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Shooting Sunderbans with a message (13 March 04:36) |
| It's still not too late to save one of nature's marvels, photographer Peter Caton tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel |
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Nuclear Liability Bill to be tabled on March 15 (13 March 04:36) |
| The much-debated Nuclear Liability Bill, crucial for operationalising the India-US civil nuclear deal, would be tabled in the Rajya Sabha on March 15, Minister of State for Atomic Energy Pri... |
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Mandela biographer Fatima Meer passes away (13 March 02:36) |
| Biographer of Nelson Mandela and veteran South African anti-apartheid activist Dr Fatima Meer, a recipient of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, died in Durban on Friday after a long illness. She was... |
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Series of blasts rocks Lahore (13 March 12:36) |
| Three back-to-back blasts went off near a market in Lahore on Friday night, but there was no immediate report of any casualty, hours after 45 people were killed and over 100 others injured w... |
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Sonia has sent a powerful message to Indian women (12 March 10:36) |
| Congress president Sonia Gandhi appears to be playing for larger -- and long term -- stakes and the move to provide reservation to women is not bereft of political calculations, writes Neerj... |
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Joshi likely to be next PAC chairman (12 March 10:36) |
| Former Union minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Murli Manohar Joshi is likely to become the next chairman of the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee while Yashwant Sinha w... |
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We dont have military ties with Pak because of India Putin (12 March 10:36) |
| Highlighting the special status accorded by Russia to its ties with India, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday said his country did not have any military cooperation with Pakistan becaus... |
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Sopore 3 injured in police-protestor clashes (12 March 10:36) |
| Three persons were injured, two of them with rubber bullets in post Friday prayer protests in north Kashmir's Sopore town. |
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HC rejects Pragya Thakurs bail plea (12 March 10:36) |
| The Bombay High Court on Friday rejected the plea of 2008 Malegaon blast case prime accused sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur for liberty observing that no case had been made out for granting bail. |
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Russia to build 12 N-reactors in India sell 29-MiGs (12 March 10:36) |
| Giving a fillip to their ties, India and Russia today signed 19 pacts, including three in civil nuclear field and one for purchase of 29 MiG-29 fighters besides inking the revised agreement ... |
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Kochi on alert after reported LeT threat (12 March 10:36) |
| Union Home Secretary G K Pillai has given a missive to Kerala DGP and the Kochi city police commissioner on the possibility of a Lashkar terror attack in the city in the near future. |
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Parties should reserve 20 pc election tickets for women Mulayam (12 March 10:36) |
| Giving a new twist to his campaign against the Women's Reservation Bill, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday said the SP wanted only 20 per cent quota and that too not for se... |
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India Russia sign crucial long pending deals (12 March 08:36) |
| India and Russia on Friday finalised several important and long pending defence cooperation projects during a day-long visit of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to New Delhi. |
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Violence escalates in Bareilly SP injured in clashes (12 March 08:36) |
| Defying curfew, irate mobs on Friday torched vehicles and road kiosks and clashed with the police, leaving a superintendent of police and five other personnel injured in Bareilly, which has ... |
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Chennai clinic eases dialysis woes (12 March 08:36) |
| Dialysis is a scary word to most of us. It signifies that both the kidneys have failed and our blood needs to be cleaned by an external agent. It conjures up images of financial difficulties... |
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We have proof of Indias link to Balochistan unrest Pak (12 March 08:36) |
| Pakistan has 'solid evidence' of India's alleged involvement in fomenting unrest in Balochistan province and the government is taking up this matter diplomatically with its Indian counterpar... |
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AP police kills two top Maoist leaders amid fake encounter allegations (12 March 08:36) |
| It was a bad day for the Maoists in Andhra Pradesh when their two top leaders, including the most wanted central committee member Shakamuri Appa Rao and South Telangana coordinator Solipeta ... |
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Suspended SP members apologise to Ansari (12 March 06:18) |
| All the four suspended Rajya Sabha members of Samajwadi Party have met Chairman Hamid Ansari and apologised for their unruly behaviour on Monday over the Women's Reservation Bill, a move tha... |
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2611 court allows police to dispose off 24 kg RDX (12 March 06:18) |
| A special court has allowed the police to dispose off approximately 24 kg of RDX recovered from the 26/11 Mumbai attack target spots.The RDX will be burnt in a controlled atmosphere in the p... |
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Af-Pak situation a concern to entire world Putin (12 March 06:18) |
| Russian Federation Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday expressed concern over terror groups operating from within Afghanistan and Pakistan, saying it was a threat to the entire world. |
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All Trinamool ministers support Maoists Karat (12 March 06:18) |
| Communist Party of India - Marxist General Secretary Prakash Karat on Friday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to explain how Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee continued to be a min... |
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Exposed Pak establishments mounting terror role (12 March 06:18) |
| More proof of the Pakistan establishment being involved in the terror framework is coming to light. The Mumbai 26/11 attacks brought out for the very first time how much the Pakistan establi... |
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ISI supports LeT other terror outfits in Pak Chidambaram (12 March 06:18) |
| Chidambaram, who chose not to make any mention of Pakistan in his opening remarks at the India Today conclave in New Delhi, voiced New Delhi's concerns over Pakistan-sponsored terrorism duri... |
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Greenpeace on Nuclear Liability Bill Drop it (12 March 06:18) |
| Greenpeace has also launched a petition addressed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, which the organisation claims has been signed by over 21,000 people. |
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Internet helped Qaeda train Nigerian bomber within weeks (12 March 04:36) |
| It was the Internet that helped the Al Qaeda to contact, recruit, train and equip Nigerian 'underwear' bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab 'within weeks' to try to blow up a United States plane... |
