11 women inmates escape from destitute home in West Bengal

KOLKATA: At least 11 women inmates, who were earlier rescued from Mumbai after they were trafficked from the state, have escaped a home for the destitutes in West Bengal's Hooghly district, police said Monday."Eleven inmates of a destitute home in Uttarpara...

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Ban condoles death of gang-rape victim, urges reforms to deter violence against women

NEW DELHI: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expresses "deep sorrow" over the death of the 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim on Sunday.According to a statement issued on Saturday night by Ban's spokesperson, "He offers his sincerest condolences...

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Development fee at Delhi's IGI airport reduced by half from tomorrow

NEW DELHI: Flying out of Delhi would become cheaper from Monday, with the development fee (DF) charged by the operator of IGI airport here being reduced by Rs 100 for domestic and Rs 700 per international passenger.The decision of GMR-led Delhi International...

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Home minister Shinde seeks views of all parties on amendments to rape law

NEW DELHI: In the wake of the gruesome gang rape of a 23-year-old girl here, home minister Sushilkumar Shinde is writing letters to all political parties seeking their suggestions on the issue of changing the law pertaining to rape. Sources said Shinde...

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Bosnia charges ex-Muslim soldiers with war crimes during the country's 1990s conflict

SARAJEVO: Bosnian prosecutors on Monday charged eight former members of Muslim armed and police forces with committing war crimes against ethnic Serb civilians during the country's 1990s conflict.The eight were charged with "taking part in illegal detention...

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German magazine mistakenly publishes George HW Bush obituary

BERLIN: Germany's respected news weekly Der Spiegel has mistakenly published an obituary for former US president George HW Bush. The unfinished obituary appeared on Der Spiegel's website for only a few minutes on Sunday before it was spotted by internet...

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Maoists threaten to punish accused facing molestation charges in Manipur

IMPHAL: Militant outfit Maoist Communist Party Manipur has said it will give "befitting punishment" to three youths who allegedly molested a 16-year-old school girl when she was returning to her village to celebrate Christmas in Senapati hill district...

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AP Express from Hyderabad to Delhi cancelled tomorrow

HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad-New Delhi AP Express, scheduled to depart Hyderabad at 6.25am on Monday, has been cancelled by the railways.A spokesman of South Central Railway (SCR) said train no. 12723 Hyderabad-New Delhi AP Express was cancelled in view...

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Mild tremor felt near India-Bangla border in Tripura

NEW DELHI: A mild intensity earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter Scale was felt today in areas near the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura.The tremor was felt at 1:47 pm with its epicentre at latitude 24.2 degree north and longitude 91.6 degree east,...

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Delhi gang-rape victim's mother admitted to hospital

NEW DELHI: The traumatized mother of the young trainee physiotherapist, who was brutally gang-raped in the capital early this month, collapsed and was admitted to Deen Dayal Uphadyay Hospital after her daughter's body was taken away for cremation on...

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Delhi govt should accord state funeral to rape victim: Union minister Praful Patel

NEW DELHI: Hailing her as a braveheart, union minister Praful Patel today said the Delhi government should accord the 23-year-old gangrape victim a state funeral as a mark of respect to women of the country."Saddened by the loss of a braveheart. Delhi...

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Cold wave unabated in north India, 13 more die in Uttar Pradesh

NEW DELHI: The entire north India continued to remain in the grip of severe cold with 13 more people succumbing to the chill in Uttar Pradesh, even as the mercury went up by a few notches in Delhi, Punjab and Haryana.Delhiites basked under a sunny day...

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Two dead in Russian plane crash: Emergency ministry

MOSCOW: A Russian passenger plane with up to 12 people on board split into three pieces after sliding off a runway and crashing into a highway outside a Moscow airport on Saturday, officials said. State-run RIA news agency said two people were killed....

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Two killed as Russian passenger plane splits apart after landing

MOSCOW: A Russian passenger plane with up to 12 people on board split into three pieces after sliding off a runway and crashing into a highway outside a Moscow airport on Saturday, officials said. State-run RIA news agency said two people were killed....

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Refrain from covering funeral of gang-rape victim: Broadcast Editors' Association

NEW DELHI: The Broadcast Editors' Association (BEA) has asked news channels to refrain from covering the Delhi gang-rape victim's funeral, so that the privacy of the bereaved family is respected in their moment of grief.The association, which has ABP...

