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Rajasthan sees 68% turnout, faulty EVMs (05 December 02:03) |
| By Narayan Bareth
Jaipur
Dec. 4: A large number of voters exercised their franchise to elect the new Assembly in Rajasthan amid issues ranging from development to corruption and terrorism.... |
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179 candidates in fray for 11 seats (05 December 02:02) |
| By Our Special Correspondent
Srinagar
Dec. 4: A tight security umbrella has been put up across Jammu and Kashmir ahead of the fourth phase of staggered state Assembly elections.
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Anantnag: Protest over teen sexual harassment (05 December 02:02) |
| By Our Special Correspondent
Srinagar
Dec. 4: Parts of southern Anantnag on Thursday witnessed widespread protests by residents following reports that a group of soldiers had vandalised th... |
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Army: Leave of soldiers not cancelled (05 December 02:01) |
| By Our Special Correspondent
Srinagar
Dec. 4: The Army has strongly denied that it has cancelled vacations of all of its officers and soldiers serving in Jammu and Kashmir from December 5 ... |
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Will women break 1972 poll record? (05 December 02:00) |
| By Nadeem Khan
Jammu
Dec. 4: There has been an increase in the number of women participating in the seven-phased Assembly elections of Jammu and Kashmir. However, it remains to be seen whe... |
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Interesting battle likely in Jammu (05 December 01:59) |
| BY SHUCHISMITA
JAMMU
Dec. 4: Election scene in the winter capital of the state is simply boisterous with electioneering gaining momentum with each passing day. The district will go to poll... |
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No Cabinet berth for Maran (05 December 01:58) |
| By VINODHINI
New Delhi
Dec. 4: The recent patchup between the Marans and DMK chief M. Karunanidhi will not get the former telecom minister back into the Cabinet. The chief minister told re... |
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Rajnath: How safe are Pak nuclear arms? (05 December 01:58) |
| By Our Correspondent
New Delhi
Dec. 4: The BJP on Thursday urged the UPA government to "avenge’’ the repeated terror attacks in the country. Doing some tough-talk, BJP president R... |
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Court orders relief for ’99 hijack victims (05 December 01:57) |
| BY OUR CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI
Dec. 4: The Delhi Consumer Commission has directed the Indian Airlines to pay Rs 1 lakh each to all passengers of the airlines’ IC 814 flight, which was hi... |
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Free legal aid to senior citizens (05 December 01:57) |
| BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
New Delhi
Dec. 4: The government on Thursday decided to provide free legal assistance to senior citizens, dependent family members of defence, paramilitary and... |
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Romila Thapar to share US prize (05 December 01:57) |
| Washington, Dec. 4: Eminent Indian historian Romila Thapar, who created a more "pluralistic view of Indian Civilisation", has been selected as co-recipient of the $1 million Kluge ... |
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Ambedkar crossing irks Congress, SP (05 December 01:56) |
| By Amita Verma
Lucknow
Dec. 4: The Mayawati government’s decision to name a traffic roundabout on Lohia Path, near the Gandhi Setu, after Dr Ambedkar has ruffled a lot of political feath... |
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Brothers kill friend in big ransom plot (05 December 01:55) |
| By Gautam S. Mengle
Mumbai
Dec. 4: The police is close to unravelling a murder plot with all the ingredients of a Bollywood pot-boiler — friends, a bit of play-acting and a huge ransom. ... |
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Woman in UP alleges abortion (05 December 01:54) |
| By Our Special Correspondent
Lucknow
Dec. 4: A pregnant woman admitted to the Dufferin hospital in the state capital has accused the doctors of forcibly aborting her baby.
