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Illinois wants to work with India (05 July 12:02) |
| The governor of President Barack Obama's home state Illinois has expressed a desire to work together with India, saying the people of India are exceptionally important for America. "We want ... |
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Maya redefines her political strategy (04 July 11:26) |
| Worried that the Congress is making serious inroads into her Dalit votebase in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Mayawati is redefining her political strategy. So while integrating the upper cas... |
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Dehradun killing: Murder or encounter? (04 July 10:48) |
| Did the police in Dehradun gun down a 22-year-old man because he was a gangster? Were the police over jealous in taking on someone who wasn’t really a danger? Or was this an out and out fa... |
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Bus slips off flyover; 8 dead (04 July 10:25) |
| At least eight people have been killed in a bus accident in Howrah near Kolkata. The bus, which was apparently speeding, crashed through a barricade and plunged to the railway tracks. There ... |
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Exhume Shopian victims' bodies: J&K HC (04 July 10:08) |
| Exhume the bodies of the two women who were raped and murdered in Shopian - that's the order of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court looking into the death of two women, Nilofer and Asya whose d... |
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Mumbai battles rain again (04 July 10:03) |
| It has been raining in all across Mumbai and Thane particularly in the catchments areas of the reservoirs that provide water to Mumbai. The rain has led to huge water-logging in low-lying ar... |
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Flood in China; Over 300,000 evacuated (04 July 09:12) |
| More than 300,000 people have been evacuated after torrential downpour, which continued for three days, flooded the banks of Rongjiang River, inundating several houses in southern China. Aro... |
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No conflict over gay rights: Khursheed (04 July 08:36) |
| Union Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khursheed on Saturday asserted that there is no conflict of opinion in the government on the Delhi High Court order legalising gay sex. "Ministers conc... |
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Japan: Krishna hails Indian diaspora (04 July 07:57) |
| Paying rich tributes to the Indian diaspora in Tokyo, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Saturday said they are playing a key role in building "new bridges" between India and Japan. "Y... |
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Youth killed in police firing in Dehradun (04 July 06:51) |
| The police allege Singh was among the three men who beat a police officer, snatched his revolver and tried to flee as a routine checking was taking place during President Pratibha Patil's vi... |
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Crime in Delhi at all-time low: Dadwal (04 July 06:29) |
| After having been branded as the crime capital and rape capital of the country, Delhi has registered a decline in cases of cognisable offence during the first half of this year. "The IPC cri... |
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Freak accident at Howrah station (04 July 06:02) |
| At least six people have been killed and several others have been seriously injured after a minibus fell off a flyover on to the tracks of the Howrah railway station. The freak accident took... |
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NDA cadet collapses after run, dies (04 July 05:35) |
| A 19-year-old National Defence Academy (NDA) cadet Nitesh Gaur collapsed and died during a routine cross-country run in Pune, NDA officials said on Saturday. The incident took place on Thurs... |
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$25K casket to bury MJ (04 July 05:03) |
| Michael Jackson's family is leaving no stone unturned to make sure that the pop legend has a grand funeral and they have reportedly chosen a custom made $ 25,000 casket to bury the 'King of ... |
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Will CPM ask Kerala CM to go? (04 July 01:25) |
| Sorting out the mess in the CPM's Kerala unit is the only agenda of the two-day meet of the party's top leaders in New Delhi. The meeting begins on Saturday. The party paid a heavy price in ... |
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Vilasrao bats for Pawar (04 July 12:36) |
| They may be bitter political rivals, but Vilasrao Deshmukh will be contesting from Sharad Pawar's panel for the upcoming elections of the powerful Mumbai Cricket Association. While Pawar wil... |
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H1N1 in smaller towns (04 July 12:28) |
| The increasing number of swine flu cases in the country -- 56 so far is -- is worrying authorities. And now that the virus has spread to smaller towns and monsoon hit the country, patients w... |
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Delhi HC order on gays to help fight HIV (04 July 12:26) |
| The Delhi High Court order decriminalising homosexuality will help fight the spread of HIV in India. But so far, gay men and transgenders have remained underground, afraid that they will be ... |
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Indian Navy sends 4 vessels to France (04 July 12:04) |
| For the first time ever, the Indian Navy sent a big fleet of four vessels as far out as the Atlantic Ocean for Varuna -- the Indo-French naval exercise that is carried out every year for the... |
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Shopian case: Bodies to be exhumed (04 July 11:35) |
| The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has ordered the exhumation of the bodies of the two women, Nilofer and Asya, who were allegedly raped and murdered in Shopian on May 29-30. The court has als... |
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N Korea test-fires 3 missiles: S Korea (04 July 10:48) |
| North Korea on Saturday test-fired three missiles on the eve of American Independence Day celebrations, South Korea's defence ministry said. This move could further stoke tensions amid an in... |
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Disney World to get Obama figure (04 July 10:45) |
| A model of US President Barack Obama will make its debut at the "Hall of Presidents" in Orlando's Disney World during Independence Day celebrations on Saturday, Disney announced. The "Hall o... |
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Palin resigns as Alaska governor (04 July 10:13) |
| In a surprise move, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said on Saturday she was stepping down and would not seek re-election, fuelling swift speculation of a possible 2012 White House bid.
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Bandh in Mysore today (04 July 09:45) |
| Security forces are on high alert in Mysore as a bandh has been called on Saturday to protest against the attack on a BJP youth leader. Night curfew has been clamped on Udayagiri till the Ju... |
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Mamata's izzat, yuva, turant bonanza (04 July 01:00) |
| Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has delivered a please-all railway budget; there's no increase in passenger or freight fares and there’s a massive list of amenities and concessions.
