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After border row, China PM visits India for stronger ties

The India-China border dispute is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon, but Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to India is likely to give impetus to bilateral and trade ties. Sutirtho Patranobis & Jayanth Jacob report. Engaging the dragon | China’s ring of friction

Sunday special
Kalahandi: from hunger deaths to a rice revolution

Odisha’s Kalahandi district — once the cause of global embarrassment for India due to its high number of starvation deaths — today stands tall with a five-fold increase in its rice production since 1999, figures reveal. Chetan Chauhan reports.
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India

North India

‘Bogus proof to frame innocents’

In at least three cases of terror, Maharashtra Police’s Anti Terrorism Squad had “deliberately created bogus evidence, extracted false confessions by the most inhuman torture, planted explosives in the houses of the accused and thus implicated innocent Muslim youth,” a video expose by journalist Ashish Khetan has alleged.

Sunday special
Kalahandi: from hunger deaths to a rice revolution

Odisha’s Kalahandi district — once the cause of global embarrassment for India due to its high number of starvation deaths — today stands tall with a five-fold increase in its rice production since 1999, figures reveal. Chetan Chauhan reports.
West

Hidden, in plain sight

Rediscovery: The Sikligars, a Sikh tribe of nomadic, rural weapon makers, lived in the jungles of central India for 300 years, unseen and nearly forgotten. Now, their community is reaching out to try and integrate them.

People ready to pay for better in-flight service: poll

Amid widespread criticism against the government’s nod for unbundling of airfares by domestic carriers, a travel survey showed that a significant number of passengers are willing to spend a premium for certain services on board.

Man held for forging forms, using fake stamps to sell SIM cards

The Dharavi police, on Friday, arrested a 35-year-old telecom company distributor for forging SIM card documents and issuing several SIM cards under one customer’s name.
East

Sunday special
Kalahandi: from hunger deaths to a rice revolution

Odisha’s Kalahandi district — once the cause of global embarrassment for India due to its high number of starvation deaths — today stands tall with a five-fold increase in its rice production since 1999, figures reveal. Chetan Chauhan reports.

Narendra Modi hails Raman Singh, tears into Centre

Is Chhattisgarh the next Gujarat? Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi certainly thinks so. And he proclaimed it publicly on Sunday, at chief minister Raman Singh’s vikas yatra in Rajnandgaon, 73 km from Raipur. Ejaz Kaiser reports.

WB panchayat poll: SEC asks govt to change date of third phase

The West Bengal State Election Commission today asked the West Bengal government to change the date of the third phase of the panchayat poll, due on July 10, the day on which the Rathayatra festival falls.
South

Slugfest over food security bill, Rahul blames Oppn

The blame game over the food security bill continued on Saturday, with Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi blaming the opposition again for stalling it in Parliament. The Opposition’s “politics of disruption” revealed their attitude towards the poor, he said.
North East

Class 11 student from Manipur scales Mt Everest

Class 11 student Nameirakpam Chingkheinganba became the youngest person from the North East to conquer Mt Everest on Saturday. Sobhapati Samom reports.
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World

Focus India

Indians account for 22% of Britain’s ultra-rich club

The list, published by the Singapore-based Wealth-X group, places steel magnate and ArcelorMittal chairman Lakshmi Mittal at second place with a fortune of $15.8 billion. Dipankar De Sarkar reports. Desi net worth
Europe

Same-sex marriages gaining acceptance; 14 countries where it's legalised

France became the fourteenth country to legalise same-sex marriage today after President Francois Hollande signed the measure into law following months of bitter political debate and protests. The law also legalises gay adoption.

France legalises same-sex marriage

French President Francois Hollande will sign a gay marriage and adoption bill into law Saturday, after the Constitutional Council threw out a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition.

Cannes Festival rocked as Chopard jewels are stolen

Jewellery worth $1.4 million due to be loaned to stars at the Cannes Film Festival was stolen from a local hotel in a pre-dawn heist on Friday but the coveted Palme d'Or trophy was safe, officials said.
Rest Of Asia

Gunmen abduct father of Syria deputy FM: official

Gunmen abducted the father of Syrian deputy foreign minister Faisal Muqdad today, apparently in reprisal for the arrest of one of their relatives, according to a government source and a watchdog.

The big story
After border row, China PM visits India for stronger ties

The India-China border dispute is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon, but Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to India is likely to give impetus to bilateral and trade ties. Sutirtho Patranobis & Jayanth Jacob report. Engaging the dragon | China’s ring of friction
America

Canada immigration minister Jason Kenney to visit TiEcon 2013 conference

As Canada’s minister for citizenship, immigration and multiculturalism Jason Kenney heads to California’s Silicon Valley for four days, pushing the country’s new Startup Visa programme, he will make an appearance at TiECon 2013, the annual conference of The Indus Entrepreneurs, dominated by tech pioneers of Indian origin.

Syria death toll at least 80,000, says UN General Assembly president

The death toll in Syria from the country's two-year civil war is at least 80,000, an increase of about 20,000 since the start of the year, the president of the UN General Assembly, Vuk Jeremic, said today.

Multiple crises mar Obama rule

President Barack Obama’s personal popularity may still be holding out, but his administration’s has taken a huge hit in recent days over a string of controversies. Yashwant Raj reports.

Upbeat music may really help boost your mood

A recent research at the University of Missouri has discovered that an individual can indeed successfully try to be happier, especially when cheery music aids the process.

‘Hysterectomy does not increase heart disease risk’

Having a hysterectomy with or without ovary removal in mid-life does not increase a woman’s risk of cardiovascular disease compared to women who reach natural menopause, says a new study.
Africa

23 dead in initiation rites in South Africa

Twenty-three youths have died in the past nine days at initiation ceremonies that include circumcisions and survival tests, South African police said today.

Mauritius says its banking rules don't allow money laundering

Dismissing the perception of Mauritius being a route for round-tripping and laundering of black money to and from India, the country's banking industry body says that the laws governing its banks are too stringent to be abused for illicit activities.
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