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18 dead in Indonesian plane crash

Jakarta: All 18 people on board a plane that crashed in a remote area of Indonesia's Sumatra Island were found dead today, rescue officials said.

Need to ensure maritime security: PM

Mumbai: Voicing concern over growing incidents of piracy close to the Indian shores, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today stressed the need to ensure adequate control over maritime activity for security reasons.

Pak governor Taseer’s assassin gets death sentence

Islamabad: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court today handed down death sentence to the police guard who killed Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer for calling for changes in the country's controversial blasphemy law.

48 Indian fishermen held in Pak

Islamabad: As many as 48 Indian fishermen have been arrested by Pakistani authorities, a media report said.

Rabbani killing: Afghans give Pakistan evidence

Kabul: Afghanistan's intelligence service said today it has given Pakistan hard evidence that former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani's assassination was planned in the southern outskirts of the Pakistani city of Quetta where key Taliban leaders are based.

2G scam: Kanimozhi opposes CBI plea

New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar today opposed CBI's fresh plea of invoking an additional charge of criminal breach of trust on the ground that they were not the alleged beneficiaries of the 2G spectrum licenses.

UPA on 'suicidal path': Advani

New Delhi: Senior BJP leader L K Advani today asked partymen to gear up for early polls, contenting that the UPA government is on a "suicidal path" and nothing could be said about its future.

US rejects visa of Magsaysay awardee Neelima Mishra

Pune: The American Consulate in Mumbai has rejected the application for visa by Magsaysay award winner Neelima Mishra, invited in the US to speak on rural development in India.

2G issue not to hit UPA govt's stability: Pawar

Thane: Union Agriculture Minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar has said that the Centre is taking steps in the right direction to present facts on the ongoing controversy around the spectrum allocation, and the issue will not affect the stability of the Congress-led UPA government.