major fire suspected to have been caused by inflammable material stored in the basement of a multi-specialty private hospital in Kolkata in the wee hours. The fire in the basement of AMRI Hospital in South Kolkata’s Dhakuria locality was […]

    Mosque suicide attack kills six in Afghanistan

    A suicide bomber on Friday attacked a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least six people including a district police chief, a government official said. The attack happened as worshippers were leaving the mosque after the main Friday prayers in the Qazi Abad area of the eastern province of Kunar, which borders Pakistan, said provincial […]

    Kerala Assembly adopts resolution for new dam

    Kerala Assembly on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution for building a new dam to replace the 116-year old Mullaperiyar reservoir and lowering the water level to 120 feet in the existing structure over which the state and Tamil Nadu are locked in a dispute. The resolution moved by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy during the one-day […]

    Special pujas, greetings as Sonia Gandhi turns 66

    Congress President Sonia Gandhi turned 66 on Friday with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wishing her over phone and party leaders and workers thronging her official residence to celebrate the ocassion. Special prayers were offered at a mobile temple outside Gandhi’s 10, Janpath residence and enthusiastic Congress workers cut huge cakes and distributed it to all […]

    Oppn guns for Krishna, Par adjourned till Mon

    Opposition demand for resignation of External Affairs Minister S M Krishna for his alleged role in a mining scam led to repeated disruptions of both the Houses of Parliament forcing their adjournment till Monday. BJP members raised slogans and demanded resignation of Krishna saying an FIR was lodged against him by the Karnataka Lokayukta Police […]

    73 die of suffocation in Kolkata hospital fire

    73 persons mostly patients choked to death when a major fire engulfed a centrally-airconditioned seven-storey private hospital in the metropolis early Friday. The fire in the annexe building of the 190-bed AMRI hospital at Dhakuria in south Kolkata was detected at around 3:30 AM by local people who rushed to the gates, but were driven […]

    US concerned over terrorist threat emanating from Pak: Clinton

    The United States is concerned over the “continuing” terrorist threat coming from Pakistan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, siding with latest statement of Afghan President Hamid Karzai accusing terrorist outfits in Pakistan responsible for attacks in his country. “We are deeply concerned, as we have been, about the continuing terrorist threat from Pakistan,” […]

    UN chief urges countries to fight ‘cancer’ of corruption

    In a reference to the people’s revolutionary movements against corruption in the Middle East and countries like India, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has asked nations to join forces in fighting the “cancer of corruption” which he says breeds inequality and injustice. Ban, in his message on the occasion of ‘International Anti-Corruption Day’, observed annually […]

    Zardari had stroke, facial paralysis

    Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari had a “mild” stroke that caused bleeding in the brain and facial paralysis before he was flown to Dubai for treatment, a media report said on Friday. However, the President was stable and out of danger as the stroke and internal bleeding were not “life threatening”, The News daily quoted […]