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19 killed, 107 injured in Egypt train derailment

Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
Cairo, Jan At least 19 people were killed and 103 others injured when an Egyptian military train derailed near Cairo Tuesday, the government said. The train carrying young conscripts was on its way to a military camp in Cairo when two carriages derailed in the Giza neighbourhood of Badrashin, Xinhua reported. Newly-appointed ...

Pak players’ participation in HIL doubtful

Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
Pak players' participation in HIL doubtfulNew Delhi, Jan  The border tension between India and Pakistan has spilled on to the sportsfield. The future of nine Pakistanis in the Hockey India League (HIL) looks grim amid rising protests against their participation in the inaugural event. There were indiccations of this Monday night when Jaypee Punjab Warriors and ...

Indira’s assassins honoured in Golden Temple complex

Sunday, January 6th, 2013
Indira's assassins honoured in Golden Temple complex Amritsar, Jan  Two assassins of prime minister Indira Gandhi were Sunday honoured by a senior Sikh clergyman to mark the 24th anniversary of their hanging. The head of Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikh religion, honoured the kin of the assassins at the Golden Temple complex here. Satwant Singh and ...

North India continues to freeze, 16 more deaths in UP

Sunday, January 6th, 2013
North India continues to freeze, 16 more deaths in UP New Delhi, Jan  North India continued to freeze Sunday with life across the region hit by bone-numbing cold and the toll climbing to well over 100 with at least 16 more people dying in Uttar Pradesh, officials said. The frigid conditions are expected to continue in the week ahead. The mercury ...

Chargesheet filed in Delhi gang-rape

Friday, January 4th, 2013
Chargesheet filed in Delhi gang-rape New Delhi, Jan  Delhi Police Thursday filed a chargesheet seeking trial for murder and gang-rape against five men who brutally assaulted a young woman who died 13 days later in Singapore. The case against the sixth accused, said to be a minor, would be heard by the Juvenile Justice Board. The five ...

US drone strike kills four in Pakistan

Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
Islamabad, Jan  Four people were killed early Thursday when a US drone strike targeted a house in Pakistan's South Waziristan area, bordering Afghanistan, Geo News reported. The strike, carried out around midnight, was the first US drone strike in 2013. An unmanned aircraft fired missiles at a house, suspected of being a ...

Ibrahim takes over as IB chief

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013
Ibrahim takes over as IB chiefNew Delhi, Jan  Indian Police Service officer S.A. Ibrahim Tuesday took over as chief of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), becoming the first from the country's main minority community to hold the post. Home ministry sources said Ibrahim took over as IB director Tuesday. Ibrahim, an IPS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, ...

24 foreign TV channels can’t telecast in India for lack of permission

Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
24 foreign TV channels can't telecast in India for lack of permissionNew Delhi, Dec The Indian government Tuesday said 24 foreign TV channels have been denied permission to telecast in India as they have either not sought permission for down-linking or such permission has not been given. External affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said at a media briefing that the information and ...

BBC chief quits over false child abuse report

Sunday, November 11th, 2012
BBC chief quits over false child abuse report London, Nov 11  The BBC's director general, George Entwistle, resigned from his post Saturday in the wake of a Newsnight child abuse broadcast which, he said, should have been never been broadcast. In a statement given outside New Broadcasting House, Entwistle said: "I have decided that the honourable thing to do ...

Indian American Ami Bera widens lead in California pol

Saturday, November 10th, 2012
Indian American Ami Bera widens lead in California polDr Ami Bera, a Los Angeles-born physician son of Indian immigrants, has increased his lead in the race for California's 7th Congressional district bringing him a step closer to making history. If he wins, Bera will only be the third Indian-American elected to the US House of Representatives after Dalip Singh ...
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