President Barack Obama has said the US will not recognize the Crimean referendum and vowed to impose fresh sanctions on Russia.


US not to recognize Crimean referendum: Obama


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The voter turnout of the ongoing 2014 Crimea referendum on the future of the peninsula hit 63.97 percent during afternoon, five hours before the scheduled end of the vote at 8.00 p.m, the referendum commission said Sunday.


Crimea witnesses high voter turnout


A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the central government and the Election Commission that Non-resident Indians who are registered voters should be allowed to cast their ballot even from their foreign locations.


SC moved for NRIs' right to vote from abroad


Police have registered a complaint against Shiv Sena Lok Sabha MP Anandrao Adsul and two others for abusing and threatening NCP candidate and actress Navneet Kaur-Rana, an official said here Sunday.


Shiv Sena MP booked for abusing actress


Israel reopened its commercial crossing with Gaza Sunday after a three-day halt to allow fuel into the enclave, a Palestinian official said.


Israel reopens crossing with Gaza for fuel supplies


Tripura has maintained its top position for the sixth consecutive year in voluntary blood donation in the country, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here Sunday.


Tripura tops in voluntary blood donation


The Congress' Delhi unit, which has so far overlooked the power of the social media, will finally launch its IT cell to drum up support ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.


After AAP, BJP, Delhi Congress to tap social media (Election Special)


The main Malaysian opposition party, People's Justice Party (PKR), Sunday dismissed a report which claimed that Zaharie Ahmad, the captain of the Malaysia Airlines plane that went missing March 8, is a "political fanatic".


No link with missing jet captain: Malaysian opposition party


After the UN Security Council failed to adopt a draft resolution on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, China Sunday called for a political solution instead of confrontation on the issue.


China calls for resolution of Ukraine crisis


Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf, facing trial for high treason, has in an application before a special court accused his erstwhile officers as co-conspirators for the imposition of Emergency on Nov 3, 2007, a media report said Sunday.


Musharraf drags former Pakistani top guns into trial


A court Saturday imposed a fine of Rs.2,500 each on former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his AAP colleague Manish Sisodia after they failed to appear in a defamation case filed against them by Communications Minister Kapil Sibal's son Amit.


Court fines Kejriwal, Sisodia Rs.2,500 for non-appearance


Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal should not generalise and be specific about his criticism of the media, a party leader in Goa said Saturday.


Kejriwal should not generalise about media: AAP leader


The Supreme Court has asked the Himachal Pradesh High Court to reconsider a plea by the state cricket body led by BJP MP Anurag Thakur to implead Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and three government officials in a land case.


Reconsider plea to implead CM in land case: SC to Himachal HC


Kiev, March 15 (IANS/ITAR -TASS) A bill denouncing the treaty on institution of the Commonwealth of Independent States was tabled in the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, Friday.


Bill denouncing CIS creation tabled in Ukraine parliament


It is true that every anti corruption movement in recent history has decisively shifted the centre of gravity of Indian politics yards to the right, as writers have asserted recently. Such campaigns have always had considerable media support.


Should the media not applaud Kejriwal's anti corruption plank? (Election Special)


The UN Security Council is expected to hold an emergency meeting Saturday to vote on a draft resolution on Ukraine drawn up by the US and backed by Western countries, diplomats and UN officials said here.


UNSC expected to vote on Ukraine resolution Saturday


Police have not made arrests in Goa's multi-billion rupee illegal mining scam because they are busy crunching data for a judicial probe, according to Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.


Police crunching data in Goa mining scam, says Parrikar


The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the central government and the Election Commission on a petition seeking direction that no candidate could simultaneously contest election from more than one constituency for the same legislative body in the same election.


SC notice on plea for restricting candidate to one constituency


Chhattisgarh witnessed a near-total spontaneous shutdown Friday to protest brutal killings of 15 troopers and a civilian by Maoists in an ambush March 11 in Sukma district of the violence-wracked Bastar region.


Chhattisgarh observes shutdown to protest Maoist violence


The motorcade of AAP leader Kumar Amethi was attacked late Friday in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi, police said. AAP blamed the Congress for the attack.


Kumar Vishwas's cavalcade attacked in Amethi


BJP candidate and Bengali film actor Joy Banerjee found himself in the eye of a storm Friday after a television channel broadcast a footage claiming he was distributing money during his poll campaign. The candidate and his party denied the allegation.

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