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    Retired army officer taken into custody in Dilshan killing

    In Tamilnadu, the Addl Director General of Police Mr.Sekar, Crime Branch Criminal Investigation Department has said that it was a retired army officer Lt.col Kandasamy Ramarajan who killed the 13 year old boy Dilshan. Speaking to newspersons in Chennai today, Mr.Sekar said, Ramarajan had confessed the crime and was arrested last night and would be […]

    Breaking News National

    Centre to enact new Land Acquisition Bill: Moily

    Against the backdrop of rising protests from farmers over acquisition of their land, the Centre has decided to bring in a new legislation governing the exercise with a focus on farmers’ welfare, Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said on Saturday. The Bill, being fine tuned currently, was expected to be introduced in the coming monsoon […]

    Breaking News National

    24 killed, 48 injured as Delhi-bound train derails in UP

    At least 24 people have been killed and over 48 injured when 15 bogies of a speeding Delhi-bound Kalka Mail derailed in Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh on Sunday in the worst train accident this year. The derailment took place at 12.20 PM when the packed train from Howrah reached near Malwa station, nearly 120 kms from […]

    Breaking News International

    China slams US lawmakers for meeting Dalai Lama

    China on Saturday slammed top US Congressional leaders who met the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Washington, saying it was an interference in its internal affairs as he was a political exile engaged in anti-Beijing activities. “The Tibetan affairs are purely China’s internal affairs, and China firmly opposes any country or any person to […]

    International

    Malaysia arrests over 1,000 as people join anti-govt rally

    Breaching a lockdown imposed by authorities, more than 50,000 people on Saturday poured onto the streets of Malaysian capital in the biggest political rally in years to demand electoral reforms. People came out in large numbers for the opposition- backed rally to bring pressure on Prime Minister Najib Razak’s long ruling coalition to usher in […]

    Breaking News National

    NAC sends Food Bill to Centre

    The Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council has sent to the Government the draft Food Security Bill. The Bill seeks legal food entitlements to 90 per cent rural and 50 per cent urban households. Our correspondent reports, the government is expected to take a view and present it to the Parliament. The Bill seeks to create […]

    Breaking News International

    Death toll hits 100 in Karachi; forces rescue trapped people

    Hundreds of people stranded by five days of violence in Pakistani port city Karachi have been rescued by paramilitary forces on Saturday as continued ethnic clashes claimed 100 lives. Thousands of people have been stuck in the violence- hit areas of the city unable to move out as groups of heavily-armed people traded fire rockets […]

    Breaking News National

    PM, Sonia meet amid talk of Cabinet reshuffle

    Congress President Sonia Gandhi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday giving further momentum to the talk of an imminent Cabinet reshuffle possible early next week. The meeting Saturday morning comes in the aftermath of resignation of Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran and the offer of resignation by Corporate Affairs Minister Murli Deora, apparently lending a […]

    Breaking News Religion

    Amarnath yatra from Pahalgam route resumes

    The pilgrimage to the 3,880 metre high cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas on Saturday resumed from Pahalgam route after it remained suspended for two days due to inclement weather. “The yatra has been resumed from traditional Pahalgam route this morning with more than 4,000 pilgrims heading towards the cave shrine,” an official […]

    Breaking News National

    South Sudan becomes world’s newest nation

    Oil-rich South Sudan became the world’s newest country on Saturday, splitting away from Khartoum-ruled north after decades of brutal war that claimed some two million lives. Glorious celebration of the long-awaited independence began in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, at midnight last night (0230 IST Saturday morning). Frenzied people poured into the city streets, […]

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