Seventeen coal miners die after blast in west China
Seventeen coal miners have died after being trapped by a weekend gas explosion in northwestern China, an official news agency reported on Monday. The miners were trapped Saturday by the explosion at a mine 120 km from Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region, the Xinhua News Agency said. It said... read more »
Seoul warns Japan not to undermine N Korea nuclear arms abandonment
Seoul: South Korea warned Japan on Thursday against undermining efforts to force North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons, after Tokyo announced the lifting of selected sanctions on Pyongyang.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said a number of unilateral sanctions would be revoked after progress... read more »
PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Udhampur-Katra rail link, calls first train &#...
I dedicate this ‘Shree Shakti Express’ to the nation, says PM Modi as he concludes his address. My priority is to win the hearts of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, says PM. People in the remotest parts of the country should be a part of national development, says Modi. J&K is... read more »
AAP petitions for fresh polls
A delegation of Aam Aadmi Party MLAs led by national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday met President Pranab Mukherjee and requested him to dissolve the Delhi Assembly and get fresh polls conducted at the earliest. While pushing its case for another election, the party, in a memorandum submitted... read more »
Protesters march to Thai leader’s compound
Emboldened by the removal of Thailand’s prime minister, anti-government protesters withdrew from the city’s main park Monday and marched to the vacated prime minister’s office... read more »
Oscar Pistorius trial resumes today as ballistics expert cross-examined
Oscar Pistorius’s lawyers today start what they said may be last week of their bid to undermine the prosecution’s case that the Paralympic gold medalist murdered his girlfriend Reeva... read more »
Libya : At least 40 drown as boat to Europe capsizes
Tripoli, Libya: Libyan officials said on Sunday that the bodies of at least 24 migrants attempting to make it to Europe were found after a boat carrying 130 capsized this weekend off the... read more »
Ukraine leaders denounce independence poll as ‘a farce’
Ukraine has condemned a rebel referendum in eastern regions that its pro-Russian organisers claim gives them the right to split from the country. According to partial results, 89 per cent... read more »
Modi’s Gujarat Meet Tomorrow Triggers Talk of Search for Su...
Gandhinagar – Narendra Modi, the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, has called a meeting tomorrow evening of all his party’s state legislators in Gandhinagar, triggering speculation... read more »
