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Nasheed: I left at gunpoint
The ousted President of the Maldives, credited with bringing democracy to the Indian Ocean island resort, said on Wednesday he was forced out of power at gunpoint, prompting clashes between police and
62% turnout in rain-hit UP, state’s highest ever
Despite incessant rains and inclement weather, Uttar Pradesh recorded 62-64 per cent polling in the first phase of the crucial Assembly elections on Wednesday, when votes were cast in 55 seats across
3 ‘porn’ mantris resign, barred from Assembly
The three Karnataka BJP ministers who outraged a nation and embarrassed their party and government after being caught watching porn on a cellphone in the Assembly on Tuesday resigned Wednesday after g
Modi gets HC rap for riots ‘inaction’
In a major blow to the Narendra Modi government, the Gujarat high court censured it Wednesday for “inaction and negligence” in the 2002 post-Godhra riots, saying this resulted in an “anarchic” situati
Bahrain Telecom first to exit India
Bahrain Telecommun-ications (Batelco) has become the first international telecom firm to exit India, selling its 43 per cent stake in STel, whose licences were cancelled by the Supreme Court last week
1st of 800 Keralites in Saudi jails home soon
NRI businessman Siddeek Ahmed has kept his word: Kalacheri Mathew, a construction worker languishing in a Saudi Arabian jail for the last six months, will be free and return here on February 10.
Maldives mutiny forces out Prez
The Maldives’ first democratically elected President resigned Tuesday after a police mutiny described as an “attempted coup”, capping weeks of upheaval.
GoM allows airlines to import jet fuel directly
A high-level Group of Ministers on Tuesday decided that airlines be allowed to import aviation turbine fuel (ATF) directly from overseas and also recommended Air India be authorised to issue governmen
K’taka ministers caught watching porn, face axe
The Karnataka BJP faced fresh embarrassment on Tuesday when two Cabinet ministers in the D.V.
Union Budget to be on March 16,Rail on March 14
As the Assembly polls in five states will be completed on March 6, the government announced Tuesday that the Budget Session of Parliament will be convened on March 12, and the 2012-13 Union Budget pre
