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SC declines to urgently list pleas seeking CBI-led probe in case

New Delhi, June 30 -- The Supreme Court on Monday declined to urgently list petitions seeking a CBI-led multi-agency probe into the alleged embezzlement of donations received at the Ram temple in Ayod... Read More


Before we talk of the rising inches

India, June 30 -- Most Delhiwale are reminded of the Yamuna only when the monsoon arrives, the river spills across its plains, and flooding takes over the front pages of our newspapers. (A. K. Ramanuj... Read More


Saidulajab collapse: 'Everything is the same... as if nothing happened'

New Delhi, June 30 -- A month after a six-storey building collapsed in south Delhi's Saidulajab village, killing six people and trapping more than 15 beneath the rubble, the site remains strewn with d... Read More


Man travels from Lucknow to murder wife in E Delhi; held

New Delhi, June 30 -- A 35-year-old man stabbed his wife to death at a relative's place in east Delhi's Karkardooma on Sunday morning, police said, adding that he has been arrested. According to polic... Read More


Why big cities keep drawing India's workforce

New Delhi, June 30 -- Being an entrepreneur is more rewarding than being a paid employee in any of India's 46 cities with population in excess of a million (2011 census) than in urban India as a whole... Read More


India not joining or backing Track 2 contacts with pakistan: misri

New Delhi, June 30 -- The Indian government is not officially participating in or supporting any Track 2 engagements between India and Pakistan and does not take cognisance of such events, foreign sec... Read More


Counting process differed from norms at other UP temples

LUCKNOW/VARANASI/AGRA, June 30 -- Alleged irregularities in donation collections at the Ram temple in Ayodhya has brought the management of one of India's largest religious cash collection exercises i... Read More


Sri Lanka hits 95.8% WTO trade facilitation target

Sri Lanka, June 30 -- Sri Lanka achieved a 95.8% implementation rate for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), outperforming the global average of 87.6%. The governmen... Read More


Over 7,000 mosquito breeding sites identified

Sri Lanka, June 30 -- Public health inspectors examined 85,712 locations for mosquito breeding sites during the first 25 days of this month. These inspections led to the discovery of larvae at 7,188 o... Read More


Vatican appoints new Bishop of Jaffna

Sri Lanka, June 30 -- The Vatican recently named the Most Reverend Dr Anton Ranjith, previously the Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo and Apostolic Administrator of Batticaloa, as the new Bishop of the Dioc... Read More