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Eight people died and three other were seriously injured when a jeep collided with a truck in Haryana late Wednesday, the police said.

The besieged board of Satyam Computer Services Ltd will meet Saturday to discuss the various issues that rocked the IT bellwether since the Maytas deal fiasco Dec 16, culminating in the dramatic resignation of its co-founders who admitted to a massive revenue fraud in the company over the years.

After nearly two years of tender submissions and bidding, the ministry for development of northeastern region-DoNER has tied up with Indian Airlines to have dedicated air services across the region, a central minister said Wednesday.

After weeks of denials, Pakistan Wednesday finally owned up to the lone survivor of Mumbai attacks Ajmal Amir Kasab but, given the heinous nature of the crime, refused to provide him the legal aid he has sought.

The Sri Lankan government Wednesday banned the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), terming it a terrorist organisation.

Four unidentified motorbike-riders opened indiscriminate gunfire at a car but a businessman and three of his employees who were riding the car escaped unharmed, the police said Wednesday.

Israel is deliberately targeting civilians in the Gaza Strip, IRNA reported quoting an UN official as saying here Wednesday.

At least three people were killed and four others injured in two separate accidents near here Wednesday, the police said.

Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday chaired a meeting of the chief ministers of the Maoist violence affected states and discussed ways to meet the challenge.

The Andhra Pradesh government Wednesday ordered a preliminary inquiry by the crime branch of the police into a financial fraud by IT major Satyam Computers.