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India-Bhutan eco engagement to touch Rs 100 bn: PM (17 May 04:40) |
| Projecting a whopping Rs 10,000 crore economic engagement with Bhutan in areas like telecom, infrastructure and education, PM unveiled a mega plan for cooperation in the power sector. |
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People will bring back Cong to power: Scindia (17 May 04:36) |
| Jyotiraditya Scindia has said that the present BJP government in Madhya Pradesh has failed on every front and hence people are awaiting to throw it out of power. |
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Six militants killed in encounter in J&K (17 May 04:20) |
| Six militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district today. |
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Marxist leader Surjeet slips into coma (17 May 04:15) |
| Veteran Marxist leader Harkishan Singh Surjeet, who was admitted to a hospital here with an acute respiratory problem, has slipped into coma. |
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Suu Kyi's party rejects Myanmar vote result (17 May 03:57) |
| Aung San Suu Kyi opposition party today rejected the Myanmar junta claim that more than 92 per cent of voters approved a military-backed constitution. |
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Jaipur blasts: Suspected SIMI activist held (17 May 03:40) |
| A man suspected to have links with the outlawed Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) was detained early on Saturday in Sawai Madhopur dist of Rajasthan for his suspected links to Jaipur... |
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Myanmar takes diplomats to tour disaster zone (17 May 03:40) |
| Myanmar took a group of foreign diplomats early today to the cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta, in the first such trip since the devastating storm hit the country two weeks ago. |
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UN for strict building rules to lower quake losses (17 May 03:32) |
| The United Nations has sought stricter codes to ensure that buildings are able to withstand earthquake shocks considering the large number of casualties caused due to their collapses. |
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India to institute Nehru-Wangchuck Scholarship: PM (17 May 02:45) |
| India will institute a scholarship to encourage Bhutanese students to study in its leading universities and institutions. |
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China quake: UN announces $7mn relief fund (17 May 02:32) |
| UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced a grant of $7 million to support relief efforts in the aftermath of Monday's massive earthquake in China. |
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Three militants killed in encounter (17 May 02:30) |
| Three militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district today. |
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Sharif-hater appointed as new Punjab governor (17 May 01:55) |
| The PPP leader Asif Zardari has appointed a known Sharif-hater as the new Governor of Punjab, being run by a PML-N chief minister. |
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Centre's 14-point plan eyes overall growth of NE (17 May 01:45) |
| A 14-point action plan to eradicate poverty from India's eight northeastern states promises to improve the condition of the estimated 7.9 million poor people in the region. |
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Myanmar cyclone: Death toll rises to 77,738 (17 May 01:12) |
| The death toll from Cyclone Nargis has risen sharply to 77,738 in Myanmar, the state television reported. |
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We wish to see more secure South Asia: Manmohan (17 May 01:09) |
| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today strongly pitched for a South Asia that is "at peace with itself" and expressed India's readiness to assist in making the region more secure and prosperous... |
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Jaipur blasts: IPL teams, sponsors come to aid (17 May 12:33) |
| The Indian Premier League (IPL) organisers today announced that a sum of Rs six crore will be donated by the eight teams and five sponsors of the Twenty20 event to the victims of the Jaipur ... |
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China's 1-child policy brings pain for parents (17 May 12:27) |
| For couples who lost their only child in the past week massive earthquake, the tragedy has been doubly cruel. |
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MP Govt revamps top police brass; names new DGP (17 May 12:19) |
| A day after reshuffling over 25 senior IAS officers ahead of Assembly polls, Madhya Pradesh government today revamped the top police brass appointing S K Raut as the new Director General of ... |
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Maharastra govt transfers 29 IAS officers (17 May 12:14) |
| Maharashtra government today transferred 29 IAS officers, including Additional Chief Secretary Higher and Techincal Education and Principal Secretary School Education. |
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Myanmar: Junta confines foreigners to largest city (17 May 12:08) |
| Myanmar's military rulers have thrown a tightening ring of security around Yangon, blocking aid workers, foreign diplomats and journalists from reaching cyclone-battered regions. |
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SIMI hand suspected in Jaipur blasts (17 May 11:53) |
| Sereial bomb blasts in Jaipur recently is suspected to have links with Indore and Indore. |
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Mike Tyson basks in Cannes glory (17 May 09:43) |
| Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson won cheers at the Cannes film festival after the red-carpet premiere of a moving documentary on his turbulent life. |
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British tourists repose faith in Jaipur (17 May 09:38) |
| British tourists continue to repose faith in the holiday destination of Jaipur despite the recent terror attack that claimed over 60 lives. |
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Astronomers mystified by weird star (17 May 09:32) |
| Astronomers are puzzled by the discovery of a pulsar with an unusual orbit never before seen in similar fast-spinning neutron stars that beam regular pulses of radio waves. |
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China testing nuke plants for quake damage (17 May 09:28) |
| Chinese authorities have implemented an emergency nuclear safety plan following the giant quake in Sichuan province, French nuclear experts disclosed. |
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China aftershock triggers landslides, buries cars (17 May 09:23) |
| A strong aftershock near the epicentre of China s devastating earthquake triggered landslides that cutoff roads and buried vehicles, state media reported. |
