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Sharif offers to bring home Musharraf's ailing mother
Sharif offers to bring home Musharraf...

Sharif offers to bring home Musharraf’s ailing mother

Islamabad – The Pakistani government Friday offered to send a special plane or air ambulance to bring former president Pervez Musharraf’s mother to Pakistan from Dubai. “The prime minister of Pakistan, on sympathetic grounds, is ready to send a special plane or an air ambulance to... read more »

Where a tarpaulin cover is home: Visiting the riot displaced
Where a tarpaulin cover is home: Visitin...

Where a tarpaulin cover is home: Visiting the riot displaced

By Rosamma Thomas Shamli (Uttar Pradesh) – At the Malakpur relief camp in Shamli district of western Uttar Pradesh, one of the largest of the dozen-odd for the victims of the riots that erupted in September, children run about barefoot in the cold and damp, with little protection from the... read more »

Nobody has died of cold in UP: UP Principal Secretary
Nobody has died of cold in UP: UP Princi...

Nobody has died of cold in UP: UP Principal Secretary

Lucknow – Uttar Pradesh’s Principal Secretary (Home) Anil Gupta on Friday rejected charges that deaths of children in relief camps in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar District, had been due to the wintry and cold conditions. “Children have died of pneumonia, not of cold. Nobody... read more »

Modi says Gujarat riots shook him to the core
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Harmony is the foundation upon which the future of any society, state or country rests, says Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. After a court gave him clean chit on Thursday in Gujarat riots case, Mr Modi wrote in his blog on Friday that he “was shaken to the core” when the riots... read more »

Post 'Bigg Boss', Andy eyes Bollywood

Post ‘Bigg Boss’, Andy eyes Bollywood

By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai – Now that his stint on TV reality show “Bigg Boss – Saath 7” has come to an abrupt end, former video jockey Andy’s eyes are set on... read more »

Now apply online to Indian schools in Oman

Now apply online to Indian schools in Oman

Muscat – Indian schools in Oman will go online with their admission process for the academic year 2014-2015, a media report Thursday said. The website related to admissions,... read more »

'Dhoom:3' rules Nepal box office, local films' release delayed for 3 weeks

‘Dhoom:3′ rules Nepal box office, local films’ release delayed for 3 wee...

By Anil Giri Kathmandu – Bollywood star Aamir Khan-starrer action thriller “Dhoom:3”, which is expected to mint Rs.300 crore (about $48 million), is going so strong at the... read more »

Blast targets bus in Cairo, 5 injured.

Blast targets bus in Cairo, 5 injured.

Five people were injured, one in a critical condition, when a bomb was hurled at a public bus in Egypt’s capital, Cairo, two days after 14 were killed in an attack on a police station... read more »

Ahmedabad court rejected a petition filed by Zakia Jafri against Modi in 2002 Gujarat riots

Ahmedabad court rejected a petition filed by Zakia Jafri against ...

Ahmedabad – In a big relief to BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, a Ahmedabad court on Thursday rejected a petition filed by Zakia Jafri against the closure report of... read more »