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  • Nearly one thousand evacuated as volcano erupts in Phillipines

    In the Philippines, nearly one thousand people have been evacuated following a volcanic eruption in the central parts of the country. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said ash from the eruption on mount Bulusan has hit a high of two kilometers. Officials said volcanic ash has fallen in the towns of Casiguran and […]

    Flights suspended at China Airport due to runway crack

    In China, all inbound and outbound flights from the Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport in Zhejiang Province were suspended today because of a crack in the runway. The airport deals with more than 300 flights daily. An Airport spokesman said, the cause of the crack was not yet known, the technicians however said it might be […]

    International Mother Language day being celebrated today

    The International Mother Language day is being celebrated today. In 1999 UNESCO has decided to observe 21st February every year as International Mother Language day. According to the commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, at least 234 Mother Tongues are being promptly used by large Indian population. Many other mother tongues are also in use but their […]

    Suicide attack claims 40 lives in Afghanistan

    In Afghanistan, 40 people were killed and several others injured in a suicide bomb blast in Kunduz province today. Officials said the attacker struck as people lined up to collect identity cards in a district of Kunduz province. The attack comes one day after at least 18 people were killed in an attack on a […]

    US expresses grave concern over current situation in Libya

    The United States has expressed grave concern over the current situation in Libya. Speaking in Washington, the US State Department spokesman, P J Crowley said, the United States is gravely concerned with disturbing reports and images coming out of Libya. He said, the US have raised to a number of Libyan officials, including Libyan Foreign […]

    Aarushi parents move Allahabad HC challenging CBI court order

    The parents of Aarushi Talwar on Monday moved the Allahabad High Court challenging a CBI court order passed earlier this month. In the order, they have been accused of the murder of their teenaged daughter and domestic help, Hemraj, three years ago. The couple have also been accused of engaging in criminal conspiracy and destruction […]

    CBI raids house of OSD to Ambumani Ramdoss

    In Chennai, the CBI raided the house of Mr.T.S. Ramamurthy, special officer to former Union Health Minister Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss today. The raids have been conducted in the residence of Mr.Ramamurthy in connection with granting permission to a private medical college in Indore when Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss was minister in the Union Cabinet. CBI sources […]

    Court defers verdict on CBI’s plea to end Quattrocchi case till March 4

    A Delhi court today deferred to next month the pronouncement of its judgement on the CBI’s plea to drop the case against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the two-decade-old Bofors payoff case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav posted for 4 th March his order on the CBI’s plea seeking withdrawal of the case against 70-year-old […]

    N Korea suspends mobile phone rentals for foreign visitors

    North Korea has suspended rental of mobile phones to foreign visitors since January, visitors to the country said Monday, a move that may reflect concern in the North over the flow of information about democracy demonstrations sweeping the Middle East. But some visitors quoted North Korean officials as saying the country unofficially decided to suspend […]

    S Korea spied on Indonesia delegation: report

    Members of South Korea’s spy agency broke into a hotel room of a visiting high-level Indonesian delegation to try to steal sensitive information on a possible arms deal, a report said Monday. A spokesman for the National Intelligence Service (NIS) denied the front-page report in Chosun Ilbo newspaper, but declined to elaborate. The break-in last […]