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  • States asked to file response on unauthorised worship places

    The Supreme Court has warned that Chief Secretaries will have to personally appear before it if the states fail to comply with its directions to remove or relocate unauthorised places of worship in public places. A bench headed by Justice Dalveer Bhandari on Tuesday also granted two weeks time to the states to file their […]

    One shot dead in Bengal, rail tracks damaged in Bihar

    Maoists shot dead a man in West Bengal and set off a blast partially damaging tracks in Bihar on the second day of their two-day bandh in six states on Tuesday.. The body of the unidentified man was found on Tuesday morning. He had been assaulted before being shot dead at Jhargram town in West […]

    Explosives laden car found in Guatemala

    Police in Guatemala City  found a car packed with gunpowder, nails and propane tanks parked outside the national prison headquarters, along with cell phones apparently designed to detonate the load. Police specialists deactivated the devices without incident. It is apparently the first car bomb attack attempted by Guatemalan criminals in recent memory. In neighbouring Mexico, […]

    Middle East peace talks resume in Egypt

    US-brokered talks between Israel and the Palestinians resume in Egypt Tuesday as tensions over the issue of settlements threaten the success of the latest push for peace. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will oversee the second round of talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in the Red Sea […]

    Curfew extended to all major towns of Kashmir Valley

    Curfew was on Tuesday extended to all major towns of the Kashmir Valley as a precautionary measure after violent clashes left 17 people dead and over 70 injured, official sources said. The sources said the curfew was imposed in fresh areas as a precautionary measure and to prevent people from pouring out on roads and […]

    Chinese Prime Minister address UNGA

    Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will address the UN General Assembly in New York next week and also participate in the UN Conference on Millennium Development Goals. Wen will be in New York from 21st to 23rd September to attend the two meetings, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Tuesday. He will attend the […]

    Stem cell research: Obama to challenge court order

    US President Barack Obama has said his administration would challenge the recent court order that blocked his executive order of 2009, which expanded embryonic stem cell research The federal district judge in its order late last month said Obama’s 2009 executive order violated a ban on federal money being used to destroy embryos. “We are […]

    France to take final vote on full veil ban

    French lawmakers take a final vote Tuesday on a law banning face-covering veils in public spaces, although the constitutional court may yet strike down the measure before it comes into force. The bill makes no reference to Islam, but has been promoted by President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government as a measure to protect Muslim women from […]

    Plane crash at Venezuela 14 dead

    A Venezuelan plane crashed on Monday on a domestic holiday flight killing at least 14 people, but most of the 51 people on board survived the crash, officials said. “A total of 33 people are being cared for at different clinics,” said Francisco Rangel Gomez, governor of Bolivar state, where the accident occurred. “We have […]

    Violence at Kashmir, 17 killed, 70 injured, Omar appeals for peace

    In a sudden flare-up of violence in Kashmir on Monday, 17 people, including a policeman, were killed and over 70 injured with mobs torching several government properties and a school, some of the trouble triggered by a TV report alleging desecration of the Quran in the US. The state cabinet, which met on Monday evening […]