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  • Swedish poet Transtromer wins Nobel in literature

    The 2011 Nobel Prize in literature was awarded on Thursday to Tomas Transtromer, a Swedish poet whose surrealistic works about the mysteries of the human mind won him acclaim as one of the most important Scandinavian writers since World War II. The Swedish Academy said it recognised the 80-year-old poet “because, through his condensed, translucent […]

    Assad threatens to blanket Israel with missiles

    Syrian President Bashar Assad has threatened to “set Middle East on fire”, firing hundreds of rockets on Israel, if NATO decides to attack his country, Iranian Fars News Agency reported. Assad conveyed this message to Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, who met the Syrian President to relay a US warning, Ynetnews quoted the Iranian news […]

    NATO allies debate when to end to Libya air war

    NATO allies debated on Thursday how quickly to end the bombing campaign in Libya as they reviewed progress in their plans to withdraw combat troops from the 10-year-old war in Afghanistan. With Muammar Gaddafi die-hards surrounded by the new leadership’s forces in Sirte and Bani Walid, and the fallen Libyan leader in hiding, the number […]

    Karunanidhi appeals to PM, Sonia to save Rajiv assassins

    DMK Chief M Karunanidhi on Thursday appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi to make attempts to save the three death row convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. In a statement, the former Tamil Nadu chief minister said the three convicts — Perarivalan, Santhan and Murugan — had been languishing in […]

    First all-woman IAF skydiving team at annual Air Force Day

    The first all-woman team of six skydivers of the Indian Air Force will make its official debut on Saturday at the Hindon Air Base near New Delhi during the annual Air Force Day parade. The team which underwent a two-year gruelling training in India and the US will jump out of an AN-32 transport aircraft […]

    Govt planning to set up support fund for community radio

    Realising the difficulties faced by community radio stations in the country, Government proposes to set up a support fund for which it will seek Rs 150 crore from the Planning Commission to promote the fledgling medium. “We are proposing a community radio fund in the 12th plan because funding is a major issue for a […]

    JK custodial death: Farooq Abdullah asserts truth will come out in Judicial probe

    National Conference leader and Union Minister Farooq Abdullah has broken his silence over the custodial death of NC worker Syed Muhammad Yousuf. Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, Farooq Abdullah has asserted that truth will be unearth in the report of the Judicial inquiry into the alleged custodial death on NC worker Syed Muhammad Yousuf. […]

    Cong releases second list of candidates for UP polls

    Congress party on Thursday released second list of 62 candidates for Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls even two weeks before the party had released first list of 72 candidates. The State has 403 Assembly seats.

    Bhatt’s wife says her husband being treated like a “terrorist”

    The wife of arrested IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who had testified against Narendra Modi in the post-Godhra riots case, has written a second letter to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram alleging that her husband was being treated like a “terrorist” by the Gujarat police. In the letter, she has also accused the state government of […]

    Business, political leaders condole Steve’s death

    The world on Thursday mourned the death of Apple’s iconic visionary Steve Jobs, with CEOs and political leaders describing him as a “genius” whose ideas will continue to shape the world for generations to come. Facebook’s Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook page, “Steve, thank you for being a mentor and a friend. […]