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	Temperature Min : 23.70°C (+6) Max : 34.60°C (+4)
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Dhaka disarm request to Delhi

Eye on rebels on the run

Dhaka has requested New Delhi to disarm and hand over Bangladesh Rifles mutineers trying to flee into India with the Bangladesh Army hot on their heels, officials here told The Telegraph. ... | Read..

Army curbs attack instinct

The army wanted to storm the BDR headquarters “immediately” after news of the mutiny broke but was held back by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a senior army offi ... | Read..

‘Poll bonus’ for tech teachers

Faculty in all central technical education institutions, including the IITs and IIMs, will receive a one-time compensation for the likely delay in implementation of a pro ... | Read..

Advani break from classes

Classes were suspended at many colleges in BJP-ruled Karnataka today so that L.K. Advani could reach out to “Youngistan”. ... | Read..

Barber shot dead in Manipur

A gunman walked into a hair-cutting saloon in Imphal West at 9.30 this morning and shot a barber from point blank range, before fleeing the scene in a passing autoricksha ... | Read..

2 abducted after red raid on station

Maoists blew up a railway station and abducted two officials from another station early this morning in Sundergarh district about 30km from the Jharkhand border. ... | Read..

A rescuer searches for bodies at a mass graveyard inside the BDR headquarters in Dhaka on Saturday. (Reuters)
Dhaka disarm request to Delhi

I expect more support than when I was playing for the country
Mohammed Azharuddin
on taking up politics

Surprise U2 concert on top of BBC House
U2 played a rooftop concert in the centre of London, atop a balcony at BBC Broadcasting House. ... | Read..

Downturn death knell for US dailies
An elderly couple, retired and happy with the success of their immigrant children in the Silicon Va ... | Read..

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