Chidambaram to begin week long tour to Canada, US tomorrow

NEW DELHI: Finance minister P Chidambaram is embarking on a week long visit to Canada and the US tomorrow to sell India's growth story to foreign investors and participate in the World Bank/IMF spring meetings in Washington.During his tour, he is expected...

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Private sector accounts for less than half of investments attracted by Tamil Nadu: Assocham

The author has posted comments on this articleIshan Srivastava, TNN | Apr 13, 2013, 06.14PM IST CHENNAI: Private sector accounts for just over 47% of the total outstanding investments worth over Rs 9.2 lakh crore attracted by Tamil Nadu (TN)...

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FIR against 21 companies and persons for advertisements on magical medical remedies

LUCKNOW: An FIR was lodged at the Gomtinagar police station in against various companies and people promising magical medical remedies through advertisements on increasing sex power, managing obesity and treating diabetes among other things.The FIR was...

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Multi-storeyed building in Kolkata catches fire

KOLKATA: A fire broke out in a five-storeyed building at Rajabazar in north Kolkata today. The fire started on the fourth floor of the residential-cum-commercial building, fire department sources said. No casualty was reported, they said, adding that...

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Four Italian journalists taken hostage in Syria freed

ROME: Four Italian journalists who had been held hostage in Syria for more than a week have been freed, Prime Minister Mario Monti said in a statement on Saturday. The four, three freelancers and a reporter working for the Italian public broadcaster...

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Madhya Pradesh Congress furious, demands apology for editorial in BJP mouthpiece

BHOPAL: A recent editorial in the BJP mouthpiece 'Kamal Sandesh' has ruffled the Madhya Pradesh Congress' feathers. The state PCC on Friday demanded an unconditional apology from the editor of the magazine Prabhat Jha, who is also a Rajya Sabha MP and...

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Growth to show improvement in current fiscal: Montek Singh Ahluwalia

The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Apr 12, 2013, 03.55PM IST NEW DELHI: Even as he described the industrial growth figure for February as "very low", plan panel deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia took heart that it was not...

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Bomb near Sunni mosque north of Baghdad kills seven

BAQUBA (Iraq): A bomb exploded near a Sunni mosque north of Baghdad today, killing seven people, a police colonel and a doctor said, the latest in an uptick in violence in the runup to elections next week. The bomber struck after prayers at the Omar...

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India's visa on arrival scheme for tourists registered 63% growth in March 2013

The author has posted comments on this articleNamrata Singh, TNN | Apr 12, 2013, 07.25PM IST MUMBAI: The Indian government's visa on arrival scheme for foreign tourists has registered a growth of 63% during March 2013. During the month, a total...

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Transportation of animals in goods vehicles banned in Haryana

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government has decided to ban the transport of animals to slaughter house in goods transport vehicles. The Urban Local Bodies department, Haryana has asked the Transport department to ensure compliance of the decision. In a communication...

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Army jawan killed, 5 injured in accidental grenade explosion in J&K

SRINAGAR: An Army jawan was killed and five others were injured on Thursday when a grenade accidentally exploded inside their camp in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, a defence spokesman said. The incident took place at the camp of 21 Rashtriya Rifles...

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Presidency University VC appeals to CM for serious probe into vandalism

KOLKATA: Vice-chancellor of Presidency University on Thursday said she would write to the governor about Wednesday's vandalism of various departments, and appealed to chief minister Mamata Banerjee to ensure that a serious probe was conducted to identify...

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India and Germany kick start inter-governmental consultations

BERLIN: India and Germany today began their 2nd round of inter-governmental consultations, during which crucial bilateral, international and regional issues like the long pending India-EU Free Trade Agreement and the situation in Afghanistan would be...

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American marries Mexican on river border between countries

NUEVO LAREDO: A US citizen married her Mexican fiancee on a raft on the river border between their two countries, a unique ceremony designed to meet US immigration requirements.Stephanie Guerra, 26, and Ruben Alfonso Fierro, 27, defied the swirling currents...

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Extremists kill four police officers in north Nigeria

DAMATURU, Nigeria - Police in northeast Nigeria say suspected Islamic extremists attacked a police station, killing four officers in a gun battle. The attack early Thursday morning in Babangida, a small town in Yobe state, is part of a continuing wave...

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Govt must rehabilitate persons falsely accused of rape: Court

NEW DELHI: The government must frame a comprehensive policy for rehabilitation of persons accused and jailed on false rape charges, a fast track court has held while acquitting a man in a kidnap-cum-rape case.Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat,...

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US asks citizens to defer all non-essential travel to Pakistan

WASHINGTON: The US has asked its citizens to defer all non-essential travel to Pakistan, saying that the presence of several foreign and indigenous terrorist groups poses a "potential danger" to American citizens in the country.Replacing its previous...

