Budget 2013-14 would focus on cutting wasteful expenses, hints Chidambaram

The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Oct 13, 2012, 04.45PM IST TOKYO: After announcing a slew of reform measures to revive growth, finance minister P Chidambaram has indicated that the Budget for 2013-14 would focus on cutting...

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Iranian authorities detain 29 fishermen from TN, Kerala

KANYAKUMARI: Twenty-nine fishermen from Tamil Nadu and Kerala were today detained by Iranian authorities for allegedly violating maritime boundary while fishing near Qatar."Due to the rough weather, they crossed the Qatar border and entered into...

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Fourteen monks were lynched by an angry crowd in 1611 beatified in Prague

PRAGUE: AFP Fourteen monks of the Order of Friars Minor, lynched by an angry crowd in 1611 after coming to then-Protestant Prague to preach Catholicism, were beatified in Prague on Saturday.Vicar Frederic Bachstein and his 13 companions were given...

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Christian girl blasphemy case: Pak court frees cleric on bail

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani cleric, who falsely accused a minor Christian girl of blasphemy, has been freed from jail after he was granted bail by a court here.Khalid Chishti, who planted evidence that was used against the girl Rimsha Masih, was detained...

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Private buses to be off roads in Kerala from Oct 29

KOCHI: Private bus operators in Kerala would withdraw services from October 29 midnight demanding hike in bus fares.The All Kerala Bus Operators Co-ordination Committee, comprising eight organisations, which met here today, took a decision to this...

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Cauvery row: Vaiko, MDMK workers arrested for trying to picket NLC office

NEYVELI: MDMK leader Vaiko was arrested here on Friday when he and party workers tried to picket the Neyveli Lignite Corporation office here, demanding that the public sector unit stop power supply to Karnataka, which has stopped release of Cauvery...

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UPA govt has become symbol of heartless govt: Arun Jaitley

NEW DELHI: The UPA government has become a symbol of "heartless government" as it has failed to understand the pains of inflation borne by the common man, BJP leader Arun Jaitley said on Friday."The UPA government was brought to power by the...

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Indo-Bangla talks on for Agartala-Kolkata direct bus via Dhaka

AGARTALA: India is taking up with Bangladesh for a direct bus service From Agartala to Kolkata via Dhaka, a top bureaucrat said today."We have proposed at the diplomatic level for a direct Agartala-Kolkata bus service via Dhaka considering the...

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India-Bangla talks on for Agartala-Kolkata direct bus via Dhaka

AGARTALA: India is taking up with Bangladesh for a direct bus service From Agartala to Kolkata via Dhaka, a top bureaucrat said today."We have proposed at the diplomatic level for a direct Agartala-Kolkata bus service via Dhaka considering the...

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106 soldiers killed as Syrian rebels go on attack: Watchdog

BEIRUT: Syrian rebels killed 14 soldiers in an attack on an army post in Daraa province today, a watchdog said, a day after the army suffered 92 losses, the highest daily total of the 19-month conflict.Six rebels were also killed in today's attack...

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Farmers call off Jan Satyagraha protest march after deal with Jairam Ramesh

AGRA: Thousands of poor farmers have ended their march to Delhi after the government agreed to formulate a new reform policy, providing land rights to them and fast tracking settlement of their land disputes. The protesters or Jan Satyagrahis...

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Congress targets Bhushans over land in Himachal Pradesh

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday targeted India Against Corruption (IAC) member and senior advocate Prashant Bhushan and his family members over land in Himachal Pradesh allegedly acquired by an educational society linked to him at a concessional...

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Mob ransacks house of Pak Christian boy accused of blasphemy

KARACHI: A mob led by Islamic clerics ransacked the home of a teenage Christian boy in Pakistan's Karachi city and set fire to furniture and some other household articles after he was accused of sending text messages with blasphemous content,...

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Mob ransacks house of Pak Christian boy accused of blasphemy

KARACHI: A mob led by Islamic clerics ransacked the home of a teenage Christian boy in Pakistan's Karachi city and set fire to furniture and some other household articles after he was accused of sending text messages with blasphemous content, a...

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Yemen security chief at US Embassy killed in Sanaa

SANAA, Yemen: Yemeni security officials say a gunman has assassinated the Yemeni chief of security at the US Embassy in Sanaa. The officials say Qassem Aqlani, who was in his fifties, was shot dead while on his way to work early on Thursday....

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India becoming more important on G20 stage: US Fed chief Bernanke

The author has posted comments on this articleReuters | Oct 10, 2012, 02.27PM IST MUMBAI: India is becoming a more important player on the G20 stage, US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday after meeting with RBI governor...

