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  • TRS chief holds sit-in at Rajghat to press for Telangana

    Pro-Telangana activists led by TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday held a sit-in at Rajghat in New Delhi on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi to highlight their demand for the creation of a separate state of Telangana. Scores of TRS cadres and supporters of separate statehood for Telangana descended upon Rajghat at around […]

    Army foils infiltration bid in Kashmir, five militant killed

    Four miitants were killed on Saturday as army troops foiled an infiltration bid near the Line of Control in Keran sector of Kupwara district in north Kashmir. The troops foiled an infiltration bid by militants from across the Line of Control in Keran sector on Friday, triggering a gunbattle that lasted for more than 36 […]

    Free dialysis for senior citizens soon: Delhi govt

    Delhi government on Saturday said it will soon provide free dialysis services to senior citizens and steps are being taken to ensure that poor people do not face any difficulty in getting free treatment in hospitals. On the ocassion of the International Day of older persons, the city government’s Health Department organised special health camps in 24 […]

    Fleet tanker INS Shakti inducted into Navy

    Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Nirmal Verma, said in Visakhapatnam that induction of Fleet Tanker INS Shakti would marks beginning of a new era of state-of-the-art technologies for the Indian Navy. INS Shakti was commissioned at Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. “The ship enhances the reach of the Navy well beyond the limits of […]

    Nationa remembers Mahatma Gandhi, LB Shastri on their birth anniversary

    The grateful nation on Sunday paid rich and homage to the father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi on his 142nd birth anniversary. The main function was held at the Samadhi of Bapu at Rajghat in New Delhi. Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, UPA Chirperson Sonia Gandhi, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira […]

    Pak court sentences Quadri to death for killing Salman Taseer

    In Pakistan, the anti-terrorism court of Rawalpindi found Mumtaz Qadri guilty of murdering the former governor of Punjab Salman Taseer who had urged reform of a blasphemy law. The court sentenced Quadri to death for killing the former Governor. The court during final proceedings said that no one could be given the license to kill […]

    Plot to assassinate Rabbani hatched in Pakistan: Afghanistan

    Afghanistan intelligence agency says the plot to assassinate ‘s former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani was hatched in Pakistan. Spokesman of the Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security Latifulla Mashal said in Kabul today that the suicide bombing plot was planned in the suburb of Pakistani city Quetta. It is believed that Taliban leaders are based there […]

    Britain abolishes official retirement age

    The official retirement age in Britain has been abolished. From today, new laws prevent employers forcing people to leave their jobs once they reach the age of 65. Instead, companies will have to provide objective reasons for asking some one to leave their job on grounds of age, for the first time providing those past […]

    Typhoon Nesat hits china, over one million people affected

    Chinese authorities say more than one million people in the southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have been affected by typhoon Nesat, which made landfall yesterday. The regional civil affairs department today said the typhoon battered 23 counties in eight cities, including the regional capital Nanning, forcing the evacuation of 63,200 people. It said at least […]

    BJP denies of rift between Advani and Modi

    BJP leader Arun Jaitley has denied any rift between the senior party leader L K Advani and Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi. He was briefing media in New Delhi on Saturday at the end of the two-day National Executive meeting of party. Jaitley said an uneasy truce exists between Finance Minister and the Home Minister […]