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Test-tube baby pioneer Robert Edwards dies aged 87

LONDON: Robert Edwards, a British Nobel prize-winning scientist known as the father of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) for pioneering the development of "test tube babies", died on Wednesday aged 87 after a long illness, his university said.Edwards, who...

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Sikh leadership welcomes reopening of Sikh riot case against Tytler

AMRITSAR: A Delhi court's order of re-investigation of allegations against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots has come as a pleasant surprise for the Sikh politico-religious leadership, whose hopes of seeing the perpetrators of...

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Gay activists in China hope to meet Iceland's lesbian PM

BEIJING: A Chinese group campaigning for equal rights for homosexuals in the country has invited Iceland's prime minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, the world's first openly gay premier, for an interaction during her official visit here next week.She will...

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600,000 'tricked and trapped' into labour in Middle East: International Labour Organisation

AMMAN: An estimated 600,000 people are "tricked and trapped" into both forced employment and sexual exploitation in the Middle East, the UN's labour agency said today.The International Labour Organisation, issuing the findings of a two-year study based...

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Afghanistan helicopter crash kills 2 US troops

KABUL: A NATO helicopter crashed in a field in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing two American service members. The US-led International Security Assistance Force said the cause of the crash is under investigation but initial reporting indicates...

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Strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake hits southern Iran: USGS

WASHINGTON: A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake has hit southern Iran, the US Geological Survey said.The epicenter of the quake, which struck at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), was located about 90 kilometers southeast of Bandar Bushehr, the USGS...

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December 16 gang-rape accused seeks IGNOU's exam schedule for BA course

NEW DELHI: One of the accused in the December 16 gang-rape case today sought a direction to IGNOU from the trial court to provide him a copy of the examination schedule for the first year of BA course. Accused Vinay Sharma, who along with four others...

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Car bomb explodes in central Damascus killing at least 10

DAMASCUS, SYRIA: A Syrian government official says a car bombing in central Damascus has killed at least 10 people. The official says the bomb exploded on Monday near the Sabaa Bahrat Square, one of the capital's biggest roundabouts where the Syrian...

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Stalin, 3 DMK MLAs suspended for 2 days from TN assembly

CHENNAI: Opposition DMK MLAs, including M K Stalin, the leader of the its legislature wing, were on Monday suspended for two days from the Tamil Nadu assembly for unruly behaviour in the House.Stalin and party MLAs Govi Chezhiyan, Thangam Thennarasu...

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2002 hit-and-run case: Salman Khan's appeal adjourned to April 29

MUMBAI: A court on Monday adjourned till April 29 the appeal filed by Bollywood actor Salman Khan against a magistrate's order invoking the charge of 'culpable homicide not amounting to murder' in the 2002 hit-and-run case. The matter was adjourned...

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Jet Airways forays into visa services, ties-up with Dubai's Dnata

The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Apr 8, 2013, 07.59PM IST MUMBAI: Private carrier Jet Airways today forayed into visa services and forged a partnership with the Dubai-based Dnata to offer these services to the UAE-bound travellers...

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PM Manmohan Singh condoles Thatcher's death

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today expressed "deepest sadness" over the demise of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, describing her as a "transformative figure" under whom the UK registered important progress in national and...

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Advani, Modi to skip BJP's first major Karnataka poll rally on Monday

BANGALORE: Karnataka's ruling BJP formally launches its campaign for the May 5 assembly poll with a rally on Monday but, contrary to announcements, senior party leader LK Advani and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi are giving it a miss.The Bharatiya...

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US made secret deal with Pak on drone strikes: Report

NEW YORK: In a secret deal, Pakistan allowed American drone strikes on its soil on the condition that the unmanned aircraft would stay away from its nuclear facilities and the mountain camps where Kashmiri militants were trained for attacks in India,...

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Urdu does not belong to any particular community, Markandey Katju says

HYDERABAD: P ress Council of India chairman Justice (retd) Markandey Katju today said that Urdu belonged to all and not restricted to any particular community."A misconception has been created that Hindi and Urdu belonged to particular communities...Urdu...

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US civilian adviser killed in Afghan operation that left 11 suspected Taliban militants dead

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Officials have confirmed an American civilian adviser was killed in a military operation in eastern Afghanistan that also left 11 suspected Taliban militants dead. The American was one of three US civilians killed on Saturday. Two...

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Pakistan a fake country, will reunite with India one day: Katju

HYDERABAD: Pakistan is "a fake country", and one day will reunite with India along with Bangladesh, Press Council of India chairperson Justice (Retd) Markandey Katju said on Sunday.He also said that whereas today an overwhelming majority of Hindus and...

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