People's Union of Civil Liberties condemns Afzal Guru's hanging

JAIPUR: People's Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) today condemned the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and alleged that there were "political considerations" behind the step."The tearing hurry with which Afzal Guru was hanged, accompanied...

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Signs of upturn in economy, growth likely to be 5.5%: Chidambaram

Finance minister P Chidambaram. The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Feb 9, 2013, 04.00PM IST MUMBAI: Not happy with Central Statistical Organization's (CSO) growth projection, finance minister P Chidambaram on Saturday...

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Afzal Guru hanged: 8 injured in Kashmir during protests

SRINAGAR: At least eight people were injured, two seriously, as violence erupted in the Kashmir Valley on Saturday against Afzal Guru's hanging.A group of protesters started marching in north Kashmir's Doabgah village near Sopore town, the ancestral...

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German education minister Annette Schavan quits in plagiarism case

BERLIN: Germany's education minister resigned Saturday after a university decided to withdraw her doctorate, finding that she plagiarized parts of her thesis, an embarrassment for Chancellor Angela Merkel's government as it prepares for elections later...

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Mali war: Near Timbuktu, two bodies show reprisal killings

TIMBUKTU: The bodies are buried here, in the side of a dune less than a mile outside this desert capital, dumped out of sight in a forgotten and uninhabited zone.Except the wind undressed the grave.It threw off the blanket of yellow sand to reveal a...

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DMDK members come to blows with rebel MLA, evicted from TN assembly

CHENNAI: Opposition DMDK members were evicted en masse from the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Friday after they came to blows with a rebel MLA, who had last year called on Chief Minister Jayalalithaa much to the chagrin of the party leadership.The problem started...

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Thane court acquits rave party participant from charges of drug consumption

THANE: A 52-year-old resident of Goa, who was allegedly caught consuming drugs at a rave party in 2006, has been acquitted by a local court as the prosecution failed to prove its case. Special NDPS Judge R D Sawant acquitted Sadruddin Gulam Hussain...

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Brutalized with iron rod, woman undergoes throat surgery in Delhi

NEW DELHI: A 19-year-old woman, who was critically injured after a man inserted an iron rod into her mouth during a rape attempt in south Delhi, has undergone two surgeries in her throat and is not able to speak, police said Friday."The doctors have...

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1996 Kerala rape case: Protests intensify against RS deputy chairman Kurien

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A massive protest was on outside the Kerala state assembly here on Friday against Rajya Sabha deputy chairman P J Kurien over his alleged involvement in the 1996 Suryanelli rape case. The angry protesters, who are firm on their demands...

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2 dead, scores missing as ferry capsizes in Bangladesh

DHAKA: A ferry carrying about 100 people capsized after colliding with a sand-laden boat on Bangladesh's giant Meghna river today leaving at least two people dead and scores missing, officials said.The ferry sank in the Meghna river this morning after...

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Bombay HC refuses stay on order for raising liquor consuming age

MUMBAI: Refusing to grant stay on a notification increasing legal age limit to consume liquor from 21 to 25 years, the Bombay high court on Thursday directed the Maharashtra government to file a reply to a PIL filed by actor Imran Khan. A division bench...

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Kashmir rights group to file suit against Grand Mufti

SRINAGAR: A civil society human rights group on Thursday said they would file a case against Kashmir's Grand Mufti for issuing fatwas which project the state in bad light internationally.Pervez Imroze, patron of Jammu and Kashmir coalition for civil...

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TV channels' creative teams to be sensitised on women depiction

NEW DELHI: Recognising the need to sensitise channels about issues related to depiction of women in TV programmes, the Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) has decided to conduct interactive sessions with their creative and programming teams....

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Govt earmarks Rs 52 lakh crore for infrastructure and construction in 12th Plan

MUMBAI: The UPA government has apparently earmarked a trillion dollars or Rs 52 lakhcrore for infrastructure and construction in the 12th Plan. Of this, Rs 7.5 lakhcrore will be channelised in the first year, increasing to Rs 17.5 lakhcrore by the end...

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UP minister stands by 'sexist' remark against woman officer, complaint lodged with NCW

LUCKNOW: A complaint was lodged with the National Commission for Women on Thursday against alleged sexist remarks made by Raja Ram Pandey, Khadi and Village Industry minister in Uttar Pradesh at K Dhanlakshmi and KaminiRatanChauhan, present and former...

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UP IPS officer transferred after exposing minister 'involved' in illegal cattle trafficking

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government has shunted out Gonda superintendent of police, Navneet Kumar Rana, who had conducted a sting operation which showed a senior Samajwadi Party leader offering bribe for releasing culprits caught for trafficking of...

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Patiala court awards 10 years imprisonment to terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana

PATIALA: A court here awarded ten years rigorous imprisonment (RI) to terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana under an Explosive Act case.Additional session judge Sanjeev Beri sentenced him on Wednesday in a case registered in 1995 at Rajpura under Explosives...

