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Togadia arrested for trying to enter Kandhamal (20 March 03:27) |
| Firebrand Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Praveen Togadia was arrested on Friday alongwith his supporters by the Orissa Police as they tried to enter riot-hit Kandhamal district, defying a ban ... |
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Pakistani military to be part of strategic dialogue Holbrooke (20 March 03:27) |
| "How can you have a strategic dialogue without including the military," Special US Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke told reporters at the Foggy Bottom headquart... |
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US had informed India of Headleys plea bargain (20 March 03:27) |
| The US administration had informed the Indian government before it finalized a deal with David Coleman Headley to change his plea to guilty, sources said. |
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Modis summons to SIT triggers high drama (20 March 01:36) |
| There is confusion about Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's much awaited appearance before the Special Investigation Team on March 21. |
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Chinese want relief from one-child policy but does the govt (20 March 01:36) |
| A few weeks ago, contrary to speculations among the Chinese, Zhao Baige, deputy director of the National Population and Family Planning Commission of China, announced that the country would ... |
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Additional charges make Headleys extradition possible Pillai (19 March 11:27) |
| "If there are other offences, which are not covered under the plea agreement, then of course extradition is still possible," Home Secretary G K Pillai said when asked about chances of India ... |
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Amarnath yatra will not be curtailed says J amp K CM (19 March 11:27) |
| Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, Omar Abdullah has said his government would not curtail the two-month-long annual Amarnath yatra scheduled to begin in June this year.Hard-line separatist l... |
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Troop reduction will continue says Omar Abdullah (19 March 11:27) |
| Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah has said that 35,000 troops have already been withdrawn from the state as part of the gradual troop reduction even though he admitted cross bo... |
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Pak woman held with fake Indian currency (19 March 11:27) |
| A woman from Pakistan has been arrested in Amritsar allegedly with fake Indian currency having face value of Rs 4.5 lakh, officials said on Friday. |
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Top leader may have been killed by police says AP Naxals (19 March 11:27) |
| . The party's senior most leader and politburo member Azad alias Cherukuri Rajkumar has mysteriously gone missing and the organisation has alleged that Rajkumar was caught by the Special Inv... |
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IT dept to probe funds donations received by BSP (19 March 09:36) |
| Widening its probe, the Income Tax Department, which is looking into the source of money used in a garland presented to Chief Minister Mayawati, will also investigate funds and donations rec... |
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Shocked uncle says doesnt know who real Headley is (19 March 09:36) |
| William said he was in disbelief that his own nephew was connected with the massacre in Mumbai. Headley wrote letters to his uncle from a Chicago jail, addressing him as "Dear Uncle Billy (M... |
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Paks Punjab police ad published with Indian logo (19 March 09:36) |
| An advertisement issued in Pakistani newspapers by the police force in Punjab province on Friday featured the logo of its counterpart in India's Punjab state, triggering an outcry among the ... |
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Tried to accommodate everybody in new teamGadkari (19 March 07:36) |
| As dissent grew in the Bharatiya Janata Party over his choice of new team of office bearers, party chief Nitin Gadkari said on Friday that he "cannot satisfy" everyone, but unhappy leaders h... |
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President appoints 5 new members to Rajya Sabha (19 March 07:36) |
| President Pratibha Patil has nominated five prominent citizens to the Rajya Sabha, based on recommendations made by the Union cabinet. |
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India will have full access to Headley info US (19 March 07:36) |
| India will have "full access" to all the information on terror suspect David Headley, who pleaded guilty before a Chicago court to all 12 terror charges including the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, U... |
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Headley traps Rana says he knew all 2611 plans (19 March 07:36) |
| Pakistan American terrorist David Headley, who has pleaded guilty to charges of plotting the Mumbai terror attacks, has claimed that co-accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana too was involved in the ... |
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Headley can be put on trial in Pakistan (19 March 07:36) |
| Pakistani-American David Headley's confession in a US court about his involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks has strengthened the 26/11 case, currently being heard by a special judge in Mu... |
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Headley can be quizzed by India on US soil (19 March 07:36) |
| Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley can be interrogated by Indian investigators in the United States after he confessed to plotting Mumbai attacks, even as India's efforts to extradit... |
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Rajasthan assembly adjourned after chaotic session (19 March 05:27) |
| After an overnight dharna held by Bharatiya Janata Party members, the Rajasthan assembly was adjourned on Friday after scores of marshals grappled with opposition Members of Legislative Asse... |
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No decline in Pak support to terrorists Army chief (19 March 05:27) |
| There has been 'no decline' in support from Pakistan to terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir and top militant leaders including Hafiz Saeed are operating with impunity from its territory despite ... |
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We will continue plea for Headleys extradition Chidambaram (19 March 05:27) |
| Dismissing concerns about the plea agreement between the United States government and Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative David Coleman Headley, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Frid... |
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Cabinet nod for education reforms bills (19 March 05:27) |
| Duping students by charging capitation fee or failing to keep promise of quality education could now attract a fine of up to Rs 50 lakh for errant institutes or imprisonment up to three year... |
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Will consult all parties on nuke bill Centre (19 March 05:27) |
| Facing stiff opposition over the Nuclear Liability Bill, the government on Friday said it will consult all political parties before tabling the draft legislation in Parliament. " |
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The deal that saved Headleys life (19 March 05:27) |
| Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative David Coleman Headley, accused of plotting the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and conspiring to target a Danish newspaper, pleaded guilty on Thursd... |
