SP blames 'weak' foreign policy for Azam Khan's detention

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party on Saturday said the detention of UP minister Azam Khan at a US airport was fallout of a "weak" foreign policy of the country.SP said the US should be told that such "discriminatory" actions would henceforth not be tolerated."The...

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BJP leaders meet President, demand dismissal of Dikshit govt

NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP leaders on Saturday met President Pranab Mukherjee and demanded dismissal of Sheila Dikshit government on the grounds of "deteriorating" law and order situation in the national capital.The delegation led by state BJP chief Vijay...

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Japan PM Abe escapes injury in five-car collision

TOKYO: A limousine carrying Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was involved in a five-car pile-up at a toll gate in Tokyo on Saturday but he escaped without any injuries, police said.Two guards in a police car accompanying Abe's official vehicle suffered...

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TRS chief vows not to rest till Telangana state is formed

HYDERABAD: Elected unopposed for the seventh consecutive term as the president of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), K Chandrasekhara Rao on Saturday vowed not to rest till separate Telangana state is achieved.Addressing the TRS conclave at Armoor in Nizamabad...

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Saradha scam: Several inquiries are going on, WB governor says

KOLKATA: West Bengal governor MK Narayanan on Friday sidestepped a question on whether a CBI inquiry was needed into the Saradha chit fund scam saying that inquiries were going on."Several inquiries are going on and the most important is how we can give...

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South Korea to pull all workers from industrial zone in North

SEOUL: South Korea will pull out all remaining workers from a jointly run industrial zone in North Korea, it said on Friday, after Pyongyang rejected a call for formal talks to end a standoff that led to operations being suspended.The decision to remove...

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Climate change may reduce crop output by 18% in 2020: Sharad Pawar

NEW DELHI: Climate change is likely to bring down the production of key foodgrain crops like wheat and rice in the country by up to 18 per cent in 2020, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said on Friday."Climate change is projected to reduce timely sown...

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US economy grew at 2.5% rate in the first quarter: Commerce department

WASHINGTON: US economic growth regained speed in the first quarter, but not as much as expected, which could heighten fears the already weakening economy could struggle to handle deep government spending cuts and higher taxes.Gross domestic product expanded...

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Punjab and Haryana HC summons singer Honey Singh over vulgar songs

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday ordered Punjabi rap singer Honey Singh to present himself before the court on May 14 to respond to the allegations levelled against him for singing a song "Main Hoon Balatkari". HC has passed...

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US jobless claims fall, labor market recovery advances

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 16,000 to a seasonally adjusted 339,000 the Labor Department said on Thursday. The author has posted comments on this articleReuters | Apr 25, 2013, 06.29PM IST WASHINGTON: The...

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Karnataka polls: Narendra Modi to make only guest appearance in BJP's campaign

BANGALORE: Gujarat strongman NarendraModi appears to be reluctant to conduct a full-fledged poll campaign in Karnataka. Contrary to claims by state BJP leaders that Modi would conduct an extensive campaign tour ahead of the May 5 assembly elections,...

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Maharashtra to take stern action against striking resident doctors, minister says

MUMBAI: The state government is contemplating to invoke Maharashtra essential services act against the resident doctors who are on strike. The resident doctors are demanding rise in the existing stipend given to them. Speaking to media persons on Thursday...

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Spain joblessness hits new high, above 6 million for first time

The author has posted comments on this articleAP | Apr 25, 2013, 08.18PM IST MADRID: With over 6 million unemployed for the first time ever, Spain's jobless rate shot up to a record 27.2 percent in the first quarter of 2013, the National Statistics...

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Cong promises interest-free farm loan, laptops to preuniversity students in Karnataka

BANGALORE: The Congress on Wednesday promised interest-free loans to farmers, free laptops to pre-university students and rice at Re one per kg to BPL card holders if it came to power in Karnataka, where assembly elections will take place on May 5.Interest-free...

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UP govt forms panel for implementation of Sachar committee recommendations

LUCKNOW: The Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh has constituted a six-member committee to prepare a draft resolution on the recommendations of Sachar committee. The proposal will be tabled in the next assembly session.The Samajwadi Party (SP)...

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Taiwan confirms first case of H7N9 bird flu outside China

TAIPEI: Taiwan on Wednesday reported the first case of the H7N9 bird flu outside of mainland China. The 53-year-old man, who had been working in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou, showed symptoms three days after returning to Taiwan via Shanghai, the...

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Italian president names Enrico Letta as next prime minister

ROME: Italian centre-left politician Enrico Letta received a mandate to form a new government from President Giorgio Napolitano, an official at the Quirinale Palace announced on Wednesday. Letta, the nephew of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's...