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Electronic media has become police, prosecution & judge: Digvijaya

BHOPAL: Deprecating the electronic media over coverage of protests following the gang-rape in Delhi, Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Friday said it was playing the roles of police station, prosecution and the judge."During the agitation...

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Gujarat BJP MLA Jetha Bharwad arrested in case of firing during assembly poll

GODHRA(GUJARAT): BJP MLA from Sahera, Jetha Bharwad, was arrested on Friday in connection with the firing incident during the recent assembly polls, after the court rejected his anticipatory bail plea, police said.The district court here rejected the...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin signs anti-US adoptions bill

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill banning Americans from adopting Russian children, making the legislation official less than 24 hours after his office received it from Parliament. The bill has angered Americans and Russians who...

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Another minor girl raped and murdered in UP, police chief demands death penalty

LUCKNOW: Even as the director general of police (DGP), Uttar Pradesh (UP) on Friday wrote to the state government requesting to put the 'murder after rape' into the category of rarest of rare crime punishable by death, public outrage over Delhi gang-rape...

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Broadcasting Content Complaint Council asks TV channels to cut down lewd talk in comedy shows

NEW DELHI: Upset at the use of double meaning dialogues in television comedy shows, the Broadcasting Content Complaint Council (BCCC) today asked entertainment channels to not carry 'crass, abusive, vulgar and double-meaning language with sexual overtones...

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Shiv Sena wants minors to be disallowed at New Year parties in Pune

PUNE: The Shiv Sena has asked district authorities here to ensure that minor girls and boys are not allowed to participate in the New Year parties held at hotels and pubs in and around the city.In a memorandum submitted to Pune Collector Vikas Deshmukh,...

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Pakistan marks five years since Benazir Bhutto's assasination

PAKISTAN: Vast crowds gathered on Thursday to mark the fifth anniversary of the assassination of former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto, and to witness her son launch his own political career.More than 200,000 people gathered at the family mausoleum...

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Apple fined over $165,000 for copyright violation in China

BEIJING: Technology major Apple Inc has been fined $165,908 by a court here for allegedly selling unlicensed electronic versions of books online.The Beijing No.2 intermediate people's court ordered Apple to pay a total of 1.03 million yuan ($165,908)...

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Delhi gang rape: Sixth accused sent to police custody for a day

NEW DELHI: One of the six persons, allegedly involved in the gang rape of a 23-year-old paramedical student in a moving bus here on December 16, was on Thursday remanded in police custody for a day by a Delhi court for recovering the clothes worn by...

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Berlusconi allies fire barbs at Monti, ending Christmas truce

ROME: Italian politicians resumed their bickering on Wednesday, with supporters of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi taking aim at his successor Mario Monti despite a Christmas call from the Pope for political peace.Just before midnight at the...

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Flight operations normal at Delhi's IGI airport after days of fog

NEW DELHI: After three days of dense fog, operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here remained largely normal on Wednesday.Though there was shallow fog in the morning, visibilty remained above 1500 metres and flight operations remained...

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Bilawal to make formal entry into Pakistan politics tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People's Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will make his formal entry into the hurly burly of Pakistani politics at an event to be held on Thursday to mark the fifth death anniversary of his mother Benazir Bhutto."Bilawal will...

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Egypt President Morsi signs contentious constitution into law

CAIRO: Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has signed into law a new Islamist-drafted constitution he says will help end political turmoil and allow him to focus on fixing the fragile economy.Anxiety about the deepening economic crisis has gripped Egypt...

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Gang rape not the only issue country is facing: Justice Katju

CHENNAI: The 'emotional outburst' and agitations against the gang rape in Delhi will achieve nothing and it will fizzle out in a few days, just as the emotional scenes we had witnessed in Jantar Mantar and Ram Lila grounds vanished in 10-15 days, says...

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Punjab to set up separate force for night policing

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government on Wednesday announced the setting up of a separate force for policing during the night hours amid the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal ( SAD) facing fire for its youth leaders being accused of assaulting a senior police officer.Deputy...

