Manmohan Singh resigns bringing to an end his 10-year tenure

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh resigned on Saturday, capping a 10-year tenure of two UPA governments that has been brought to an end by a shattering defeat in the Lok Sabha elections.81-year-old Singh drove to the Rasthrapati Bhavan from his...

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Manmohan Singh resigns bringing to an end his 10-year tenure

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh resigned on Saturday, capping a 10-year tenure of two UPA governments that has been brought to an end by a shattering defeat in the Lok Sabha elections.81-year-old Singh drove to the Rasthrapati Bhavan from his...

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Mayiladuthurai Jan Shatabdi partially cancelled on Saturdays

COIMBATORE: The Jan Shatabdi Express between Coimbatore and Mayiladuthurai has been partially cancelled between Tiruchirapalli and Mayiladuthurai on both directions on Saturdays from today till June 7 due to some construction works.The train will be...

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Leela hotels founder Capt Krishnan Nair passes away

The author has posted comments on this articleReeba Zachariah, TNN | May 17, 2014, 07.50PM IST MUMBAI: Founder of Leela Group of Hotels, Capt C P Krishnan Nair (92), passed away early morning after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife,...

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Nitish Kumar's resignation is to'emotionally blackmail' rebel JD(U) MLAs: BJP

PATNA: Nitish Kumar's former ally BJP on Saturday said his resigning from the post of Bihar chief minister was aimed at "emotionally blackmailing" Janata Dal(U)'s rebellious MLAs."It's an attempt to emotionally blackmail JD(U) MLAs majority of whom are...

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Maharashtra minister Narayan Rane quits after son defeated in Lok Sabha polls

MUMBAI: Controversial industries minister Narayan Rane has resigned from the state cabinet on moral grounds following humiliating defeat of his son Neelesh Rane from Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg parliamentary constituency. According to reports, besides Rane,...

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Maharashtra minister Narayan Rane quits after son defeated in Lok Sabha polls

MUMBAI: Controversial industries minister Narayan Rane has resigned from the state cabinet on moral grounds following humiliating defeat of his son Neelesh Rane from Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg parliamentary constituency. According to reports, besides Rane,...

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AAP and Railgate reasons behind my defeat, Pawan Bansal says

CHANDIGARH: Minutes after losing Chandigarh seat in parliamentary elections, former Union railway minister and sitting MP, Pawan Kumar Bansal, accepted that infamous Railgate scam can be one of the reasons apart from AAP behind his defeat."There was...

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AAP and Railgate reasons behind my defeat, Pawan Bansal says

CHANDIGARH: Minutes after losing Chandigarh seat in parliamentary elections, former Union railway minister and sitting MP, Pawan Kumar Bansal, accepted that infamous Railgate scam can be one of the reasons apart from AAP behind his defeat."There was...

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Eight dead, more than 70 wounded in Nairobi blasts

NAIROBI: Eight people have been killed and over 70 wounded in two explosions in a busy market area in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, officials said on Friday.The National Disaster Operation Centre said the first blast occurred on a 14-seater matatu, or...

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ONGC claims RIL took its natural gas; Delhi HC seeks Centre's reply

ONGC has also sought directions to RIL to give an undertaking that it would compensate the PSU if the Mukesh Ambani-led group is held liable for the same. The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | May 15, 2014, 08.20PM IST...

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Strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake hits near Micronesia

WELLINGTON: A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Micronesia on Thursday, geologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued.The quake hit at 6:16 pm (0816 GMT) at a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles), 96 kilometres south-southeast of Ifalik...

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Kejriwal asks supporters to help AAP build a robust organization across India after elections

LUCKNOW: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday thanked supporters across India for helping the party in making an impact at the national level in 2014 Lok Sabha elections and urged them to continue the struggle, no matter what the result are, as the...

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Kejriwal asks supporters to help AAP build a robust organization across India after elections

LUCKNOW: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday thanked supporters across India for helping the party in making an impact at the national level in 2014 Lok Sabha elections and urged them to continue the struggle, no matter what the result are, as the...

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British journalists shot and beaten in Syria kidnapping

LONDON: A reporter and a photographer for The Times were recovering in Turkey after being kidnapped, shot and beaten while covering the Syrian conflict, the British newspaper said.Writer Anthony Loyd and photographer Jack Hill, who have both won awards...

