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Kabul, Sep 13 (IANS) Multiple blasts rocked the Afghan capital Tuesday and heavily armed Taliban fighters equipped with suicide vests targeted the US embassy, triggering a fierce gunfight that wounded… Read more »

Dhaka, Sep 7 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s absence from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s delegation, leading to the Teesta water accord not being signed, amounts to “an insult… Read more »

Washington, Sep 7 (IANS) Underlining the importance of economic cooperation between the United States and India, the White House has said a healthy bilateral relationship will mean more jobs in… Read more »

Islamabad, Sep 5 : At least 88 people have died and around eight million affected by floods in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province and eastern Punjab province, a top official said.

New York, Sep 3 (IANS) New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has signed into law a bill initiated by the Sikh Coalition to significantly enhance religion-based protections for employees working… Read more »

London, Sep 1 (IANS) Many schoolgoing children in Britain are carrying smartphones, laptops and iPads to their classrooms in place of traditional kit like pencil cases.

London, Sep 1 (IANS) Potatoes, long shunned by the diet-conscious as fattening, could be a godsend for obese people, though. Eating spuds twice daily can lower blood pressure, that too… Read more »

Wellington, Sep 1 (IANS) “We now sign off,” said a New Zealand news agency that closed after 132 years.

London, Aug 31 (IANS) Germany’s former capital Bonn will now tax prostitutes, it was reported here.

London, Aug 30 (IANS) A four-year-old boy in Britain has been served notice by his local council not to make noise and play quietly.