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The World's First Suicide Bomber

On the night of July 5, the Tigers launched their first kamikaze operation.Miller took the wheels of the explosive-packed truck, smiled at everyone as he turned the ignition key and drove it slowly......

Rajiv Gandhi: 'I Trust Prabhakaran'

As Prabhakaran was leaving his house, Rajiv Gandhi called his son Rahul and asked him to fetch his (Gandhi's) bulletproof jacket.He put the jacket on Prabhakaran's back and remarked with his usual......

LTTE kills 6 soldiers; Red Cross opens frontlines

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels have shot dead six soldiers in northern Sri Lanka even as the international Red Cross resumed providing safe passage for civilians crossing the frontlines.......

Sri Lanka evacuates northern coast before cyclone hits

Sri Lanka is evacuating people from its northern coast as a cyclone threatened to hit the region. The meteorological department said that a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal was developing into......

Floods, landslides kill 40 Sri Lankans, 200 missing

Over 200 people were on Wednesday feared buried in massive landslides in Sri Lanka following three days of torrential rains that have triggered landslips and floods, killing nearly 40 people, with......

India plans air supplies to Nepal

National Security Adviser JN Dixit on Friday convened a meeting of top defence officials to discuss a contingency plan on air-dropping supplies to besieged Kathmandu.Although details of the plans......

'Wish prices were kept low for the common man'

For Ashok Upadhyay, a taxi driver from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, who makes his living in Mumbai, there are concerns more pressing than the Budget. Namely, he says, prices for even basic......

Union Budget: What the FM has in store for you

Stating that 'aam aadmi' is the focus of all our programmes and schemes, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee proposed the following in Union Budget 2009-10. Personal income tax exemption limit for......

'Visa-on-arrival' in India soon

The ministry of tourism is pushing for visa-on-arrival facility to around 16 countries, a senior government official said. Initially, the visa facility can be issued at only two international......

Even Namibia is ahead of India!

India is way down in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index, ranked at number 55 in a list of 104 nations.If it is any consolation, India moved one place up from last year's rank......

Vote: Priyanka Chopra's hottest look

Priyanka Chopra is one hot babe. And the 27-year-old just seems to get hotter with every release. Even a de-glam role in Kaminey hasn't dimmed the Cancerian's beauty one bit. So we decided to get......

Does Bhansali glorify jauhar?

'I am angry because this ever happened.''I am sad because it's painful to think what they must be going through.''I am glad we've fought hard to break through such cruel tradition.''But it burns my......

NZ pacer Tickner fights back tears, reveals father's home hit by cyclone

'My father's house has been fully destroyed. It was good to get back, help them out' 'Cricket to me is obviously my life as well, but it's nothing compared to what people are going through at the......

Cummins banishes captaincy queries with World Cup heroics

With Pat Cummins in charge, victory over India in the World Cup final in Ahmedabad on Sunday will mark Australia as one of the great cross-format teams of the modern era. IMAGE: Pat Cummins......

Pick Your India Team For New Zealand Semi-Final

IMAGE: The Indian team's think-tank: Captain Rohit Sharma, Head Coach Rahul Dravid and senior pro Virat Kohli. Photograph: BCCI A near-invincible India start as favourites against an......

T20 WC: India are with a foot in the semis already

IMAGE: Player of the Match Kohli maintained his superb run of form with his 3rd fifty in four innings. Photograph: Sarah Reed/Getty Images Inaugural champions India put a foot in the semi-finals......

SAFF U-17 Championship: India wins title, defeats Nepal 4-0 in final

Photograph: Kind Courtesy AIFF Media/Twitter India put up a clinical performance to clinch the SAFF U-17 Championship title, defeating a 10-man Nepal 4-0 in the Final on Wednesday, at the......

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