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Centre seeks capital punishment for hijackers (19 March 05:27) |
| The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government on Friday toughened its anti-hijacking law by declaring that a death sentence will be given to those involved in it.The Cabinet took u... |
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India to send team to quiz Headley IB (19 March 05:27) |
| Indian investigators, who conducted a detailed probe into the David Headley link to the Mumbai 26/11 case, would wait before they can file a charge-sheet against the man who pleaded guilty b... |
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The UPAs second great nuclear folly (19 March 05:27) |
| The nuclear liability bill is fatally flawed. It's designed to shield the nuclear industry from discharging its public responsibility. It must be scrapped, writes Praful Bidwai |
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India China top in moving people out of urban slums Report (19 March 05:27) |
| China and India, the most populous nations, lifted more from slum conditions than any other countries, says a United Nations report which appeared in the Christian Science Monitor. |
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SC refuses to stay trial against Jayalalithaa in DA case (19 March 01:18) |
| In a major setback to former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, the Supreme Court on Friday declined to stay the trial against her in a 14-year-old disproportionate assets case being ... |
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Chaos in Rajasthan assembly as marshals evict BJP MLA (19 March 01:18) |
| After an overnight dharna held by Bharatiya Janata Party members, the Rajasthan assembly was adjourned on Friday after scores of marshals grappled with opposition Members of Legislative Asse... |
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India should now focus on Tahawwur Rana (19 March 01:18) |
| Now that David Headley has pleaded guilty, it is settled that he will not be extradited to India and that India will not be allowed to interrogate him. |
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Headleys guilty plea Good deal (19 March 01:18) |
| Law enforcement sources rubbished allegations that Headley was a double agent for US intelligence and that this was why he was not being made available for interrogation by Indian intelligen... |
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Official access to Headley will help India BJP (19 March 01:18) |
| Official access for Indian investigators probing the Mumbai terror attack to Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative David Coleman Headley will help prove to the world Pakistan's invol... |
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UN admits to holding secret talks with Taliban leaders (19 March 01:18) |
| A top United Nations official has blamed Pakistan of blocking reconciliation efforts with the Taliban by arresting several top extremist commanders.Admitting that there were secret negotiat... |
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Protests break out in Tibet again (19 March 11:27) |
| Protests broke out in at least two Tibetan-populated Chinese towns of Gansu province this week as middle-school students took to the streets to mark the anniversary of the large-scale protes... |
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Raj Thackeray in trouble for calling CST Victoria Terminus (19 March 11:27) |
| Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, who forced filmmaker Karan Johar to apologise for calling Mumbai 'Bombay' in his film, has attracted the ire of critics for calling the Chhatr... |
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Headley selected landing sites for 2611 terrorists (19 March 11:27) |
| Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative David Coleman Headley had taken boat trips around the Mumbai harbour in April 2008 and stored information of possible landing sites in a global positioning system ... |
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Headley was trained at LeT terror camps in Pak (19 March 11:27) |
| Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley had participated in terror camps being run by the Lashkar-e-Tayiba in Pakistan, despite promises by the then president Parvez Musharraf in 2002 to th... |
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FBI hails 2611 probe India sulks over Headley (19 March 11:27) |
| A top United States intelligence official has said that the probe in the Mumbai terror siege is an 'excellent example' of cooperation between India and the United States, even as Indian auth... |
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Indian tries to kill himself in Dubai court (19 March 11:27) |
| Apparently miffed over delays in his trial, an Indian man facing human trafficking charges tried to strangle himself with a scarf in a court in Dubai, after the judge adjourned the case for ... |
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No death sentence extradition for Headley (19 March 09:27) |
| Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley, who pleaded guilty to plotting the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and conducting reconnaissance for likely targets, will have to undergo a maximum punishment ... |
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Foreign govts can quiz Headley on US soil Lawyer (19 March 09:27) |
| After the United States government clarified that he will not be extradited to India or Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative David Coleman Headley has agreed to be 'available' to foreign gov... |
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Cabinet panel clears food security bill (19 March 03:27) |
| The Empowered Group of Ministers headed by Pranab Mukherjee has cleared the Food Security Bill, paving the way for Right to food to be made a fundamental right backed by legal provision. The... |
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Nuke liability bill aimed at bringing in pvt players BJP (19 March 03:27) |
| "What is the need for such a legislation if the public sector and the government will be the only nuclear operators? What is the purpose of this law or of putting a cap on compensation if it... |
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Sikh family hopes Canada will reunite them (19 March 03:27) |
| Robin Singh, one of the four Sikhs who were abducted in Peshawar, Pakistan, continues to be in Taliban custody and with every passing day his parents, who are Canadian residents, lose a litt... |
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Jihad Jane pleads not guilty to terror plot (19 March 03:27) |
| Colleen R LaRose alias Fatima LaRose, a 46-year-old Pennsylvania resident, was arrested in October last year and charged on four counts -- conspiracy to provide support to terrorists, attem... |
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Russia US may soon sign new disarmament pact Clinton (19 March 03:27) |
| Russia and the United States have made major 'progress' on a new deal to slash the nuclear arsenals during the cold war, replacing Soviet-era START-1 treaty that ended December last, US Secr... |
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Headley pleads guilty to terror charges (19 March 01:27) |
| In a volte-face, Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative David Coleman Headley, accused of plotting the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and conspiring to target a Danish newspaper, pleaded... |
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Mayas composure during bee invasion prevented stampede (18 March 11:27) |
| Tasked by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati to probe the invasion by a swarm of bees in which she had seen a controversy, a top police official came out with a report that her composure ... |
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