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John Kerry condemns Jerusalem synagogue attack
World | Nov 18, 2014, 05:07 PM ISTLondon: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry angrily condemned Tuesday's deadly attack on a Jerusalem synagogue and demanded that the Palestinian leadership take immediate steps to end incitement to violence as Israeli-Palestinian tensions soared.“This morning
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Cooperation with India is not in disputed area: Japan to China
World | Nov 18, 2014, 04:44 PM ISTBeijing: Japan has told China that its plans to build 2,000 kms of “strategic road” in India's North-East do not come under the disputed areas along the Sino-India border, a senior Chinese official said today.
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Russia to G-20: We're here. So are our warships
World | Nov 14, 2014, 07:51 PM ISTBrisbane: Vladimir Putin is underlining his presence at a major summit of world leaders in Australia by stationing warships in waters off the country's northeastern coast, prompting the Australian prime minister to angrily accuse Russia
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Burdwan blast: NIA team to visit Bangladesh on November 17
World | Nov 13, 2014, 08:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: A team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) will be visiting Bangladesh on November 17 to brief the authorities in Dhaka and also seek cooperation of that country to unravel all plans of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen
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Process for inking FTA underway: Philippines assures India
World | Nov 13, 2014, 04:42 PM ISTNay Pyi Taw: The Philippines, the only country in the 10-nation ASEAN to sign a Free Trade Agreement for services and investments with India, today assured that the internal process for inking the ambitious bilateral
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UK, France support India as permanent member of UNSC
World | Nov 13, 2014, 04:00 PM ISTUnited Nations: The UK, France and Nepal have supported India's candidature as a permanent member of a reformed UN Security Council as member nations expressed frustration at the lack of progress on long-pending reforms in
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PM Modi enjoys performance by Myanmarese musician
World | Nov 12, 2014, 10:57 PM ISTNay Pyi Taw: In the midst of his hectic diplomatic engagements, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday spent a couple of minutes enjoying the notes played by a young musician on a Myanmarese xylophone, locally
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PM Modi meets Brunei Sultan, Singapore PM
World | Nov 12, 2014, 05:07 PM ISTNay Pyi Taw: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday held a string of meetings here with leaders of Southeast Asian neighbours, including Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.Modi told the
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Pakistan court dismiss plea to hold Mumbai attacks trial by video
World | Nov 12, 2014, 04:56 PM ISTLahore: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court today dismissed a plea to conduct the trial of seven accused in the 2008 Mumbai attacks case including LeT operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi through video-link and asked authorities to
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China sees red over Vladimir Putin's warm gesture towards Xi Jingping's wife on a chilly night
World | Nov 11, 2014, 11:44 PM ISTBeijing: It was a warm gesture on a chilly night when Vladimir Putin wrapped a shawl around the wife of Xi Jinping while the Chinese president chatted with Barack Obama. The only problem: Putin came
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Russian President Putin plans to visit India this year: spokesman
World | Nov 11, 2014, 06:42 PM ISTBeijing: Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit India this year to strengthen bilateral strategic ties, his spokesman said here today."The Russian president plans to visit India before the end of the year," Putin's spokesperson
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Osama bin Laden 'died afraid': ex-SEAL
World | Nov 09, 2014, 10:10 PM ISTWashington: Osma bin Laden "died afraid", says a former US Navy SEAL who claims he fired the fatal shot that killed the al Qaeda chief in Pakistan in 2011."He died afraid, and he knew we
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45 suspects taken into custody for Wagah suicide blast
World | Nov 07, 2014, 09:00 PM ISTLahore: A total of 45 suspects have been taken into custody by Pakistan police in connection with the deadly suicide blast at Wagah border which killed 63 people. “We have taken 45 suspects into custody
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Pakistan says it does not accept 'any conditionality' in dialogue
World | Nov 06, 2014, 06:57 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan today reacted sharply to Defence Minister Arun Jaitley's remarks that it should decide whether to talk to India or to separatist Kashmiri leaders, saying it does not accept "any conditionality" in the dialogue
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Delhi-Kuala Lumpur flight makes emergency landing in Bangkok
World | Nov 03, 2014, 04:55 PM ISTBangkok: A New Delhi-Kuala Lumpur bound Malindo Air plane with 129 people on board today made an emergency landing at Thailand's Don Mueng Airport here after experiencing a technical problem while flying over Myanmar, the
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52 killed, 200 hurt in suicide attack at Wagah border in Pak
World | Nov 02, 2014, 09:31 PM ISTLahore: At least 52 people, including children and security personnel, were killed and about 200 others injured in a powerful suicide blast in Pakistan at Wagah today, minutes after the popular flag-lowering ceremony at the
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Probe of space tourism rocket crash may take year
World | Nov 02, 2014, 05:02 PM ISTMojave, California : Billionaire Richard Branson is promising to find out what caused the crash of his Virgin Galactic prototype space tourism rocket that killed a test pilot, but U.S. federal investigators are cautioning that
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Sushma Swaraj hails India, Mauritius friendship
World | Nov 02, 2014, 04:31 PM ISTPort Louis: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today recalled the historical linkages between India and Mauritius as she hailed the democratic values shared by the two countries saying that India will always be a “steadfast
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US spy agencies spent nearly $68 bn in 2014
World | Oct 31, 2014, 11:30 AM ISTWashington: US spy agencies spent nearly $68 billion in fiscal year 2014, about the same level of spending on intelligence gathering in the previous year, the government has said.Funding for the country's 17 intelligence agencies
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Malaysia Airlines sued by 2 boys over Flight 370
World | Oct 31, 2014, 10:25 AM ISTKuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Two Malaysian teenage boys on Friday sued Malaysia Airlines and the government over the loss of their father on Flight 370, the first lawsuit filed by the family of a passenger