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Chhattisgarh naxals employing kids as soldiers: HRW

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:06:22 -0400

Naxalites rebel in Chhattisgarh are employing children in their military conflict, an international human rights group has pointed out and warned that using kids as

CBI court charges Dera chief with rape

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:16:02 -0400

The CBI court of Ambala framed charges of rape against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim on Saturday. Unlike the past three hearings,

Obama for streamlining H2B visa process

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:06:28 -0400

Driving home the point that he is for creating jobs in the US, Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama has favoured streamlining the process for the

Singur impasse: West Bengal governor resumes talks

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:44:51 -0400

West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi began a second round of mediatory talks on Saturday to find a solution to the 28-month dispute over the acquisition

Moderate quake hits Northern and Western India

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:35:51 -0400

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake shook the city and other parts of northern and western region of the country on Saturday.The epicentre of the quake, which occured

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

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