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Federalism scare in Maoism fight (21 December 03:06) |
| "Federalism" is as perilous a minefield as Maoism, the Prime Minister proved today as he gingerly referred to the need for coordination among states to fight the "single biggest challenge" ... |
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Holes in Asiatic Society defence (21 December 03:06) |
| The news that Calcutta's Asiatic Society had disposed of priceless old documents today outraged scholars although the institution claimed these were extra copies. |
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Steel tycoon buys a slice of football club (21 December 03:06) |
| Lakshmi Mittal has bought a 20 per cent shareholding in QPR, the English football club announced today. |
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Finn asks for lift, gets raped (21 December 03:06) |
| Six people are being questioned in connection with the rape of a 36-year-old Finnish woman in a car late on Monday night. |
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Bengal voices jungle fear (21 December 03:06) |
| The state government today said it was difficult for police to combat Maoists since the rebels were "more familiar with" the jungles of Purulia, Bankura and West Midnapore. |
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Teen fakes kidnap (21 December 03:06) |
| A 15-year-old boy in Ghaziabad faked his kidnapping for a ransom of Rs 20 lakh to entertain his girlfriend. |
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Sonia, Modi face mild rap (21 December 03:06) |
| Judging by its past record, the Election Commission is unlikely to go beyond its usual "reprimand, censure and express displeasure" routine in dealing with the Guajarat poll outbursts of Na... |
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Cops missing (21 December 03:06) |
| Twelve policemen reportedly went missing today following an encounter with Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, three days after 300 rebels escaped from a jail in the area. |
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Force doubles red border search (21 December 03:06) |
| Security forces have launched intensive search in three rebel-hit districts, on the Indo-Nepal border, following the death of three CRPF jawan in an encounter with Maoist guerrillas in Moti... |
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Hanging date for bus blaze (21 December 03:06) |
| The date for hanging the three ADMK protesters convicted of burning alive three university girls in a bus seven years ago has been set for January 10. |
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Postmen, cops in fake passport net (21 December 03:06) |
| Two policemen and two postmen were arrested today for overlooking bogus addresses in a fake visa-passport racket that had earlier landed an airhostess in a lock-up. |
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HC push for ban on plastic (21 December 03:06) |
| The ban on polythene bags received a fresh push with Orissa High Court summoning industries secretary to explain the proliferation of the non-biodegradable product. |
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Call to stop rath yatra (21 December 03:06) |
| Authorities of Sri Jagannath Temple have asked the Centre to prohibit the "untimely" rath yatra to be organised by Iskcon devotees at New Delhi tomorrow. |
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Naveen seeks Centre push (21 December 03:06) |
| Chief minister Naveen Pattnaik today urged the Centre to evolve a holistic action plan and implement a composite socio-economic package for the Maoist-affected areas. |
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PMC plans dream homes (21 December 03:06) |
| Otherwise known as Patna "Narak Nigam" for its poor city management, Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) has embarked on a mega scheme for rickshaw-pullers, hawkers, cart-pullers ' people in ... |
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Cops free Patna trader (21 December 03:06) |
| Businessman Naresh Shrivastava, who was abducted from the busy Exhibition Road here yesterday, was rescued from Paliganj, 30km from here, today morning. |
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Liberal laws sought (21 December 03:06) |
| Advocating a balance between the green cover and the green currency, Supreme Court judge Arijit Pasayat favoured a liberal view on existing environmental laws. |
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'Wife' sends MP to court (21 December 03:06) |
| Gaya member of Parliament Rajesh Manhi has submitted a petition in the principal judge of the family court seeking "separation" from his wife, Pramila Kumari, who, he has alleged, is a form... |
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Vrindavan widow crack at Bengal (20 December 01:19) |
| Officials in the Uttar Pradesh government are accusing Bengal of not helping look after widows in Vrindavan. |
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Buddha wants fresh look at SEZs (20 December 01:19) |
| Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today called for a "fresh look" at the special economic zone (SEZ) scheme, reflecting his party's concerns on what it views as a skewed package... |
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Mock militants target traders in joint terror drill (20 December 01:19) |
| The India-China "Exercise Hand-in-Hand" is a first of its kind and elementary in terms of exposure to tactics and equipment. |
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Girl dies after spilling beans (20 December 01:19) |
| A week ago, a girl had walked into a seminar organised to spread awareness about social evils and narrated how a woman held her hostage in a house where she was subjected to repeated sexual... |
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Blood mix-up cry in Calcutta baby death (20 December 01:19) |
| A baby's death sparked a rampage at Chittaranjan Seva Sadan today after the family blamed it on wrong blood transfusion by the hospital. |
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Fatwa against television trashed (20 December 01:19) |
| Television is "haram (sinful)" and even watching religious programmes is not acceptable, an Islamic seminary said in a fatwa that has been trashed by scholars and community leaders. |
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Maoist top guns land in net (20 December 01:19) |
| Two Maoist top guns from Andhra Pradesh have been arrested in the past week, jolting the rebels at a time their jailbreaks and prison revolts are making headlines. |
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Four black bucks dead (20 December 01:19) |
