Malayalam music legend K Raghavan passes away

THALASSERY, KERALA: Eminent music director K Raghavan, who infused Malayalam cinema music with a local flavour through his popular numbers, died in a hospital here on Saturday.Raghavan (99) was keeping unwell for some time and was admitted to the co-operative...

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India-Pak ties likely to figure in Obama-Sharif meeting

WASHINGTON: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to discuss with Barack Obama his recent efforts to improve ties with India when he meets the US President at the White House next week, officials said on Saturday. Sharif is arriving in Washington...

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Afghanistan assembly to decide next month on future role of US troops

KABUL: The future role of US troops in Afghanistan after 2014, to be set down in a bilateral accord, will be put to an assembly of some 3,000 tribal elders and other prominent people next month, organizers of the meeting said on Saturday.Organizers of...

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Ladakh martyrs who died fighting the Chinese to be honoured

NEW DELHI: The government will observe Police Commemoration Day on Monday at the police memorial, Chanakyapuri in New Delhi. Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde would pay tribute to martyred police personnel along with ministers, cabinet secretary,...

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Car bomb strikes military compound in Egypt, six soldiers wounded

EL-ARISH: A car bomb exploded Saturday near an Egyptian military intelligence compound in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, wounding six soldiers, security officials said, as militants appear to be expanding the scope of attacks beyond the restive Sinai...

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Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case: Lawyers' strike impedes start of defence arguments

GHAZIABAD: The defence in the Aarushi- Hemraj double murder case could not initiate arguments on Friday in the special CBI court here as lawyers went on strike demanding a bench of Allahabad high court be set up in western Uttar Pradesh.Court of additional...

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Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case: Lawyers' strike impedes start of defence arguments

GHAZIABAD: The defence in the Aarushi- Hemraj double murder case could not initiate arguments on Friday in the special CBI court here as lawyers went on strike demanding a bench of Allahabad high court be set up in western Uttar Pradesh.Court of additional...

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No plans to turn off oil companies’ dollar swap window: RBI

The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Oct 18, 2013, 04.15PM IST MUMBAI: After the rupee got impacted following unconfirmed reports that the Reserve Bank is considering withdrawing the special dollar swap window opened for oil companies,...

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High court dismisses writ petition against Modi’s speech at Madras University

CHENNAI: The Madras high court on Friday dismissed a writ petition filed by the Thamizhnadu Makkal Katchi seeking a stay on the Palkhivala memorial lecture scheduled to be delivered by Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi at centenary hall of the Madras...

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YSR Congress legislators stage sit-in at CM's office, over a dozen arrested

HYDERABAD: Police on Friday arrested more than a dozen YSR Congress party legislators as they staged a sit-in in front of the chief minister's office at the state secretariat here, demanding convening of an immediate assembly session to pass a resolution...

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Achuthanandan blames state leadership for LDF's defeat in 2011 assembly polls in Kerala

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a virtual indictment of the CPM state set-up controlled by his bete noire Pinarayi Vijayan, party stalwart V S Achuthanandan on Thursday said lapses including "irrational" selection of candidates led to the narrow defeat of the...

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Jayalalithaa wants India to stay away from Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalaltihaa on Thursday reiterated that India should not participate in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) and the Leaders' Retreat scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka in November.Her reaction came...

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Jayalalithaa offers financial aid to Kanyakumari fishermen who survived Cyclone Phailin

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday extended a financial aid of Rs one lakh each to the 18 fishermen from Kanyakumari who survived Cyclone Phailin off Odisha coast last week."I was very upset when I came to know of your plight...

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Police threw me into the river, Datia stampede victim told Rahul Gandhi

BHOPAL: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi was stunned on Thursday after a victim of the October 13 Ratangarh temple stampede in Datia, narrated her ordeal and alleged how police threw her into the river during the tragedy.Some of the victims claimed...

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Social worker Sarojini Varadappan dies aged 92

CHENNAI: Social worker Sarojini Varadappan died in Chennai following a brief illness. She was 92.Daughter of former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Bhakthavatsalam, Sarojini was born in Chennai on September 21, 1921 and was involved in various social service...

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Asaram's son Narayan Sai dodging police using multiple phone connections

BHOPAL: The Gujarat police have sought help from their Madhya Pradesh counterparts to arrest jailed godman Asaram Bapu's son Narayan Sai, by asking for inputs on his potential hideouts in Chambal region. Last location of a mobile phone linked to Narayan...

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Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto trains' fares go up from tomorrow

NEW DELHI: Passengers will have to shell out more for travelling in Rajdhani, Duronto and Shatabdi trains from October 17, as railways has increased catering charges in these premier trains by about two to four per cent.The revision in food tariff, which...

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7.1-magnitude quake strikes Papua New Guinea: US Geological Survey says

SYDNEY: A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, but there was no widespread tsunami warning issued.The quake hit at a depth of 58 kilometres (36 miles) at 8.31pm (1031 GMT), 65 kilometres west...