Uma Pandey, res... |
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Intel focus on 4 Pak towns (05 December 01:54) |
| By Namrata Biji Ahuja
New Delhi
Dec. 4: Intelligence agencies have zeroed in on four cities in Pakistan which are believed to have harboured nearly half a dozen terrorists who carried out ... |
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BJP’s nod to federal agency plan of Centre (05 December 01:53) |
| BY OUR CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI
Dec. 4: The country is expected to soon get a Federal Investigative Agency (FIA), on the lines of the FBI in United States with the main Opposition BJP givin... |
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Mullen praises ‘restraint’ (05 December 01:52) |
| BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI
Dec. 4: America’s top-most armed forces officer — chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — Admiral Michael Mullen during his visit to New Delhi ... |
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Intel inputs warn of refinery, grid strikes (05 December 01:52) |
| BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS
NEW DELHI/Bengaluru
Dec. 4: Even as there is an alert on possible terror air strike at India’s prime international airports at Delhi, Bengaluru and Chennai, there i... |
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NSA has series of meets with PC (05 December 01:50) |
| BY OUR CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI
Dec. 4: The working of the Central intelligence agencies have come under the scanner of the UPA government with home minister P. Chidambaram holding daily me... |
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Govt pushing for tracking system for fishing boats (05 December 01:49) |
| By Rashme Sehgal
New Delhi
Dec. 4: The government, in a move led by shipping minister T.R. Baalu, is pushing for the installation of low-cost boat tracking systems in India’s 1.5 lakh fi... |
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Sonia: We want peace (04 December 12:31) |
| BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
SRINAGAR
Dec. 3: Congress president Sonia Gandhi said on Wednesday that India wants peace with Pakistan but will not surrender to terrorists. She pledged a &qu... |
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EC wants counting through mixing (04 December 12:31) |
| BY OUR CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI
Dec. 3: The Election Commission held a meeting with recognised political parties to discuss about its proposal to use "totaliser" for counting of v... |
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‘Cong faces boomerang impact of Hindu terror’ (04 December 12:30) |
| BY SHUCHISMITA
JAMMU
Dec. 3: Asserting that the country is not secured in the hands of Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary and in-charge of the party’s Jamm... |
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Leave for Armymen cancelled (04 December 12:30) |
| BY A CORRESPONDENT
JAMMU
Dec. 3: As a part of the beefed up security across the state in the aftermath of Mumbai terror attack, the armed forces have cancelled the vacations of all the off... |
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Amar gives ‘third’ angle to Deeg fight (04 December 12:30) |
| By Narayan Bareth
Deeg, Bharatpur
Dec. 3: Deeg, the first capital carved out for the erstwhile Jat rulers, is witnessing an interesting fight between the scion of the erstwhile royal famil... |
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Mufti dismayed over terms like ‘war’ (04 December 12:28) |
| BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
SRINAGAR
Dec. 3: As Kashmiri politicians continue to be anxious over the turn of events in India-Pakistan relations in the aftermath of Mumbai terror attacks, ... |
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Allies pressure Cong on Vilasrao (04 December 12:18) |
| By Our Special Correspondent
New Delhi
Dec. 3: The Samajwadi Party, RJD and the Lok Janshakti Party are mounting pressure on the Congress high command to replace Maharashtra chief minister... |
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Cong walks tightrope on hot pursuit (04 December 12:17) |
| BY AMIT AGNIHOTRI
New Delhi
Dec. 3: The Congress is walking a tightrope on the issue of hot-pursuit, even as sections within the party are hankering for a "tough" line on the gov... |
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BJP, Kalyan adopt wait-and-watch (04 December 12:17) |
| By Amita Verma
Lucknow
Dec. 3: The Bhartiya Janata Party and former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh are adopting a wait and watch policy towards each other.
Both want the other to make a m... |
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‘Delhi’s efforts to solve Lanka row not enough’ (04 December 12:16) |
| By OUR CORRESPONDENT
New Delhi
Dec. 3: Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi on Wednesday termed the Centre’s efforts to resolve the Sri Lankan crisis as a "head-ache balm" (... |
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British Council starts climate championship (04 December 12:15) |
| By OUR CORRESPONDENT
New Delhi
Dec. 3: British Council and the Energy and Resources Institute (Teri) have launched the International Climate Champions 2009. The programme is aimed at inspi... |
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Court seeks papers of Nano land (04 December 12:15) |
| Ahmedabad, Dec. 3: The Gujarat high court on Wednesday directed the state government to produce documents of acquisition of land in Sanand, alloted to Tatas for the Nano car project.
