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New Delhi, Jan 11: The government on Thursday rejected Pakistan’s suggestion that the UN should be asked to probe allegations that Pakistani troops killed and beheaded two Indian soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir. “That demand is rejected out of hand. We will not internationalise the issue nor go to the United Nations,” Finance Minister P Chidambaram told reporters after a cabinet meeting. “It was a

New Delhi, Jan 11: One of five men charged with the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student said police tortured him in custody and he and at least three of his co-defendants say they are innocent, lawyers said on Thursday. The five accused arrived in court for a closed hearing with their faces covered by scarves, and accompanied for the first time by defence lawyers. The woman

Islamabad, Jan 10: Indian troops killed a Pakistani soldier on Thursday in the disputed region of Kashmir, the Pakistani army said, as the nuclear-armed neighbors traded blame over a string of attacks. The soldier was killed by "unprovoked" Indian fire while manning a post in the Battal sector of Kashmir, which is split between the two sides by a heavily fortified border known as the Line of

Ranchi, Jan 10: Maoists cut open the stomach of a dead trooper to plant a bomb inside which was defused after doctors conducting an autopsy raised an alarm, police said Thursday. Eleven Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed Tuesday in an ambush by Maoists in Latehar district, 110 km from here. The bodies of four men were recovered only Wednesday. When the bodies were taken to

United Nations, Jan 10: The UN has asked India and Pakistan to de-escalate tension through dialogue and respect the ceasefire along the Line of Control, in the wake of the killing of two Indian soldiers during an attack by Pakistani troops. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's spokesperson Martin Nesirky told reporters here that,"the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) is

Kochi, Jan 10: President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday said India sees its vast diaspora as a valuable contributor to its growth and is keen to expand the bonds further in building an inclusive and knowledge society. The president said the record remittance of $67 billion from overseas Indians was a testimony to both the emotional attachment and the fulfillment in investing in India's strong economy

New Delhi, Jan 9: In a rare decision just a month ahead of the Budget, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal today affected an across-the-board hike in fares of all classes from midnight of January 21 to net an additional Rs 6,600 crore a year, the first such increase in a decade. The proposals will rake in an additional Rs 1200 crore between January 21 and March 31 this year, the minister said

New Delhi, Jan 9: A Delhi court today upheld a magisterial court order for in-camera proceedings in the case of December 16 gangrape of 23-year-old girl and restraining media from reporting it. District and Sessions Judge R K Gauba said there was nothing "illegal" or "improper" in the January 7 order of the magistrate. "The Metropolitan Magistrate was not only within her rights, rather duty-bound

New Delhi, Jan 9: An outraged India today summoned the Pakistan High Commissioner here to protest the "highly provocative" attack in its territory in Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistani troops, describing as "extremely distressing" and "inhuman" the mutilation of bodies of its two soldiers. As the Government closely monitored the situation after the attack, Pakistan High Commissioner Salman Bashir was

Hyderabad, Jan 9: Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, facing multiple cases for his alleged "hate speech", was today remanded to 14 day judicial custody by a magistrate in Nirmal town of Adilabad district. Akbaruddin was reportedly questioned and produced before the magistrate at 5:30, after which he was sent to judicial custody. The Magistrate also asked the police to produce the