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Taliban is part of negative presence in Afghan Rao (19 March 12:10) |
| ''There are certain forces that spread terror. The Taliban is part of the very negative presence,'' Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, who is in the United States on a 6-day visit, said here.Em... |
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US top Intelligence official meets PC (19 March 12:10) |
| Accompanied by US Ambassador to India Timothy J Roemer, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Dennis C Blair and a delegation of Forensic officials met Chidambaram amidst speculation that ... |
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Deadline for giving views on Telangana extended (19 March 12:10) |
| The Committee for Consultations on the situation in Andhra Pradesh, headed by B N Srikrishna, today decided to extend the deadline for filing views on the contentious statehood issue, heedin... |
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Australians accused of racially abusing Indian players (19 March 12:10) |
| The Geelong Cricket Association discussed the accusations till early Thursday morning after learning that players from the Thomson club racially abused members of the Waurn Ponds team during... |
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No early pardon for fool Fonseka Rajapaksa (19 March 12:10) |
| "He is a fool. On 16th November (2009) he was sitting right here (President's office in Colombo) and I asked him if he was interested in contesting (the presidential election) and he sa... |
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EGoM clears draft food security Bill (19 March 12:10) |
| The draft Food Security Bill will "hopefully" go to the Cabinet next week, Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar told reporters after the eGoM meeting. The group headed by Fin... |
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Govt NSCN-IM sincere in resolving Naga issue Muivah (19 March 12:10) |
| Muivah, who arrived at Dimapur to hold consultations with various Naga groups, said "Time and again we have clarified our position based on historical rights of the Nagas to the governm... |
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Pawar downplays abuses hurled against him by Chaturvedi (19 March 12:10) |
| ''There is no need to speak anything more on this matter. I think there is no need to give much importance to the matter."The Congress party has taken a decision on this feeling that th... |
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Praveen Kumar gets first hat-trick of IPL III (19 March 12:10) |
| Brought back into the attack in the 17th over, Praveen removed Damien Martin, Sumit Narwal and Paras Dogra off successive deliveries to join the elite league.Delhi Daredevils' Amit Mishra, C... |
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Saina rises to career-high fifth (19 March 12:10) |
| Saina, whose previous best on the chart was the sixth spot she attained last year, surprised one and all by becoming the first Indian woman to reach the semifinals of the prestigious All Eng... |
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Uproar in AP Assembly over water scarcity (19 March 12:10) |
| The proceedings had to be adjourned first for 15 minutes and then again for 30 minutes as agitated Telugu Desam Party members stormed the Speaker's podium and demanded that the issue be disc... |
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India and Taiwan agree to have academic cooperation (19 March 12:10) |
| An agreement to this effect was signed by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and the Foundation for International Cooperation in Higher Education of Taiwan (FICHET) during the visi... |
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Man shoots girl gets killed in police firing in Mumbai (19 March 12:10) |
| According to police, Harish Maroliya (60) shot Hemini Mehta (15) who lived in the same building. She was declared dead by doctors on arrival at a hospital.Hemini, however, did not belong to ... |
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Osama deputy hiding in Pakistan CIA chief (19 March 12:10) |
| The agency officials believe the two are hiding, ''either in the northern tribal areas or in North Waziristan, or somewhere in that vicinity,'' CIA Director Leon Panetta told The Washington ... |
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India proposes trilateral talks with Iran Pak for gas project (19 March 12:10) |
| "... As far as India is concerned, we are in consultation with the government of Iran. We have certain concerns. Concerns about pricing, concerns about security, which have been taken u... |
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Woods still a terrific golfer Obama (19 March 12:10) |
| "You know, I think that Tiger has acknowledged that he betrayed his family and that's a personal issue that he has got to work out," said Obama who is an avid lover of the game.&qu... |
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Banderas named goodwill ambassador for UN agency (19 March 12:10) |
