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  • 13 yr old boy retrieved alive from rubble in Turkey

    In Turkey, a 13-year-old boy has become the latest person to be found alive nearly five days after a massive earthquake hit eastern parts of the country. The Turkish State News Agency said rescuers had pulled the child from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in the town of Ercis. Officials said hopes are […]

    EU leaders persuade China for bailout investment

    The head of the Eurozone’s bailout fund making attempts to persuade China to invest in a scheme to help rescue member-countries facing debt crises. BBC reports said, after meeting Chinese leaders, Klaus Regling said there were no formal negotiations and would be no deal now. It is thought China may pay about 70 billion euros […]

    27 Islamic militants killed in gun battle in Philippines

    In Philippines, at least 27 Islamic militants have been killed and more than 60 others wounded as they engaged in days of gun battle against government security forces in the southern province of Zamboanga Sibugay. Soldiers have resumed the operation against renegade leader Waning Abdulsalam of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) along with his […]

    National Tribal Policy to address development issues pertaining to tribal populace: Govt

    A Government appointed panel has recommended a number of measures to reach out to 56 tribal villages in the Naxal-hit Saranda forest area in Jharkhand. The team appointed by Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh to study the implementation of various ministry programmes in the district suggested short term and medium term interventions to reach out […]

    HC adjourns hearing on Rajiv killers’ petition to 29th Nov

    The Madras High Court on Friday adjourned to 29th November the hearing on the petitions by death row convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case seeking commutation of capital punishment. When the petitions by the three came up for hearing, MDMK leader Vaiko told the court comprising justices C Nagappan and M Sathyanaranan that a […]

    Yeddyurappa moves HC seeking anticipatory bail in 3 other cases

    Jailed former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Friday moved the Karnataka High Court seeking anticipatory bail in three of the five cases against him relating to alleged irregularities in denotifying lands. Justice H Billappa adjourned to 3rd November hearing on the bail plea of the 68-year-old BJP leader, giving time to counsel for complainant […]

    Twelve more babies die in West Bengal

    Close on the heels of the death of 13 babies in a government hospital in Kolkata, 12 newborns have died in the Bardwan Medical College and Hospital here. The deaths have taken place since yesterday, hospital deputy superintendent Tapas Kumar Ghosh said on Friday. “The one-to-three days old babies were heavily under weight and suffering […]

    Jnanpith Awardee Srilal Shukla passes away

    Renowned Hindi novelist and satirist Srilal Shukla passed away in Lucknow in a private hospital on Friday. 86-year old Shukla was ailing for some time. He wrote for more than five decades to create a series of novels like Rag Darbari, Agyatwaas, Vishrampur Ka Sant and many others. He was born in Atrauli village of […]

    Rural Schemes under CAG ambit; Mayawati rejects allegation

    A day after Centre’s insistence on audit of central funds for welfare schemes by CAG, UP Chief Minister Mayawati on Friday wrote a letter to the Prime Minister rejecting allegations of corruption in implementation of MNREGA scheme in the state. State Cabinet Secretary Shashank Shekhar while reading out a statement by Mayawati said in Lucknow […]

    Twin blasts claim 18 lives in Baghdad

    In Iraq, at least 18 people have been killed in twin bomb blasts in the capital, Baghdad. Officials said that the first blast occurred in Ur, a mainly Shia district of northern Baghdad. The second went off as rescuers were evacuating the wounded. At least 36 people are said to have been injured. There has […]