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Maoist ambush kills five in Jharkhand

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:15:27 -0500

Maoists ambushed a police patrolling party, killing five constables of the Special Task Force (STF) in Ranchi district's Silli area on Friday."The STF personnel were

India to open N-sector for pvt players soon

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:11:48 -0500

India is expected to open up its nuclear sector for private players once it completes bilateral civil nuclear cooperation pacts, Science and Technology Minister Kapil

Medvedev cuts short India visit

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:15:30 -0500

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev cut short his India visit and left for home on Friday night, 12 hours before his scheduled departure, in view of

Congress, White House agree on $15 bn auto bailout

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:25:20 -0500

Jolted by the loss of thousands of jobs, congressional Democrats and the White House reached for agreement on Friday over $15 billion in bailout loans

Pak ready to work closely with India in Mumbai terror probe

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:06:39 -0500

Pakistan said late on Friday that it was ready to work closely with India to "expose the hidden hands" behind the Mumbai terror attacks as

France heads into Chinese storm over Tibet

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:54:26 -0500

France's ties with China are being put to the test as President Nicolas Sarkozy defies angry warnings of trade sanctions from Beijing to hold his

Rizwan case: SC extends stay on arrest of ex-officers

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:05:04 -0500

The Supreme Court on Friday extended its stay on the arrest of the three former Kolkata Police officers accused by the CBI of abetting the

Citigroup sells German retail banking business

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:10:10 -0500

Troubled banking giant Citigroup on Friday said it has completed the sale of its German retail banking business to European banking group Credit Mutuel-CIC for

Citigroup sells German retail banking business

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:10:10 -0500

Troubled banking giant Citigroup on Friday said it has completed the sale of its German retail banking business to European banking group Credit Mutuel-CIC for

Katrina Kaif is sexiest Asian woman for 2008

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:38:43 -0500

Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif has been adjudged the sexiest Asian woman in the world in 2008 by a UK-based weekly, with last year's winner Bipasha