| Four black bucks were today found dead in the cornfields in Andhra's Kurnool district. |
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Retardation check hope (20 December 01:19) |
| Indian and US scientists have pushed medicine a big step closer towards correcting the most common form of inherited mental retardation and a leading cause of autism. |
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Who's afraid of Madhuri? Not Ash (20 December 01:19) |
| Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who has shared screen space with Madhuri Dixit, says she does not fear competition from the actress who recently staged a comeback with her film Aaja Nachle. |
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Modi at meet, all guns blazing (20 December 01:19) |
| Narendra Modi stole the show at the chief ministers' meeting that some said he should not have attended, held forth on what he called "communal budgeting" and said he would speak to the med... |
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US axe for urine query (20 December 01:19) |
| A Michigan official has been forced to quit after her provocative query on Hindus sparked outrage. |
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Vulture census shock (20 December 01:19) |
| Senior forest department officials, who were shaken by the drastic fall in the population of vultures, are trying to devise ways to increase their number. |
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2000 girls, 2 dry taps (20 December 01:19) |
| Over 2,000 students but only one toilet, no common room and a library which has not been updated for the past five years. |
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Choked with weeds and looted by villagers, Beatles ashram revival stuck in red tape (20 December 01:19) |
| Iconic long hair and marigold necklaces in place, the Beatles journeyed to this city in the foothills of the Himalayas in the late 1960s. They were at the height of their fame, but they cam... |
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Canal makeover on card (20 December 01:19) |
| The Orissa government has drawn up an ambitious plan to restore the Taladanda canal, reshaping the 85-km channel connecting Cuttack and Paradip into something closer to the busy inland wate... |
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Police clueless about rebels (20 December 01:19) |
| Chhattisgarh police have revealed that they don't have photographs of most of the hardcore Maoists detained in different prisons across the state. |
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Jehanabad sees red over jail death (20 December 01:19) |
| Jailed CPI-ML cadre today joined their CPI (Maoist) counterparts in Jehanabad jail in a fast-unto-death to protest the death of "comrade" Nagina Majhi on Saturday night at Beur jail. |
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Naveen push for special status (20 December 01:19) |
| Chief minister Naveen Patnaik today called for a national mandate to ensure larger resource flows to the poorer states, like Orissa, besides reiterating the demand for special category sta... |
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Bihar ministers' flashy cars give in to old faithful (20 December 01:19) |
| Blame it on the bad roads or the "unparalleled comfort" of the good-old Ambassador, Bihar ministers are seeking to switch their swanky rides in favour of the old ones. |
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Praveen dodges death by a 'motive' (19 December 01:33) |
| Praveen Mahajan was not given the death sentence today because it is not known why he killed brother Pramod Mahajan. |
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ST blow to Gujjars (19 December 01:33) |
| The panel looking into the Gujjar demand for recognition as Scheduled Tribes today said there was no need to grant them that status and recommended a special package to address their proble... |
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Kalam walks into comfort zone (19 December 01:33) |
| The spring is back in A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's steps as he hits the lawns each morning at his new address: a two-storey house on 10 Rajaji Marg. |
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'Don't need any Mahajan' (19 December 01:33) |
| Sarangi Mahajan said she did not need help from either the Mahajan or Munde family, hours after her husband Praveen was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Mumbai sessions court on Tuesday.... |
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HC strikes down Sikh quota in colleges (19 December 01:33) |
| Punjab and Haryana High Court has struck down reservation of 50 per cent seats in SGPC-run institutions for Sikhs, a decision the religious organisation and the Punjab government will appea... |
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PM Maoist snub to Patil (19 December 01:33) |
| The Prime Minister will personally monitor the Maoist and terrorist threats because he is unhappy with the home ministry's performance, government sources said. |
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Family faints in slavery case (19 December 01:33) |
| A judge cleared a US courtroom minutes after a jury convicted a millionaire couple in a "modern-day slavery" case, when the woman fainted along with one of her daughters. |
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Riot reminder to Cong, from US (19 December 01:33) |
| An "untraceable" witness has popped up to remind the Congress of the anti-Sikh riots. |
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Karat meets Naidu (19 December 01:33) |
| CPM general secretary Prakash Karat today held an hour-long meeting with Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu amid reports that the Left was toughening its stand on the Indo-US nuclea... |
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BJP to resist minority funds (19 December 01:33) |
| The BJP will oppose special funds for the minorities in the 11th Five Year Plan on the ground that this amounts to "communal budgeting". |
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Four killed in truck mishap (19 December 01:33) |
| Four persons, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed as a Hajipur-bound truck lost control after crossing a bridge and slammed into a tea stall around 6.40am today. |
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Nitish Kumar bridges Fernandes rift over coffee (19 December 01:33) |
| In what is being described as a move to discourage dissidents, Nitish Kumar on Sunday invited estranged leader George Fernandes to join him at an inaugural function of a Rs 1,000-crore proj... |
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