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Narendra Modi to be sworn in as Gujarat chief minister on Wednesday

NEW DELHI: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, who returned to power in assembly elections for a third time, will be sworn in on Wednesday, party sources said on Tuesday.This will be the fourth swearing-in for the BJP leader, who has ruled the state...

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Delhi gang rape case: Constable Subhash Tomar cremated with full state honours

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police constable Subhash Tomar was cremated with full state honours here on Tuesday.Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, minister of state for home RPN Singh, Union minister Ajit Singh and Union home secretary RK Singh were present at...

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Nitish Kumar asks girls to learn martial arts for self-defence

PATNA: With crimes against women on the rise, chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday urged girls to learn martial arts along with education to defend themselves against eve-teasers. "The girls should learn martial arts like Judo, Karate and Taekwondo...

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HC allows transfer of Gayatri Devi's shares to grand children

NEW DELHI: The legal battle over transfer of late Maharani Gayatri Devi's shares in royal family's firms has been decided in favour of her grandchildren, Devraj and Lalitya Kumari with the Delhi high court ordering rectification of share registers of...

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Thousands sign US petition to deport Piers Morgan over gun comments

LOS ANGELES: More than 48,000 people have signed a petition that they posted on the White House website demanding that British CNN talk show host Piers Morgan be deported over comments he made on air about gun control.Morgan last week lambasted pro-gun...

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Lalu Prasad Yadav favours death sentence for rapists

PATNA: Joining the growing clamour to award death penalty to perpetrators of rape, RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav on Monday said his party would advocate for capital punishment for rapists in the Delhi gang rape case in the next Parliament session....

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Sexual assault: Justice Verma committee begins work; seeks public comments

NEW DELHI: The three-member committee of jurists, constituted to give recommendations on amending laws to provide speedier justice and enhanced punishment in sexual assault cases, began its work on Monday by issuing notice seeking public comments on...

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Karnataka HC grants advance bail to B S Yeddyurappa and his son

BANGALORE: Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, who recently broke his 40-year-old association with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by forming his own Karnataka Janata party (KJP), has something to cheer for.The Karnataka high court has granted...

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Railways running on temporary basis after my departure: Lalu Prasad

ARWAL (BIHAR): Patting his own back, former railway minister Lalu Prasad on Monday claimed that since his departure, the ministry has been running on a temporary basis and asserted he would complete the unfinished projects of his time if he became minister...

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31 per cent MLAs in Gujarat assembly have criminal records

AHMEDABAD: Around 31 per cent MLAs in the newly-formed 13th Gujarat assembly have criminal antecedents with Congress dominating the list as far as overall percentage is concerned, whereas the ruling BJP hogging the tainted 'top ten' who have serious...

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Government waging 'war' against people, Kejriwal says

NEW DELHI: With curfew imposed in the heart of Delhi to stop protests near the presidential palace, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal accused the government of waging 'war' against the people.With prohibitory orders imposed in parts of the city...

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Delhi gang rape case: Ramdev, ex-army chief VK Singh lead protest at Jantar Mantar

NEW DELHI: Protesters led by yoga guru Ramdev and former Army chief V K Singh on Sunday clashed with police at Jantar Mantar here this afternoon when they were prevented from marching towards India Gate, the epicentre of protests against gangrape of...

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Delhi gang rape case draws attention of American media

WASHINGTON: The large-scale protests in India over the gang-rape of a girl in a moving bus has attracted the attention of American media which blamed it on poor law and order and a lacklustre criminal justice system.At a time when the mainstream American...

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Film actress molestation case: Journalist killed in police firing during bandh in Manipur

IMPHAL: A journalist was killed in police firing on the second day of the indefinite strike in Manipur called by a film body demanding the arrest of a Naga militant for allegedly molesting a film actress. Nanao Singh (29) was killed this afternoon when...

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Delhi gang rape protest: Constable critically injured in clashes at India Gate

NEW DELHI: A constable is battling for life in a government hospital after he was critically injured in violence at India Gate where people were protesting the gang rape of a young girl in a moving bus here. "Constable Subhash Tomar is fighting for...

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PM directs Shinde to ensure sense of security in Delhi after rape incident

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday directed home minister Sushilkumar Shinde to ensure sense of security in Delhi and see that incidents like last Sunday's gang rape do not recur. The directive came when Shinde called Singh to brief...

