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Around 100 people are believed to have died off the coast of Yemen after being forced overboard by smugglers in the Gulf of Aden, the United Nations refugee agency reported.

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today spoke out against the recent killing of aid workers in Somalia and Afghanistan, condemning the murders and voicing alarm at the increasing number of attacks against humanitarian staff in both countries.

The global financial crisis which surfaced in August 2007 had its origin in the meltdown of the US housing market. Pursuant to this crisis and news about the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers on September 15, 2008, Indian stock markets have witnessed a fall.

New Delhi: After Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samajwadi Party demanding a judicial probe into the Batla house encounter government's two key allies Rashtriya Janta Dal and Lok Jan Shakti Party have now jumped into the fray demanding a similar probe into the incident.

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader and former Chief Minster of Madhya Pradesh Digvijay Singh on Sunday asked Indian Muslims to side with secular forces to fight against fascist and communal forces.

New Delhi: The opposition BJP and left will ask for a white paper from the UPA government over the current economic situation prevailing in the country on the coming parliament session starting from tomorrow.

NEW DELHI Oct 15: In the backdrop of growing violence and distrust among the various communities in the country, the Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadees Hind is all set promote the message of peace across India.

With the announcement of 14 other items to be dereserved from the reserved list for Small Scale Industries, the SSIs are left with only 21 items now. It may further weaken the small scale sector of the country who are being made to compete with big industries, national and multinational.

New Delhi: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) today demanded immediate arrest of Congress Rajya Sabha MP Mr Radhakant Naik for his alleged involvement in the killing of Swamy Laxmananand who was killed on August 23 by the member of catholic church.

When it comes to distributing tickets to women candidates all parties are alike. Congress Party is no exception, although Congress President Sonia Gandhi is a strong votary of providing thirty three percent reservation to women in legislative bodies including in Parliament.