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Karnataka sends team to Uttarakhand to ensure its people's safety

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:02:40 GMT

Karnataka government has sent a three-member team to Uttarakhand to ensure safety of people from the state stranded there due to floods.

CBI registers 13th FIR in coal blocks allocation scam

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:55:41 GMT

CBI has registered a fresh case in connection with its coal blocks allocation probe against a Delhi-based steel company.

Rajya Sabha polls: MMK's two MLAs to support Kanimozhi

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:10:31 GMT

"We met DMK chief M Karunanidhi and extended our support in the RS polls," MMK leader M H Jawahirullah said.

Madhya Pradesh announces Rs 5 crore aid to Uttarakhand

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:41:39 GMT

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced an assistance of Rs five crore to the monsoon-ravaged Uttarakhand state where heavy rains and landslides have created havoc.

7 school children, autorickshaw driver killed in accident in Tamil Nadu

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:54:42 GMT

Seven school children were crushed to death when an autorickshaw, doubling up as a goods carrier, in which they were travelling, was hit by a private bus in Pudukottai district in central Tamil Nadu at 9.30am on Wednesday.

Protesters out again in Brazil's biggest city to protest against high taxes and prices

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:34:11 GMT

That was the repeated message on Tuesday night in Sao Paulo, where upward of 50,000 people massed in front of the city's main cathedral.

Samoan airline introduces 'XL' class for super-sized passengers

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:46:33 GMT

A tiny Samoan airline says it will introduce an "XL" class for super-sized passengers, featuring extra-wide rows and special ramps to help them reach their seats.

Obama to invoke call of history in Berlin speech

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:33:35 GMT

Barack Obama will Wednesday invoke the Cold War history of German-US solidarity, on a long-awaited first visit to Berlin as president, but will face sharp questions on US spy snooping programmes.

Four Americans killed in attack on Afghan base: US official

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:35:05 GMT

Four Americans were killed on Tuesday in an attack on Bagram air base by insurgents in Afghanistan, a US defense official said.

A year on, Julian Assange stays put in Ecuadorean embassy in London

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:00:19 GMT

"If I walk out the front door I could be arrested in relation to the United States," Assange said.

Russia evacuates thousands after blasts at army munitions store

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:12:17 GMT

Some 6,000 people were evacuated in Russia's southwestern Samara region on Tuesday after ammunition explosions shook a military training area, the emergencies ministry said.

Air India passengers stranded at Mumbai airport for six hours

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:28:24 GMT

Flight AI 965 to Jeddah via Hyderabad was scheduled to take-off from Mumbai airport at 5.30 pm. The 250 passengers boarded the flight on time and waited for take-off. However, the flight did not take-off at all.

Chrysler relents, will recall 2.7 million Jeeps at risk of fire

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:31:49 GMT

Chrysler avoided a showdown with government safety regulators on Tuesday, agreeing to recall 2.7 million older Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty SUVs that could be at risk of a fuel tank fire.

Fighters in Nigeria attack school, kill 9 students

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:52:59 GMT

Suspected Islamic militants have opened fire on students taking exams at a school in the country's troubled northeast, killing at least nine pupils in the latest violence to wrack the volatile region, witnesses said on Tuesday.

Divisions apparent in Chhattisgarh Congress, Ajit Jogi left out of meeting

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:13:24 GMT

Fissures are evident in the Chhattisgarh Congress, ahead of the polls, with former chief minister Ajit Jogi not being invited for the two-day meeting of senior party office bearers that concluded here on Tuesday.

Sun reporter, prison officer charged in British bribery probe

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:04:10 GMT

The chief foreign correspondent for Rupert Murdoch's top-selling British tabloid The Sun has been charged for allegedly paying public officials for information, prosecutors said.

G8 calls for Syria peace conference as soon as possible

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:50:40 GMT

G8 leaders on Tuesday strongly endorsed calls for peace talks to be held in Geneva on the Syria conflict "as soon as possible".

Over 1,000 complaints pending against 28 companies for over 2 months

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:14:59 GMT

Over 1,000 investor complaints have been pending against 28 listed companies, including ONGC, Coal India, ITC, Sterlite Industries and Zylog Systems, for more than two months, according to the regulator Sebi.

PIL filed in SC on US surveillance of internet data

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:12:50 GMT

The PIL, filed by a former dean of law faculty of Delhi University Professor S N Singh, alleged such largescale spying by the USA authorities is detrimental to national security and urged the apex court to intervene in the matter.

India moves closer to hosting a Pakistani panel in connection with 26\11 probe

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:56:49 GMT

After the judicial panel visits India and cross-examines the four witnesses, Islamabad will be expected to reciprocate by granting an Indian judicial commission's access to Pakistani suspects, when it visits the country at a later stage.

Suicide bomber strikes during funeral in Pakistan; 20 killed

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:50:02 GMT

At least 20 people including a provincial legislator were today killed and over 50 others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a funeral at Mardan in the troubled northwest Pakistan.

Pakistan funeral bomb kills 10, including MP: Police

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:50:02 GMT

A bomb attack killed 10 people, including a provincial lawmaker, and wounded more than 40 others at a funeral in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, police said.

G8 leaders agree to stamp out terror ransom payments: Britain

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:16:12 GMT

G8 leaders have agreed to stamp out the payment of ransoms for hostages kidnapped by "terrorists", British PM David Cameron's office said on Tuesday.

Will work for speedy environment clearances for road projects, Oscar Fernandes says

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:47:00 GMT

Oscar Fernandes on Tuesday took charge as minister of road transport and highways and said he will work towards getting speedy environment clearances for the projects which are stuck.

Maoists 'axe' constable to death in Chhattisgarh

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:25:22 GMT

An assistant constable was axed to death allegedly by a group of Naxals in Maoist-hit Kondagaon district of Chhattishgarh, police said today.