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Wait till results are declared, then I will comment: Jayalalithaa on supporting NDA

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday reiterated her earlier stance that she would comment about the elections only after the results are out.In a brief interaction with reporters here, Jayalalithaa...

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10 militants killed in US drone attack in Pakistan

PESHAWAR: (PTI) At least 10 militants were reportedly killed and 14 others injured on Wednesday in a US drone strike at a militant compound along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the first such strike after a five-month lull.The unmanned aerial vehicle...

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Buddha Purnima, Buddhists'most sacred festival, being celebrated today

NEW DELHI: Buddha Purnima, the most sacred festival of Buddhists, is being celebrated on Wednesday.President Pranab Mukherjee, vice-president M Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have greeted the nation on the occasion.In a message, President...

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Wait till results are declared, then I will comment: Jayalalithaa on supporting NDA

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday reiterated her earlier stance that she would comment about the elections only after the results are out.In a brief interaction with reporters here, Jayalalithaa...

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Rains in parts of western UP, dry weather prevails in east

LUCKNOW: Light to moderate rain and thundershowers occurred at many places of western Uttar Pradesh, though the weather in the state's eastern parts mainly remained dry.According to the MeT office here, Nazibabad recoded the maximum rainfall at 2cm,...

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Kedarnath yatra remains suspended for second day due to snowfall

DEHRADUN: Pilgrimage to Kedarnath remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Monday due to snowfall at the Himalayan shrine and rain in the lower areas of Kedar valley.Chief minister Harish Rawat said the yatra has been temporarily halted till...

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812 personnel deployed for security of 84 VIPs in Maharashtra: RTI

MUMBAI: A combined total of 812 police officers and security personnel have been deployed for the security of 84 VIPs in Maharashtra, with 52 men accorded to guard only Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde and his MLA daughter, a RTI query revealed...

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Rare 'mono mono' newborn twins doing well in US

AKRON (Ohio): Twin girls born with a rare condition in the US were breathing on their own, and their mother said she and her husband were able to hold them on Mother's Day.Sarah Thistlethwaite said babies Jillian and Jenna were removed from ventilators...

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Hundreds protest in Ghana for kidnapped Nigerian girls

ACCRA: Hundreds of women here on Sunday staged a peaceful protest against the kidnapping of the over 200 students from a school in Nigeria by extremist Islamic militant group Boko Haram.The women marched through some principal streets of Ghanaian capital...

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15 injured in storm, highway blocked in Jalpaiguri

JALPAIGURI(WB): Atleast 15 persons were injured in the severe storm and hailstorm that hit West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district uprooting trees and damaging houses besides blocking a national highway.According to official sources, the storm uprooted hundreds...

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Many houses damaged in storm in Jalpaiguri district of Bengal

JALPAIGURI(WB): A number of houses were damaged and large number of trees were uprooted as storm accompanied by hailstorm hit Dooars area of Jalpaiguri district on Sunday, official sources said.Many houses and large number of trees were uprooted in the...

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Former Maoist and TRS leader gunned down

NALGONDA: Unidentified assailants gunned down TRS leader and former Maoist Konapuri Ramulu (40) inside a function hall here on Sunday. The murder took place minutes after TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao left the venue.Ramulu was coming out of MA Baig...

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Former Maoist and TRS leader Konapuri Ramulu gunned down

NALGONDA: Unidentified assailants gunned down TRS leader and former Maoist Konapuri Ramulu (40) inside a function hall here on Sunday. The murder took place minutes after TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao left the venue.Ramulu was coming out of MA Baig...

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Suicide car bomb kills 12 soldiers, civilian in Yemen

ADEN: A suspected al-Qaida suicide bomber Sunday killed 12 soldiers and a civilian in an attack on a military base in southeast Yemen, officials said, as government forces pursued jihadists in three restive provinces.The bombing came just hours after...

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India-Nepal border sealed ahead of LS polls

KATHMANDU: Nepal has sealed its border with India along Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, where the final phase of Lok Sabha elections are scheduled for tomorrow, as part of efforts to prevent cross-border criminal activities.The Raxaul-Birgunj border in Bihar...

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