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Vodafone seeks allotment of spectrum for 14 circles won in November

Alleging delay in allocation of airwaves, Vodafone India has asked government to "immediately allot spectrum" for 14 circles secured in the November 2012 auction for which it has already made required payments.






Iran minister says Kazakhstan to host nuclear talks on February 25

Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Sunday that talks with world powers on Iran's nuclear drive would be held in Kazakhstan on February 25.






Pak forensic experts exhume anti-graft investigator's body

The body of a Pakistani anti-graft investigator who died in mysterious circumstances last month while probing corruption charges against Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and other politicians has been exhumed and reburied after forensic experts examined it.






Blast on railway track in Assam's Kokrajhar district, no injuries reported

Passengers of the Howrah-Guwahati down Garibrath Express had a providential escape as a powerful bomb exploded on the railway tracks minutes after it passed Goabari.






Blast on railway track in Assam's Kokrajhar district, no injury

Passengers of the Howrah-Guwahati down Garibrath Express had a providential escape as a powerful bomb exploded on the railway tracks minutes after it passed Goabari.






Industry views will be considered while framing media policy, Manish Tewari says

Manish Tewari has assured the media and advertising fraternity that the industry views will be taken into full consideration while framing policies relating to the sector.






Dreamliner grounding has hit India-Australia air connectivity: Australian envoy

The grounding of Air India's Dreamliner fleet has hampered the much awaited proposal of direct flight connectivity between India and Australia, a top Australian diplomat has said.






Al-Qaida-linked militants free 2 Filipino hostages

Abu Sayyaf gunmen have freed two Filipino members of a Jordanian TV journalist's crew who were kidnapped by the al-Qaida-linked militants last year as they set out to interview the extremists in their jungle lairs in the southern Philippines, police said Sunday.






Three injured as plane misses Rome runway

Three people were injured and required hospital treatment after a ATR 72 turboprop plane of the Romanian airline Carpatair went off the runway while landing at Rome's Fiumicino airport, authorities said.






Clashes erupt after Spanish prime minister's corruption denial

Riot police clashed with protesters in Madrid late on Saturday and impromptu demonstrations broke out in several other Spanish cities following the prime minister's televised denial that he had accepted under-the-table payments.






Iran's exiled opposition urges June presidential election boycott

An exiled Iranian opposition group called in Paris on Saturday for a boycott of the June presidential election that will choose a successor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.






Gay marriage bill wins support of French lawmakers

France's National Assembly has approved a key article of a controversial bill that would legalize gay marriage.






Syrian opposition leader to meet Iran's foreign minister in Germany

Syrian opposition leader Moaz Alkhatib said on Saturday he would meet Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi in Germany this weekend to discuss finding a solution to the Syrian crisis.






Non Congress governments have cheated farmers in UP, Sachin Pilot says

The non Congress governments in Uttar Pradesh have cheated farmers by acquiring their lands at "low" rates and failed to provide them a rehabilitation plan, Union minister Sachin Pilot said today.






Magnitude 6.9 quake strikes Japan's Hokkaido island: USGS

A strong magnitude 6.9 quake struck Japan's northern island of Hokkaido near the town of Obihiro on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said.






400 cases of crime against women disposed of last month: CJI

Over 400 cases of crime against women, including rape cases, have been disposed of in trial courts across the country last month, Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir said today.






Lalu Prasad escapes unhurt as makeshift platform collapses

RJD president Lalu Prasad on Saturday escaped unhurt when a makeshift wooden platform raised at a yagna site in Saran district collapsed.






French parliament backs main clause in gay marriage law

The French parliament on Saturday adopted the main clause of a reform bill that would allow same-sex marriage and grant gay couples the right to adopt children.






Women activists reject rape law ordinance, urge President not to sign it

Some women's organisations on Saturday urged the President not to sign the ordinance on criminal law amendments passed by the Union Cabinet to deal with sexual crimes.






Cash-in-bag scam: CBI court dismisses Nirmal Yadav's plea for documents

However, the court has made it clear that documents can be inspected by Justice Nirmal Yadav or any other accused anytime in person or through their counsel.






US, allies helping to boost Syria opposition: Vice-president Joe Biden

US vice-president Joe Biden said on Saturday that the US and its partners were pushing to help strengthen the Syrian opposition, insisting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was a "tyrant" and must go.






MNREGA has potential to bring second green revolution: Sonia Gandhi

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday strongly pitched for utilising MNREGA to increase agricultural production.






Japan arrests China fishing boat captain amid island row

Japan's coastguard arrested the captain of a Chinese fishing boat on suspicion of fishing in the country's exclusive economic zone Saturday amid a festering territorial row between the two countries.






Another rhino killed by poachers in Kaziranga, 7th this month

Another rhino was killed by poachers at Kaziranga National Park in Assam today with the toll rising to seven at the Unesco World Heritage site this month.






Japan PM Shinzo Abe vows to defend islands from China

Japan's prime minister vowed on Saturday to defend disputed remote islands from threats by China after a series of confrontations that have raised the risk of an armed clash.




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