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Jakarta/Singapore: Several pieces of debris possibly linked to the missing AirAsia plane carrying 162 people aboard were spotted today floating in the Java Sea off Indonesia, close to the area where contact was lost with the aircraft.…
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Jakarta:  Debris spotted today during an aerial search for AirAsia flight QZ8501 is from the missing plane, Indonesia's director general of civil aviation told AFP. "For the time being it can be confirmed that it's the AirAsia plane and…
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New Delhi:  Moderate success in the Commonwealth and Asian Games was the only high point of a low-profile year in which Indian athletics also had to deal with the heartbreaking story of rising woman runner Dutee Chand being barred from…
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Washington: Aiming to expand its operation in India, a US gospel radio has announced to develop its radio programming in the Telugu language. The Tide global radio ministry, which produces radio programs that tell people about Jesus in…
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Pangkalan Bun (Indonesia): Items resembling an emergency slide, plane door and other objects were spotted in the sea during an aerial search today for missing AirAsia flight QZ8501, Indonesian officials said. An AFP photographer on the…
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Islamabad: Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi was today arrested just before his release following a Pakistani court's suspension of his detention under a public security order which had evoked a strong reaction from India.…
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Washington: The US today deployed a destroyer ship to help search the AirAsia plane that went missing after taking off from Indonesia amid fears that the jet is at the bottom of the sea. "Authorities in the region continue to lead the…
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Miami: An American Airlines flight was diverted to Kingston due to a "pressurisation issue" during its Bogota-to-Miami trip, the airline said. Flight 916, a Boeing 767 plane carrying 197 passengers and nine crew, "landed safely without…
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Rome: The Italian government "will see" if one of the two marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen in 2012 is fit enough to return to India, Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has said. The Foreign Minister said he "hopes" for results…
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New Delhi:  Russian President Vladimir Putin today sent new year greetings to President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, exuding confidence of implementing several major joint projects in a range of key areas including…
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