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Night train services suspended in Assam hills (12 May 07:09) |
| The Northeast Frontier Railway has suspended night running of train services in Lumding-Badarpur section in Assam that traverses through the insurgency ravaged North Cachar Hills where Black... |
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Bombay title row: 17 Shiv Sena activists arrested (12 May 07:09) |
| At least 17 Shiv Sena workers were arrested on Monday for allegedly targeting establishments having the city's erstwhile name 'Bombay' in them, which included a leading newspaper, a showroom... |
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3,000 killed, 900 students buried as powerful quake hits China (12 May 07:09) |
| At least 3,000 killed have been killed and nearly 900 students feared buried after a powerful earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter Scale rocked South West China's Sichuan province on Mond... |
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Terrorist shot dead in Samba, combing operations continue (12 May 07:09) |
| Security forces on Monday shot dead one more terrorist believed to have escaped during the gun-battle in the Samba area during a joint combing operation. |
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Judges row: PML-N ministers to resign from Pak govt (12 May 07:09) |
| The Pakistan Muslim League-N, headed by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, has decided to pull out of the coalition government in Pakistan over the judges row.Several rounds of talks betwee... |
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President's power bill: Rs 4 crore a year! (12 May 07:09) |
| The Rashtrapati Bhavan has consumed electricity worth more than Rs 16.5 crore in the past five years and the prime minister and his office has consumed power worth Rs 37.26 lakh in the past ... |
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Yashwant Sinha admitted to hospital; in stable condition (12 May 07:09) |
| Yashwant Sinha, former external affairs minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, has been admitted to Modi Seva Sadan in Ranchi and is reported to be stable and conscious. BJP spokes... |
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When Rahul became a Gandhi (12 May 07:09) |
| Rahul's gesture may be something brutes and bullies might take some notice of. |
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TN to bring communal clashes under Goondas Act (12 May 07:09) |
| The Tamil Nadu government will soon amend the Goondas Act, used against habitual offenders, to detain those inciting communal and caste clashes. |
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107 killed, 900 students buried as powerful quake hits China (12 May 05:18) |
| At least 107 killed have been killed and nearly 900 students feared buried after a powerful earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter Scale rocked South West China's Sichuan province on Monday... |
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Early monsoon sets in Andaman & Nicobar (12 May 05:18) |
| The south-west monsoon, the lifeline of many farmers of the country, has set in the south Andaman Sea and the south-east Bay of Bengal a good five days in advance. Weather forecasters have p... |
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SC stays death sentence in Mumbai blasts case (12 May 05:18) |
| The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of death sentence awarded to Abdul Ghani Isma Turk in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. |
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Stephen Hawking's quest for Africa's Einstein (12 May 05:18) |
| Hawking is backing a £75-million movement to establish postgraduate centres for advanced maths and physics in Africa. The project has the support of leading entrepreneurs and scientists, ac... |
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Delhi HC issues notice to Centre on OBC quotas (12 May 05:18) |
| The Delhi high court issues notice to the Centre on a petition challenging the implementation of 27 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes in Indian Institutes of Management and other Cen... |
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Shanghai Diary: Miracle within a miracle (12 May 05:18) |
| What strikes one during a short stay is the tremendous national pride of the Chinese people -- pride over their past, pride over their present, pride over their achievements, and pride over ... |
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Hit by terror, border dwellers demand night security cover (12 May 03:09) |
| Fear has gripped border dwellers in the wake of the major terror strike by suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba militants in Kaili Mandi and they have demanded night security cover anticipating more su... |
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PM tells DRDO to speed up work (12 May 03:09) |
| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday told defence scientists to speed up work on advanced technologies like hypersonic propulsions, unmanned vehicles and stealth machines to keep pace wit... |
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Suicide bomber sunk Naval ship: Lankan official (12 May 03:09) |
| A piece of torso of a person and diving equipments were found floating near the drowned Sri Lankan Naval ship, suggesting the handiwork of a suicide bomber in destruction of the vessel last ... |
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Bobby Jindal for Vice-President? (12 May 03:09) |
| 'To see Jindal just a heartbeat away from the US Presidency should gladden our hearts.' |
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Four years of UPA: Foreign policy adrift (12 May 03:09) |
| The absolute control of the Communists on all realms of policy-making, the single point agenda of the Congress party to stay in power as long as possible and the insistence of the Bharatiya ... |
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PM honours top defence scientists on Technology Day (12 May 03:09) |
| The country's top rocket scientist V K Saraswat and Dipankar Banerjee, credited with developing critical materials for aircraft carriers, were among scientists decorated by Prime Minister Ma... |
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Nandigram: Centre seeks report from West Bengal (12 May 03:09) |
| The Union Home Ministry on Monday sought a detailed report from West Bengal government on the first phase of panchayat polls, particularly the situation in Nandigram where CRPF and police re... |
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India planning to test fire 5,000-km range missile soon (12 May 01:09) |
| Buoyed by the string of successes with the intermediate range ballistic missile Agni-III, India is planning to test a missile with 5,000 km range soon. The launching of the 5,000-km range mi... |
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Earthquake rocks China (12 May 01:09) |
| Major tremors were reported this morning China, from Zhengzhou, Chengdu and Chongqing cities, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The tremors were also felt in Beijing, soon to host th... |
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Jessica murder case: SC refuses bail to Manu Sharma (12 May 01:09) |
| The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant bail to Manu Sharma, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the Jessica Lall murder case. A Bench headed by Justice C K Thakker said that... |
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There is a limit: Nagaland to armed outfits (12 May 01:09) |