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Astra missile test-fired on 2nd consecutive day from Chandipur in Odisha

BALASORE (ODISHA): A day after a perfect developmental trial of " Astra", India today again successfully test-fired its indigenously developed beyond visual range (BVR) air-to-air missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, 15 km from here.The...

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Sushma Swaraj calls for special Parliament session for tougher rape law

NEW DELHI: BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Saturday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to convene a special session of Parliament for amending the existing law to provide death sentence for heinous crimes against women."I have just spoken to Prime Minister....

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Pope pardons ex-butler who stole, leaked documents

VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI granted his former butler a Christmas pardon on Saturday, forgiving him in person during a jailhouse meeting for stealing and leaking private papers in one of the gravest Vatican security breaches in recent times. After...

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Suicide bomber kills 6 at Peshawar political meet in Pakistan

PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber blew himself up Saturday at a meeting of the political party that rules Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing six people and wounding 21, officials said.The Awami National Party meeting in Peshawar was...

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Job market to see modest hiring, 10-15% pay hike next year

The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Dec 21, 2012, 01.11PM IST NEW DELHI: After remaining mostly stagnant in 2012 due to global economic slowdown, Indian job market is expected to grow only at a modest pace next year, although still...

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Delhi gang rape: Parliamentary standing panel to meet on December 27

HYDERABAD: Taking serious note of the gruesome gang rape of a girl in a moving bus at Delhi, the parliamentary standing committee on home affairs has convened a meeting on December 27 to discuss the issue.The meeting would deliberate on issues concerning...

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CBI files charges against Bharti, Vodafone in telecom case

CBI pegs the loss to exchequer at Rs 846 crore on spectrum issue during NDA regime. The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Dec 21, 2012, 03.04PM IST NEW DELHI: The CBI on Friday filed a chargesheet in connection with...

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Private hospital offers free intestinal transplant to Delhi rape victim

NEW DELHI: As the young student battles for life bravely five days after the brutal gang-rape, a leading private hospital here today offered free intestinal transplantation and subsequent treatment to her. Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has communicated this...

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BJP activists protest Sanjay Nirupam's remarks against Smriti Irani

MUMBSI: BJP workers on Friday staged a protest against Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam for his reported derogatory remarks against TV actor and BJP member Smriti Irani.Activists of BJP's youth and women's wings took out a morcha and demanded an apology from...

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Sonia Gandhi to decide party's CM in Himachal: Virbhadra Singh

SHIMLA: As initial trends indicated a Congress victory in Himachal Pradesh, party veteran Virbhadra Singh today said that he had put in his "best efforts" in the polls and it was for Sonia Gandhi to decide the party's chief minister."I had been given...

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Gujarat election proves it is not open skies for Modi: Congress

NEW DELHI: Congress leaders today conceded defeat in Gujarat, but said it was "not open skies" for chief minister Narendra Modi, nursing national ambitions."This Gujarat election proves that it's not open skies for Narendra Modi," external affairs minister...

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Gujarat Parivartan Party leader Keshubhai Patel wins

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) leader and former chief minister Keshubhai Patel Thursday won from Visavadar constituency in Saurashtra region, officials said.Patel won by about 20,000 votes against his nearest Bharatiya Janata Party rival...

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Samajwadi Party MP expresses regret over bill snatching incident: Speaker

NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party member Yashvir Singh, who had stunned the Lok Sabha yesterday by snatching a copy of the quota bill from minister V Narayanasamy, today expressed regret over the incident.Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said the member had expressed...

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Protesters block Jammu-Pathankote NH over Delhi gang rape case

JAMMU: Angry protesters, mostly students, on Thursday blocked the Jammu-Pathankote national highway demanding capital punishment for the accused involved in the gang rape of a young woman in New Delhi.Traffic remained suspended on Jammu-Pathankote National...

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UP government to bear treatment cost of rape victim; offers jobs

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh would bear the medical expenses of the woman who was raped in a moving bus in New Delhi Sunday night and will give a government job to her, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav said here Wednesday.In a statement, the chief minister said...

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UP government to bear treatment cost of rape victim; offers jobs

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh would bear the medical expenses of the woman who was raped in a moving bus in New Delhi Sunday night and will give a government job to her, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav said here Wednesday.In a statement, the chief minister said...

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