| "In his new role as an advocate for the poor, Antonio Banderas will set his sights on the Millennium Development Goals, a set of eight globally agreed targets that seek to halve world p... |
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US in common struggle with India Pakistan against terrorism (19 March 12:10) |
| "We have a very rich, strategic dialogue with India," State Department Spokesman Mark Toner told reporters on Wednesday when asked about what the visiting Indian Foreign Secretary ... |
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10 injured in blast in Bihar bus (19 March 12:10) |
| According to police sources, 10 people were injured in the incident near Lakhsmipur in Jamui, about 150 km from here. The injured were admitted to the government hospital, police said. |
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Mayawati rally FIR lodged in bee invasion incident (19 March 12:10) |
| Deputy Inspector General of Police Rajiv Krishna, who is probing into the bee invasion incident, said that prima facie it had been revealed that the bees swarmed Ramabai Ambedkar rally groun... |
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Interceptor missile test fails (15 March 08:28) |
| The target, a Prithvi missile, fired at 10:02 am from a mobile launcher from the Integrated Test Range Complex-3 at Chandipur-on-Sea, 15 km from here, deviated from its trajectory after trav... |
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Olive Ridley turtles begin nesting in Orissa (15 March 08:28) |
| Rushikulya beach, about 175 km from here, is one of the three mass nesting sites in the state. Turtle lovers and experts were worried, since mass nesting had occurred here Feb 14 last year.&... |
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Krishna hints at next secretary-level talks in Islamabad (15 March 06:30) |
| "The Foreign Secretary of Pakistan came here for the talks. So, perhaps it is the turn of Indian Foreign Secretary to go to Pakistan. So, let us move step by step," External Affair... |
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ISI sharing intelligence and providing protection to LeT (15 March 06:30) |
| "Despite the government's ban on LeT, Pakistan's ISI continues to consider the organisation an asset. The ISI is believed to share intelligence and provide protection to LeT," Cong... |
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Rajya Sabha revokes suspension of four MPs (15 March 06:30) |
| Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal moved a motion recommending termination of action taken against Veerpal Singh Yadav, Nand Kishore Yadav, Amir Alam Khan and Kamal Akhtar aft... |
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India will fight attempts to unseat Pachauri Jairam Ramesh (15 March 06:30) |
| "We are backing the IPCC chairman and will fight any attempt to unseat him," Ramesh said in the Rajya Sabha during question hour.At the same time, Ramesh admitted that the IPCC's f... |
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Dabwali fire SC directs DAV to pay compensation of Rs 10 cr (15 March 06:30) |
| The apex court directed that the interim compensation be paid by the committee within six weeks. A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan also issued notice and sought response from ... |
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Thousands gather for Mayawatis rally (15 March 06:30) |
| The silver jubilee celebrations at the Ramabai Ambedkar grounds coincide with party founder Kanshi Ram's birthday. It is estimated that there are nearly 20 lakh participants from across the ... |
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Mayawati under attack in LS over Bareilly situation (15 March 06:30) |
| The House had to be adjourned prematurely before lunch recess after BJP members created a ruckus for its member Maneka Gandhi being disallowed from raising the issue.Samajwadi Party chief Mu... |
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11th plan aims to create 58 mn new jobs Govt (15 March 06:30) |
| Replying to a supplementary during the Question Hour in Lok Sabha, Labour and Employment Minister Mallikarjun Kharge said employment is projected to grow at an average rate of 2.73 per cent ... |
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Cabinet nod to plantation workers bill (15 March 06:30) |
| The bill was tabled in the Rajya Sabha on October 10, 2008 and then referred to a Standing Committee of Parliament. The Cabinet approved the amendments suggested by the Standing Committee, p... |
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11 MNS workers arrested on extortion charges (15 March 06:30) |
| "The 11 workers barged into the sets of the film being produced by Ritesh Sidhwani at Mehboob Studios in Bandra last evening demanding that locals be given priority over foreign artists... |
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Govt clears draft bill on road safety (15 March 06:30) |
| "Yes, it has been approved," a top-level source said after the meeting of the Union Cabinet.The Cabinet gave a green signal to the National Road Safety and Traffic Management Board... |
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Govt defers tabling of Nuclear Liability Bill (15 March 04:32) |
