2016

New Delhi: Four men, arrested for allegedly raping a US tourist in a 5-star hotel earlier this year, were today sent to two-day judicial custody by a city court. Metropolitan Magistrate Harvinder Singh sent the accused to Tihar Jail after…
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Beijing: An earthquake with 4.8-magnitude today hit China's southwest Rongchang district, prompting authorities to halt several high-speed trains on Chengdu- Chongqing rail line. The quake occurred at 8:17 AM, with the epicentre monitored…
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Kabul: The Afghan government is expressing concern over a high-level tripartite meeting taking place to discuss Afghan issues, but without Afghan representatives invited. Representatives from Russia, China and Pakistan are scheduled to…
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New Delhi: Slamming Mayawati for linking the Enforcement Directorate action against BSP to her being a Dalit, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today said her Dalit origin does not give her a "licence" to indulge in corruption and she should…
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New Delhi: Toeing the party line, Sheila Dikshit today targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi wondering why he was shying away from an independent probe into the 'Sahara-Birla' papers relating to alleged pay-offs, days after her comments…
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Srinagar: Terming Kashmir as a safe place for tourists, a delegation of tour operators from different parts of the country, who were on a familiarisation tour of the Valley, today called upon the people to visit the "heaven on earth",…
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New Delhi: A disastrous Olympic campaign where they made up just the numbers and a doping fiasco to add to the misery, Indian athletics yet again did little to shrug off the tag of country's most underachieving sport in the year gone by.…
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Mumbai: Indrani Mukerjea, prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, was today taken out of the Byculla jail to attend the post-death rituals of her father in Mulund here. A special CBI court had last week granted her the permission to…
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Manila: The Philippine coast guard pressed its search today for 18 missing Filipino crewmen from a cargo ship that sank at the height of Typhoon Nock-Ten, which struck the country on Christmas Day, spoiling holiday celebrations in Asia's…
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Jerusalem: Israel's foreign ministry said today the country was "reducing" ties with nations that voted for last week's UN Security Council resolution demanding a halt to settlement building in Palestinian territory. Refuting reports that…
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