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New Delhi, Mar 16 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that inflationary pressure on food items has started coming down.

Jakarta, March 14 (DPA) An earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale struck the eastern Indonesian islands Sunday morning in North Maluku province, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, meteorologists said.

Islamabad, March 10 (DPA) Two suspected US drone attacks Wednesday in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border killed at least 12 people, intelligence officials said.

United Nations, March 11 (IANS) India has announced a cash contribution of $5 million for relief and rehabilitation in Chile in a show of solidarity with the people of the earthquake-hit country.

Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) Noted industrialist G.P. Birla died late Friday night after a prolonged illness, a source close to the family said here Saturday. He was 86.

Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan Thursday stressed the need for focusing on improving Mumbai's urban infrastructure, water supply and transportation.

As a pall of gloom hung over the Bhakti Dham ashram in Uttar Pradesh a day after a stampede killed 63 women and children, an eyewitness said on Friday that an electrocution rumour sparked off panic at the gate of the popular spiritual centre.

Montreal, March 4 (IANS) After France, the niqab controversy has now hotted up in Canada, with a Egyptian Muslim woman refusing to remove her veil in her French language class in a local college.

New Delhi, Mar 3 : Union Human Resource Development (HRD) minister Kapil Sibal in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today said the Centre has taken the issue of students' suicide seriously and a number of steps have been taken to reduce examination related stress.

London, Mar.3 (ANI): Almost two-thirds of Britons think women should be barred from wearing the burkha in public, the Daily Express reveals a Harris poll, as stating.