4 killed as bus falls into gorge in Meghalaya

SHILLONG: Four persons were killed and 30 others injured after a bus they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district, police said on Friday.The Shillong-bound bus left the district headquarters Tura on Thursday...

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Iceland volcano alert at red after small eruption, no volcanic ash detected

STOCKHOLM: A small eruption has occurred north of Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano after nearly two weeks of earthquakes in the region but no volcanic ash has been detected, authorities said on Friday.The estimated 1-km fissure eruption in the Holuhraun...

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Ruckus in J&K assembly over land grab allegations against PDP leaders

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir assembly was on Friday adjourned for a brief period following pandemonium over alleged involvement of PDP leaders including deputy speaker Sartaj Madni in a land grabbing case.Speaker Mubarak Gul adjourned the house for ten...

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Arrest of Indian nationals: India takes up matter with Kuwaiti govt

NEW DELHI: India has taken up with Kuwait the matter of arrest of nearly two dozens of its nationals there after an incident of a brawl with people of a different country and has asked the Indians to abide by the local law.The Indian embassy officials...

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Gujarat demands Rs 9,000 crore from Modi government for SAUNI scheme

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat government has demanded a Rs 9,000 crore grant from the Centre for the ambitious Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (SAUNI) scheme to supply of water to Saurashtra. The scheme was announced by Modi himself in September 2012,...

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Syrian planes bomb border post near Israel captured by rebels

AMMAN: Syrian jets shelled rebel positions near a border crossing close to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that was seized by rebels in some of the heaviest clashes in the strategic area this year, rebels and residents said on Thursday.Al-Qaida's...

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Heavy rainfall in most parts of Goa, more in next 2 days

PANAJI: The southwest monsoon has become very active over Goa, as many places in the state recorded rainfall of more than 100mm on Thursday.While Ponda recorded 112.2mm, Old Goa received 104.0mm, Mapusa 102.0mm and Panaji 101.4mm. Other centres also...

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Mother of US reporter in Syria begs for his life

BEIRUT: The mother of a hostage American journalist pleaded for his release Wednesday in a video directed at the Islamic State group, while new images emerged of mass killings, including masked militants shooting kneeling men after the capture of a strategic...

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Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad calls on Jayalalithaa

CHENNAI: Union minister and senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday called on Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa at the state secretariat. Their meeting signalled the growing bond between the ruling NDA government at the Centre and the...

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Rain brings joy to Delhi, disrupts traffic

NEW DELHI: Heavy rain lashed the national capital and its adjoining areas on Thursday, bringing an end to the long spell of sultry and hot weather. However, traffic jams spoilt the fun for many.The day began on a sunny note but by the afternoon, the...

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Egypt bus accident kills 19 in ancient city of Luxor

CAIRO: Egypt's state news agency said19 people were killed when two microbuses collided and plunged into a canal in the ancient city of Luxor in the country's south.MENA said the victims were travelling to a wedding party when the accident happened late...

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HC issues contempt notice to top Maharashtra babu

MUMBAI: Bombay High Court on Tuesday issued a notice for contempt of court against principal secretary, State Home Department. Court was miffed that the government has not taken a decision as yet on recommendations made in three interim reports of Dharmadhikari...

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75 per cent of world's extremely poor people live in rural areas: Icrisat

HYDERABAD: John Kerin AM, chair of the Crawford Fund and former Australian national Minister for Primary Industries and Energy, has been appointed 'International Ambassador of Goodwill' for the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid...

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Air India tickets for Rs 100 as airline celebrates merger

NEW DELHI: Air India will sell tickets for Rs 100 (taxes extra) for five days from Wednesday — which it will celebrate as Air India Day to commemorate the merger of erstwhile Indian Airlines and Air India on this day in 2007."On this occasion Air India...

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Shivraj Singh Chouhan inducted into BJP Parliametary Board

BHOPAL: What BJP veteran LK Advani recommended in March last year, has been implemented by party national president Amit Shah on Tuesday. Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been appointed as one of the 12 members of the BJP Parliamentary Board...

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US journalist James Foley family celebrates his life, prays for hostages

ROCHESTER (US): The family of murdered US journalist James Foley prayed for the safety of his fellow hostages as hundreds had gathered for a mass to celebrate his life as a witness on the front line.Foley was kidnapped in late 2012 in northern Syria...

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1 dead, 10 injured in Chembur cylinder explosion

MUMBAI: One person is killed and 10 others have suffered burns in a cooking gas cylinder explosion that occurred at Sandeep Colony in Chembur on Monday morning. Prima facie the incident occurred when the gas leaked from one of the house from the locality...

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With Kerala heading for prohibition, Mahe awaits visitors with dread

MAHE: A rum bottle resembling the image of Virgin Mary. That too in a wine shop and bar adjacent to the Mahe Church, the shrine of St Theresa. "Spirit of a different kind," says a passerby as we curiously watch the bottle.It is this 'spirit' that differentiates...

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Khushwant Singh’s ‘mourning cover’ issued by Odisha philatelist

KOLKATA: Don't know what a 'mourning cover' is? Don't fret. Neither did Khushwant Singh till he read of the unique collection held by Anil Dhir. "What a morbid yet fascinating hobby you have," Singh wrote to this philatelist and war historian based in...

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Chennai building collapse: Probe panel submits report to Jayalalithaa

CHENNAI: A one-man commission that conducted a probe into the collapse of a 12-storey under construction building at Moulivakkam in Chennai on June 28 submitted its report to the Tamil Nadu government on Monday.Retired high court judge Justice R Reghupathi,...

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Security guards booked under Arms Act in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Eight natives of Jammu & Kashmir including a security supervisor of a security firm who without registering their arms license in Maharashtra, were using their weapons for commercial purpose were arrested by the city crime branch.Crime branch...

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India, Bangladesh vow to increase joint border patrolling

NEW DELHI: India and Bangladesh on Sunday decided to increase joint patrolling by their border guarding forces even as the neighboring country claimed that instances of border killings have reduced along the frontier they share.India, during its meeting...

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Plane carrying British Ebola victim leaves Sierra Leone for Britain

FREETOWN (Sierra Leone): A British air force plane carrying a UK healthcare worker who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone — the first Briton to catch the deadly virus — took off from the capital Freetown on Sunday bound for Britain.The British man, whose...

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Madras HC protection to Subramanian Swamy against Singapore court proceedings now made absolute

CHENNAI: A Chennai-based consultancy firm may have filed a defamation suit against BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in a Singapore court in order to 'arm-twist' him against unearthing scams such as spectrum allocation, Madras high court has said.A few days...

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Congress stands exposed, reveal who had pressurised CAG: BJP

NEW DELHI: Attacking the Congress over former CAG Vinod Rai's claims, BJP on Sunday said the opposition party stood "exposed" and demanded that the identity of leaders who "approached him" to drop names of those involved in scams during the UPA regime...

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