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Two Mumbai blasts suspects caught in Nepal

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:31:38 -0400

Two Indian aides of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, suspected of having a role in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts that killed 257 people, were arrested

Diarrhoea kills 32 in flood-hit Bihar

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:02:20 -0400

At least 32 people, including 18 children, have died of diarrhoea in flood-hit Bihar's Supaul and Saharsa districts, officials said on Saturday, giving rise to

This Delhi flea market is for high-end buyers!

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:59:18 -0400

It's fashioned after a flea market but isn't quite one. With a mall for its backdrop, Flea @ Nite offers designer clothes, silver and semi-precious

ABVP clinches DUSU presidential post

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:53:50 -0400

Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) wrested the president's post in the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) elections from the NSUI, which bagged the other three

Shutdown affects life in Kashmir valley

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:45:29 -0400

Life in the Kashmir valley was paralysed on Saturday due to the shutdown called by the joint coordination committee of both the separatist Hurriyat groups.Shops,

NSG parleys inconclusive, another round today

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:40:51 -0400

Consensus eluded the NSG for a clean waiver for India with China joining a clutch of countries having strong reservations but the US maintained that

N-deal: US hopes to put "secret letter" row behind

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:32:28 -0400

The White House hopes that India and the US could put the furore caused over the release of a so-called "secret letter" on Washington's position

Bengal rues follies of petty politicians

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:26:54 -0400

It is West Bengal's misfortune that its political fate is in the hands of some of the most short-sighted and petty-minded politicians in recent memory.

Prohibitory order in Orissa ahead of VHP rally

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:20:41 -0400

An order prohibiting the assembly of four or more people has been issued here to prevent Hindu groups from carrying out processions to mourn their

Drought looming over MP, claims CM

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:10:31 -0400

Except for three divisions, a drought situation is looming over Madhya Pradesh due to scanty rainfall in the current monsoon season, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh