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The engineering feat spans 13 km to link Europe with Asia some 60 metres below the Bosphorus Strait.

The rupee also got support from fag-end sales of dollars by banks and exporters on the back of sustained foreign capital inflows.

A bench comprising justices BS Chauhan and SA Bobde allowed her plea keeping in view the ongoing assembly session.

Dozens of prisoners held on political charges have been freed, and a prominent artistic center known as the House of Cinema has reopened.

Jamia Millia Islamia, on Tuesday, celebrated its 93rd foundation day with the announcement of a unique email id for students and teachers of the central university.

"Our preparedness for Cyclone Phailin was fail proof. Successful evacuation of about ten lakh people before the cyclone helped us save many lives," Patnaik said.

The chief coach said the upcoming tournament will give him a chance to assess all the arsenal at his disposal ahead of the quadrennial event.

Polio has broken out among young children in northeast Syria, the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed on Tuesday, and could spread inside and outside the country, where civil war has led to falling vaccination rates.

Priyanka Chopra considers megastar Amitabh Bachchan as her off screen superhero.

The game is successful in creating an atmosphere charged with emotion, with an underlying current of fear and edgy tension.

Centenarian JD(U) MP Ram Sundar Das today fainted on stage at the party convention in Rajgir and was rushed to a hospital.

Five people were killed and dozens injured on Monday, the government said, when a car ploughed into pedestrians and caught fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, the site of 1989 pro-democracy protests bloodily suppressed by the military.

"Australia's longest war" is ending and its defence forces mission in Afghanistan will be complete by 2013 end, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced in a statement on Tuesday.

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who was injured in stone pelting during the LDF protest in Kannur, on Tuesday virtually held the CPM responsible for the incident.

Terrorists on Tuesday exploded a powerful bomb in a market area in Imphal, injuring five persons and damaging a school building.

Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal also retains his No.2 position on the rich list with a wealth of $16 billion.