Provincial judge shot dead in western Afghanistan

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A provincial judge was shot dead by two gunmen on Tuesday in western Afghanistan's Herat province, said police.

Afghan governor escapes bomb attack, 4 guards killed

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The governor of the northern Afghan province of Badakhshan on Tuesday escaped a bomb attack, which killed four of his…

Egypt court bans Al-Jazeera TV channel

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A Cairo court on Tuesday ordered taking Al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr (Al-Jazeera in Egypt) television news channel off air.

Cabinet nod to plan to reduce urban poverty

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Aiming to reduce poverty and vulnerability of urban poor, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Tuesday approved restructuring of…

Pakistan, India agree border tension a setback to dialogue

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Pakistan and India on Tuesday came up with a unanimous view that the ongoing escalations along the Line of Control…

Opposition unmoved by PM’s stand on coal files, houses adjourned

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured parliament on Tuesday that his government has nothing to hide on the coal mines allocation…

US ups surveillance of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal: Post

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Worried that Islamist extremists could seize components of Pakistan's nuclear stockpile or trigger a war with India, the US has…

Sensex crashes, rupee slips as Middle East tensions grow

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The Indian rupee and stock markets plunged on Tuesday, with benchmark Sensex crashing by 650 points on reports that missiles…

Court notice to BJP leader, police chief in Dikshit case

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The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked BJP leader Vijender Gupta and police to file responses on the state government's…

Land acquisition bill in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday

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The bill, which has been renamed "The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill,…