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Indian-American Manju Goel to run for US Congress

Taking aim at "Obamacare" and the national debt, India-born Manju Goel is seeking Republican nomination for a Congressional run to…

10 years ago

Two held for author Sushmita Banerjee’s murder

Two persons have been held in Afghanistan over the killing of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee. Reportedly, the suspects were members…

10 years ago

US spying goes beyond security concerns: Brazil president

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has denounced the US spying on her country's state oil company Petrobras, and said the targeting…

10 years ago

Pakistan for building states’ capacity to combat terrorism

Pakistan has underscored the need for capacity building of states as part of the United Nations' counter-terrorism efforts.

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Britain supplied chemicals to Assad, says report

British companies sold poisonous chemicals to the Bashar al-Assad-led Syrian government that could have been used in the alleged chemical…

10 years ago

US Senate releases ‘videos’ of Syria chemical attack

A US Senate panel has released 13 videos showing the victims of the alleged chemical attack near Damascus on Aug…

10 years ago

China needs efforts to handle urbanisation challenges: Li

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has called for efforts to tackle challenges in the country's urbanisation drive

10 years ago

China, Kazakhstan to strengthen ties

China and Kazakhstan have agreed to strengthen their bilateral relations, as presidents of the two nations held talks on Saturday.

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Taliban to Sushmita: Why did you write nasty things?

The militants who barged into the Afghan home of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee and later shot her asked her why…

10 years ago

SAARC countries urge regional cooperation to push literacy

India's Saakshar Bharat adult literacy programme, which has been named for a UNESCO award today, came in for praise from…

10 years ago

Two mn Syrian children out of school: Unicef

The UN Children's Fund (Unicef) has said that it would launch a home-based self-learning programme this month to help Syrian…

10 years ago

China backs UN efforts on Syria

China supports the United Nations' efforts to resolve the Syria issue, foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said on Friday.

10 years ago

Taliban denies responsibility of Sushmita Banerjee’s killing.

In the latest developments reported by Zee media, the Taliban has denied responsibility for Indian woman author Sushmita Banerjee's death.…

10 years ago

India, Africa adopt plan of action for enhanced cooperation

Terming India-Africa partnership a "new paradigm" of South-South cooperation for a contemporary Africa, India and over 40 countries of the…

10 years ago

India to take up writer’s killing with Kabul

India will take up with Kabul the killing of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee by suspected Taliban militants in Afghanistan, Minister…

10 years ago

Act on Syria only after full proof: India

In an implied rejection of US position on Syria, India says action on the West Asian country must not only…

10 years ago

Iran to release detained Indian ship

Detained Indian oil tanker MT Desh Shanti, carrying 140,000 tonnes of Basrah crude from Iraq to India, is to be…

10 years ago

US jobless claims dip near six-year low

The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid went down last week for the second consecutive week, hanging slightly over…

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