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(Photo: WN / Imran Nissar)Kashmir on the boil again
Indian Policemen stand guard near razore wire During a curfew in Srinagar on 23, July 2010. Authorities again imposed restrictions in Srinagar and other places in the Kashmir Valley Friday to scuttle a separatist march and protests called against alleged human rights violations by security forces....Full Story

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Pakistan's prime minister condemns David Cameron's terror claims
| Pakistan's prime minister hit back today at remarks by David Cameron linking the country to the export of terrorism. | Yousaf Raza Gilani, the normally conciliatory premier, used a speech to make the highest level response from Islamabad so far to Cameron's comments d...Full Story
A dark ideology is driving those who deny climate change
| Life can be hard in Moscow. The Russian capital is sweltering in temperatures that reached a record 37.7C last week. Vast stretches of peat bog surrounding the city have dried out and caught fire covering Moscow with choking smog. The changing of the horse guard in Ca...Full Story
It's Ave Maria vs El Paso
| Hyderabad: Ave Maria and El Paso should fight out the finish of the Air Command Cup (1,600m), the main event of the races to be held here on Sunday (Aug. 1). | False rails will be in place. | SHIVKUMAR LAL MEMORIAL CUP (1,600m), Cat. II, 3-y-o & over (Terms), 1-45 p.m...Full Story
Rafi remembered on 30th anniversary
| Surjit Singh Kohli (left), brother of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and members of the Mohammed Rafi Society paying tribute to the legendary playback singer in Amritsar on Saturday. | Mumbai: Rich tributes were paid to the legendary playback singer Mohammed Rafi on h...Full Story
Heavy rain claims three lives in Uttarakhand
| Staff Correspondent | DEHRA DUN: Incessant heavy rain in Uttarakhand claimed at least three lives as rain water damaged or flooded hundreds of houses in Dehra Dun, Haridwar and Kashipur over the past 24 hours. | A large number of roads, including those leading to the ...Full Story
Unravelling Nature's tangles
| In a free-wheeling chat, award-winning poet and scholar Ruth Padel talks to MEENA MENON about how her great great grandfather Charles Darwin influenced her outlook, her concern for tigers, her love for India and her first novel. | PHOTO: VIVEK BENDRE | Ruth Padel:Reac...Full Story
Pahari journeys
| ZERIN ANKLESARIA | Pahari art is essentially a folk form with themes that are either romantic or religious. Here is a book that throws light on this medieval tradition. | Animated and exuberant:A Pahari painting of hillmen dancing. | In 1739 when the marauding hordes ...Full Story
Kashmir streets in lockdown
7:10 AM Sunday Aug 1, 2010 Email Print | INDIA - Violence continued to rage in Indian Kashmir on Saturday with one person shot dead and three others wounded after police opened fire on protesters who attacked their camp. | An indefinite curfew was ordered a day after fo...Full Story
A Trip to Tibet, With My Handlers Nearby
| LHASA, Tibet — One warm morning on the campus of Tibet University, a couple of foreign journalists on a government-run tour of Tibet quietly broke away from the group to talk to students standing on a grassy lawn. Security guards dashed in and waved the students...Full Story
Death Toll Rises to 800 as Floods Hit Pakistan
| ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Monsoon-driven floods are reported to have killed at least 800 people and destroyed thousands of homes in the past week, officials said Saturday, as some of the one million Pakistanis affected were reported with fevers, diarrhea and other w...Full Story
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India Digs Under Top of the World to Match Rival
The New York Times | ROHTANG PASS, India — The name of this white-knuckle pass, one of the highest in the world, means “pile of corpses” in the Tibetan language. Every year a few dozen people die trying to cross these spiky Himalayan peaks. | For six ...
Vijayrath has looks of winner
Deccan Chronicle Vijayrath has looks of winner | Share ARTICLEURL | July 31: Vijayrath, who’s last run is best ignored, has come on a lot after that as evidenced by his morning trials. Fancied to win the Air Command Cup. The feature event of the Hyd Monsoon races t...
Indian police fire on Kashmir protesters
The Daily Telegraph Australia | ANOTHER protester has been killed in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir, bringing to six the number of young men shot dead by security forces in two days as fresh violence shakes the region. | The latest casualties marked the deadliest 48 hours in the Musli...
Indian police fire on Kashmir protesters
The Australian | ANOTHER protester has been killed in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir, bringing to six the number of young men shot dead by security forces in two days as fresh violence shakes the region. | The latest casualties marked the deadliest 48 hours in the Musli...
Sat 31 Jul 2010
Curfew fails to quell violence in Kashmir
Seattle Times | SRINAGAR, India - Violence continued to rage across Indian Kashmir on Saturday with two people shot dead and five wounded after police in two towns opened fire on protesters who attacked their camps and pelted them with rocks. | An indefinite curfe...
Panel to consider Manas danger tag
The Telegraph India Guwahati, July 31: After long years of wait, Manas finally has something to cheer about. The site will now be considered at the World Heritage Committee’s next session for removal from the World Heritage in Danger list. | 'The site will be considered...
They fight Parkinson's with open eyes
MSNBC | The motivational speaker starts to speak, but interrupts herself to tell her audience not to take notes -- she'll be distributing a handout. | "Good thing," quips Larry Strauss from the back of the room. "We can't read our own writing, anyway." | Y...
Pakistan's prime minister condemns David Cameron's terror claims
The Guardian | Yousaf Raza Gilani's comments follow cancellation of trip to Britain by Pakistan's spy chief Pakistani activists burn an effigy of David Cameron. Photograph: Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images | Pakistan's prime minister hit back today at remarks by ...
Waiting for Unesco heritage tag
Deccan Herald S T Beuria in Bhubaneswar | The Odisha government has been lobbying hard to get Bhubaneswar the prestigious tag for the last three years | The historic City of Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha, may soon have another feather in its cap. With hundred...
Standing tall among the tiny Toto tribals of India
Deccan Herald Prasanta Paul in Kolkata | Rita's success is no mean achievement as she is the fourth from her tribe to become a graduate | Tucked away in a remote enclave of North Bengal, a batch of tiny tribals sporting Mongoloid features has been fighting a grim ...
Indian forces kill sixth protester in two days in Kashmir
Yahoo Daily News | SRINAGAR, India (AFP) – Two more protesters were killed Saturday in Indian Kashmir, bringing to six the number of young men shot dead by security forces in two days as fresh protests against Indian rule shook the region. | The latest casualti...
Kashmir civilians killed in clashes with Indian forces
BBC News At least two people have been killed in Indian-administered Kashmir in a second day of protests against Indian rule. | Indian police and paramilitaries fired live ammunition and tear gas as demonstrators threw stones. | Protesters gathered in several...
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