Tyre of Thai Airways plane from Kolkata explodes while landing

BANGKOK: A tyre of the Thai Airways International aircraft from India exploded while landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport here early this morning. All 287 passengers and crew members were evacuated from the twin-engine Airbus 330-300 aircraft that had left...

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Sikh man killed in Pakistan over his decision to marry second time

LAHORE: A Sikh man was murdered in this eastern Pakistani city over his decision to marry a second time, police officials said today.An eyewitness told police that some persons entered 28-year-old Amarjeet Singh's store at Shalimar Town in Lahore yesterday...

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Sri Lanka refuses entry to British tourist with Buddha tattoo

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan immigration authorities have deported a British national who had arrived on holiday to the island.The Briton, who arrived here yesterday, was quizzed by the authorities at Bandaranaike International Airport as he was having images...

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Hyderabad blasts: Two IM operatives, lodged in Tihar prison, sent to NIA custody

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday remanded two alleged operatives of banned terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM), lodged in a jail here, to NIA custody for four days for questioning over the February 21 Hyderabad blasts that killed 16 people.District...

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Veteran south Indian actor Rajasulochana passes away

CHENNAI: Rajasulochana, a veteran actress gifted with exceptional dancing skills, died here on Saturday.Rajasulochana, 77, had acted in more than 275 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi.The actress, who holds the distinction of having paired with...

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Delhi gang-rape accused chargesheeted in separate robbery case

NEW DELHI: The accused in the December 16 gang-rape case were on Saturday chargesheeted in a court here by the Delhi Police in a separate case of robbing lodged against them for looting a vegetable seller before brutally assaulting the girl. During...

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Delhi gang-rape accused charged in separate robbery case

NEW DELHI: The accused in the December 16 gang-rape case were on Saturday chargesheeted in a court here by the Delhi Police in a separate case of robbing lodged against them for looting a vegetable seller before brutally assaulting the girl. During...

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Move to reduce age of consensual sex will break Hindu society: Baba Ramdev

INDORE: Coming down heavily on union government for reducing the age of consensual sex to 16 years, Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev on Thursday said the move to reduce the age of consensual sex will disturb the social order of the country and it is an attempt...

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Anji Reddy, chairman of Dr Reddy's Laboratories, passes away

File photo of Anji Reddy. (TOI photo) The author has posted comments on this articleIANS | Mar 15, 2013, 07.44PM IST HYDERABAD: Kallam Anji Reddy, founder and chairman of Dr Reddy's Laboratories, passed away Friday at a hospital here...

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Karnataka's first micro credit society for street vendors launched in Mysore

MYSORE: The state government is trying to replicate the success of Bangaladeshi banker and Nobel peace prize winner Muhammad Yunus extending micro credit to street vendors. On Friday it launched it launched Mysore City Street Vendors Multipurpose Cooperative...

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TRS, YSR Congress Party give notices for no-trust motion against Cong govt

HYDERABAD: Telangana Rashtra Samiti and YSR Congress Party today gave separate notices in the legislative assembly for a no confidence motion against ruling Congress government in Andhra Pradesh.K Chandrasekhar Rao-led TRS has 17 MLAs in 294-member House...

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HC cancels exam for sub-inspectors, subedars in Chhattisgarh

BILASPUR: The Chhattisgarh high court has nullified the examination for sub-inspectors, subedars and platoon commanders held by the state administration for not following the rules of reservation meant for ex-servicemen.The order was issued on a petition...

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Last respects paid to CRPF jawans killed in Srinagar attack

SRINAGAR: CRPF and police officers today bid a tearful adieu to their colleagues who were killed in a militant attack on a security forces camp in Bemina area of the city.Director General of CRPF Pranay Sahay and DGP of Jammu and Kashmir Police Ashok...

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Seven students of dance institute hospitalised for food poisoning in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Seven students, including four girls, of a dance institute were taken ill allegedly after eating food at their hostel.The students of Kathak Kendra in GTB Nagar were admitted to Bara Hindu Rao hospital last night with symptoms of food poisoning,...

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Kerala govt asked to pay Rs 2.5 lakh compensation for improper probe in murder case

KOCHI: Ruling that government has the liability to pay compensation for pitfalls or inaction of public officials, the Kerala high court on Thursday held that state government should pay for Kerala Police's lethargy in probing a murder case of 2001.Justice...

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Europe snow cover: Paris train services with Brussels, London resume

PARIS: High-speed train services resumed on Wednesday between Paris, London and Brussels after heavy snow stopped them the day before, the French rail authorities said. SNCF said the cross-Channel Eurostar service to London and the Thalys service to...

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SC lawyer Harish Salve withdraws as counsel for Italian naval guards

NEW DELHI: "Insulted" and "shocked" by Italy's stand on the marines issue, senior Supreme Court advocate Harish Salve has quit as counsel for the Italian government in the fishermen killing case. Salve said that now it is "a question of Indian prestige"...

