Russia bans congressman Jim Moran, 12 other Americans

MOSCOW: Russia has placed a US lawmaker and 12 other people connected with the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq on its list of those banned from entering the country.In a statement on Saturday, foreign ministry spokesman...

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Top AIDS official says 6 colleagues on Malaysia plane, not 100

MELBOURNE: International AIDS Society president Francoise Barre-Sinoussi on Saturday said six colleagues heading for a global conference in Melbourne were on a Malaysian plane that crashed over Ukraine, not 100 as reports suggested."The number that we...

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Chardham yatra remains suspended for fourth consecutive day

DEHRADUN: With the wet weather continuing and roads to Himalayan shrines blocked by debris from landslips at several points, the chardham yatra remained suspended for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday.Earlier the yatra was suspended only till Friday...

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Wife of Mumbai fireman, who died in high rise blaze, refuses to accept husband's body

MUMBAI: Shubangi Ivlekar, 31, the wife of the deceased fireman Nitin Ivlekar who died at the fire which broke out at Lotus Park in Andheri on Friday, refused to take the body of her husband on Saturday even though the tradition of giving respect to fireman...

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Bad weather prevents CBI from exhuming Badaun rape victims' bodies

LUCKNOW: Bad weather and surging Ganga waters threw a spanner in the CBI efforts on Saturday to exhume the bodies of Uttar Pradesh's Badaun gang-rape victims from the river bank.The two teenaged cousins were gang-raped and hanged from a tree on May 27...

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Ball is in LG's court to install a popular govt in Delhi: BJP's Jagdish Mukhi

NEW DELHI: Amid reports that his party was exploring possibilities of forming the government in Delhi, BJP leader Jagdish Mukhi on Friday said the ball is in the lieutenant governor's court to try his level best to install a popular government in the...

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Police complaint against Subramanian Swamy for anti-Church comments

PANAJI: A police complaint was filed on Friday accusing BJP leader Subramanian Swamy of "attempting to create and promote enmity against the Catholic Church" by posting on his Facebook page that the Church in Goa does not love HIV positive children.The...

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Tax proceedings against Swiss account holders: Jaitley

NEW DELHI: Tax proceedings have begun against Swiss bank account holders, finance minister Arun Jaitley told the Lok Sabha on Friday.Responding to a query from BJP member Anurag Thakur during a discussion on the union budget, Jaitley said: "Tax proceedings...

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SC asks Delhi HC to set up special court for trial of coal scam cases

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Delhi high court to set up a special court for trial of coal scam cases.The SC asked counsel appearing in the case to persuade former solicitor general Gopal Subramanium to take up special public prosecutor's...

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University of Calcutta to confer a posthumous doctorate on anthropologist Antanas Poska

VILNIUS (Lithuania): In a rare honour, the University of Calcutta has decided to confer a posthumous doctorate on one of the world's greatest explorers - Lithuanian traveller anthropologist AntanasPoska.In an exclusive interview to TOI, Lithuanian foreign...

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Gas leak in Mahanagar Gas Limited's underground pipeline at Worli creates scare

MUMBAI: Fear gripped the otherwise busy Worli Naka area when a CNG pipeline leading to a nearby petrol pump got damaged resulting in a gas leakage. While nearby residents and shop owners pulled their shutters, the vehicular traffic avoided the route.The...

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Central Railway announces bookings for Ganesh special trains

MUMBAI: The bookings for Ganesh festival special trains on the Central Railway will commence from July 19.The bookings will be available for 52 reserved specials. There will also be 38 unreserved special trains during the festival season, officials said....

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Turkey's 'youngest novelist' dies in balcony fall: Reports

ISTANBUL: A Turkish teenager who won fame as a fantasy novelist has died in a mysterious fall from an Istanbul balcony which police are investigating as a possible suicide, reports said on Thursday.Eren Demir, 16, earned renown at the age of 12 with...

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Aim to reach 100% rural tele-density in 3-4 years: Telecom secretary

NEW DELHI: Increasing telecom infrastructure at the village level and taking rural teledensity to 100 per cent will be the prime focus areas for telecom secretary Rakesh Garg who took the charge on Thrusday."It will be prime objective to take broadband...

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CBI court adjourns hearing of Amit Shah's discharge plea

MUMBAI: A special court here on Thursday adjourned hearing of the discharge plea of BJP chief Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati encounter cases after Sheikh's brother told the judge his plea against his predecessor's transfer...

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Afghanistan to begin massive vote audit on Thursday: Official

KABUL: The Afghan election commission is set to start on Thursday an unprecedented audit of all 8.1 million votes cast in the June 14 run-off presidential election, an official said.The audit, which will take at least three weeks, was agreed by the two...

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24 airports including Ahmedabad's to get dedicated cargo terminal

AHMEDABAD: As the Union government plans to expand domestic air connectivity, the civil aviation ministry has identified 24 airports, including Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, for developing dedicated domestic air cargo terminals. According...