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No darshan at Tirumala shrine for 17 hours due to lunar eclipse on Thursday

TIRUPATI: Devotees will not be allowed entry into the shrine of Lord Venkateswara at nearby Tirumala for about 17 hours from 5pm tomorrow to 10am on Friday on account of lunar eclipse, temple sources said.They said the shrine would be closed an hour...

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French embassy in Tripoli bombed, two injured

TRIPOLI: A car bomb hit France's embassy in Libya on Tuesday, wounding two French guards and causing extensive damage in the first attack on a foreign mission since militants stormed the US consulate in Benghazi in September. Libyan foreign minister...

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'Hindu terror' remark: Court to pronounce order on May 16 on summoning Shinde

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday deferred to May 16 its order on whether to summon Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde in connection with a defamation case filed against him for his 'Hindu terror' remark. Metropolitan magistrate Amitabh Rawat,...

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SC to consider draft rules on sexual harassment at apex court

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to constitute a committee headed by an eminent jurist to finalise the draft rules for dealing with sexual harassment complaints of women, including lady lawyers, working at the apex court.A bench, headed...

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Madhya Pradesh government to reopen all closed rape cases

BHOPAL: The Shivraj Singh Chouhan government on Tuesday morning took a major decision to reopen all past cases of alleged rapes which were closed in police files. The revelation was made by state minister for home affairs Uma Shankar Gupta, who said:...

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President Pranab Mukherjee confident of 7-8% growth rate in 2-3 years

The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Apr 23, 2013, 08.15PM IST NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday expressed confidence that the economy will return to higher growth path of 7-8 per cent in next two to three years...

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Take exemplary action against erring officials: Delhi LG to top cop

NEW DELHI: Amid public outrage over the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl, Delhi's lieutenant governor Tejendra Khanna on Monday asked police commissioner Neeraj Kumar to take "exemplary" action against police officials accused of showing laxity in...

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Take exemplary action against erring officials: Delhi LG to top cop

NEW DELHI: Amid public outrage over the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl, Delhi's lieutenant governor Tejendra Khanna on Monday asked police commissioner Neeraj Kumar to take "exemplary" action against police officials accused of showing laxity in...

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Govt rejects demand for law minister Ashwani Kumar's resignation

NEW DELHI: Government on Monday rejected opposition demand for resignation of law minister Ashwani Kumar in the wake of allegations that he tried to influence CBI's status report on the coal block scam investigation, submitted to the Supreme Court. ...

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Ex-convict shoots five dead at Russia hunting shop

MOSCOW: An armed former convict on Monday killed five people, including a 14-year-old girl, in a broad daylight shooting at a hunting shop in the Russian city of Belgorod, police said.The man killed three salespeople at the shop and two passers-by outside...

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Aarushi murder: Seniors officers stopped chargesheet against Talwars, court told

GHAZIABAD: The CBI investigating team wanted to chargesheet Nupur and Rajesh Talwar and two others in Aarushi-Hemraj murder case but was directed by seniors to file closure report as they felt there wasn't enough material, the officer who led the probe...

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Israel, US see 'exactly same' Iran threat, Hagel says

TEL AVIV: A major US arms deal with Israel sends a "very clear signal" to Tehran that military action remains an option to stop it from going nuclear, US defence secretary Chuck Hagel told reporters on Sunday.Asked if a multi-billion dollar arms package...

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Direct cash transfer to curb wastages, leakages: Prime Minister

NEW DELHI: Centre's ambitious direct cash transfer scheme will help in better targeting of subsidies and reducing delay in delivery of benefits besides curbing wastages and leakages, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday. Addressing the 8th Civil...

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Swami Kriyananda passes away in Italy at 86

NEW DELHI: Swami Kriyananda, among the last of direct disciples of the iconic Paramhansa Yogananda, passed away Sunday in Italy, his organization Ananda Sangha announced. He was 86.A great admirer of India and its spiritual legacy, Kriyananda, who was...

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A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hits off Japan's coast: US Geological Survey

TOKYO: A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the south coast of Japan's main Honshu island on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued.The quake hit at 12:22 pm (0322 GMT), 644 kilometres (400 miles) south of...

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Taliban attacks kill 9 people in Afghanistan

KABUL: Insurgents shot six police officers dead at a checkpoint and a suicide bomber killed three civilians at a shopping bazaar in two attacks in eastern Afghanistan today. The attacks came during a surge in hostilities as Afghanistan's spring fighting...

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