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No schools for Indian students in Abu Dhabi parents worried (12 March 04:36) |
| The thousands of Indians who have made Abu Dhabi their home are now seriously re-considering their future plans in the prosperous city, as there just aren't enough schools to send their chil... |
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2 blasts in Lahore cantonment 39 killed (12 March 04:36) |
| Two near simultaneous blasts ripped through a market within the heavily guarded cantonment in Lahore on Friday, killing at least four people in the latest in a series of terror attacks acros... |
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Alls not well between Afghanistan and Pak Experts (12 March 04:36) |
| Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai might have described Pakistan and Afghanistan as 'co-joined' twins, but experts believe that there is underlying tension simmering between both nations. |
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UPA should stand firm on Womens Bill (12 March 04:36) |
| Reservations for women will not dramatically and automatically redeem systematic, pervasive discrimination reservations but it will play a key role in bringing women's concerns to bear on pu... |
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Is Earth under attack from an invisible star (12 March 04:36) |
| In what sounds like a chilling script of a Hollywood science fiction, scientists have claimed that an invisible star, five times the size of Jupiter, might be lurking near our solar system, ... |
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Ruler of Dubai meets PM discusses security issues (12 March 04:36) |
| Vice President of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai Mohammed bin Rashid met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Thursday and discussed the economic and political ties bet... |
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Pak test-fires missiles torpedoes in Arabian Sea (12 March 04:36) |
| In what is being termed as a strong message to New Delhi, Pakistan Navy fired a range of missiles including anti-surface missiles from the recently acquired F-22P frigate, air-to-surface mis... |
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Fight over Womens Bill will continue says Lalu (12 March 04:36) |
| The fight over the Women's Reservation Bill will continue as there is no dilution in the Rashtriya Janata Dal's stand on it, party supremo Lalu Prasad said on Friday."The fight will continue... |
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Women win battle for permanent commission in defence (12 March 02:27) |
| The Delhi high court has asked the Centre to allow grant of permanent commission to women officers in the armed forces. |
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2002 riots case SIT summons ex-BJP Gen Secy (12 March 02:27) |
| Zakia, whose husband and former MP Ehsan Jaffrey was killed during the 2002 riots in Gulburg society along with 69 others, has alleged that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, his cabinet ... |
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Chinas human rights record poor and worsening US (12 March 02:27) |
| Slamming China for its 'poor' human rights record, the Barack Obama administration has accused it of harassing activists and lawyers, repressing Tibetans and censoring e-mails.In China, the ... |
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When Karzai said a polite no to Islamabad (12 March 02:27) |
| Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has virtually turned down Pakistan's offer to train the Afghan National Army while promising to keep Islamabad in the loop about his government's plans to ... |
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American nationals Qaedas latest weapons of choice (12 March 02:27) |
| The arrest of Colleen R Larose alias Jihad Jane, the American woman accused of providing material support to terrorists and recruiting men and women on the Internet to wage 'violent Jihad' i... |
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Left SP walk out of Lok Sabha to protest price rise (12 March 02:27) |
| Members of the four Left parties and the Samajwadi Party on Friday walked out of the Lok Sabha to protest the government's 'lack of response' to their demand for a white paper on the rise in... |
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Modi should resign on moral grounds Congress (12 March 02:27) |
| With the Special Investigation Team summoning Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for questioning in connection with the post-Godhra riots, the Congress on Friday demanded that he should qu... |
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China tells Dalai Lama to adopt the right path (12 March 02:27) |
| While praising the Indian government for cracking down on anti-Chinese activities on its soil, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has called on Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama to stop indulgin... |
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Critics have been caught pants down Lord Paul (12 March 02:27) |
| The 78-year-old NRI industrialist announced earlier this week that he had been cleared by the police of allegations that he had wrongly claimed Parliamentary expenses and that he had decided... |
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Now Sena targets Bombay Natural History Society (12 March 02:27) |
| Suspected Shiv Sena activists vandalised the Bombay Natural History Society headquarter in south Mumbai on Thursday night, demanding that the word 'Bombay' be replaced by 'Mumbai' in the soc... |
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When Chidambaram and Pakistani envoy locked horns (12 March 12:27) |
| Chidambaram, who chose not to make any mention of Pakistan in his opening remarks at the India Today conclave in New Delhi, voiced New Delhi's concerns over Pakistan-sponsored terrorism duri... |
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Committed to immigration reform Obama (12 March 12:27) |
| President Barack Obama has said that he is committed to a comprehensive immigration reform, which is expected to benefit lakhs of illegal immigrants and also large number of Indians living i... |
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Govt has right to use force against Maoists Chidambaram (12 March 12:27) |
| The government said it had the legitimate right to use as much force as necessary to regain control of areas dominated by the Maoists and made it clear that talks with it could only take pla... |
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Swat Taliban chief Fazlullah has fled Pak official (12 March 12:27) |
| A senior Corps Commander, Lieutenant General Masood Alam, has said that there are reports that Swat Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah had fled the region fearing arrest by security agencies. |
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India Russia set to ink big-ticket deals (12 March 12:27) |
| India and Russia are expected to sign deals worth over $10 billion, covering defence and civilian nuclear sectors during the ongoing visit of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. |
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to get World Statesman award (12 March 12:27) |
| The Appeal of Conscience Foundation announced to felicitate Prime Minister |
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Getting to the 1412th tiger (12 March 12:27) |
| Want to increase the number of tigers? Pay people quickly and generously for the crops destroyed or the cattle killed |
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