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Bangla court orders arrest of Khaleda Zia over bus fire-bomb
31 Mar 2016
A Dhaka court has charged former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and 27 other leaders and officials of her Bangladesh Nationalist Party of instigating petrol bomb attacks in a bid to force the government of her rival, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to resign
New era begins for Mynmar as Htin Kyaw sworn in
30 Mar 2016
Australian ex-minister Pat Farmer completes his 4,400km marathon across India
30 Mar 2016
Australia’s veteran ultra-marathon runner Pat Farmer completed his ‘Spirit of India’ run from Kanyakumari to Kashmir a day early on Tuesday, exhausted but elated after covering 4,400 kilometres to raise funds for girls’ education
Time magazine calls Modi an `Internet star’
17 Mar 2016
Trump warns of riots if denied Republican nomination
17 Mar 2016
US Republican front-runner Donald Trump warned on Wednesday of riots if he is denied the party's presidential nomination after a string of primary election victories, raising the temperature even further in a highly charged White House race
Clinton, Trump strengthen leads, Rubio drops out
16 Mar 2016
With another ‘super Tuesday out of the way, Democrat Hillary Clinton needs only one-thirds of the remaining delegates to secure her nomination, while Republican rival Donald Trump needs about half
TCS techies develop Tata Nano into India’s first driver-less car
16 Mar 2016
Dr Roshy John, who is practice head, robotics and cognitive systems at TCS, and his 29-member team have developed India’s first driver-less car based on the Tata Nano platform, and are awaiting permission for road tests
Mother Teresa to be declared saint on 4 September
16 Mar 2016
Mother Teresa will be made a saint on 4 September, Pope Francis announced on Tuesday, 19 years after the death of the Nobel Laureate who spent 45 years serving the poor and sick on the streets of Kolkata
Suu Kyi aide Htin Kyaw elected Myanmar's first civilian president since '62
15 Mar 2016
Myanmar's parliament elected a close friend and confidant of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as President on Tuesday, making Htin Kyaw the country's first head of state since the 1960s who does not hail from a military background
Irate HC throws out case against Kanhaiya Kumar
15 Mar 2016
Even as a panel of Jawaharlal Nehru University recommended rusticating Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, the Delhi High Court today refused to entertain a plea seeking action against Kumar for alleged anti-national remarks made after his release
Mallya tracked to mansion near London, opposition irate
10 Mar 2016
Vijay Mallya, wanted by the Supreme Court of India, has been tracked to his country villa in Tiwen village on the outskirts of London
Liquor baron Vijay Mallya said to have left India
09 Mar 2016
The banks seem to have acted a bit too late as, according to some reports, Mallya might have already received $40 million of the $75 million severance package from Diageo
Sanders pips Clinton in Michigan, Trump marches on
09 Mar 2016
Bernie Sanders breathed new life into his long-shot White House bid with a crucial win in Michigan's primary on Tuesday night, chipping away at Hillary Clinton's dominance in the Democratic presidential race
Google hires 4chan's Chris Poole
08 Mar 2016
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