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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
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China’s ring of friction
Pieces of a geo-political puzzle
Positive diplomacy drowning in jingoism?
India says all issues 'on the table' on China PM's visit
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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Will decide on punishment for spot-fixers tomorrow: Shukla
Two deaf and mute orphan girls raped in Jaipur
Rajesh Mahapatra, deputy executive editor, speaks on Narendra Modi ...
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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
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.
Same-sex marriages gaining exceptance; 14 countries where it's legalised
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.
Shots fired at Cannes film festival, one held
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
Pieces of a geo-political puzzle
Positive diplomacy drowning in jingoism?
India says all issues 'on the table' on China PM's visit
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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