Elephants ransack residential area in Guwahati

GUWAHATI: Three wild elephants entered into a residential area in the outskirts of the city last night and ransacked some sheds, storehouses and vegetable gardens. Officials said the elephants came out of the Amchang Wildlife Reserve in the eastern...

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Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi ends eight-day fast

NEW DELHI: Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was recently arrested under sedition charges as well as Sec 66A of the Information Technology Act for his controversial cartoons, today ended his eight-day fast demanding immediate scrapping of the "unconstitutional"...

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Cash transfer scheme a 'revolutionary' measure of UPA, Sonia Gandhi says

NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today strongly backed the Centre's new Direct Benefit Transfer system that will ensure cash transfer directly in the hands of beneficiaries of various schemes, saying it is in line with many other "revolutionary"...

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18 migrants die, nine missing after boat sinks off Greece in Aegean Sea: Police

ATHENS: Eighteen migrants have died and nine are missing after their makeshift boat sank off the coast of Greece in the Aegean Sea, police said on Saturday."Only one person was plucked out of the water and hospitalised," a ports police spokeswoman told...

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All party delegation from Karnataka to PM on Cauvery issue soon

BANGALORE: An all party meeting convened by Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar today decided to go on a delegation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to plead against issuing of final notification by this month-end for implementing the Cauvery Water...

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Left parties stage dharna against bedlam in West Bengal assembly

NEW DELHI: Left parties staged a dharna in the Parliament House complex on Friday deploring the bedlam in West Bengal assembly and said it had never happened before when women members were attacked in the House."What happened in the assembly on Tuesday...

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Gujarat polls: Rahul Gandhi to campaign again on Saturday

NEW DELHI: To give a further boost to the Congress in poll-bound Gujarat, party general secretary, Rahul Gandhi, will campaign again in the state on Dec 15, party sources said on Friday.This will be Gandhi's third visit to the state where the first round...

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BJP MLA says Chhattisgarh govt ‘favouring’ GMR group with land acquisition

RAIPUR: Land acquisition for a railway line at Tilda, near the state capital in Chhattisgarh , has sparked a row with a senior BJP legislator alleging that the state government was doing it under the garb of a proposed industrial area to directly benefit...

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Navy deploys INS-Ganga for patrolling Gulf of Eden where Somali pirates enter India

MUMBAI: The Indian Navy has deployed INS-Ganga to patrol the Gulf of Eden and protect the marine jurisdiction from where the Somali pirates enter India. The navy has been patrolling this gulf for sometime now and hence there has not been a single case...

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Pakistan jail staff suspects Indian prisoners and bars them from writing letters

AMRITSAR: Many Indian prisoners lodged in Pakistani jails are still suspected and are even not allowed to write letters to their dear ones in India. Revealing this, Pakistani advocate Awaish Sheikh , who is also contesting the case of Sarabjit Singh,...

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40 Indian fishermen return home after their release by Sri Lankan Navy

RAMESWARAM: Forty Indian fishermen detained by Sri Lankan Navy on December 3 off Nagapattinam and Karaikal coasts have arrived here after their release by authorities in the island nation.The fishermen arrived here on Wednesday evening, officials said....

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Govt should announce date for hanging Afzal Guru: BJP

NEW DELHI: On the eleventh anniversary of Parliament attack on Thursday, BJP said the government should announce the date for hanging convict Afzal Guru today itself to pay "real tribute" to the martyrs of the strike."Real tribute would be only if the...

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Wife can ask maintenance if hubby gets another wife at home:HC

MUMBAI: A wife cannot be faulted for not living with husband when he brings another woman in the house and she can demand maintenance on this ground, the Bombay high court has ruled in a divorce case."Whether or not he (husband) may be entitled under...

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Imran Khan to send his party’s delegation to study developments in Bihar

PATNA: Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and legendary cricketer Imran Khan is planning to send a delegation of his party leaders to Bihar to deeply study the governance and the way state achieved a turnaround. This was disclosed by chief minister...

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Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman charged with breach of trust

JERUSALEM: Israel's attorney general has indicted the country's powerful foreign minister for alleged breach of trust, but decided not to file a number of more serious charges in a fraud and money-laundering case.While Avigdor Lieberman escaped the most...

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World would sacrifice Israel, Israeli foreign minister says

JERUSALEM: Israel's hawkish foreign minister lashed out at the international community on Wednesday, criticizing its policies toward the Palestinians and charging that many world leaders would readily sacrifice Israel to radical Islam just as Europe...

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Chinese metropolis Guangzhou gives cash for 'green' cars

BEIJING: Chinese metropolis Guangzhou is now handing out 10,000 yuan in cash to car owners who purchase vehicles powered by new, alternative energy sources.Out of 17,880 new licence plates approved by the government in the populated southern city, over...

