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Despite India's reservations, China launches study to build rail link to Pakistan via PoK

Beijing: China has reportedly commissioned a “preliminary research study” to build an international rail link connecting its border province of Xinjiang to Pakistan, a contentious project from India’s perspective as it runs through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).



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Four-storey building collapses in Delhi, 4 dead

New Delhi: At least four people died after a four-storey building collapsed in Inderlok, North Delhi Saturday morning.



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Man asks nephew to rape wife to 'get her pregnant'

Hyderabad: A local court has sentenced a man to 10 years' imprisonment for helping his nephew rape his wife so that she could conceive and give birth to a baby.



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Ramzan to begin from June 30

New Delhi: Ramzan, the holy month of fasting for Muslims, will begin from Monday as the new moon could not be sighted anywhere in the country on Saturday.



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Train comes to halt after passenger suffers rat bite

Madurai: In an incident that exposes the condition of our trains, a 62-year-old passenger in a second class coach of Nellai Express was bitten by a rat in the early hours of Saturday. The passenger was taken to a hospital with bleeding injuries.



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Delhi University's first cut-off list to be released on July 1; admissions begin same day

New Delhi: Fresh admissions to Delhi University (DU) for the 2014-15 academic session under the three-year course will commence from Tuesday, a week behind schedule following the row over the controversial four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP).



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China shows Arunachal Pradesh as its territory in map, India reacts strongly

New Delhi: Reacting strongly to reports that China has in its recent map shown Arunachal Pradesh as its territory, India on Saturday said "cartographic depiction" does not change reality on the ground and asserted that Arunachal Pradesh was an integral part of the country.



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Puri Ratha Yatra witnesses massive turnout

Puri: More than seven lakh people Sunday thronged the streets in Odisha's temple town of Puri to witness the world famous Ratha Yatra, officials said.



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3 AI planes on standby for evacuation of Indians in Iraq, Sushma meets envoys

New Delhi: Air India today kept three planes on standby for evacuation of Indian nationals in strife-torn Iraq even as the Government reviewed the situation in the region at a high-level meeting after which it said the 39 abducted Indians were safe.



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ISIS declares establishment of 'Caliphate', Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as the leader of world's Muslims

New Delhi: Jihadists fighting in Syria and Iraq announced Sunday the establishment of a "caliphate", referring to the system of rule that ended nearly 100 years ago with the fall of the Ottomans.



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