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Alemao celebrates birthday in House of Commons (17 May 09:18) |
| Goa PWD minister Churchill Alemao enjoyed a birthday lunch at the UK's House of Commons hosted by Goa-origin Labour MP, Keith Vaz. Alemao, who turned 57 yesterday |
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Bush seeks more oil as Saudis say output is enough (17 May 06:40) |
| US President George W Bush pressed Saudi Arabia to raise oil output, but the world's biggest crude exporter said global supply is balanced with demand. |
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Olmert to be questioned by police next week (17 May 06:36) |
| Israel's Channel Two TV says police will next week question Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in connection to a corruption case. |
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Pak says coalition missile struck inside borders (17 May 04:54) |
| Pakistan today said that coalition forces in Afghanistan earlier this week launched a missile strike into Pakistan's tribal region, killing 14 people. |
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Red Cross says 10,000 displaced Yemen clashes (17 May 04:49) |
| Some 10,000 civilians in northern Yemen have been displaced from their villages over the past week by sporadic clashes between government troops |
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Dutch govt to criminalize non-licensed prostitutes (17 May 04:16) |
| The Dutch government announced plans today to criminalize visiting prostitutes who are not officially licensed. |
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German foreigner killed in Chinese earthquake (17 May 03:49) |
| A German citizen has died in the massive earthquake that ravaged China's southwest region, becoming the first foreign casualty of the disaster, the Chinese embassy here said today. |
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Opp parties to topple Badawi govt in Malaysia (17 May 03:41) |
| Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim today said the newly-formed Pakatan Rakyat (PR), an alliance of opposition parties, would dislodge the government of Prime Minister Ahmad Badawi by ... |
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UN releases USD 7 mn for China as assistance (17 May 03:19) |
| QUAKE-UN ZCZC PRI ESPL INT . UNITEDNA FES111 QUAKE-UN UN releases USD 7 mn for China as assistance United Nations, May 16 (PTI) The United Nations has released |
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Afghan plane hijacker founder working as cleaner (17 May 03:00) |
| One of the nine Afghans involved in a hijacking eight years ago was arrested after he was found working at Heathrow airport as a cleaner, it emerged today. |
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US to resume food aid to North Korea (17 May 02:54) |
| The United States said it intends to send 500,000 tonnes of emergency food aid to North Korea over the next year following a deal with Pyongyang that allows broad monitoring of deliveries. |
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Mugabe acknowledges election disaster (17 May 02:38) |
| Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe acknowledged today he had suffered an electoral disaster in losing a first-round poll to arch-rival Morgan Tsvangirai, as the date for a run-off was set fo... |
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IPL teams to donate for Jaipur blasts relief (17 May 02:26) |
| Each of the eight teams in the IPL will donate Rs 50 lakh for relief of the victims of the Jaipur blasts, IPL Chairman Lalit Modi said today. |
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Tension grips Biora as man attacked with sword (17 May 02:20) |
| Tension gripped Biora town here today when two minority community persons attacked a person of majority community by attacking him with a sword over a dispute of money. |
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Govt moves SC on quota in civil services (17 May 02:10) |
| The Central government on Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging a High Court ruling that backward category students competing for the civil services cannot be given the benefit of reser... |
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Myanmar puts cyclone toll at 78,000 dead (17 May 02:09) |
| The official death toll from Myanmar s devastating May 2-3 cyclone has jumped to nearly 78,000,state television reported today, marking an increase of about 35,000 over just a day earlier. |
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Iran hands N-security proposals to Russia, China (17 May 01:50) |
| Iran on Friday said it has submitted a package of proposals on nuclear non-proliferation, other international security issues to Russian and Chinese foreign ministers. |
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Sino nuke missile base has N India in sight (16 May 11:50) |
| Two weeks after photographs of China's nuclear submarines set alarm bells ringing for the Indian authorities, a commercial satellite has revealed a launching site for over 50 nuke ballistic ... |
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Left veteran Surjeet's condition critical (16 May 11:45) |
| Former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Harkishen Singh Surjeet condition is very serious and remains unconscious after he suffered a cardiac arrest. |
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SC suspends Calcutta HC's anti-quota order (16 May 10:31) |
| The Supreme Court on Friday suspended the Calcutta High Court's anti-quota order, which restrained the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) from admitting backward category stude... |
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Dalai again calls for more autonomy for Tibet (16 May 09:53) |
| The Dalai Lama repeated his desire on Friday for reconciliation with China and insisted he does not want independence for his homeland Tibet. |
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Cong's silence on swami's arrest surprising: BJP (16 May 08:41) |
| The Bharatiya Janata Party in Kerala alleged that the silence of the state Congress on the arrest of a godman on charges of rape could be a pointer to their possible links with links with th... |
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Can I not stay in Kolkata? asks Taslima (16 May 08:36) |
| Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen today said she would prefer to stay in Kolkata or Delhi, a day after she was quoted as saying that she wished to shift to Tripura. |
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Can't I be allowed to stay in Kolkata?: Taslima (16 May 08:36) |
| Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen today said she would prefer to stay in Kolkata or Delhi, a day after she was quoted as saying that she wished to shift to Tripura. |
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