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16 die in China gold mine fire
Sixteen miners were killed when a fire broke out in a gold mine in eastern China, Xinhua reported on Saturday.
About 300 people were working underground when the accident occurred around 5 pm on Frid
UN, US designate HuJI as terrorist organisation
The UN and the US have designated Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) as a terrorist organisation and imposed sanctions on the group and its commander Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri.
The US department of treas
Amarnath yatra suspended from Jammu
The Amarnath yatra was on Saturday suspended from Jammu due to heavy rains en route the cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas. The pilgrims were not allowed to proceed to the shrine from the base cam
Rains hamper rescue operations in Leh floods
Heavy rains and bad weather on Saturday morning forced authorities to suspend rescue and relief work in Jammu and Kashmir's Leh town where at least 115 people were killed and over 300 injured in massive flash floods triggered by a cloudburst.
CBI takes Amit Shah into custody
The CBI on Saturday took custody of former minister Amit Shah after the Gujarat High Court accepted the agency's plea for his two-day remand in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.
The centra
Trinamool-Maoist gangs killed 250 CPI-M activists: Karat
The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Saturday alleged that the Trinamool Congress, led by the railway minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee, and Maoists were working in tandem and over 250 CPI-M act
Nitish meets PM, seeks aid to tackle drought in Bihar
The Bihar Chief Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, on Saturday met the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and sought an immediate financial assistance of over Rs 5,000 crore from the Centre to tackle the drou
Geelani rejects talks offer, Mirwaiz silent
The offer of "quiet dialogue" by the Union home minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, has not gone down too well with separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir with hardline leader, Mr Syed Ali Geelani, rejectin
I’ve done no wrong, don’t make me scapegoat: Darbari
T.S. Darbari, ousted joint director general of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, has sought to clear his name from being associated with charges of financial impropriety regarding an event in London, saying he was not involved in any way in selecting the vendors.
President to visit Tripura, Mizoram next month
President, Ms Pratibha Patil, will visit Mizoram and Tripura next month to attend the convocations of universities of the two northeastern states, officials said on Saturday.
"The President would arr
