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Italy’s ex-PM Berlusconi gets 7-yr sentence in sex scandal
25 Jun 2013
Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to seven years in jail and banned from public office by a lower court in Milan
Qatar's emir hands over power to 33-year-old son
25 Jun 2013
US pressures Russia, blasts China as Snowden flees again
25 Jun 2013
The US has revoked Snowden's passport, and he is thought to have spent the night in an airside hotel at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport.
Vasco Da Gama’s Indian journal now on UNESCO’s top list
21 Jun 2013
The hand written journal of Portuguese traveller Vasco da Gama's pioneering voyage to India during the 15th century describes situations of danger, treason, diseases, contact with people on shore, the arrival of the Portuguese, gifts exchanged and war equipment
Coalgate: CBI begins grilling former secretary H C Gupta
20 Jun 2013
The Central Bureau of Investigation today began questioning former coal secretary H C Gupta in connection with the coal block allocation scam.
Coca-Cola promotes India chief Atul Singh to bigger global role
20 Jun 2013
Singh’s area of responsibility will include two of the company’s key business units of the soft drink business in the region — China and India
Coalgate: CBI to summon PM’s advisor TKA Nair
18 Jun 2013
Prince William will become first British monarch of Indian descent
14 Jun 2013
DNA tests show that Prince William, second-in-line to the British throne after his father Prince Charles, will be first British king with proven Indian ancestry
Coalgate: ex-coal secretary Gupta quits CCI post ahead of grilling
13 Jun 2013
Gupta was the coal secretary between 2006 and 2009, the period which is covered by the CBI investigation into alleged irregularities in allocation of coal blocks
Coalgate: ex-coal secretary Gupta quits CCI post ahead of grilling
13 Jun 2013
Gupta was the coal secretary between 2006 and 2009, the period which is covered by the CBI investigation into alleged irregularities in allocation of coal blocks