Namo Brigade offers tea to protest Aiyar barb against Modi

MANGALORE: At time when adverse comments against political adversaries bring forth violent reaction from the aggrieved party cadre, the sight of Namo Brigade volunteers distributing tea freely as a form of protest took all by surprise here on Saturday....

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2G scam in telecom sector dented India's image globally: Modi

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has underlined the need to develop an information highway through Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to achieve the goal of "One Nation, One Vision and One Mission". He said that only IT sector...

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American literature massively overrated: Jhumpa Lahiri at Jaipur Literature Fest

JAIPUR: Indian American author Jhumpa Lahiri believes that American literature is massively overrated and that current reading habits are transformed by the mainstream."Our reading habits are transformed by the mainstream and to be frank, I find American...

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Hindu idols destroyed in Bangladesh's Pirojpur district

DHAKA: Vandals attacked a Hindu temple on Saturday in Bangladesh's Pirojpur district and destroyed many idols.A devotee said the idols in the temple near Nazirpur area were found smashed in the morning, reported bdnews24.com.The vandals threw pieces...

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Yasin Bhatkal's interrogation begins in Bangalore

BANGALORE: City police commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar, on Saturday, announced that city police have taken custody of Yasin Bhatkal, co-founder of Indian Mujahideen (IM).Yasin Bhatkal, considered to be the main accused in the Chinnaswamy stadium blast...

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Sikh bodies demand British Parliament to pass resolution against Thatcher

AMRITSAR: With the information going public that Special Air Service (SAS) of United Kingdom (UK) was involved in planning to attack Golden Temple in 1984 to help Indian army to flush out armed terrorists, " Sikhs For Justice" (SFJ) an international...

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AAP victory set good example of democracy, Amartya Sen says

JAIPUR: Debutant Aam Aadmi Party's victory in the recent Delhi assembly elections has set a good example of the strength of democracy in India, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said at the Jaipur Literature Festival(JLF) on Friday.Addressing the keynote session...

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HC asks UP chief secretary to verify about two blocked news channels

LUCKNOW: The Allahabad high court on Friday directed Uttar Pradesh chief secretary to verify whether two news channels were blocked by cable operators on state government's orders.The Lucknow division bench comprising Justices Imtiyaz Murtaza and D K...

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Chinnaswamy blasts: Karnataka police get Yasin Bhatkal's custody

NEW DELHI: A special NIA court on Friday allowed the plea by Karnataka Police and remanded Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal in its custody till January 28 in connection with the blasts at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore in April,...

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WHO’s initiative to ensure medicine quality suffers funding crunch

NEW DELHI: The World Health Organisation's initiative to ensure good quality of medicines for UN and for public procurement, the WHO Prequalification of Medicines Programme (WHO-PQP), is suffering from uncertainty of funding even though its annual budget...

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Our struggle is for peace and religious freedom, says Dalai Lama

SIRPUR: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama said on Tuesday that he was against causing unnecessary inconvenience to anyone except on some occasion with China for the "interest of peace, democracy, religious freedom and our own rights".Talking to TOI...

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Holy dips, prayers, kite-flying mark Makar Sankranti

NEW DELHI/CHENNAI: Tens of thousands of faithful on Tuesday took holy dip in rivers and ponds and offered prayers in temples on the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranti which was celebrated across the country with gaiety and fervour. Braving early...

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Eid Milad-un-Nabi celebrated across Kashmir

SRINAGAR: Eid Milad-un-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Muhammad, was today celebrated across Kashmir with thousands of devotees thronging the Hazratbal Shrine which houses the relics of the prophet of Islam.More than 20,000 devotees offered afternoon prayers...

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Trinamool Congress MP Somen Mitra to rejoin Congress

KOLKATA: The Congress is planning a grand "welcome back" for Trinamool Congress MP Somen Mitra, who is likely to join the grand old party on January 31. Mitra will submit his resignation as MP that day and the Congress is planning an elaborate programme...

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Two more UP assembly constituencies reserved for schedule tribes

NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh will now have two assembly constituencies - Obra and Duddhi - reserved for scheduled tribes, while the number of its assembly seats reserved for scheduled castes will go down from 85 to 84. As per an Election Commission order...

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CNG price may rise by steep Rs 8 per kg from April

The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Jan 13, 2014, 04.50PM IST GREATER NOIDA: Close on the heels of the biggest-ever increase of Rs 4.50 per kg, the cost of CNG may go up by a steep Rs 8 per kg from April 1 when natural gas prices...

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Monkeys poisoned to death en masse at Thiruvananthapuram

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a shocking incident, seven wild monkeys have been poisoned and killed allegedly by a farmer in a village under the Palode Forest Range near here.Carcasses of the monkeys, aged between one-and-half to 10 years, were exhumed from...

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Muzaffarnagar DM sends report on relief camps to UP govt

MUZAFFARNAGAR: The district authorities have sent a report to the state government about the rehabilitation measures undertaken for Muzaffarnagar riots victims living in relief camps after Supreme Court sought a reply in this regard.District magistrate...

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Veteran south Indian film actress Anjali Devi passes away

HYDERABAD: Veteran actress Anjali Devi who has acted in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada movies died at the age of 86 in Chennai. She had been under treatment for a heart ailment in a private hospital.Anjali Devi has acted in more than 350 movies having made...

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Amnesty International India sensitizes young minds on human rights

MANGALORE: If the world lets go of such atrocities and if people do not actually learn to stand up and act, I fear one day my home may also be faced with similar horror and no matter how much I beg and cry for help, it may not come,'' said Mathhew Arnold...

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Congress provides justice to all: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah

BANGALORE: The Congress appears to have informally kicked off it selection campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in the state.A day after chief minister Siddaramaiah participated in a mammoth rally of the Nayaka community organized by excise minister...

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AAP membership drive in Mangalore evokes good response

MANGALORE: People of different age groups and different walks of life thronged BEM High School here on Sunday to register themselves as members of Aam Aadmi Party during its membership drive programme. In all, as many as 410 new members registered their...

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Suicide attacker strikes police in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan : Police say a suicide attacker has struck a bus carrying police recruits in eastern Kabul, wounding at least six police.Kabul Police Chief General Mohammad Zahir Zahir says three civilians were also very slightly wounded in the attack,...

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Suicide attacker strikes police bus in Afghanistan, 6 injured

KABUL, Afghanistan : Police say a suicide attacker has struck a bus carrying police recruits in eastern Kabul, wounding at least six police.Kabul Police Chief General Mohammad Zahir Zahir says three civilians were also very slightly wounded in the attack,...

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Congress party workers exchange blows in Mangalore

MANGALORE: That all is not well within the Congress party came to the fore when they exchanged blows at a protest meet organised by Gurupur Block Congress on Sunday condemning RSS supremo Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat's hate speech at Gurupur a few days back....

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