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Peace icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls for Blair, Bush to face trial for Iraq war
03 Sep 2012
Writing in The Observer newspaper, Archbishop Desmond Tutu accused former UK prime minister Tony Blair and former US president George W Bush of lying about weapons of mass destruction to justify the devastation of Iraq that left the world more destabilised "than any other conflict in history".
India, world face hard times: new CEA Rajan
29 Aug 2012
India will have to devise a strategy to deal with the global economic situation which faces serious challenges, new chief economic advisor Raghuram G Rajan said today
Bollywood's 'grand old man' AK Hangal passes away at 97
27 Aug 2012
A veteran of more than 225 films, the grand old man of Hindi cinema A K Hangal passed away yesterday at 97
Sonia Gandhi is world’s sixth-most powerful lady: Forbes
24 Aug 2012
Congress party president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has been ranked by Forbes magazine as the sixth most powerful woman in the world, ahead of US First Lady Michelle Obama
Assange will be promptly nabbed if he steps out: UK
17 Aug 2012
“We will not allow Assange safe passage out of the United Kingdom, nor is there any legal basis for us to do so”, said British foreign secretary William Hague
Ecuador grants political asylum to Julian Assange
16 Aug 2012
The UK, meanwhile, has threatened to storm the Ecuadorian embassy in London and arrest Julian Assange
Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh passes away
14 Aug 2012
Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh had a long record of public service and served as chief minister of Maharashtra twice
Cairn India CEO & MD Rahul Dhir quits to pursue entrepreneurial interests
09 Aug 2012
Rahul Dhir is the sixth top level executive of Cairn India to quit the company after talks of its takeover by Vedanta Group emerged in August 2010
Anand Mahindra crowned chairman of Mahindra & Mahindra
08 Aug 2012
Anand Mahindra assumes the chair at a time when the company has posted a 20 per cent jump in quarterly net profit at Rs726 crore
Anand Mahindra crowned chairman of Mahindra & Mahindra
08 Aug 2012
Anand Mahindra assumes the chair at a time when the company has posted a 20 per cent jump in quarterly net profit at Rs726 crore
Hamid Ansari elected again as vice president
07 Aug 2012
Ansari got 490 votes against the 238 votes polled by NDA candidate Jaswant Singh
Gu Kilai to face trial on 9 August
03 Aug 2012
Team Anna accepts defeat, embraces politics
03 Aug 2012
Hazare and his supporters said an unresponsive government forced them to go the political way
Sushilkumar Shinde takes over as leader of house
03 Aug 2012
Ramdev raises team Anna hackles
30 Jul 2012
Crowds swell at Delhi venue as Hazare begins fast
30 Jul 2012
Crowds at Anna Hazare’s protest site, Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, swelled considerably on Sunday as the 75-year-old began his indefinite fast – his third over the period of a year – for a central corruption watchdog
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