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Italy’s L’Unita daily to stop publication 31 Jul 2014 - 12:09 am

ROME: L’Unita, the left-wing daily founded by Antonio Gramsci, one of the fathers of Italian communism, will suspend publication from Friday after its...

Independence vote will go ahead, says Catalan leader 31 Jul 2014 - 12:09 am

MADRID: The leader of Spain’s economically powerful region of Catalonia vowed yesterday to press ahead with an independence referendum during talks with Prime...

CORPORATE DOMINANCE FOOD WATER EDUCATION REAL ESTATE MEDIA GOVERNMENT ESCAPE CINEMA 30 Jul 2014 - 10:10 pm

Group: PETT Credit: JOEL PETT Source: Lexington Herald-Leader Keywords: COLOR CORPORATE DOMINANCE FOOD WATER EDUCATION REAL ESTATE MEDIA GOVERNMENT ESCAPE CINEMA MOVIES enerGY...

Landslide claims 25 lives near Pune; hundreds trapped 30 Jul 2014 - 10:05 pm

Mudslide surrounds a building in Malin village in Pune district of Maharashtra yesterday. Pune: At least 25 people were killed and over 160...

Birthday party 30 Jul 2014 - 10:04 pm

Bhajan samrat and ghazal singer Anup Jalota dances with his wife Medha during celebrations for his 61st birthday in Mumbai on Tuesday.

Sonia, Rahul move high court against summons 30 Jul 2014 - 10:04 pm

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son and party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi yesterday moved the Delhi High Court against the summons...

Owner gets life in Kumbakonam school fire case 30 Jul 2014 - 10:03 pm

Chennai: A court in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur yesterday sentenced the owner of a school in Kumbakonam, where 94 children perished in a fire...

Sushma chairs meet to expedite Indians’ return from Libya 30 Jul 2014 - 10:03 pm

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj yesterday chaired a meeting after India’s mission in Tripoli asked Indians to leave Libya. “Sushma Swaraj...

Antibiotic-fed poultry cause for concern: Study 30 Jul 2014 - 10:02 pm

New Delhi: Large scale, indiscriminate use of antibiotics in the poultry industry has led to antibiotic resistance in Indians who are falling prey...

SIMI ban upheld by tribunal for five more years 30 Jul 2014 - 10:02 pm

New Delhi: A special tribunal yesterday upheld the ban imposed by the central government on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) under...

Kerry arrives in Delhi to reboot ties with Modi 30 Jul 2014 - 10:01 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives as the Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary Vikram Kumar Doraiswami looks on at Palam Air...

Health scare 30 Jul 2014 - 10:00 pm

A child sleeps as she receives treatment for Japanese Encephalitis at the North Bengal Medical College Hospital (NBMCH) on the outskirts of Siliguri...

Modi ally convicted over deadly riots granted bail 30 Jul 2014 - 10:00 pm

AHMEDABAD: A court granted bail yesterday to an ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was convicted and jailed for her role in...

CBI presses ahead with Finmeccanica helicopter probe 30 Jul 2014 - 09:59 pm

NEW DELHI: India’s top crime-fighting agency said yesterday it would press ahead with an investigation into a scrapped helicopter contract with Finmeccanica, a...

Parliament disrupted over bugging allegations 30 Jul 2014 - 09:59 pm

New Delhi: Parliament was disrupted yesterday as the opposition demanded a debate on the reported bugging at union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s Delhi residence....

16 ex-ministers served eviction notice for ‘unauthorised’ stay 30 Jul 2014 - 09:58 pm

New Delhi: Sixteen former ministers of the UPA government were in unauthorised possession of government bungalows for over a month and have been...

Pakistani miners 30 Jul 2014 - 09:58 pm

Miners pose for a photograph inside a mine in Choa Saidan Shah, Punjab province. Workers dig coal with pick axes, break it up...

Afghan carpets 30 Jul 2014 - 09:57 pm

An Afghan shopkeeper displays a carpet at his shop in Herat’s old city. Carpets are Afghanistan’s best known export. Woven mostly by women...