| "I have a request from the Minister Prithviraj Chavan that government does not intend to introduce the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill today," Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar... |
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Govt allows foreign varsities to open campuses (15 March 04:32) |
| Government on Monday approved a bill to allow foreign universities to set up campuses in India and offer degrees.The Foreign Educational Institution (Regulation of Entry and Operation) Bill,... |
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Government defers tabling of Nuclear Liability Bill (15 March 02:13) |
| "I have a request from the Minister Prithviraj Chavan that government does not intend to introduce the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill today," Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar... |
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SC refuses bail to Ramalinga Raju (15 March 02:13) |
| The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the bail application of disgraced Satyam founder, Ramalinga Raju, the main accused in a multi-crore fraud case."When serious crimes are committed, ... |
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Govt faces tough task on nuclear liability bill (15 March 12:17) |
| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is keen to secure Parliament's nod for the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill before he leaves for Washington around the middle of next month to attend a s... |
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Interceptor missile fails to take off (15 March 12:17) |
| "Coordinated exercise between target missile Prithvi from Chandipur and the indigenously built interceptor from Wheeler Island could not take place properly during the planned trial,&qu... |
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LeT has 320 global targets 20 in India Report (15 March 12:17) |
| "In the wake of the (26/11) Mumbai attack, investigators uncovered in controller records and e-mail accounts a list of 320 locations worldwide deemed by the LeT as possible targets for ... |
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Curfew relaxed in violence-hit Bareilly (15 March 12:17) |
| "Curfew has been relaxed in five police areas - Prem Nagar, Qila, Baradari, Kotwali and Subhash Nagar - for four hours, from 10 am to 2 pm, this morning and people have been allowed to ... |
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Fiji braces for powerful cyclone (15 March 12:17) |
| Cyclone Tomas was located about 185 kilometres (115 miles) northeast of the town of Labasa on the northern island of Vanua Levu at 7:00 am (1800 Sunday GMT)."Fiji has not faced a cyclon... |
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26 killed as bus falls off bridge in Rajasthan (15 March 10:12) |
| Twenty-six people, including students and teachers, were killed and 34 injured when their bus hit a stationary vehicle and fell off a bridge into a dry river bed in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopu... |
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Al Qaeda under fantastic pressure Holbrooke (15 March 10:12) |
| "They are under fantastic pressure. You know, recently their external operations chief was eliminated. They have lost about 10 to 12 of their top 20 people in the last year or so,"... |
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Austerity drive on its way out (15 March 02:12) |
| The clampdown on general government expenditure, five-star stay, use of plush cars and foreign jaunts imposed last September may be on its way out with the end of the financial year on March... |
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Major plot to blow up ONGC thwarted (15 March 02:12) |
| The duo, identified as Abdul Latif alias Guddu (29) and Riyaz Ali (23), was picked from near Matunga Railway Station in central Mumbai on Saturday night. They were produced before a metropol... |
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Congress workers turn violent over list delay (15 March 02:12) |
| To make matters worse, Congress ticket aspirants went on the rampage at a Bannerghatta farmhouse where party leaders had gathered to finalise the list.NSUI supporters resorted to violence an... |
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Police net pirated DVDs not big fish (15 March 02:12) |
| The reason: the manufacturers of the pirated CDs and DVDs are located in Chennai and Hosur in Tamil Nadu, which is effectively out of their reach.In a major haul on Saturday, detectives of t... |
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Pleas galore for dumping nuke Bill (15 March 02:12) |
| With tacit support from political parties, environmental activists Greenpeace faxed 36,000 messages to 7 Race Course Road compelling the PMO to switch off some of its publicly known fax numb... |
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India Africa to check fake drug menace (15 March 02:12) |
| Keen to make it sure that mischief by some pharmaceutical companies based in China does not have any adverse impact on India’s growing business interests in Africa, New Delhi took up t... |
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