Senior US official meets relatives of Tibetan self-immolators

WASHINGTON: Families of three Tibetans who recently set themselves ablaze to protest China's oppression in Tibet, met this week with a top American diplomat in charge of human rights issues, a senior US official confirmed.The meeting between the assistant...

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Anna Hazare says he will campaign only for Arvind Kejriwal's party

BHUBANESWAR: Social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday said he will campaign only for candidates put up by Arvind Kejriwal and ruled out the possibility of supporting people from other parties."I will campaign only for Kejriwal's candidates," Hazare told...

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Four engineering students injured during ragging in Mathura

MATHURA: Four students were seriously injured when an altercation broke out between them and their seniors at an engineering college over an alleged ragging incident here in the district, police said.On Thursday night, some senior students of BSA Engineering...

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At least 32 killed as Congo plane hits houses, says Red Cross

BRAZZAVILLE: A cargo plane crashed into houses near Brazzaville airport while attempting to land during a thunderstorm on Friday evening, killing at least 32 people, a Congolese Red Cross official said on Saturday."We have already pulled 32 bodies from...

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Gujarat government demands resignation of Governor Dr Kamla

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat government today demanded resignation of the state Governor Dr Kamla, saying it would make way for a "free and fair enquiry" into an alleged land scam pending against her in Rajasthan.The demand from Gujarat government comes at...

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Indian Air Force fighter jet crashes in Sikkim, pilot seriously injured

GANGTOK: A Jaguar fighter aircraft of Indian Air Force crashed in a forest near Lik in Upper Dzongu in north Sikkim on Friday, with the pilot suffering serious injuries.The fighter jet crashed at 1:15pm with the pilot, Flight Lieutenant Yogesh Yadav,...

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Parliament adjourned for the day after demise of IK Gujral

NEW DELHI: Both the Houses of Parliament were adjourned on Friday after news came in about the demise of former Prime Minister I K Gujral.Home minister Sushilkumar Shinde made the announcement in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha that Gujral (92) passed...

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Foodgrain pricing panel asked to rework wheat MSP: Pawar

The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Nov 30, 2012, 05.28PM IST NEW DELHI: Government has rejected a top foodgrain pricing panel's recommendation for keeping unchanged the minimum rate to be paid this year to wheat farmers at Rs...

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New Jersey bridge collapses, train derailed; chemical leak reported

PAULSBORO, New Jersey: A rail bridge over a creek in southern New Jersey caused a Conrail freight train to derail, spilling hazardous chemicals at the scene, police said on Friday.The incident occurred in Paulsboro, New Jersey, at a crossing near the...

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Law soon against use of dry toilets: Jairam Ramesh

BHOPAL: Union minister for Panchayat and Rural Development Jairam Ramesh on Friday said that the Centre will soon formulate a law to prosecute users of dry toilets. They could even be sent to jail. Jairam Ramesh was in here in the Madhya Pradesh capital...

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Only 22 of 1,517 housing projects completed under JNNURM: CAG

NEW DELHI: Only 22 of the 1,517 housing projects approved under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission were completed by the due date of March 2011, the Comptroller and Auditor General has stated, while noting that the ministries of central...

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Chhattisgarh asks centre to exempt it from cash subsidy transfer scheme

RAIPUR: Armed with strength of Chhattisgarh's effective PDS system, chief minister Raman Singh on Thursday said his government was not in favour of cash subsidy to the beneficiaries in Targeted Public Distribution System saying that the state be exempted...

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Refund of Rs 24,000cr: Sahara's appeal against Sebi dismissed

Sahara firms in their appeal had sought the tribunal's intervention in refund of investors' money and had accused the market regulator Sebi of wrongly charging them. The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Nov 29, 2012,...

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Refund of Rs 24,000cr: Sahara's appeal against Sebi dismissed

Sahara firms in their appeal had sought the tribunal's intervention in refund of investors' money and had accused the market regulator Sebi of wrongly charging them. The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Nov 29, 2012,...

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Identity proof must for sleeper-class passengers from Saturday

NEW DELHI: It will be mandatory for sleeper- class train passengers to carry identity proof from December 1, this year as Railways firmed up steps to prevent misuse of tickets by touts and facilitate hassle-free travel by bonafide people.From Saturday...

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Farooq meets Karunanidhi, thanks him for backing UPA on FDI

CHENNAI: A day after government secured the backing of key ally DMK on FDI, Union minister Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday met DMK chief M Karunanidhi and thanked him for his support to the UPA coalition in Parliament."I thank him for the support that he...

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Former Oxford Dictionary editor secretly deleted Indian words: Books

LONDON: An eminent former editor of the Oxford English Dictionary attempted to rewrite it by deleting thousands of words with foreign roots, including those of Indian-origin, a new book claims.Robert Burchfield deleted words like 'balisaur', a badger-like...