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Leon Panetta in Afghanistan to meet with Hamid Karzai

KABUL: US defense secretary Leon Panetta, who has flown to Afghanistan for talks with President Hamid Karzai, says President Barack Obama will decide in the next few weeks how many US troops will after the combat mission ends there.Panetta arrived on...

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Angry Pakistani girls protest naming of college after Malala

PESHAWAR: Angry Pakistani girls protested Wednedsay against the renaming of their school after shot teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, saying the move would make them a target for militants.Around 150 students boycotted classes at what is now the Government...

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US stocks: Wall Street climbs on stimulus anticipation

The author has posted comments on this articleReuters | Dec 12, 2012, 08.45PM IST NEW YORK: US stocks rose for a sixth day on Wednesday as investors anticipated that the US Federal Reserve will announce a fresh stimulus plan to support the economy...

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Property worth lakhs gutted in fire at hotel in Dehradun

DEHRADUN: Property worth lakhs was gutted on Tuesday when a major fire engulfed three floors of a three-star hotel here.The fire broke out at about 1pm on the second floor of Hotel Solitaire on Haridwar bypass road in the city and spread to its third...

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Mercury to dip in Uttar Pradesh, colder nights ahead

LUCKNOW: The mercury is set to drop across Uttar Pradesh and fog is likely in most parts, Met officials said here Tuesday.Day temperatures would go down by two to three degrees Celsius, they added.Met officials said the day temperatures were hovering...

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Kargil hero's father moves United Nations Human Rights Council for justice

BANGALORE: The father of an Indian army officer who was killed in action has moved to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) against the torture and murder of his son, Capt Suarabh Kalia, and five soldiers of the Jat regiment during the Kargil...

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1981 Air India plane hijack: Two move court for stay of fresh trial

NEW DELHI: Two alleged Sikh militants, sent back to India in 2000 after serving a life term in Pakistan for hijacking an Air India plane to that country in 1981, have moved a Delhi court seeking stay of a fresh trial against them here for the same offence.The...

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2G case: Supreme Court to hear plea of accused on Thursday

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on Thursday the plea of Swan Telecom promoter, Shahid Usman Balwa, and other accused challenging the order of its bench which had stayed proceedings on all petitions relating to the 2G spectrum case before...

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Stopped releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, Karnataka CM Jagadish Shettar says

BELGAUM: Karnataka has stopped releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu since last evening, chief minister Jagadish Shettar told the assembly today.Shettar said the government had filed a review petition in the Supreme Court on its recent directive and...

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BJP stalled Rajya Sabha to stop quota Bill: Mayawati

NEW DELHI, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Monday accused the BJP of stalling the Rajya Sabha because it did not want a bill for reservations in job promotions to be passed.Mayawati asked why the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had not raised...

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Bangladesh's controversial ex-President Iajuddin Ahmed passes away

DHAKA: Former Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed whose eventful tenure exposed the country to a major political turmoil that ended with the installation of an army backed interim government in 2007 has died in Bangkok. He was 81 years and on life support...

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CBI to file chargesheet in spectrum allocation during NDA rule

The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Dec 10, 2012, 07.00PM IST NEW DELHI: CBI is likely to file this week its chargesheet in connection with alleged irregularities in telecom spectrum allocation during the tenure of NDA government...

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Standard Chartered to pay $327 million to resolve US sanctions case

WASHINGTON: British bank Standard Chartered Plc will pay $327 million to resolve allegations that it violated US sanctions and other laws, the Federal Reserve said on Monday.The bank will pay $100 million to resolve Fed allegations that it provided "inadequate...

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Bangladesh witnesses widespread violence as opposition enforces blockade

DHAKA: Violence broke out here on Sunday after main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its rightwing allies enforced a nationwide eight-hour road blockade protesting scrapping of non-party caretaker government system for election oversight.Witnesses...

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Rare Beijing protest takes aim at high speed rail project

BEIJING: Authorities in Beijing allowed a rare protest to take place on Sunday against a new high speed rail line, with about 300 demonstrators shouting slogans disrupting traffic in a busy eastern suburb.Residents told Reuters they were concerned the...

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All safety aspects of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project will be taken care of: Narayanasamy

TIRUNELVELI: Government on Sunday maintained that it will ensure all safety aspects of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project are fully taken care of before it is commissioned. "It is our duty to ensure all the safety (aspects), we will do that with regard...

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Dassault Aviation seeks clarity on role of HAL in supply of Rafale fighters

NEW DELHI: After bagging the multi-billion dollar deal for supplying 126 Rafale fighter aircraft to the IAF, French firm Dassault Aviation has asked the defence ministry to define the role of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in the project. If the contract...

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Indian man 'sets afire' Nepali girl for refusing to elope with him

KATHMANDU: An Indian man allegedly set on fire a 16-year-old Nepali girl after she refused to elope with him, leaving her with serious burn injuries.23-year-old Babu Khan, a resident of Baharaich in Uttar Pradesh, poured petrol over the girl in Bardiya...

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