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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Charges framed against Malkhan Singh Bishnoi in Bhanwari murder case

JODHPUR: A local court, hearing the Bhanwari Devi murder case, today finally framed charges against one of the key accused Malkhan Singh Bishnoi.Bishnoi, who has not been appearing in the ACJM (SC/ST Cases) court on health grounds, was brought from Ajmer...

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Bank official gets three years in jail for Rs 20,000 bribe

NEW DELHI: An official of Indian Overseas Bank was sentenced to three years in jail by a Visakhaptnam court for demanding a bribe of Rs 20,000 from another employee to help him get a transfer.The Special Judge for CBI cases in Visakhaptnam sentenced...

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Lokayuktha raid: Archaeology director owns assets more than his legal income

MYSORE: Department of Archeology, Mysore, director R Gopal, owns assets 129 pc more than his legal source of income. Mysore Lokayuktha officials, who carried out a raid on his residence on Wednesday, have estimated his total value of his assets at Rs...

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India lost $123 billion in black money in a decade

WASHINGTON: The Indian economy suffered $1.6 billion in illicit financial outflows in 2010, capping-off a decade in which it experienced black money losses of $123 billion, according to a new report.India is ranked as the decade's 8th largest victim...

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Fire at Goa medical college, no casualties reported

PANAJI: Consultations at the Out patient department (OPD) of Goa medical college and hospital - state's premier government hospital at Bambolim - had to be cancelled for the day due to a fire in the building Tuesday morning.The fire gutted the pharmacy...

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Bombay HC tells husband to pay wife despite his unemployment, illness

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has dismissed an appeal of a man to waive off interim monthly maintenance of Rs 5000 to his wife as he was sick and unemployed, ruling that the payment should be made regularly until the divorce petition was disposed of."Pending...

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Grenade attack at Pakistan army facility wounds 10

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Pakistani Police say two men on a motorcycle threw hand grenades at the main gate of an army recruiting center in the country's northwest, wounding 10 people.Senior police official Ghulam Mohammed says Tuesday's attack took place...

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International court acquits Congo militia leader of crimes against humanity

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS: The International Criminal Court on Tuesday acquitted a Congolese militia leader of all charges of leading fighters who destroyed a strategic village in eastern Congo in 2003, hacking to death and raping some 200 people including...

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Kate Middleton makes first appearance since hospitalization

LONDON: The pregnant Duchess of Cambridge made her first public appearance on Sunday night since her hospitalization for acute morning sickness. Looking healthy and strong, the former Kate Middleton presented awards at the BBC Sports Personality of...

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Blast in Pakistani market kills at least 15 people

PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN: A blast in a market in northwest Pakistan on Monday killed at least 15 people, a security official said.The official said at least 20 people had been wounded in the blast in the market in the Khyber region, near the border with Afghanistan,...

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Anti-quota protest in UP threatening to turn violent

LUCKNOW: The protest against the constitutional amendment bill providing reservation to scheduled castes and tribes in promotions in government services is now threatening to turn violent. On Monday, employees opposing the bill set afire posters and...

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Three killed in firing after group clash in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool district

HYDERABAD: Three villagers were killed and five others, including two policemen, injured in firing after a clash between members of two communities at Jillela village in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh, police said on Monday. Three persons, including...

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Shettar government has lost majority: Governor H R Bharadwaj

MYSORE: Governor H R Bharadwaj on Monday said he is aware of the fact that that the Shettar government has lost majority in the assembly, but he was not in a position to intervene.Speaking to reporters here Bhardwaj said: My hands are tied by the Bommai...

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ISRO to visit Leh to examine mysterious luminous objects

NEW DELHI: A team of scientists from Indian space research organisation will soon arrive in Leh to further corroborate that the mysterious luminous objects seen on the horizon over a lake in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir are actually "Chinese lanterns".Official...

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Isro to visit Leh to examine mysterious luminous objects

NEW DELHI: A team of scientists from Indian space research organisation will soon arrive in Leh to further corroborate that the mysterious luminous objects seen on the horizon over a lake in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir are actually "Chinese lanterns".Official...

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13 public and private sector banks blacklisted in Bihar for poor lending

The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Dec 16, 2012, 07.53PM IST PATNA: Penalising for non-performance in loan disbursal in priority and agriculture sectors, Bihar government has cracked whips against 13 public and private sectors...

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Gajraj Corps in Assam pays homage to 1971 War Army martyrs

TEZPUR: Army's Gajraj Corps in Assam today paid homage to the martyrs of the 1971 war with Pakistan, remembering the sacrifices of the brave soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice.Today marks the day in 1971 when the Indian Army spearheaded by Gajraj...

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Telecom companies' average revenue per user down by 24% in 2008-11: Study

The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Dec 16, 2012, 08.18PM IST NEW DELHI: The average revenue per user of mobile operators have declined by up to 24 per cent during the period between 2008 and 2011 due to increased cost to support...

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