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Uttar Pradesh tops in communal tension and clashes

LUCKNOW: The Akhilesh Yadav led Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh is already drawing flak from all quarters over deterioration of law and order including rise in communal clashes in the state after it came to power in March this year. Now another...

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China, India should get over unfortunate past: Chinese expert

NEW DELHI: China and India should get over the "infortunate incidents" of the past relating to their festering border issue and open a new page in relations as soon as possible, Li Junru, a top Chinese expert, said here Wednesday.Li, addressing Indian...

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Adobe enables electronic issue of official documents in 18,000 Gujarat villages

AHMEDABAD: Villages in Gujarat can now easily access their official documents, certificates and other government services online. Adobe Systems Incorporated has deployed its software across 18,000 villages in the state, transforming all the paper-based...

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UK picks Canadian Mark Carney to lead Bank of England

LONDON: The British government has chosen Mark Carney, a Canadian, to become governor of the Bank of England, the first time a foreigner has been tapped for the position since the central bank was founded in 1694.Treasury chief George Osborne announced...

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Alok Joshi appointed next RAW head

NEW DELHI: Alok Joshi, a 1976 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre, has been appointed chief of India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).Joshi has been appointed for a period of two years or until further orders, whichever...

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Govt to launch cash transfer scheme in 51 districts from January 1

NEW DELHI: Benefits under 29 welfare schemes being operated by different ministries would be transferred through Aadhaar-enabled bank accounts in 51 districts spread over 16 states from January 1 next year, finance minister P Chidambaram said here on...

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Gujarat riots case: Zakiya Jafri loses right to file petition against SIT's closure report

AHMEDABAD: A local court today ruled that Zakia Jafri, whose husband and former Congress MP Ehsan Zafri was killed in Gujarat riots, has lost the right to file protest petition against the SIT report, giving a clean chit to Gujarat chief minister Narendra...

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Red alert ahead of Guru Nanak Jayanti in wake of TTP threat

LAHORE: Pakistani authorities have put in place extensive security arrangements for Indian Sikh pilgrims attending events to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak in the wake of the Taliban's threat to target Indians in retaliation for the execution...

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India deploying more troops in Ladakh due to threat: Farooq Abdullah

NEW DELHI: India is befriending China on one hand and remaining "cautious" on the other by deploying more troops in Ladakh region due to "threat" perception, having learnt lessons from the past, Union minister Farooq Abdullah said on Monday.Addressing...

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No proof of UFOs flying over India-China border: Antony

NEW DELHI: There is no conclusive proof of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) flying over the India-China border, but government is monitoring all developments in the neighbourhood which could have a bearing on national security, defence minister A K...

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Mauritius, Bihar to jointly host 'Bhojpuri Mahotsav' annually

PATNA: Mauritius and Bihar which share historical bonds have decided to organize 'Bhojpuri festival' every year to keep the language alive. The festival would be organized jointly by government of Mauritius and Bihar tourism department and both Mauritius...

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Direct cash transfer facility for UID cardholders: Nilekani

NEW DELHI: The Unique Identification project has enrolled 270 million people in last three years and the data collected through it can be used to provide various benefits like direct cash transfer to cardholders, UID project chief Nandan Nilekani said...

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Car bomb rocks church in Nigerian military barracks

KADUNA, Nigeria: A car bomb was detonated at a church inside military barracks in Jaji in Nigeria's Kaduna state on Sunday, two military sources said."A car drove into the church premises ... then detonated the bomb," one of the military officers told...

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Syrian rebels say that they have captured helicopter base in east of Damascus

AMMAN: Syrian rebels said on Sunday that they had captured a helicopter base 15 km (10 miles) east of Damascus after an overnight battle, the second military facility on the outskirts of the capital to fall to President Bashar al-Assad's opponents this...

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12 die after drinking adulterated cough syrup in Pakistan

LAHORE: At least 12 men died and several others were in a serious condition after drinking adulterated cough syrup in this eastern Pakistani city today, police said.The men had drunk the cough syrup to get intoxicated, police said.Doctors at a state-run...

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Hundreds of gay rights activists march through New Delhi on Sunday

NEW DELHI: Hundreds of gay rights activists marched through New Delhi on Sunday to demand that they be allowed to lead lives of dignity in India's deeply conservative society.Dozens of demonstrators carried a nearly 15-meter (50-foot) -long, rainbow-colored...

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Two suicide car bombs kill nine at military church in Nigeria

KADUNA: Two suicide car bombs were detonated at a church inside the Jaji military barracks in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state on Sunday, killing at least 9 people and wounding dozens, a military source said."A Kia branded car drove into the church premises...

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