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Govt divided on section 377? (04 July 12:43) |
| Being gay in India may now be legal but how will the order work on the ground? Home Minister P Chidambaram along with his cabinet colleagues Law Minister Veerappa Moily and Health Minister G... |
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Shiney denies raping his maid (04 July 12:15) |
| Pleading for bail, Actor Shiney Ahuja arrested on charges of raping his maid on Friday claimed in the local court that he had "consensual" sex but denied he had raped her. The 36-year-old ac... |
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US drones target militant bastions (03 July 10:43) |
| At least 30 militants, including a top Taliban commander, were killed in Pakistan's restive northwest and the adjoining tribal belt where a US drone fired missiles targeting a militant hideo... |
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'Mehsud buying kids to make bombers' (03 July 10:39) |
| Turning suicide bombing into a "production output" Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud is spending up to Rs one million to buy children who could be made suicide bombers, US me... |
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NRI's death due to pneumonia (03 July 09:58) |
| The throat swab of the 52-year-old NRI, who died in a hospital in Kerala's Kollam district on July 1, has been found to be negative for swine flu, putting at rest fears that his death may ha... |
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Jackson did not like being black: Friend (03 July 09:14) |
| Michael Jackson had attributed his changing skin colour to the rare disease of vitiligo but his close friend and 'Thriller' producer Quincy Jones has come out saying that the singer altered ... |
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Eye witness claims Kasab used him as shield (03 July 09:11) |
| An eye witness to the terror attack at Cama Hospital on November 26 last year on Friday told a special court hearing the case that Pakistani gunmen Mohammed Ajmal Kasab and Abu Ismael had ma... |
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Chargesheet to be filed against Varun (03 July 06:37) |
| Uttar Pradesh government on Friday gave the green signal for filing of chargesheet in a court against BJP MP Varun Gandhi for making allegedly inflammatory speeches in Pilibhit, moving a ste... |
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Patkar held for defying prohibitory orders (03 July 06:34) |
| Human Rights activists, including Medha Patkar and documentary film-maker Gopal Menon, were arrested here on Friday for defying prohibitory orders and trying to enter Lalgarh where security ... |
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Shiney shares cell with Salem (03 July 05:58) |
| The actor has been lodged in a cell along with former underworld don, Abu Salem. He has spent most of the time in jail with the former gangster except for a brief period recently when Salem ... |
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Number of S African students in India doubles (03 July 04:56) |
| The number of South African students, who came to India under a scholarship scheme to study diverse degree courses in different universities of the country last year, has doubled in 2009.
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Minister murders justice? (03 July 04:28) |
| While the telephone call by a Union Minister to pressurise a sitting judge of the Madras High Court has stunned the nation, the issue has also brought to light another shocking case of the m... |
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Delhi HC ruling on gays welcome: UK Hindus (03 July 04:27) |
| The Hindu Council UK has welcomed the Delhi High Court's historic judgment which decriminalised consensual homosexual relations in India and said Hinduism does not condemn gay people.
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Rly Budget: Mixed reactions from parties (03 July 04:16) |
| The rail budget, presented by Mamata Banerjee in Parliament on Friday, has evoked mixed reactions from political parties. While BJP slammed the budget saying that it had been prepared in has... |
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Statue row: Maya expels leader (03 July 03:38) |
| Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati has expelled a party leader in Uttarakhand within three months of his joining the outfit for challenging her move to erect a series of statues in Uttar P... |
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Pak challenges release of Saeed (03 July 03:38) |
| Pakistan's Punjab government has challenged the release of India's most wanted terrorist Hafeez Saeed from house arrest. The Punjab government had made public their intention to challenge th... |
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AI employees walk out of work for 2 hrs (03 July 02:45) |
| Nothwithstanding a warning by Air India management, employees of the national carrier "walked out" of work for two hours on Friday afternoon as part of their nationwide protest against delay... |
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Will AI meet salary deadline? (03 July 11:24) |
| These are tough times for Air India as the deadlock between the management and employees continues. The unions are now threatening a walkout if the airline doesn't pay their salaries. Reacti... |
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Cyber war over legalising gay sex (03 July 11:14) |
| Bringing out the deep divisions in Indian society about homosexuality, netizens have given a mixed reaction to the court ruling legalising gay sex, with some terming it as a "great judgement... |
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Mamata to present rail budget today (03 July 08:28) |
| Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee will present the railway budget on Friday – her first budget in eight years. Banerjee is expected to come up with a handful of populist measures. The... |
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Andhra MP says sorry (03 July 02:44) |
| The MP from Andhra Pradesh, Dr M Jagannatham finally decided to apologise for slapping a bank official on Sunday. But that is not good enough, say angry bank employees. They want him to say ... |
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Delhi HC legalises consensual gay sex (03 July 02:19) |
| On Thursday, a landmark verdict was given by the Delhi High Court, basically changing a law which has been part of our system for the last 150 years, Section 377 of the IPC, to allow consens... |
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Court gave us life: Gays (03 July 01:24) |
| Gay rights activists hugged, kissed and patted each other in ecstasy and tears rolled down their cheeks on hearing the Delhi High Court verdict legalising homosexuality among consenting adul... |
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HC order may help govt finalise its stand (03 July 01:21) |
| The Delhi High Court judgement legalising gay sex among consenting adults may help the government in finalising its stand on decriminalising the penal provision dealing with it but there was... |
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Waiting for Mamata's goods train (03 July 01:02) |
| On Friday Railway budget would be presented and in her first budget in eight years Mamata Banerjee is expected to come up with a clutch of populist measures. But will she undo some of Lalu's... |
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