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Eight killed as taxi plunges into Chenab river in Jammu

JAMMU: Eight people were killed after their vehicle plunged into the Chenab river in Kishtwar district of Jammu region on Wednesday, police said."A taxi went out of the driver's control and fell into the river at Dachan," a police officer said. "Eight...

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Pirates attack Malaysian tanker in South China Sea

KUALA LUMPUR: Pirates have attacked a Malaysian tanker and stolen the gas oil cargo before releasing it in the latest attack in Southeast Asian waters, officials said on Wednesday.The MT Oriental Glory was hijacked late Tuesday in the South China Sea...

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In Bihar, school kids exceed children population: CAG

PATNA: The number of children enrolled in government-run schools was more than their population in the 6-14 age group in Bihar's four districts, revealed a CAG 2013 report.The four districts are Gaya, Sitamarhi, Khagaria and Kishanganj, says the Comptroller...

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Paid news issue: BJP MP seeks disqualification of Ashok Chavan

NEW DELHI: The paid news issue was raised in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday by a BJP member who sought immediate disqualification of any member convicted of such malpractices, days after the Election Commission slapped a notice on former Maharashtra chief...

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Mumbai: Central Railway to run 90 special trains for Ganesh festival

MUMBAI: The Central Railway will run 90 special trains to cater to the rush during Ganesh festival."We will run 52 reserved special trains and 38 unreserved trains during the ensuing Ganesh festival," said CR spokesperson A K Singh. There will be 28...

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18 dead after Filipino rebels attack tribesmen

MANILA, Philippines: Dozens of communist rebels attacked armed tribesmen, who were later reinforced by army troops, in a southern Philippine province on Tuesday, igniting pockets of fighting that killed 18 combatants, military officials said.It was one...

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Govt urges UPSC to postpone Civil Services preliminary examination

NEW DELHI: Amid demands by Civil Service aspirants for scrapping the CSAT test, government on Tuesday urged the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to postpone the preliminary examination scheduled next month till there is clarity on the syllabus...

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Recruit northeast Indians in government service, police: Report

NEW DELHI: A committee of retired bureaucrats formed by the home ministry in wake of the murder of Arunachal Pradesh youth Nido Tania has recommended people from northeast be recruited in the city police force and other government departments.The committee...

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Govt to change laws to permit cars to run on different fuels, Nitin Gadkari says

NEW DELHI: Government will make necessary changes in law and bring it on par with international standards to enable cars, especially those running on bio-fuels, to ply on Indian roads, road transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said.He said the...

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Metal removed from Pune blast survivor's head, handed over to police

PUNE: A metallic substance which was part of a ball bearing was surgically removed from the head of one of the five injured in the July 10 low intensity blast here.The operation was carried out at a private hospital on Sunday after the blast victim,...

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Strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake hits off Philippines, no damage

MANILA: A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at sea in the southern Philippines today, the US geological survey said, but there were no reports of damage and no tsunami warning issued.The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology measured...

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BJD accuses govt of ignoring Odisha's interest on Polavaram project

NEW DELHI: BJD on Monday accused the government of being "unresponsive" to its objections on raising the height of the Polavaram project and claimed that thousands of tribals would be affected by it in four districts of Odisha."We have raised the issue...

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Government decides to digitize and micro-film all files of home ministry

NEW DELHI: Assuring members in Rajya Sabha that not a single file pertaining to India's freedom struggle was destroyed by his ministry, Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Monday told the Upper House that the government has decided to digitize all the...

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US, Iran say major disputes remain in Vienna nuclear talks

VIENNA: US secretary of state John Kerry on Sunday said that there were major differences between Iran and six world powers negotiating on Tehran's nuclear programme, remarks that were echoed by a senior Iranian negotiator."Obviously we have some very...

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Wall collapses in Mumbai's Tardeo, 2 people killed, 5 injured

MUMBAI: Two people died after the wall of a building in Tardeo collapsed on them.Five people were injured in the incident and they were rushed to the hospital. Two of them were declared dead, one is critical and two were treated and sent away.The incident...

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Pakistani held with Indian currency in Bangladesh

DHAKA: A Pakistani national was detained at the Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday for carrying a large sum of Indian currency.The airport officials said Abdur Rahim,35, came to Bangladesh on a Qatar flight July 7, bdnews24.com reported.He went...

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Hope fades in Congress for drama-free funding of US agencies

WASHINGTON: This year was supposed to be different for Congress.US lawmakers expected that a promising budget deal reached after a government shutdown last year would herald a new normal for passing annual spending bills, moving Congress away from the...

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Allow UN team to stay in Chennai to conduct probe into war crimes in Sri Lanka: PMK

CHENNAI: PMK chief S Ramadoss on Sunday said India's decision not to extend support to a UN probe into the alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka is shocking.The PMK is an ally of the ruling BJP.Ramadoss said India should allow the UNHRC team to stay in Chennai...

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