Taiwan tales
The island of Formosa is not on the traditional tourist trail in Asia, but may be it ought to be; any country with such an interesting history should. Kushan Mitra finds out more Taiwan is a strange country; it has a remarkable history and even today, as the Republic of China...
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Kingdom of clouds
31 March 2013 | Pioneer -
28 killed, 13 injured in China coal mine blast
31 March 2013 | PTI -
Will Sanjay Dutt get relief for six months?
31 March 2013 | TN RAGHUNATHA -
Cong banks on UPA to revive fortunes in Bihar
31 March 2013 | Dheeraj Kumar -
Assam silk weavers clash with security forces, 7 injured
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Dowry torture: Ex-minister, wife, son sent to jail
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Cong mum on Goa mining scam FIR
31 March 2013 | Mayabhushan
On-duty police officer thrashed to death by truck driver in Patiala
A Punjab Police officer on traffic duty, who was allegedly assaulted to death by a truck driver on Friday night, police said on Saturday. The victim is the third police officer to be killed in Punjab in recent months. Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Ravinder Pal Singh Mangat had signalled the truck to...
Women tourists play safe, avoid India
The Government may have been maintaining that the recent rape incidents have no adverse impact on the flow of foreign footfalls in India, a survey by the business chamber, ASSOCHAM, notes that arrival of women foreign tourists have declined by 35 per cent in the last three months. The reasons attributed...
Three dowry death convicts let off by SC
After two courts in Gujarat convicted three persons in an alleged dowry death, the Supreme Court acquitted the trio on discovery of the victim’s dying letter being fake. The letter, written three months prior to the victim Anitha’s death on May 18, 2004, had formed the basis to convict the victim’s...
Why is Cong going soft on Beni?
Congress leader and Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma’s continuing tirade against Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav despite top leadership of his party reprimanding him in the past and his soft approach towards the BSP has fuelled speculation about the possibility of Kurmi strongman changing his political allegiance. While predicting that...
Ex-Minister's son held with stolen vehicles in Bihar
Mukesh Kumar Sahni, the son of former Bihar Minister Ramashraya Sahni, had been nabbed with two stolen vehicles at Belari village in Samastipur district on Friday night. Samastipur Superintendent of Police Varun Kumar Sinha said that an accomplice of Mukesh had also been arrested in this connection. He said that both...
DSP murder: CBI grills Raja Bhaiya's brother
With kin of the slain Balipur pradhan Nanhe Yadav already accusing former Cabinet Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh aka Raja Bhaiya of threatening them for their lives if they will come out with truth in the triple murder which included victim Deputy SP Zia-ul-Haq, the CBI sleuths reportedly grilled Raja Bhaiya’s...
Centre seeks action against Kerala tiger-slayers
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has instructed the Kerala Chief Minister to take action against those responsible for the killing of a tiger in Wayanad district in December last year. The instruction is based on a report from the National Tiger Conservation Authority that there was no situation that...
