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Bangladesh’s first Hindu Chief Justice

Bangladesh’s first Hindu Chief Justice

Justice S.K. Sinha was on Monday appointed Chief Justice of Bangladesh to become the first Hindu to hold the highest...

13 Jan 2015 5:44 AM IST

Make Hindi UN’s official language says Nepal

Make Hindi UN’s official language says Nepal

Nepal’s vice-president Parmananda Jha, who had got into trouble for taking oath of office in Hindi, on Monday...

13 Jan 2015 5:43 AM IST

Afghan names ‘unity’ Cabinet

Afghan names ‘unity’ Cabinet

Afghanistan’s new Cabinet was unveiled on Monday after three months of wrangling following the election of...

13 Jan 2015 5:41 AM IST

The popemobile is driven during preparations ahead of Pope Francis holy mass at the Galle Face Green in Colombo. — AFP

New President purges Mahinda Rajapaksa officials

Cabinet will have 29 ministers

13 Jan 2015 5:40 AM IST

People gather around the wreckage of a passenger bus that was destroyed after colliding with an oil tanker— AP

62 killed as bus collides with oil tanker in Pakistan

At least 62 people, including women and children, were killed in Pakistan’s Karachi city on Sunday when their bus...

12 Jan 2015 6:05 AM IST

Brothers by blood, brothers-in-arms

Brothers by blood, brothers-in-arms

The fact that Said and Cherif Kouachi, the two men accused of carrying out the deadly attacks at French satirical...

12 Jan 2015 2:53 AM IST

Paper that ran cartoons firebombed

Paper that ran cartoons firebombed

A German tabloid that paid tribute to those killed at Charlie Hebdo by reprinting cartoons from the French satirical...

12 Jan 2015 2:51 AM IST

Thousands of people (above) gather at Place de la Nation during a rally in Paris on Sunday.— AP

Defiant Parisians rally for victims

More than a million people flooded Paris on Sunday in an “unprecedented” rally against terrorism, led by...

12 Jan 2015 2:49 AM IST

A seagull flies near the window as Pope Francis reads out his Sunday Angelus prayer in the Vatican on Sunday.— AP

Pope says his consern for poor comes from Gospel

Pope Francis is insisting that his concern for the poor and critique of the global economic system isn’t some...

12 Jan 2015 2:45 AM IST

Iran nuke chief uges enrichment ahead of talks

Iran nuke chief uges enrichment ahead of talks

Iran’s atomic agency chief insisted on Sunday on Tehran’s demands for increased uranium enrichment, days...

12 Jan 2015 2:43 AM IST

Nigeria appeals for support after Boko Haram massacre

Nigeria appeals for support after Boko Haram massacre

Nigeria’s military has called for support in tackling Boko Haram after a major attack on a key northeast town that...

12 Jan 2015 2:43 AM IST

ISIS kills 30 Kurds in Iraq

ISIS kills 30 Kurds in Iraq

ISIS group fighters attempting to retake a town in northern Iraq held by Kurdish peshmerga forces have killed at least...

12 Jan 2015 2:37 AM IST