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Curfew to be clamped in Srinagar over youth killing

SRINAGAR: Authorities have decided to impose curfew in Srinagar district following the death of a youth in CRPF firing in Zoonimar area of the city."Curfew will be imposed in Srinagar district after midnight," District Magistrate Srinagar Baseer Ahmad...

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Pakistan returns Chamel Singh's body after nearly two months of his death

ATTARI: Nearly two months after the death of an Indian national Chamel Singh, Pakistan returned his body on Wednesday from Attari border. Chamel Singh had died of beating in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail by jail staff on January 15. Chamel's two sons Deepak...

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Pakistani government 'confiscates' passports of visiting Hindu jatha

ATTARI: Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) officials 'confiscated' the passport of Hindu pilgrims as soon as they entered Pakistan on March 8th and didn't allow them to meet Hindus of Pakistan during their 6 days pilgrimage to Katasraj in Pakistan where...

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Vadra land deal issue rocks Parliament; Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha adjourned

NEW DELHI: The issue of land deals allegedly involving Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadraparalysed proceedings in Parliament on Tuesday.The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha witnessed two adjournments till 2pm as BJP members stormed...

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Anti-rape protests: Delhi Police give clean chit to all accused in constable's death case

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Tuesday gave clean chit to eight people booked in constable Subhash Tomar's death during the anti-rape protests here in December last year.Appearing for the police, additional solicitor general (ASG) Sidharth Luthra told the...

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State govt mulls arming Bihar Public Service Commission with recruitment of professors

PATNA: With more than 3000 posts of professors of various categories lying vacant in different universities in Bihar, the state government today said it would bring an amendment bill in the current budget session itself to entrust state public service...

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Bulgarian President Plevneliev appoints caretaker government

SOFIA: Bulgaria's president has appointed diplomat Marin Raikov as interim prime minister to organize early elections after the Balkan country's center-right government quit in the wake of nationwide protests. Rosen Plevneliev announced on Tuesday a...

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Suspect in Russian spy Litvinenko's murder pulls out of inquest

MOSCOW: The main suspect in the grisly poisoning of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in London withdrew on Tuesday from the British inquest into the murder, saying that political pressure and state secrecy were preventing him from clearing his name....

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Nearly 4,000 ultras still living across border: J&K govt

JAMMU: Nearly 4,000 Kashmiri militants are still living across the border in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). "Reportedly around 3,974 ultras are still living in PoK and Pakistan (across the border)", chief minister Omar Abdullah said in...

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Work at Delhi HC paralyzed as lawyers join strike

NEW DELHI: Work was paralysed at the Delhi high court on Monday after lawyers joined a strike to protest against police action against colleagues in Jaipur and registration of a first information report (FIR) against 20 others in Chandigarh earlier this...

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Non-tribal elected Meghalaya Speaker for first time

SHILLONG: Abu Taher Mondal was on Monday elected unopposed as Meghalaya Speaker creating history of sorts by becoming the first non-tribal to occupy the post.Mondal, the Congress legislator from Phulbari, was elected unopposed after the nomination papers...

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Bangladesh president flown to Singapore after respiratory complications

DHAKA: Bangladesh president Zillur Rahman was today flown to a specialized hospital in Singapore by an air ambulance following respiratory complications."He is now undergoing dialysis at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital," an official of the Bangabhaban presidential...

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Punjab and Haryana high court quashes FIR against lawyers

CHANDIGARH: Putting an end to the controversy that had taken place last week between the advocates of Punjab and Haryana high court and Chandigarh police, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday ordered the quashing of FIR against former president...

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Union Cabinet may consider Vodafone tax issue next week

The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Mar 10, 2013, 11.04AM IST NEW DELHI:The government is likely to take a view on the Rs 11,200-crore Vodafone tax case next week, a top finance ministry official has said."The issue (Vodafone tax...

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Maharasthra Cong MPs want party to fight all seats on its own in next Lok Sabha elections

NEW DELHI: Apparently wary of the poll game plan of NCP chief SharadPawar, Congress MPs from Maharashtra could tell party vice-president Rahul Gandhi at their meeting on Monday that it should prepare to fight all the seats on its own in the next LokSabha...

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Falkland Islands vote in referendum with eye on world

LONDON: Falkland Islanders hold a referendum today and tomorrow to send a message to the world that they want to stay British, although Argentina has already dismissed the vote as illegal.Residents of the windswept archipelago in the South Atlantic have...

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Disgruntled Malian soldiers desert posts demanding bonus

BAMAKO: A group of Malian troops briefly abandoned their posts this week and fired shots in the air to demand a deployment bonus, soldiers and officials said on Sunday."Several dozen Malian soldiers positioned in Diabaly with the forces from Burkina...

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Syrian rebels treated UN hostages like 'guests', peacekeeping official says

MANILA: Rebels who held 21 Filipino UN peacekeepers in Syria put blankets on their hostages to help them sleep through the cold nights and a rebel commander became visibly emotional when his group released the men, a UN peacekeeping official said on...

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