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EC gives common symbol to candidates of 2 unrecognised parties

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has accepted the demand of two registered unrecognised political parties in Himachal Pradesh and granted them the concession of allotting a common symbol to their candidates in the November 4 assembly polls....

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Cauvery row: Tamil Nadu files contempt plea against Karnataka CM in SC

Cauvery row: TN files contempt plea against K'taka CM in SC NEW DELHI: The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking launch of contempt of court proceeding against Karnataka chief minister...

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Rs one crore donation to Sanawar school by Sukhbir Badal under HC lens

CHANDIGARH: Donation of Rs one crore to country's one of oldest and 'elite' boarding school--- Lawrence School Sanawar by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has come under the lens of Punjab and Haryana high court, which on Wednesday issued...

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Magnitude-5.8 earthquake hits Costa Rica, no reports of damage

MEXICO CITY: Seismologists say a magnitude-5.8 earthquake has shaken Costa Rica. There are no immediate reports of damage.The US Geological Survey says the quake occurred at 6:19 a.m. (8:19 EST; 12:19 GMT) and was centered eight miles (14 kilometers)...

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Probe Prashant Bhushan's land purchase in Himachal: Congress

SHIMLA: The opposition Congress in Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday demanded an inquiry into the allotment of land meant for tea plantation in the state to India Against Corruption (IAC) leader Prashant Bhushan.It sought a probe into possible violations...

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Farmers' suicide a serious issue, but numbers declining: Sharad Pawar

NEW DELHI: Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday termed farmers' suicide as a serious issue, but said such cases were showing a decline.The government is focusing on increasing investment in agriculture as well as raising minimum support...

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Hit-and-run case: Court rejects Salman Khan's plea to sell car

MUMBAI: A local court has rejected the plea of Bollywood actor Salman Khan seeking permission to sell his Toyota Land Cruiser car which he was driving during the hit-and-run case in 2002 in which one person was killed and four others sustained...

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China rejects US accusations against telecoms firms

The author has posted comments on this articleReuters | Oct 9, 2012, 07.55PM IST BEIJING: China rejected on Tuesday as "groundless" US accusations that two top Chinese telecoms equipment makers posed a security risk.The US House of Representatives'...

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Two men charged with attempted murder of Operation Bluestar hero K S Brar

Two men charged with attempted murder of K S Brar LONDON: Two men have been charged with the attempted murder of Lieutenant General (retired) Kuldip Singh Brar, the hero of the 1984 Operation Bluestar, British police...

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Shootout at Kamla market area of central Delhi kills one

Shootout at Kamla market area of central Delhi kills one NEW DELHI: One person was killed and another injured in a shootout at the Kamla Market area of central Delhi Monday, police said."There has been a shootout. One...

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Congress, BJP leaders meet PM over Cauvery water row

NEW DELHI: Cutting across party lines, Congress and BJP leaders from Karnataka on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to voice concern over the decision of the Cauvery River Authority asking the state to provide Tamil Nadu with 9000 cusecs...

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Bomb explodes in Manipur, no casualty

IMPHAL: A powerful bomb suspected to be planted by insurgents exploded early this morning in Manipur's Imphal West district, official sources said. The bomb, which did not cause any casualty, went off at 6:25 am at Moidangpok area where security...

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Earthquake of 6.3 magnitude strikes off eastern Indonesia

JAKARTA: An earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck off the coast of eastern Indonesia on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage.The quake struck 100 miles (140 km) southeast of the city...

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Aleppo fighting rages, rebels routed in Damascus bastion

ALEPPO (SYRIA): Aleppo was shaken on Sunday by the heaviest fighting of an almost three-month offensive against rebels in Syria's second city, residents said, as the insurgents lost ground in the capital Damascus.Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet...

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Bengal Congress to launch political attack against Mamata government

KOLKATA: The Congress in West Bengal is set for an "all-out political attack" on the Trinamool Congress by launching a campaign focussed on the all-round benefits of foreign investment in multi-brand retail and was ready to play the role of an...

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The Cauvery belt kept up the tempo on a holiday by protesting the release of water to TN

MYSORE/CHAMARAJANAGAR: The Cauvery belt kept up the tempo protesting the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu on Sunday.Notwithstanding that it is holiday, agitators took out protest marches, staged sit-ins, held a bike rally and protested...

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President must not attend Belgaum Vidhan Bhavan opening: Shiv Sena

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday urged President Pranab Mukherjee not to attend the inauguration of the Vidhan Bhavan building in Belgaum on October 11. Uddhav said that the president should respect the sentiments...

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Americans in Islamabad warned over possible terror attacks

ISLAMABAD: The US on Sunday warned its nationals in Islamabad to avoid several areas of the city citing an alert issued by Pakistani authorities regarding possible terrorist attacks.Pakistan's interior ministry has "issued a general threat alert...

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