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Uproar in Tamil Nadu after Andhra Prades...

Uproar in Tamil Nadu after Andhra Pradesh Police kill at least 20 red sande...

At least 20 red sanders smugglers were shot dead by a task force team of Tirupati Police in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday morning in the Seshachalam forest area, on the outskirts of temple town Tirupati. Officials said that today early morning a beat guard on patrol heard sounds of chopping trees, and... read more »

Dena Bank, LIC sign MoU to provide life ...

Dena Bank, LIC sign MoU to provide life cover under PMJBY

State-run lender Dena Bank on Monday signed agreement with LIC to provide insurance cover to its savings account holders under the Prime Minister’s Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJBY) scheme. Under the Memorandum of Understanding, LIC will give a life cover of Rs 2 lakh in case of... read more »

Banking sector must grow by 4-5 times to...

Banking sector must grow by 4-5 times to finance higher GDP: Jayant Sinha

For accelerating and sustaining growth over the next decade from the present 7-8%, India has to move from the $2 trillion economy to $4-5 trillion economy, Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Finance, said. Speaking on the imperatives of financing growth, Sinha, dwelt upon three broad areas which... read more »

Gold futures down 0.19% on profit-bookin...

Gold futures down 0.19% on profit-booking

NEW DELHI: Gold futures declined 0.19 per cent to Rs 26,945 per 10 grams as investors indulged in booking profits at prevailing levels amidst a weak trend in global markets. Gold prices fell by Rs 52, or 0.19 per cent, to trade at Rs 26,945 per 10 grams for delivery in June at the Multi Commodity... read more »

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Sibal accuses BJP of double speak in snooping row

Sibal hopes apex court acts against Ganguly

New Delhi – Law Minister Kapil Sibal said Monday the Supreme Court should look into the matter against Justice A.K. Ganguly who has been accused of sexual harassment by a law intern. “We... read more »

Situation unchanged despite tougher anti-rape law: Speaker

Situation unchanged despite tougher anti-rape law:...

New Delhi – Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Monday said that despite the government having brought out a tougher law to fight sexual harassment,... read more »

Law intern’s affidavit against Ganguly made public

Law intern’s affidavit against Ganguly made public

Excerpts of an affidavit by a law intern, who has accused former Supreme Court judge A.K. Ganguly of sexual harassment, have been made public by Additional... read more »

Seemandhra lawmakers tear, burn copies of Telangana bil...

Seemandhra lawmakers tear, burn copies of Telangana bill

Hyderabad – Tension prevailed in the Andhra assembly premises Monday when legislators from coastal Andhra and Rayalseema  regions tore off and set fire... read more »

Bill to form Telangana tabled in Andhra assembly

Andhra assembly to debate Telangana bill from Wednesday

Hyderabad – The bill for bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh was Monday tabled in the state assembly amid protests by legislators from Rayalaseema and coastal... read more »

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Biden tells Chinese students to challenge country's authority

Biden tells Chinese students to challenge country’s authori...

Tokyo – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has urged young Chinese students to challenge their government, teachers and religious leaders. The comments from Biden came as he opened a two-day visit... read more »

China urges US to respect air defence zone

China urges US to respect air defence zone

Beijing – China Thursday urged the US to respect its establishment of the East China Sea Air Defence Identification Zone objectively and... read more »

‘India’s Rape Epidemic’ among Time...

'India's Rape Epidemic' among Time's top ten stories

Washington – Time magazine has listed “India’s Rape Epidemic”, about the nationwide uproar over a number of rape incidents, especially... read more »

UNGA should play a greater role: China

China urges personnel's safety in South Sudan

United Nations – China called on the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to play a greater role in shaping the agenda of global development beyond 2015. Wang Min,... read more »

Syrian chemical weapons removal programme on track: off...

Syrian chemical weapons disposal plan to be released next week: UN

United Nations – The head of the joint United Nation! s and Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons team charged with eliminating chemical... read more »

Pak Court Declares Taliban Chief ‘Proclaimed Offender’

Pakistani Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah and the outfit’s former spokesman Shahidullah Shahid were today declared “proclaimed offenders” by a court here in connection with... read more »

Belgian police kill two in raid on suspected Islamists

Belgian police killed two men who opened fire on them during one of about a dozen raids on Thursday against an Islamist group that federal prosecutors said was about to launch “terrorist... read more »

US drone strike kills seven in South Waziristan

PESHAWAR – At least seven suspected militants have been killed while four others injured in a US drone strike near the Pak-Afghan border in South Waziristan Agency. Two of the dead... read more »

Six labourers killed, 10 injured in coalmine blast

KALAYA: Six labourers were killed and seven others sustained injuries in a coalmine explosion in the Doli area in Orakzai Agency where the Mines and Minerals Department has declared several... read more »

Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram may be ineligible to vote in up...

Nigerians fleeing a wave of killings by the Islamist group Boko Haram have already lost loved ones, livelihoods and most of their possessions. Now they seem likely to lose their vote. A closely... read more »