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French Sports World Mourns Athletes Who ...

French Sports World Mourns Athletes Who Died in Crash

Olympic gold medalist Camille Muffat had retired from swimming to focus on her personal life, boxer Alexis Vastine had some unfinished business after two disappointing Olympics, and the beloved sailor Florence Arthaud was a pioneer for women in her sport. The three athletes were among 10 people who... read more »

Argentina air crash: French Olympians am...

Argentina air crash: French Olympians among 10 people killed

Two helicopters carrying French sports stars filming a popular European reality show crashed in a remote part of Argentina, killing 10 people, including two Olympic medal winners and a sailing champion, authorities said. The helicopters apparently collided in midair Monday near Villa Castelli in La... read more »

Masarat Alam’s release row: J&...

Masarat Alam’s release row: J&K CM phones Rajnath Singh, vows to ...

New Delhi: Amid raging controversy over the release of separatist leader ​Masarat Alam, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Tuesday telephoned Home Minister Rajnath Singh and assured him that directives of the court will be followed in releasing political prisoners in the... read more »

AAP “officially” lists reaso...

AAP “officially” lists reasons for Yogendra Yadav and Prashant ...

NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) issued a scathing statement against Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan on Tuesday morning defending the national executive’s decision to oust the duo from the political affairs committee (PAC), the party’s highest decision-making body. Yadav and... read more »

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WTO deal on MSP for farm produce is a win for India's farmers: Anand Sharma

WTO deal on MSP for farm produce is a win for India’s farme...

Bali ( Indonesia) – India has accepted a WTO draft proposal that will allow countries to provide subsidy on staple food crops without any threat of punitive action. That the WTO has issued a... read more »

Sanjay Dutt to leave Pune's Yerawada Jail to spend time with unwell wife

Sanjay Dutt to leave Pune’s Yerawada Jail to...

Mumbai – Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, who is currently lodged in Pune’s Yerawada Jail for his role in the 1993 serial bomb blasts in... read more »

Two detained in Goa for Dabholkar murder

Two detained in Goa for Dabholkar murder

Pune Crime Branch has taken into custody two persons from Goa for questioning in connection with the murder of noted rationalist Narendra Dabholkar. The duo,... read more »

Tehelka case: Shoma Chaudhury reaches Goa Court

Tehelka case: Shoma Chaudhury reaches Goa Court

Panaji – Former Tehelka managing editor Shoma Chaudhury has reached a judicial magistrate’s court here today to record her statement in connection... read more »

Court allows Tytler to go abroad

Court allows Tytler to go abroad

New Delhi – A court here Friday allowed Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, char! ge sheeted in a case of alleged forgery of a letter sent to the prime... read more »

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US hopes India will persuade 'friend' Karzai on troops stay post-2014

Hamid Karzai likely to defer signing U.S. security deal till Apri...

Washington – Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has decided to defer signing the security deal with the United States until after the April 5 elections. Karzai said, while addressing the... read more »

Women rescued from UK house after 30 years

Women rescued from UK house after 30 years

Three women enslaved for 30 years have been rescued from a house in London including one who has spent her entire life in domestic servitude, police... read more »

After 11 Years in Prison, Michael C. Skakel Goes Free o...

After 11 Years in Prison, Michael C. Skakel Goes Free on Bail

STAMFORD — After spending more than a decade behind bars for the murder of a teenage girl in Greenwich, Conn., Michael C. Skakel, a cousin of the Kennedys,... read more »

Population of homeless people in NY City and LA has inc...

Population of homeless people in NY City and LA has increased by 27 percent

Federal statistics from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) annual survey of over 3,000 cities and counties show the number of people... read more »

17 killed in Latvia supermarket roof collapse

17 killed in Latvia supermarket roof collapse

Riga – At least 17 people died Friday with dozens still trapped in the debris after the roof of a supermarket collapsed in a suburb of Riga, the Latvian... read more »

Cancer: Breaking the bad news to patients

For Dr Ranjana Srivastava, who began working as an oncologist in Australia 10 years ago, breaking the news to patients suffering from cancer is part of the job. “A doctor must be able... read more »

Super30 among top3 pioneering educational initiatives : Japanese group

PATNA: A Japanese media group has selected Mathematician Anand Kumar’s Super 30 among three pioneering initiatives in the field of education. Apart from Anand Kumar’s Super 30,... read more »

PRECIOUS-Gold rises 2 pct as year-end jitters knock stocks, dollar

Gold rose 2 percent on Tuesday, while silver jumped more than 4 percent as the dollar weakened and stock markets slid, with concerns over tension between Russia and the West also helping... read more »

New drug combo therapy may treat malaria in children

A new drug combination therapy may help treat malaria in children, a new study has found. Artemisinin-naphthoquine drug-combo should be considered for the treatment of children with... read more »

Graft probes: After NCP, CM Fadnavis goes after Congress leaders

After granting the go-ahead to probe graft charges against senior NCP leaders, the BJP-led government in Maharashtra is now focussing on allegations of graft against Congress leaders. On Tuesday, the... read more »