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Ireland: Police forces raid brothels, arrest 8

Police say several hundred officers in both parts of Ireland are mounting a crackdown on prostitutio...

Contract workers taken into custody

Police said contract workers along with their family members took out a procession and when they tri...

Egypt`s Islamist candidate disses old regime

Islamist Mohammed Morsi appeared to be trying to cash in on public resentment of his rival Ahmed Sha...

`2,000 cops withdrawn from VIP protection duty`

A total of 109 vehicles used for protection duties have also been withdrawn.

First generation iPad prototype up for auction

The “First Generation Prototype” of the original iPad has gone on sale on eBay, attracting bids of a...

Two Tibetans set themselves ablaze in Lhasa

Protesting against the Chinese government, two Tibetans for the first time set themselves on fire ou...

Internet Protocol: IPv6 launch on June 6

In a move signalling the advent of a new era, the Internet Society will shift from the current IPv4 ...

Sparrows disappearing from Assam

Sparrows are disappearing from many parts of the country, and specially in Assam.

Muslim Brotherhood MPs rebuff Penal Code amendment

The amendment calls for punishing with harsh jail sentence whoever receives funds from abroad to fin...

Three troopers arrested in Bihar

Three Sashastra Seema Bal troopers have been arrested and five suspended in Bihar for opening fire a...

AIADMK to demonstrate against petrol hike on May 2

Jayalalithaa said in a statement that the Congress-led UPA government seems to be ignoring people`s ...

Egypt: Brotherhood jittery over gains by moderates

Muslim Brotherhood is desperately reaching out to Islamist forces to close ranks for an unexpectedly...

UP shutdown over petrol price hike on May 31

Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has called for Uttar Pradesh shutdown on May 31 to protest...

Egypt: Brotherhood seeks dialogue to `save nation`

Egypt has been run by the Supreme Council of Armed Forces since Hosni Mubarak`s ouster in 2011.

Not seeking political mileage on Ganga protection issue: BJP

The BJP sought to make a big issue about protection of river Ganga by bringing in a special resoluti...

Egypt: Brotherhood candidate Mursi seals run-off spot

The presidential race turned out to be a hotly contested one with no single candidate winning a clea...

Odisha may not reduce VAT on petrol

The Odisha government said it was not in favour of further reducing VAT on petrol even as the state ...

Left parties stage protest against petrol price hike

CPI announced staging state-wide agitation on May 26 condemning the hike in petrol prices and demand...

Egypt: Polling continues for second day in row

Egyptians are casting their ballots for the second day in the country`s first free Presidential Elec...

Russian Prez supports controversial anti-protest bill

Russia`s President Vladimir Putin says he supports a controversial bill that would introduce a 200-f...

Left calls for nationwide protests against fuel pr

With the steepest ever hike in petrol prices, the Left parties on Wednesday strongly opposed the mov...

Russia test fires new ballistic missile

Russia test-fired a new prototype ballistic missile from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Defence Ministry s...

Policeman killed during presidential vote in Egypt

Millions of Egyptians queued outside polling stations and cast ballots to pick their first post-Muba...

Train services affected due to ABSU rail blockade

More than 7,000 ABSU activists squatted on railway tracks at Rangiya Bhatkuchi in Kamrup (Rural) dis...

Egyptians vote in landmark presidential election

Fifty million people are eligible to vote. A total of 13 contenders are in the fray but the race boi...

5 Egyptian cops sentenced to 10-yrs for protest deaths

An Egyptian court sentenced five policemen to 10 years each in prison for their role in killing peac...

Bill to give more powers to RPF gets Parl nod

A bill to provide more powers to the RPF to check instances of theft in railways and prevent misuse...

Team Anna support to anti-dam protests in Assam

Team Anna came out in support of anti-dam protests in Assam led by one of its members Akhil Gogoi.

Awareness drive to be launched to protect Kerala`s fish

The Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) will launch a campaign to protect the fish wealth of the ...

Egypt polls: Once ‘moderate’ Islamists turn ‘hardliners’

A recent opinion survey revealed that the shift of stance by Fotouh and Morsi highlighted the parado...

Team Anna protests for stronger whistleblowers law

Dubbing the present whistleblowers protection law as a "farce", activists led by Team Anna member Ar...

Govt must protect honest officers: Narayana Murthy

Expressing shock over the killing of a Karnataka official Infosys founder said the first priority of...

London 2012: `Brothels should be made legal`

Dennis Hof, the Nevada brothel owner, said legal brothels would stop human trafficking by internatio...

Centre coming up to protect vultures

Wildlife experts and foresters are working with the Uttar Pradesh government to set up a conservatio...

Now, `smart` under-uniform protective vest with built-in A/C

A new «smart» protective vest with a built-in A/C could keep wearers, for example police personnel, ...

Bring concrete prog to save Ganga or face protest: Activists

Accusing the Centre of neglecting the Ganga, activists here today threatened to hit the streets if t...

Candle march to protest deaths in BMW accident

Around 100 people on Sunday held a candle march to protest the two deaths in the BMW crash here and ...

Police, protesters clash disrupts traffic on Gulmarg route

Hundreds of vehicles were stranded for hours following clashes between police and protesters on Srin...

Egypt holds first ever presidential debate

Millions of Egyptians tuned into the debate between presidential frontrunners Amr Moussa and Abdel-M...

NCPCR advocates for multi-pronged strategy

NCPCR Chairperson Shantha Sinha advocated for a multi-pronged strategy to change the mindset of the ...

NGO operator arrested for sexual abuse of inmates

At least 90 people, including women, were rescued from an NGO running child and women`s protection h...

Kerala mulls law to protect women

The Kerala govt may enact a new law to uphold the dignity of women, state Home Minister T. Radhakris...

‘Cong creating hurdles in wheat purchase’

MP Narottam Mishra charged the opposition Congress of misleading farmers on the purchase of wheat an...

Arrests and clashes at Anti-Putin protests

The march by about 20,000 people to an island proceeded peacefully until a small group tried to brea...

Provide solution to intercept VoIP: Govt

The mushrooming of unregistered VoIP has become a security problem as the origin of caller and time ...

Egypt military court orders detention of 300 protesters

Military police used force to disperse a protest outside the Defence Ministry yesterday, firing tear...

Clashes over Army rule in Egypt, 20 killed

Clashes between protesters around Egypt`s Ministry of Defence left twenty dead.

Stinging gas sends May Day protesters fleeing

Hundreds of activists across the US joined the worldwide May Day protests, with Occupy Wall Street m...

HC orders police protection for Sankararaman`s wid

Sankarararman, manager in the Varadaraja Perumal temple in Kancheepuram, was murdered in its premise...

Pak: Gilani`s conviction sparks protests in Punjab

The PPP workers took to the streets in cities of Punjab, including Gilani`s hometown Multan, to prot...

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