| The Nagaland government has warned underground groups not to undermine its authority and asked them to stop on-going factional killings as they jeopardized public peace. |
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British PM won't receive Dalai Lama at home (12 May 01:09) |
| Gordon Brown will, instead, meet the Dalai Lama in Lambeth Palace, home of the Archbishop of Canterbury. This will enable the prime minister to claim to the Chinese that he is receiving the ... |
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Chatwal donates $5 million at Hillary's Mother's Day fund raiser (12 May 01:09) |
| United States presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's campaign received a contribution of $5 million from Indian American Democrat Sant Chatwal for the 2008 Presidential elections during a Mo... |
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Tokenism won't revive Sainik Schools (12 May 01:09) |
| A nation neglects its security at its peril. And Sainik Schools are a pivotal cog in the security apparatus. |
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Judges issue: Pak ruling coalition on the brink (12 May 11:18) |
| Pakistan's ruling coalition on Monday appeared to be on the verge of a split after the PPP failed to reach an agreement with its key ally PML-N on the contentious issue of reinstating dozens... |
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LTTE is fast losing support: Lankan minister (12 May 11:18) |
| Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama says that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has lost out in terms of its causes as support for the terrorist outfit has been steadily decre... |
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PPP, PML-N fail to break deadlock on judges issue (12 May 09:18) |
| Despite a last-minute US mediation, the leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition have failed to reach a deal on restoring deposed judges, increasing the probability that ministers belonging to... |
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US: 6 Indians killed in car crash (12 May 09:18) |
| Six Indians were killed when a van in which they were travelling to visit Niagara Falls spun out of control and crashed into another car in Erie County in the US state of Pennsylvania. The m... |
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'Nandigram is ruled by power-crazy monsters' (11 May 11:09) |
| "Such cases of abduction are the order of the day. Nandigram at present stands for atrocities of the worst kind. This place is a country by itself, ruled by 'power-crazy monsters'. Only thos... |
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Hubli blast: Police find SIM card (11 May 11:09) |
| The investigating team told rediff.com that they are probing into the similarties between these blasts. However, they have not zeroed down on any organisation as yet. Preliminary reports sug... |
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8 killed in J & K encounter (11 May 11:09) |
| "The operation is over. We have gunned down both the holed-up militants belonging to the Lashkar-e-Tayiba outfit," a senior police officer said. Earlier, two militants wearing army uniforms ... |
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Assam: Militants kill 8 labourers (11 May 11:09) |
| The police informed that a group of armed militants suspected to be from Dima Halam Daogah (Jewel Garlosa) or Black Widow opened indiscrimate fire at the construction workers killing eight o... |
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J & K: Army jawan kills self (11 May 07:09) |
| Sepoy Ashok Kumar shot himself dead with his service rifle around 3 pm while on guard duty at Kangan camp, 40 km from Srinagar on the Srinagar-Leh National highway, they said. They said the ... |
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CPI leader Bardhan takes issue with Sangma's statement (11 May 07:09) |
| "Sangma is a member of the NCP and its leadership should take note of the statement and take action against him," Bardhan said while replying to a question asked by this rediff.com correspon... |
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Karnataka poll: 66 per cent voting in first phase (11 May 07:09) |
| Chief Electoral Officer M N Vidyashankar said on Sunday an average of 66 per cent polling was registered in the first phase of elections in the segments spread over 11 districts. This is hig... |
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Arjun Singh pledges loyalty to Gandhi family (11 May 05:09) |
| "I am pained at the needless and irrelevant controversies that are sought to be raised in the book published by Dr K L Nanadanji and presented to the Hon'ble President of India on May 9, 200... |
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Centre may set up special force to counter Naxal violence (11 May 05:09) |
| As per the proposal, the new force would comprise 10 battalions (10,000 personnel) and would be set up on the pattern of 'Greyhounds' of the Andhra Pradesh Police and would be under the comm... |
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Fascism reigns supreme in Nandigram (11 May 05:09) |
| The official figure for the Nandigram panchayat election stated that 40 per cent polling was conducted till 1 pm on Sunday. In Kanungopada, only 200 families out of 900 were 'allowed' to vot... |
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US President Bush's daughter Jenna weds (11 May 03:09) |
| US President George W Bush's daughter Jenna Bush got married on Sunday at her father's Texas ranch. Jenna, 26, wed fiance Henry Hager, 30, less than one year after he proposed marriage to he... |
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4 killed in J & K encounter (11 May 03:09) |
| Police said two militants masquerading as army soldiers forced their entry into the house of one Hoshiar Singh in Kalimandi locality of Samba district, 40 km from Jammu early on Sunday and s... |
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Padma awardees honoured in star-studded ceremony (11 May 01:09) |
| The 58 Padma award recipients who were honoured on Saurday included film actress Madhuri Dixit, world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand, Dr E Sreedharan, the brain behind Delhi metro, Prof D... |
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EC notice to Shinde for violating model code of conduct (11 May 01:09) |
| The Election Commission of India has issued a notice to Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde for violating the model code of conduct. Shinde was in Bengaluru on Saturday and in a press c... |
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Akhilesh Das sings paeans for Mayawati (11 May 01:09) |
| Former Congressman Akhilesh Das, who was formally inducted into the BSP in Lucknow Saturday, has already begun to sing paeans for his new political mentor - Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Maya... |
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Karnataka: Re-polling ordered at two polling booths (10 May 11:09) |
| Re-polling has been ordered in two polling booths at Bengaluru and Ramnagar after certain problems were reported with the Electronic Voting Machines. At booth 46 in Ramnagar a mandatory proc... |
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Hubli blast an attempt to replicate UP carnage? (10 May 11:09) |
| Sources say that those responsible for the Hubli court blast wanted to replicate what had happened in Uttar Pradesh, but the only difference was that they wanted no casualties, but only inte... |
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