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MTNL planning to raise around Rs 2,300 c...

MTNL planning to raise around Rs 2,300 crore by selling bonds with ten-year...

MUMBAI: State-owned Mahanagar Telephone Nigam is planning to raise around Rs 2,300 crore by selling bonds with ten-year maturity. A week ago, it had mobilised Rs 1,500 crore by offering the same securities. “We have got approval for Rs 3,769 crore collectively this year, and are raising it in... read more »

Murder of Lee Rigby ‘could not hav...

Murder of Lee Rigby ‘could not have been prevented’

The murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby could not have been prevented by the intelligence agencies, according to a parliamentary inquiry, despite the names of his killers appearing in seven different agency investigations. The soldier was killed near Woolwich Barracks in London on 22 May 2013 by Muslim... read more »

24 killed, 52 injured in China’s c...

24 killed, 52 injured in China’s coal mine fire

Beijing: At least 24 workers were killed and 52 others injured today when a fire broke out in a coal mine in China’s northeastern Liaoning province soon after a mild earthquake jolted the region. The fire was noticed in the early hours at the coal mine under Hengda Coal, a subsidiary of Fuxin... read more »

Attack on journalists at Hisar: Supreme ...

Attack on journalists at Hisar: Supreme Court to hear plea on Monday

The plea filed by a group of media persons has sought punishment for “erring police officials” for resorting to lathi charge “without caution and care”. It has also alleged there was an increasing tendency to “muzzle the press” by government authorities and... read more »

Cambodia tribunal convicts Khmer Rouge leaders

Three and a half decades after the rule of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge ended, a U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal on Thursday sentenced two top leaders of the regime to life in prison on war... read more »

Bangladesh retrieves 23 bodies

Dhaka: Authorities in Bangladesh on Thursday said they could recover 23 bodies so far and listed 138 as missing passengers three days after an overloaded ferry plying with an expired... read more »

Toll Hits 25 as Yemen Troops Clash With Militants

Yemen’s Defense Ministry says seven suspected Al-Qaida militants have been killed in clashes with the army, bringing to 25 the death toll among militants in an army operation aimed at... read more »

Australians mourn victims of downed Malaysian jet

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s prime minister said Thursday that those responsible for shooting down the Malaysian airliner over Ukraine will face justice, as his nation marked a day... read more »

Barack Obama hails ‘new Africa emerging’

US President Barack Obama has hailed a new emerging Africa, on the last day of a summit in Washington DC with 40 African leaders. Wednesday’s talks covered security concerns and corruption... read more »