The co... |
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RSS flip-flop on Naqvi (04 December 12:15) |
| By Our Correspondent
New Delhi
Dec. 3: The lipstick drama continued on Wednesday with RSS top brass, Mohan Bhagwat distancing the organisation from former spokesman Ram Madhav’s move to ... |
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Rice promises Advani of help (04 December 12:13) |
| By Our Correspondent
New Delhi
Dec. 3: US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice called on Opposition leader L.K. Advani on Wednesday during which she is believed to have assured Washingtonâ€... |
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Sandeep family, CM slam media (04 December 12:13) |
| By Our Correspondent
Thiruvananthapuram
Dec. 3: Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan on Wednesday expressed his regret that some of his comments had caused sadness to the family of the... |
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Priests and nun admit to murder (04 December 12:12) |
| By Our Correspondent
Thiruvananthapuram
Dec. 3: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday informed the chief judicial magistrate court in Ernakulam that the arrested priests and nun... |
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Condi meets PC, talk on security (04 December 12:12) |
| By Our Correspondent
New Delhi
Dec. 3: US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice on Thursday met home minister P. Chidambaram to discuss the emerging security situation in the aftermath of th... |
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Centre gives go-ahead to Gorshkov renegotiation (04 December 12:11) |
| By Our Special Correspondent
New Delhi
Dec. 3: Even as a high-level Russian defence delegation held talks with the ministry of defence (MoD) on defence cooperation between the two countrie... |
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PC meets Shivraj to discuss pending issues (04 December 12:10) |
| By Our Correspondent
New Delhi
Dec. 3: Newly-appointed home minister P. Chidambaram met incumbent home minister Shivraj Patil on Wednesday, two days after assuming charge in the home minis... |
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Cops question Dera chief (04 December 12:10) |
| BY ASIT JOLLY
CHANDIGARH
Dec. 3: The controversial head of the Dera Sacha Sauda — a multi-religion sect based in Haryana — was summoned and interrogated for several hours at the Punjab... |
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States asked to step up vigil along Ganga (03 December 12:35) |
| BY PRAMOD KUMAR
NEW DELHI
Dec. 2: The Central intelligence agencies are now concentrating on terrorist (involved in Mumbai terror attack) links with other terrorist outfits like Indian Muj... |
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‘Navy didn’t get actionable intel’ (03 December 12:34) |
| BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI
Dec. 2: Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta on Tuesday admitted that there had been a "systemic failure" in the country due to which the Mumba... |
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Civilian aircraft may have helped (03 December 12:34) |
| BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI
Dec. 2: The delay caused by lack of an adequate and designated aircraft at the Delhi airport to rush NSG commandos to Mumbai led to precious wastage ... |
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CCS for more teeth to act (03 December 12:33) |
| BY MUKESH RANJAN
NEW DELHI
Dec. 2: Despite the hyperbolic call for a new tougher anti-terror law by the Opposition, the government is learnt to have been considering giving more teeth to t... |
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RSS criticises jihadis, fanatics (03 December 12:33) |
| BY OUR CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI
Dec. 2: The Rashtriya Swayemsevak Sangh on Monday came out in full force against "jihadi terror'' and ''fanatic religio-political elements'' responsible... |
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Nanny may get Israeli honour (03 December 12:20) |
| Jerusalem, Dec. 2: The Indian nanny who rescued Jewish toddler Moshe Holtzberg during the Mumbai attacks, may be conferred a top Israeli honour usually reserved for saviours of Jews from Hol... |
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Pak world risk, India to tell Rice (03 December 12:19) |
| By Anand K. Sahay
New Delhi
Dec. 2: In discussions with US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice here on Wednesday, Indian representatives are expected to underline the perspective that terr... |
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CPM regrets Kerala CM remark (03 December 12:19) |
| By YOJNA GUSAI
New Delhi
Dec. 2: The Left parties, particularly the CPI(M), ran for cover, following the Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan’s refusal to apologise for virtually mak... |
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UPA allies for action against bureaucracy (03 December 12:18) |
| BY AMIT AGNIHOTRI
New Delhi
Dec. 2: The UPA allies are building pressure on the government to fix responsibility of bureaucrats and go beyond the symbolism of removing former home minister... |
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Angry protests in Kerala (03 December 12:18) |
| By Our Correspondent
Thiruvananthapuram
Dec. 2: The chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan’s insulting comments against the slain commando Sandeep Unnikrishnan’s family generated a wave of ... |
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