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Pakistan prime minister to make first visit to India

PAKISTAN Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf will visit India for the first time this week for a day-long pilgrimage to a Muslim shrine, officials...

Facilitator’ of Taliban school attack killed in Pakistan

PAKISTANI security forces have killed a Taliban commander who allegedly facilitated the Peshawar school massacre, which left 150 people dead in the country's worst...

Chidambaram, arrested in INX media case, spends a quiet night at CBI headquarters

Former Union finance minister P Chidambaram spent a quiet night in the CBI guest house on the ground floor of the agency headquarters after...

Scotland Yard’s Indian-origin chief launches new anti-terror campaign

Scotland Yard's newly appointed Indian-origin counter-terrorism chief, Neil Basu, has launched a new campaign to urge the public to help in the fight against...

Foreigners stay calm and carry on in London riots

“BLOODY foreigners...” someone tweeted when word circulated that Turkish and Kurdish people were gathering on the streets of east London to defend their shops...

Modi and McCain talk of desire to ‘revitalise’ India-US ties

NEWLY elected Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushed for improving US ties during a meeting with Senator John McCain in New Delhi on Thursday...

Top court refuses to restrain states from banning mobile internet

THE Supreme Court on Thursday (February 11) refused to restrain states from banning mobile internet, saying that such steps are necessary to maintain law...

Huge fire engulfs venue at “Make in India” event

A HUGE fire engulfed the venue of a cultural event in Mumbai on Sunday (February 14) that was being held at the opening of...

Priyanka steps up to fight for Congress party

INDIAN Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's sister clashed with an estranged cousin running in the election on an opposition ticket on Tuesday (April 15), in...

Four Indian women boxers enter world youth semifinals

Indian women boxers continued their impressive run at the world youth championships with four of them making the semifinals to be assured of medals...