NEW DELHI: Former telecom minister A Raja on Tuesday denied allegations of favouring Unitech by advancing the cut-off date for accepting the applications made by Unitech for grant of 2G spectrum licences

LONDON: Scarlett Keeling's mother Fiona MacKeowna has now appealed to Britain's foreign minister William Hague to ask the Indian government to speed up the rape and murder inquiry of her daughter which has been pending for over six years.

 PATNA: RJD chief and UPA-I railway minister Lalu Prasad on Tuesday said Sadananda Gowda's rail budget was "a gazette notification to privatize the Indian Railways".

SEOUL: North Korea on Wednesday fired two suspected short-range missiles off its eastern coast in the latest in a series of missile tests, South Korea said.

JOHANNESBURG: Two trains collided in the South African city of Durban on Tuesday evening, injuring more than 50 passengers in an accident that officials said could have been much worse.

BANGKOK: The rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl, who was shoved off a moving train on an overnight trip from southern Thailand, has sparked public outrage and calls for capital punishment for rapists.

SAO PAULO: It was perhaps ordained that Argentina had to wait for 28 years to come so close to repeating their 1986 World Cup triumph. Once the World Cup returned to the Americas with Lionel Messi in charge of Albiceleste, the stars seem to be plotting an encore.

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilians cried, cursed their president and covered their faces in shame after their beloved football team's humiliating 7-1 thrashing by Germany in the World Cup semifinals on Tuesday.

BELO HORIZONTE: Germany striker Miroslav Klose became the World Cup's all-time record scorer with his 16th goal during their semifinal against Brazil on Tuesday, eclipsing former Brazil striker Ronaldo in the record books with his 23rd minute strike.

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