Chinese woman scales Mount Everest from Nepal side

KATMANDU: A Chinese woman and five Sherpa guides have scaled Mount Everest, becoming the first team to reach the peak from the Nepal side after a deadly avalanche last month sent climbers home, officials said on Saturday.Wang Zing, 40, and her Nepalese...

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Puducherry Congress committee chief, leader of opposition quit posts

PUDUCHERRY: Owning moral responsibility for the defeat in the lone Lok Sabha seat here, Puducherry Congress Committee (PCC) President, A V Subramanian and leader of the opposition in the assembly, V Vaithilingam today quit their respective posts.Vaithilingam,...

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Puducherry Congress Committee Chief, leader of opposition quit posts

PUDUCHERRY: Owning moral responsibility for the defeat in the lone Lok Sabha seat here, Puducherry Congress Committee (PCC) President, A V Subramanian and leader of the opposition in the assembly, V Vaithilingam today quit their respective posts.Vaithilingam,...

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Puducherry Congress committee chief, leader of opposition quit posts

PUDUCHERRY: Owning moral responsibility for the defeat in the lone Lok Sabha seat here, Puducherry Congress Committee (PCC) President, A V Subramanian and leader of the opposition in the assembly, V Vaithilingam today quit their respective posts.Vaithilingam,...

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Sitaram Yechury says not offered to quit CPI(M) politburo

NEW DELHI: Senior CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury today dismissed reports that he had offered to quit the politburo in view of his party's poor show in the recent Lok Sabha elections."All that is nonsense. I never discuss inner-party issues outside," Yechury...

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Former MP and CPM leader Umanath dies aged 92

CHENNAI: R Umanath, one of the senior leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), died in Trichy on Wednesday morning after a brief illness.He was 92 and is survived by his daughters U Vasuki, a CPM state secretariat member, and Nirmala Rani,...

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Central Railway suburban services disrupted on main and transharbour corridor in Maharashtra

MUMBAI: Suburban services on Central Railway's main as well as harbour lines were disrupted during the morning peak hour on Wednesday.On mainline, a signal failure on all the four lines at Kalyan around 9.30am held up service in up and down direction.A...

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American Center attack case: SC commutes death sentence of convicts to life term

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence of two convicts who were involved in an attack on Kolkata's American Center in 2002 to life imprisonment.The apex court bench of Justice AK Patnaik and Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim...

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UN chief hopes Modi would attend UN general assembly in September

UNITED NATIONS: UN chief Ban Ki-moon would "very much hope" that India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the UN general assembly later this year and particularly participate in the climate change summit, according to a top official of the...

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Pakistan completes induction of 13 F-16 fighter jets into air force

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan today completed the induction of 13 frontline F-16 fighter jets into its air force, augmenting its aerial defence capability.The new jets were bought from Jordon and have been made part of the fourth squadron of US-made F-16 planes.Army...

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Shocking that Congress doesn't have courtesy to greet Modi: Venkaiah Naidu

HYDERABAD: Senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said it is shocking to see Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi not having the courtesy of greeting Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi following the massive mandate...

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Thambidurai elected AIADMK parliamentary party leader

CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday announced the election of senior leader M Thambidurai as the party's parliamentary leader.In a statement issued here, Jayalalithaa said a meeting of the party's...

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Thambidurai appointed AIADMK's parliamentary party leader

CHENNAI: The AIADMK on Monday appointed M Thambidurai as its parliamentary party leader and V Maithreyan as the deputy leader. Thambidurai represents Karur Lok Sabha constituency while Maithreyan is a Rajya Sabha member.The decision to this effect was...

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Shocking that Congress doesn't have courtesy to greet Modi: Venkaiah Naidu

HYDERABAD: Senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said it is shocking to see Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi not having the courtesy of greeting Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi following the massive mandate...

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Brazil honours 100 years of Indian cinema with a stamp

NEW DELHI: Brazil has come out with a unique way to pay tribute to the 100 years of Indian cinema by releasing two postage stamps which are designed by an Indian graphic designer.The stamp was released in Brasilia on May 5 to mark a nationwide film festival...

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New Delhi Lok Sabha seat won by woman candidate after 54 years

NEW DELHI: The New Delhi Lok Sabha seat has been bagged by a woman candidate after a gap of 54 years.In the just-concluded elections for the 16th Lok Sabha, BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi defeated sitting MP and Congress heavyweight Ajay Maken from New Delhi...

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Chopper deal: CBI says it wants to quiz governors as witnesses

NEW DELHI: CBI has clarified to law ministry that it wants to question two governors M K Narayanan and B V Wanchoo of West Bengal and Goa respectively as "witnesses" in connection with its probe in the VVIP helicopter deal.The law ministry, after initially...

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China blames Xinjiang rail attack on separatist group

BEIJING: Chinese authorities blamed an April railway attack in Xinjiang on an Islamic extremist group, state media said on Sunday, reinforcing Beijing's claims that separatist militants are provoking domestic unrest.The far-west Xinjiang region, home...

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New Delhi Lok Sabha seat won by woman candidate after 54 years

NEW DELHI: The New Delhi Lok Sabha seat has been bagged by a woman candidate after a gap of 54 years.In the just-concluded elections for the 16th Lok Sabha, BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi defeated sitting MP and Congress heavyweight Ajay Maken from New Delhi...

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Egypt court jails more than 160 Muslim Brotherhood supporters

CAIRO: An Egyptian court jailed more than 160 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to up to 15 years in prison on Sunday, pressing a crackdown on the Islamist group before a presidential election former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to win.Defendants...

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