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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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More men, gadgets along Kashmir border: BSF chief (16 May 08:20) |
| The Border Security Force (BSF) will deploy more men and sophisticated gadgets along Jammu and Kashmir's 200 km-long International Border (IB) with Pakistan. |
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WB approves $600m credit for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (16 May 07:33) |
| The World Bank has approved the credit to support the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, a nationwide centrally sponsored education programme designed to provide children aged 6 to 14 with quality educa... |
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Seven killed in shopping mall fire at Sodepur (16 May 07:00) |
| Seven persons were killed and at least 23 others suffered burns in a fire at a crowded shopping mall at Sodepur in North 24 Parganas district, adjoining the metropolis. |
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Lack of political awareness in Chattisgarh, Orissa (16 May 06:36) |
| Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi today said casteism and lack of political awareness were responsible for the backwardness in Chattisgarh and Orissa. |
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RJD office bearer held for cheating in Mumbai (16 May 05:50) |
| A Rashtriya Janata Dal office bearer was arrested on charges of cheating by promising people admissions in a prominent B-school in central Mumbai, police said today. |
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Jaipur blast suspects spoke Bengali: sources (16 May 05:43) |
| Ten bicycles were used for the serial bombings - nine were brand new and the last one, which has left security officials in a tizzy, was a used one. |
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Bomb scare at Gujarat High Court (16 May 05:24) |
| The Gujarat High Court today received an anonymous call of a bomb being placed at its premises, police said. |
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15 Lankan refugees arrive in Dhanushkodi (16 May 05:18) |
| Influx of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees continued with 15 refugees arriving at Dhanushkodi in Rameswaram today, official sources said. |
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Supreme Court allows OBC quota at IIM-Calcutta (16 May 05:16) |
| Supreme Court stays Calcutta High Court interim order restraining admissions under the 27 per cent OBC quota in post graduate courses, including in IIMs. |
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Four killed in clash in Orissa (16 May 05:13) |
| Four persons, including three of a family, were killed and five others injured in a clash between two groups in Krushnaprasad area, about 120 km from Puri, police said today. |
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Rourkela civic staff goes on strike (16 May 05:10) |
| The indefinite sit-in-dharna and hunger strike launched by employees of Rourkela Municipality in front of the municipal office in Rourkela entered second day today. |
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TN CM Karunanidhi hospitalised (16 May 05:09) |
| Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi was today admitted to a city hospital after he complained of severe neck and back pain. |
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12 killed in Nagaland factional clash (16 May 05:07) |
| At least 12 Naga underground cadre were killed in a clash between two rival NSCN factions on the outskirts of Dimapur today. |
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Shiv vadapav scheme is not political stunt: Sena (16 May 04:57) |
| Shiv Sena today warned R R Patil against moves to ban the sale of the popular snack through the saffron outlets. |
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Good news! Pak may pardon Sarabjit Singh (16 May 03:26) |
| The prime minister’s secretariat has directed the ministry of law and the ministry of interior to find a way out to send back the convicted Indian national Sarabjit Singh alive to India. |
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Youth gunned down by Naxalites in Orissa (16 May 03:25) |
| A youth was killed by suspected Naxalites who blamed him of being a police informer at Gothalpadar in Orissa's Rayagada district, police said today. |
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Kashmiri schoolgirls bend it like Beckham (16 May 03:23) |
| A group of 45 schoolgirls in T-shirts, trackpants and some in hijab is undergoing football training at a Srinagar camp. |
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Coming soon! Strict laws on fake drugs menace (16 May 03:20) |
| The government is working on the new law, which will allot strict punishment to the people involved in fake drugs menace. |
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Top Uttar Pradesh BJP leaders on the run (16 May 03:18) |
| With former prime minister AB Vajpayee unlikely to contest, even the Lucknow seat has become unsafe. Party leaders feel the Mayawati effect has altered equations in the city. |
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Left will withdraw support, but won’t topple govt (16 May 03:12) |
| CPI chief Prakash Karat said if the government signed the agreement, the Left would withdraw support but “will not move a vote of no confidence against the government. |
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Jaipur blasts: Police grill Udaipur hotelier (16 May 03:01) |
| An Udaipur hotelier is being questioned by police after he claimed to have seen one of the suspected terrorists. |
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Technical snag in French Consulate delays visas (16 May 02:44) |
| Right when he thought getting a visa from the French Consulate would be a song, he has instead been given a run around, thanks to a server snag at the consulate. |
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Akali Dal-BJP strike an uneasy truce in Punjab (16 May 02:42) |
| Ever since the alliance came to power last year, this is the first time it has experienced such acute stress. |
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Navi Mumbai airport to take off in 2012 (16 May 02:39) |
| Chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said on Thursday that the greenfield international airport at Navi Mumbai would be completed by 2012. |
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Blast investigators try to crack HuJI-SIMI network (16 May 02:37) |
| Investigators see the email, in the name of “Indian Mujahideen”, sent to TV channels with a clip of what was claimed to be one of the cycle bombs that wrecked Jaipur as a red herring. |
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Army recovers heroin, fake currency near border (16 May 02:33) |
| Troops have recovered a consignment of 60 kilograms of heroin and fake Indian currency with face value of Rs 16 lakhs near the Indo-Pak border. |
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34 kgs of RDX recovered in Rajouri, Poonch (16 May 02:26) |
| Army today unearthed three militant hideouts in Rajouri and Poonch districts and recovered 34 kgs of RDX from them. |
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Centre hails Bihar model for reptariation (16 May 02:15) |
| The state has been hailed by the Government for the model it has evolved for the rescue, relief and rehabilitation of migrant and child labourers. |
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Man charred to death in godown fire (16 May 01:39) |
| A man was charred to death when a cardboard godown caught fire in New Delhi early today. |
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