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India, France to firm up fight against terrorism
We have been inspired by the French Revolution: Manmohan

Indian contingents wow French crowds
Paris: Four hundred Indian soldiers, from the Maratha Light Infantry and contingents from the Navy and the Air Force with their accompanying bands wowed French crowds with their quick, precision marching and impressive uniforms at the Bastille ...

Rethink on appeals against Saeed’s release
Hearing adjourned to allow governments to decide

India, Pakistan facing ‘last chance’ for dialogue
If there is no progress now, relations may slowly deteriorate

A peace song from across the border
ISLAMABAD: As India and Pakistan prepare for talks on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Egypt, three Pakistani peace activists, one of them a well-known name in music, have come up with a song urging the leaders of the two ...

“No decision yet in Saeed case”
ISLAMABAD: Punjab Advocate-General Raza Farooq has said that no decision had yet been made about its appeal in the Supreme Court against the release of Jamat-ud-Dawa leader Hafiz Saeed. JuD is a well-known front of the Lashkar-e-Taiba ...

Will hold talks with an open mind: Gilani
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani said on Tuesday he was going to hold talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Egypt with an “open mind” as not talking could only benefit terrorists. Talking to ...

Pakistan hands over fresh dossier to India
Paris: Pakistan has handed over a fresh dossier on its probe into the Mumbai terror attacks to India, ahead of the meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistan counterpart, Yousuf Raza Gilani, in Egypt on Thursday. The ...

Pranab: economy shows signs of recovery
NEW DELHI: Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday asserted that with the economy showing signs of recovery, the government had to go in for increased borrowings in the absence of private investments so as to provide a fillip for ...

Pranab: government borrowings will not starve private sector of funds
Discussions on with Ministries for identifying PSUs for disinvestment

All cantilever structures will be rechecked, says DMRC
Independent experts appointed; site clearing operations going on

No ‘mad rush’ to complete Metro work: government
“Safety norms won’t be compromised”

Mithi crosses danger mark
In Kurla, 140 hutment dwellers from Kranti Nagar evacuated

Rain batters Mumbai
MUMBAI: Rain lashed Mumbai since Monday night, bringing the city to a virtual standstill by hitting rail and road traffic. Severe water-logging was seen at low-lying areas such as Kandaivali, Matunga, Sion, Hindmata, Vakola, Nana Chowk, ...

West Bengal, Jharkhand police discuss simultaneous operations
Bodies found in Memul forest; Maoists fire at police camp

Gorkha Morcha firm on continuing bandh
Home Ministry decides to hold tripartite talks

Jyoti Basu doing well, moved out of ICCU
KOLKATA: Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu, who was admitted to a private hospital here on July 12 after he fell unconscious for a while at his residence, is doing well and was moved out of the Intensive Cardiac Care Unit on Tuesday morning. ...

Kamal Nath: expressways authority will be set up
NEW DELHI: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Kamal Nath on Tuesday announced a proposal to split the National Highways Authority of India and create a separate Expressways Authority, which would singularly concentrate on construction ...

List of terror camps given to BDR: BSF chief
KOLKATA: The Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) has admitted to the presence of training camps of several anti-India terror outfits in its country and assured action against them, said Border Security Force Director-General M.L. Kumawat. ...

Aso calls snap elections
SINGAPORE: Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, under political siege for long, has set a snap general election on August 30, several weeks ahead of schedule. Following the move, which he announced in Tokyo on Monday night, his government ...

Sensex jumps 453 points
Strong global cues, favourable rainfall trigger buying

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Bangladesh’s first away Test win
West Indies wilts against Mahmudullah and Shakib’s spin

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Lanka wins series as Pakistan capitulates
The visitors shot out for 320 from 285 for one as Herath scalps five

J8 calls for quality education
NEW DELHI: Dream of an India where all children will receive quality education without discrimination is what prompted Sanjukta Pangi from Orissa, Samuel Venkatesan from Tamil Nadu and Narendra Kumar from Uttar Pradesh to push for the ...

No ‘virginity tests’: Chauhan
NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Tuesday described as “unsatisfactory” the report of the Madhya Pradesh government on alleged virginity tests conducted on brides during a State-sponsored mass marriage and ...

Central intervention sought on Palar issue


Blueprint for financial city likely in 6 months
CHENNAI: The State government hopes to get a blueprint for the establishment of the financial city near Chennai in six months. The Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) will be the nodal agency and it will shortly float ...

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