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Case registered over TV producer's death

Ghaziabad, July 23 (IANS) Police in Ghaziabad Wednesday registered a criminal case against two unidentified people over the mysterious death of 31-year-old Rajya Sabha TV producer Milita Dutta Mandal, who died at her residence in Vaishali. "We have registered a case

Ukraine stripped of nearly all its warships in Crimea

Kiev, March 24 (IANS/EFE) Ukraine has lost nearly all the warships it had in the Crimean Peninsula and the government Sunday ordered the crew of the huge landing ship Konstantin Olshansky, which is under siege by Russian troops, to resist until the end. "The navy ships in Crimea have been taken. Despite the fact that commanders were given orders to use their arms, they did not use them to avoid bloodshed," Ukrainian Defence Minister Igor Teniuj said

Ebola outbreak toll rises to 60 in Guinea

Conakry (Guinea), March 24 (IANS) Guinea has confirmed that a disease which has killed almost 60 people in the West African country, and may have spread to neighbouring Sierra Leone, is the haemorrhagic fever Ebola, a media report said. The fever is introduced into the human population through close contact with infected animals, including chimpanzees, gorillas, fruit bats, monkeys, forest antelope and porcupines

Chinese aircraft expands search area in Andaman Sea

Beijing, March 24 (IANS) A Chinese military aircraft expanded search area in the Indian Ocean Sunday to locate the missing Malaysian jetliner carrying 239 people. The Chinese Y-8 cargo plane took off from Royal Malaysian Air Force base in Subang town at 7.20 a.m.

Kenyan police tighten security after terror attack

Nairobi, March 24 (IANS) Security forces have intensified round the clock surveillance and foiled terror threats to ensure that the country is safe despite Sunday's terror attack in Mombasa, Kenyan police chief said Sunday. The police have launched investigations to establish the motive behind the killing of four worshipers in the coastal city of Mombasa which also left some 17 injured, Xinhua quoted police inspector general David Kimaiyo. "We have launched the investigations of what could be the motive behind the heinous act.

South Africa to promote n-security at global summit

Cape Town, March 24 (IANS) South Africa will promote nuclear security at the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit (NSS), the country's Department of International Relations and Cooperation said Sunday. Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, accompanied by Energy Minister Ben Martins, will lead the delegation to the global nuclear security summit to be held in The Hague between March 24-25, Xinhua quoted the department as saying.

Tusker poached in Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve

Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) A fully grown elephant was shot dead by alleged poachers in Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR) in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district, a forest official said here Sunday.

Pakistan government, Taliban talks in a day or two: Nawaz Sharif

Islamabad, March 24 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Sunday that the government's direct talks with the Taliban would be held in a day or two. "Talks between the government team and the Taliban's intermediaries are going ahead at a satisfactory pace and hoped that direct talks will start in a day or two," Xinhua quoted Sharif telling during a function. "There will be peace and the country would get rid of extremism and terrorism," the prime minister said, adding that the restoration of peace will ensure economic prosperity in the country

Shirole BJP's candidate from Pune

New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The BJP Sunday declared party's Pune chief Anil Shirole as its Lok Sabha candidate from the city.

Charge sheet in phone-tap case in a week: Himachal CM

Shimla, March 23 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Sunday said the inquiry into the mass phone tapping of politicians and government officials duringb the previous BJP regime was complete and the charge sheet would be filed in the court within a week. "I don't know who all are involved (in the phone tapping), but the investigations are almost complete and the charge sheet would be filed within a week," he told reporters here. Refuting allegations of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal that the government was tapping their phones, Virbhadra Singh said: "It was like pot calling the kettle black