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Andhra Pradesh high court allows YSR Congress's October 19 rally in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh high court on Wednesday granted permission to YSR Congress to hold a public meeting in support of the united Andhra Pradesh at LB Stadium here on October 19.The high court allowed the petition filed by YSR Congress challenging...

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Jayalalithaa, Karunanidhi and other leaders condole Ramachandra Adithan’s demise

CHENNAI: P Ramachandra Adithan, administrative editor of Tamil evening daily 'Maalai Murasu,' died at his Adyar residence on Wednesday due to prolonged illness.Adithan was 79 and is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. He was the elder son...

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Princes Charles and duchess to undertake their most extensive trip to India

LONDON: Britain's Princes Charles, who is also the heir to the throne in 16 countries, is all set to embark on his most extensive India trip.In what is being seen as his growing clout, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall Camilla will undertake...

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Indian consumers show both impulsive and compulsive buying behaviour: Ipsos

The author has posted comments on this articleNamrata Singh, TNN | Oct 15, 2013, 03.24PM IST MUMBAI: Indian consumers are showing both impulsive and compulsive buying behaviour, with a majority (79%) of Indians saying they would rather 'spend...

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Sexual assault case: Asaram remanded in police custody till Oct 19 by Gujarat court

GANDHINAGAR: Self-styled godman Asaram was on Tuesday remanded in police custody till October 19 by a local court in an alleged sexual assault case filed by two Surat-based sisters against him and his son Narayan Sai.Magistrate V A Budh granted the police...

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Anticipatory bail plea hearing of Narayan Sai adjourned

SURAT: The hearing on anticipatory bail plea of self-styled godman Asaram's son Narayan Sai in a sexual assault case by two sisters against the father-son duo, was adjourned after prosecution sought time to file a detailed reply on it.Additional sessions...

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Dalai Lama 'manufactured' Tibetan orphans: China

BEIJING: China on Tuesday accused the Dalai Lama of tearing apart hundreds of families by orchestrating a campaign in Switzerland to adopt Tibetan orphans in the 1960s.The condemnation came after a Swiss newspaper, 'Neue Zuercher Zeitung', published...

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Anti-terror operation: Jayalalithaa extends cash reward to over 250 cops

CHENNAI: Amid complaints of several police personnel who participated in an anti-terror operation being overlooked by the state, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday extended cash reward to more than 250 police personnel who helped nab...

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Aftermath of cyclone Phailin: Southern Railway cancels four trains

CHENNAI: (PTI) Southern Railway on Monday announced cancellation and rescheduling of some trains to Andhra Pradesh and Odisha in the aftermath of cyclone Phailin that crossed the east coast.The Howrah Mail scheduled to leave from here on Monday at 11.40pm...

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Lanka court grants bail to 12 in Tamil students killing case

COLOMBO: Twelve Sri Lankan policemen from an elite task force, accused of killing five Tamil students in 2006, were on Monday granted bail in a case that evoked international concern.Judge Amal Ranarajah in the Trincomalee high court in the east allowed...

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Stampede: Congress, BJP in war of words

NEW DELHI: War of words erupted today over the stampede in Madhya Pradesh, with Congress demanding chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's resignation and BJP hitting back by accusing it of playing politics over dead bodies. Congress alleged that the...

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BJP leader Subramanian Swamy attacks UP govt on IAS officer's suspension issue

NEW DELHI: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Monday hit out at the Uttar Pradesh government for suspending a senior IAS official over a controversial letter convening a meeting to discuss "reconstruction" of Ram Temple in Ayodhya.Following the controversy,...

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Police solve 'Baby Hope' case, arrest cousin for 1991 killing of 4-year-old girl

NEW YORK: Police announced on Saturday that, after an investigation that lasted more than two decades, they had arrested the killer of a child who was nicknamed Baby Hope by detectives after her body was discovered inside a picnic cooler beside a Manhattan...

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New York Police solve 'Baby Hope' case, arrest cousin for 1991 killing of 4-year-old girl

NEW YORK: Police announced on Saturday that, after an investigation that lasted more than two decades, they had arrested the killer of a child who was nicknamed Baby Hope by detectives after her body was discovered inside a picnic cooler beside a Manhattan...

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Nobody untouchable in politics, Sharad Pawar says

NAGPUR: Attending a function where former BJP president Nitin Gadkari rolled out business plan of his Purti Group, NCP president and Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said "there are no untouchables in politics"."There should be no untouchables...

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Israel finds tunnel dug under its Gaza border, blames Hamas

ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER: Israel displayed on Sunday what it called a Palestinian "terror tunnel" running into its territory from the Gaza Strip and said it was subsequently freezing the transfer of building material to the enclave."The discovery of the tunnel...

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Evil goes up in smoke, gusto marks Dussehra festivities

NEW DELHI: Giant effigies of ten-headed demon king Ravana, his son Meghnad and brother Kumbhakaran went up in flames marking the triumph of good over evil as fervour marked Dussehra festivities across the country today.Crowds burst into cheers as the...

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