All 120 MLAs with me, says Karnataka CM aspirant Siddaramaiah

BANGALORE: Pitching himself as the next chief minister of Karnataka, Congress leader Siddaramaiah said on Thursday that all 120 of the party's newly elected legislators were with him. The Congress, he added, was sending observers from Delhi to ascertain...

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Cobrapost sting: Action against banks involved in wrongdoing soon, RBI says

The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | May 9, 2013, 03.23PM IST SRINAGAR: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday said it has completed investigations against banks following the Cobrapost expose and will take action if they are...

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Bangladesh building collapse toll hits 931, hundreds of bodies still feared trapped

SAVAR, Bangladesh: The death toll in Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster on Thursday rose to 931 as rescuers overnight pulled out 97 more decomposed bodies from sandwiched floors of the ill-fated eight-storey building that collapsed last month. "Ninety...

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Former union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss released from prison in Chennai

CHENNAI: Former Union health minister and PMK youth wing president AnbumaniRamadoss was released from the Puzhal Central prison here on Thursday.A local court in Villupuram district granted conditional bail to Anbumani in a case registered against him...

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Complaint by an NGO to NHRC on Pakistan's prisoner Sanaullah's death

NEW DELHI: A NGO has complained to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) against the custodial death of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay demanding a judicial inquiry in the death and Rs 25 lakh as compensation for the kin. The custodial death...

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Andhra Pradesh CM thanks people of Karnataka for voting Congress to power

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh CM N Kiran Kumar Reddy thanked the people of Karnataka today for voting the Congress to power in the state."I thank the people of Karnataka for reposing confidence in the leadership of Soniaji and Rahul Gandhi. I congratulate...

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Arunachal Congress MLA Jomin Tayeng dies

ITANAGAR: Sitting Congress MLA Jomin Tayeng died in a hospital at Guwahati in Assam following prolonged illness last night.Tayeng, who represented Dambuk Assembly constituency in Arunachal Pradesh, is survived by his wife, three sons and a daughter,...

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Kharge, Siddaramaiah in race for Karnataka chief minister's post

BANGALORE: As the Congress secured a comfortable majority in Karnataka, all eyes are now on who will become the chief minister with the race now seen as having narrowed down to veteran M Mallikarjuna Kharge and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Siddaramaiah.Third...

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Govt proposes written exam for state services officers to get into elite IAS and IPS

NEW DELHI: Impressive annual confidential reports (ACRs) of the state civil\police services officers will not be enough for them to get inducted into the elite All India Services like IAS, IPS and Indian Forest Service.They will now have to appear in...

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Parliamentary panel seeks lowering of juvenile age at 16 years

NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has recommended reduction in the age of male juvenile from 18 to 16 years observing that there had been a 10.5% increase in crimes against women committed by juveniles in a year alone. It has also asked the government...

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12 killed as suicide bomber targets election rally in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: A suicide bomber blew himself up near the car of a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam leader while he was campaigning for the upcoming elections in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 12 people and injuring nearly 40 others. The attacker targeted JUI...

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Delhi court orders attachment of NDMC commissioner's office property

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has directed that the car and other articles in the office of the commissioner of North Delhi Municipal Corporation be attached and auctioned to realise the money which the civic agency has failed to pay to a registered government...

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Number of displaced inside Syria hits 4.25 million: UN

GENEVA: The number of Syrians displaced within their homeland by the vicious civil war has reached 4.25 million, the UN humanitarian office said today."Movement by internally displaced persons continues to be large-scale and fluid, as many Syrians are...

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Corruption charges levelled against Rajnath Singh's close aide

GHAZIABAD: A close aide of BJP president Rajnath Singh allegedly misappropriated funds of a cremation ground committee, the committee members said today.While the aide, who is an office bearer in the Ghaziabad unit of the party, refused to comment on...

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Raman Singh promoted 'crony capitalism' in Chhattisgarh, says Digvijaya Singh

RAIPUR: Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday alleged that Raman Singh government had promoted 'crony capitalism' in Chhattisgarh during the nearly 10 yearlong BJP rule in the state.Talking to newsmen here at the state Congress headquarters,...

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Saradha scam: Father of chit fund agent commits suicide

KOLKATA: As the multi-crore-rupee Saradha chit fund scam rages on, the related loss of life continued in West Bengal with three more people linked to ponzi firms committing suicide, taking the death count to nine.The body of Jagdish Roy, whose son Bidhan...

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Ex-Premier Giulio Andreotti dies, Italy state TV says

ROME: Italian state television says Giulio Andreotti, Italy's former seven-time premier, has died at age 94.Andreotti was hospitalised last year with heart problems stemming from a respiratory infection.At his prime, Andreotti was one of Italy's most...

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Russian helicopter with nine aboard crashes in Siberia

MOSCOW: A helicopter with nine people aboard including Russian emergency ministry officials crashed in eastern Siberia on Monday, the ministry said, and Itar-Tass reported it was also carrying two tonnes of explosives used to blow up ice on frozen rivers.Debris...

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Complaint against BJP alleging false election promises

BANGALORE: In an interesting development, a city civil court in Bangalore has ordered suit summons (notice) to BJP national president Rajnath Singh, Karnataka state unit president Prahlad Joshi, former party chief ministers D V Sadananda Gowda, B S Yeddyurappa...

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No conclusive proof chemical weapons used in Syria: United Nations

GENEVA: UN investigators into rights abuses in Syria stressed today they had no conclusive proof that either side in the conflict has used chemical weapons, after a team member cited "concrete suspicions" that rebels have used sarin gas."The Independent...

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Verdict on Nirbhaya case expected by May end, Delhi Police commissioner says

NEW DELHI: With the trial in the Delhi gang rape case "almost 90 percent complete", the court verdict is expected to come by the end of May, Delhi Police commissioner Neeraj Kumar said.In an interview to a news channel, Neeraj Kumar said: "The trial...

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Hindutva leaders can guarantee Muslim security, Uma Bharti says

NEW DELHI: Only right-wing Hindutva leaders can guarantee the security of Muslims in India, BJP leader Uma Bharti said on Sunday, as she defended Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, facing fire over handling of 2002 riots in his state."Only right-wing...

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One killed, five sustain injuries in explosion at house in West Bengal

RISHRA, West Bengal: A 20-year-old youth was killed and five others of his family, including three children, were injured in an explosion in a house at the industrial town of Rishra in Hoogly district on Sunday.The sudden blast in the house at Liluah...

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BJP holds protest at Indo-Pak border over Sarabjit Singh's death

AMRITSAR: BJP activists today held a protest demonstration at Attari along the Indo-Pak border here, against the Pakistani government, over the death of Sarabjit Singh in a Lahore hospital following a murderous assault on him.The party activists, led...

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Tanzanian catholic church blast kills one, wounds 57 according to police

DAR ES SALAAM: A suspected bomb attack on a new Catholic church in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha killed at least one person and wounded dozens of others on Sunday, police said.The Vatican's ambassador to Tanzania, Archbishop Francisco Montecillo...

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