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Cong MLA's daughter files complaint against cops for manhandling her father

HYDERABAD: Even as the CID is probing the alleged rough handling of former minister and Congress MLA P Shanker Rao by police in connection with a land encroachment case, his daughter today lodged a complaint against the policemen. Rao's daughter Sushmita,...

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Maintaining fiscal deficit target extremely important: Montek

The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Feb 6, 2013, 08.04PM IST NEW DELHI: Planning commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said restricting the fiscal deficit at targeted levels is "extremely important" for the economy."We...

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YK Hamied seeks retirement as Cipla MD

The author has posted comments on this articleRupali Mukherjee, TNN | Feb 6, 2013, 08.32PM IST MUMBAI: Cipla chairman and managing director Dr YKHamied --instrumental in making healthcare affordable by launching copy-cat copies of AIDS, cancer...

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40 Chinese people "punished" for covering up tunnel explosion

BEIJING: A total of 40 Chinese people have been "punished" for their roles in covering up a fatal tunnel explosion in December in which eight people were killed, Xinhua reported Tuesday.The explosion occurred in north China's Shanxi province Dec 25.The...

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Indian consumers most confident globally in Q4, 2012: Survey

The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Feb 5, 2013, 05.58PM IST NEW DELHI: Indians have emerged as the most confident consumers globally in the fourth quarter of 2012 despite job security and economy remaining their biggest concerns,...

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Police, news channel asked to pay Rs 6.5 lakh to sexual abuse victim

NEW DELHI: The Delhi police and television news channel Aaj Tak were today directed by the high court to pay compensation of Rs 6.5 lakh to a victim of sexual abuse for disclosing her identity eight years ago.The court also directed the police commissioner...

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2008 Malegaon blasts: NIA opposes Sadhvi Pragya Singh's bail

MUMBAI: National Investigation Agency, probing the 2008 Malegaon bomb blasts case, today told the Bombay High Court that it was opposing the bail plea of prime accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur who has sought the relief on medical ground.Sadhvi who...

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Clash stalls land acquisition for Posco project for sometime

The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Feb 5, 2013, 07.18PM IST PARADIP (Odisha): Renewed land acquisition for Rs 52,000 crore Posco steel plant in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district since Sunday, was affected for sometime today following...

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Will not move no-trust motion against Karnataka govt: Congress

BANGALORE: The Congress will not move a no-confidence motion as it expects the BJP government to collapse on its own, leader of the opposition in the state Assembly said here on Monday."We will not move", Siddaramaiah said, when asked if the Congress...

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High court issues notice to Congress, BJP on taking donations from Vedanta group

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court issued notice to the Congress and the BJP on Monday on a plea seeking directive for a CBI or SIT probe for allegedly taking donations from subsidiaries of Britain-based Vedanta Group.A division bench of Justice Sanjay...

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22 killed in clash of Filipino extremists, rebels

MANILA: A Muslim rebel group said today it attacked Abu Sayyaf gunmen after the al-Qaeda-linked militants refused to free hostages, sparking fierce jungle clashes that left up to 22 combatants dead in the southern Philippines.There was no word on whether...

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Indian Muslims less privileged than SC, ST's: UK scholar

ALIGARH: Muslims in India are even less privileged than members of scheduled caste and scheduled tribes as they enjoy neither equity nor equality of opportunity, a noted British scholar claimed here today.Delivering Sir Syed Memorial Lecture at Aligarh...

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Congress will not move trust motion against BJP in Karnataka

BANGALORE: Putting all speculations to rest, the Congress on Monday said it will not move a no-confidence motion against the BJP government surviving on a wafer-thin majority."We don't have the numbers (to succeed) and so we have decided against it....

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Andhra Congress leader Sarojini Reddy passes away

HYDERABAD: Veteran Congress leader and former Andhra Pradesh minister Sarojini Pulla Reddy passed away here on Sunday following prolonged illness. She was 85.A former member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), she was suffering from cancer. She...

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Pakistani Taliban condemns 'ideological war' in Mali, urges Muslim world to unite

PESHAWAR: The Pakistani Taliban urged the Muslim world to unite in a video message released on Sunday as they condemned the French military intervention in Mali as an "ideological war".French President Francois Hollande visited Mali on Saturday and vowed...

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Censor Board demands apology from TN advocate general in Vishwaroopam row

MUMBAI: The Censor Board has issued a press statement in Mumbai condemning the allegations made by Tamil Nadu advocate general Navaneetha Krishnan in connection with the certification of Kamal Haasan's film Vishwaroopam.The statement reads, "The Central...

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Syrian army's missile hits Aleppo building, 13 killed: Watchdog

BEIRUT: At least 13 civilians were killed on Sunday in a missile attack by the Syrian army on a rebel-held neighbourhood in the embattled northern city of Aleppo, a monitoring group said."We have documented the names of nine people, while we can confirm...

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No noble family will allow girls to become dancers: Hurriyat

SRINAGAR: Hardline faction of Hurriyat Conference today expressed surprise over Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah's support for the valley's only all-girls rock band, saying there is no room to nourish western culture and immoral values...

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