Jayalalithaa replaces AIADMK candidate for Rajya Sabha polls, expels him

CHENNAI: Two days after his nomination was announced, Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa on Monday sacked N Chinnadurai, the party's Rajya Sabha poll nominee from the primary membership of the party.Chinnadurai was...

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6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Java: US Geological Survey

JAKARTA: A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's main island of Java on Saturday, the US Geological Survey reported, sending panicked residents running from their homes.People in the town of Adipala near the epicentre said they felt the ground...

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Shadan Masood to contest as SP candidate from Saharanpur

LUCKNOW: Shadan Masood, son of disqualified Rajya Sabha MP Rashid Masood, was today named as Samajwadi Party candidate from Saharanpur parliamentary constituency.Shadan Masood has been declared as the party's candidate in place of Imran Masood, SP's...

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Sikh rights group wants Sonia Gandhi to depose before US court

NEW YORK: A Sikh rights group wants Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi to depose before a federal court here in a human rights violation lawsuit filed against her after she informed the court that she had not visited the US in September last year...

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Syrian government and opposition meet in presence of mediator: UN

GENEVA: Syria's warring sides met briefly together in the same room on Saturday for the first time since peace talks started in Geneva, the UN said.UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi's spokeswoman confirmed on Saturday morning that he and the two sides were...

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Thousands bid adieu to Akkineni Nageshwara Rao at funeral

HYDERABAD: Family and fans of thespian Akkineni Nageshwara Rao bid a tearful farewell to the actor on Thursday. The funeral was performed with state honours with a 21-gun salute by the Andhra Pradesh Special Police.The APSP fired three times in the air...

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President gives 7 days to AP assembly to discuss Telangana Bill

NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee has allowed the Andhra Pradesh legislature a seven-day extension until January 30 to tender its opinion on the Telangana Bill. The extension falls way short of the four weeks sought by the state government, and is...

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BJP-MDMK formally declare alliance for Lok Sabha polls

CHENNAI: The BJP and the Vaiko-led MDMK on Thursday formally declared their alliance for the Lok Sabha elections, becoming the first parties to do so in Tamil Nadu. This declaration came at a press meet at Thayagam, the MDMK party office in Chennai.The...

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Indian fishermen can't fish near Katchathivu, Centre tells HC

CHENNAI: Sri Lanka's sovereignty over the island of Katchativu is a settled matter and fishermen from India do not enjoy any right to indulge in fishing activities in the region, the Centre informed the Madras high court on Thursday.In counter-affidavit,...

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Magistrate moves Delhi HC against DU's study leave condition for PhD

NEW DELHI: A metropolitan magistrate on Thursday moved the Delhi high court seeking relief from Delhi University's mandatory requirement of taking two years' leave from work for pursuing PhD.The woman judicial officer in Patiala House court submitted...

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CBI chief raises questions on agency powers after Lokpal Bill

NEW DELHI: Pointing out some "anomalies and legal inconsistencies" in the Lokpal Act, the CBI has raised a question as to whether the entire probe agency will be divested of all powers if any of its officer was found guilty of corruption or tampering...

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'Former Pak Taliban head among 50 killed in military operations'

PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD: The former interim chief of the Pakistani Taliban was among 50 militants, including 36 foreign fighters, killed in heavy air strikes in the lawless North Waziristan region, military sources said on Wednesday.The Pakistan Air Force...

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Delhi HC refuses to hear plea seeking quashing of Kejriwal's nomination

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday refused to entertain an NGO's plea seeking quashing of the nomination of Arvind Kejriwal for alleged illegalities in his affidavit filed before the Election Commission before the 2013 assembly polls.A bench...

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Saudi Arabia deports quarter million migrants in 3 months

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia says it has deported "more than a quarter million" foreign migrant workers from the kingdom over the past three months.The interior ministry said late Tuesday the foreigners had been residing in the country illegally and were in...

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CPM decides to contest Lok Sabha seats in various states

NEW DELHI: Top CPM leadership has decided to contest a number of seats in various states in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, though a final decision would be taken in March.The Politburo of the party, which met here for two days, "approved" the seats...

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BJP activists demand resignation of Somnath Bharti

NEW DELHI: A group of BJP youth activists led by Delhi party president Vijay Goel on Tuesday staged a protest here demanding resignation of law minister Somnath Bharti for allegedly misbehaving with women in south Delhi last week.The protesters began...

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IED, hand grenades recovered during anti-Maoist operations in Bihar

MUNGER/JAMUI: A huge haul of explosives, including 70 hand grenades and 25 live pipe bombs, were recovered in a joint operation launched by the CRPF and Bihar Police in Naxal-hit Munger and Jamui districts of the state on Tuesday.Acting on a tip-off...

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Arvind Kejriwal defending use of 'racist' language by minister: CPM

NEW DELHI: CPM on Tuesday castigated chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for raising the issue of Delhi Police's accountability to defend his law minister Somnath Bharti and AAP supporters who targeted African women and used "racist" language against them."The...

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Andhra govt seeks four more weeks to debate Telangana bill

NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh government has sought extension of the January 23 deadline by four more weeks for discussing and debating the Telangana bill in the state assembly before it returning to the President.The home ministry has sent the Andhra Pradesh...

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Assamese poet Rabindra Sarkar gets Sahitya Akademi award

NEW DELHI: Assamese poet Rabindra Sarkar has been conferred the Sahitya Akademi Award for the year 2013 for "Dhuliyori Bharir Sans" his book of poems, an official statement said on Tuesday.Sarkar's book was selected on the basis of recommendations by...

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Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Committee chief spews venom against India

AMRITSAR : A controversial video has appeared on social networking site Facebook showing Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) president Sham Singh patting the back of Kashmiri separatists and stating that PSGPC has always been extending...

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New bill to give Singapore police special powers in Little India

SINGAPORE: Singapore government today introduced a new bill in parliament that will give police special powers to maintain public order in Little India, the scene of the worst riot in 40 years in the country that led to the deportation of 56 Indians.The...

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To avoid downgrade, government seeks 75 new posts for DGCA at market rates

NEW DELHI: The real prospect of Indian aviation being downgraded by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), thanks to a dilapidated directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA), has forced the government to make some last-ditch amends to retain...

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Gujarat incident cannot be forgotten or pardoned, Nitish Kumar says

PATNA: Slamming Bollywood superstar Salman Khan for defending Narendra Modi, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said what had happened in Gujarat in 2002 cannot be "forgotten or pardoned"."You may talk anything but what happened in Gujarat cannot...

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National Investigation Agency to take over case against Yasin Bhatkal

MANGALORE: Mangalore City Police has decided to hand over the case against Mohammed Ahmed Sidibapa aka Yasin Bhatkal registered against him in Ullal police station under crime number 242/2008 to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Ahmed Sidibapa,...

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