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Mulayam confident of forming Third Front after 2014 polls

New Delhi, Oct 7 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday said a Third Front will surely be formed after the general elections in 2014. Yadav, however, refused to disclose the name of Third Front's Prime Ministerial candidate.The Samajwadi Party chief is expected to meet CPI (M) General Secretary Prakash Karat later this month and hold discussion on the possibilities of a Third Front.

Oct 7, 2013

Anti-Telangana stir: Jagan, Chandrababu Naidu doing drama, says Prabhakar

New Delhi, Oct 07 (ANI): Even as Telegu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu and YSR Congress leader Jagan Mohan Reddy are on an indefinite hunger strike to protest against the Centre's decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh, Congress MP Ponnam Prabhakar said that both Jagan Reddy and CB Naidu are doing drama and as Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh has stated they will not take back its decision.

Oct 7, 2013

Indian Army guns down seven militants near Kashmir border

Srinagar, Oct 07 (ANI): Indian Army neutralized seven militants near the disputed border in Kashmir where gun battles have been going on with infiltrators from Pakistan for the past fortnight. Colonel Sanjay Mitra, a senior officer of Indian Army said this while interacting with the mediapersons at Srinagar. Col. Sanjay Mitra said that extremists were gunned down as they tried to sneak further into Indian territories and a huge cache of arms and ammunition have been recovered. India is fighting the biggest group of infiltrators to cross from Pakistan in years, as some 30 to 40 heavily-armed fighters have crossed the Line of Control (LoC) dividing Jammu and Kashmir between the rival nations in the Keran sector and are holed up in the thick forests of the area since September 23.

Oct 7, 2013

Passengers express worry after govt increased railway fares

Mumbai/New Delhi, Oct 07 (ANI): Passengers from all over India call for roll back on Monday (October 07) for the recently revised railway fares after the Indian Railways increased the fares by about 2 per cent for all classes in wake of burden due to increased diesel and electricity cost. The revised fares will also apply to tickets issued in advance for journey to commence on or after October 7. Reportedly, the Ministry of Railways has decided to further revise the fares of AC classes also.

Oct 7, 2013

Both YSR Congress and TDP had agreed for Telangana but now opposing it: KT Rama Rao

Hyderabad, Oct 07 (ANI): TRS leader Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao said that YSR Congress party chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy's and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu's fast against creation of Telangana is just hypocracy. He said that in the past both Jaganmohan and Naidu were in the favour of Telangana and now they are against it.

Oct 7, 2013

Telangana row: Chandrababu Naidu to go on indefinite fast in Delhi

Hyderabad, Oct 07 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu will go on an indefinite hunger-strike in New Delhi from Monday to protest against the Union Cabinet's decision regarding the proposed bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. He said that he is going to sit on fast in Delhi because all the problems started in there and he wants to tell to the nation what is happening in Andhra Pradesh

Oct 7, 2013

US credits Assad over Syria arms destruction

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad can take "credit" for moving quickly to eliminate his regime's chemical arms, US Secretary of State John Kerry says, after experts begin destroying the banned arms. Duration: 00:54

Oct 7, 2013

Symbolic football match in Brussels for Qatar workers

The International Trade Union Confederation holds a symbolic football match to draw attention to allegations of appalling working conditions in the preparation of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Oct 7, 2013

Dutch fishermen give eels new lease of life

On an autumn morning on a small Dutch canal, fisherman Aart van der Waal pulls up a fish trap stuffed with squirming eels -- not for the pot, but as part of a bold initiative to save the critically endangered species. Duration: 00:39

Oct 7, 2013

Harrison Ford in Berlin to promote 'Ender's Game'

Harrison Ford was in Berlin to promote his latest film "Ender's Game" with Ben Kingsley. The Sci-Fi drama will start screening October 24 in Germany, October 25 in the UK, November 1 in the US and November 6 in France.

Oct 7, 2013

Asian artists use Hong Kong as launchpad to fame

Southeast Asian artists are hoping to step out of China's shadow to conquer the art world with creations inspired by the tumultuous history of their native countries. Duration: 02:17

Oct 7, 2013

Car bomb kills three policemen in Egypt's Sinai

Suspected militants killed nine people in attacks in Egypt on Monday. In south Sinai, a car bomb explosion outside provincial police headquarters killed three policemen, the interior ministry said.

Oct 7, 2013

Cellular breakthrough trio wins Nobel for medicine

James Rothman and Randy Schekman of the United States and Thomas Suedhof of Germany won the Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday for groundbreaking work on how the cell organises its transport system. Duration: 00:31

Oct 7, 2013

Palestinian Oktoberfest beer festival draws crowds

Despite a change of venue, music and beer drew scores of Palestinians to the Taybeh Ocktoberfest this year. The beer festival was held in a hotel in Ramallah instead of the town of Taybeh, a tiny Christian village which is home to the only Palestinian beer brewery.

Oct 7, 2013

Suicide bombers target Shiites in Iraq

Suicide bombers attacked a series of sites in Iraq on Sunday including a primary school, a police station in a Shiite village in the north of Iraq, and a mosque where Shiite pilgrims were gathered killing dozens. Duration: 00:34

Oct 7, 2013