Security beefed up at DMK office, leaders' residences ahead of Jayalalithaa verdict

CHENNAI: Security has been increased at the DMK headquarters and residences of its senior leaders here as a special court in Bangalore is set to deliver verdict in the 18-year-old wealth case against Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday.On...

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Delhi court fixes defamation case against Smriti Irani for February 28

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court fixed February 28 next year for hearing a criminal defamation complaint filed by Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam against Union human resource development (HRD) minister Smriti Irani.Metropolitan magistrate Dheeraj Mittal, who...

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Iran and six powers make little progress in nuclear talks

UNITED NATIONS: Iran and six world powers made little progress in overcoming significant disagreements in the most recent round of nuclear talks, including on uranium enrichment, Iranian and Western diplomats close to the negotiations said on Friday.Officials...

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Germany supplies arms and ammunition to Kurdish forces in Iraq

BERLIN: Germany delivered arms and ammunition to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq to boost their firepower against the Islamic State militants who have captured large swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq.The first transport plane carrying 27 tonnes...

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Police clear Hong Kong democracy protesters who stormed govt HQ

HONG KONG: Police cleared dozens of protesters who had been holding out at government headquarters on Saturday after storming the complex overnight, as a week-long protest against Beijing's refusal to grant the city unfettered democracy turned angry.Police...

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Pakistani policeman kills Christian accused of blasphemy

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani policeman shot two men in jail on Thursday, killing one accused of blasphemy and wounding another condemned to death on the same charge, lawyers and an activist said.Christian pastor Zafar Bhatti was killed and 70-year-old Briton...

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Prime Minister Modi arrives in Frankfurt enroute to New York

FRANKFURT: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Frankfurt enroute to a five-day high-profile visit to the US during which he will address the UN general assembly, hold talks with President Barack Obama and meet top American corporate honchos besides...

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Arab resolution on Israel defeated at IAEA meeting

VIENNA: An Arab-backed resolution singling out Israel for special attention over its alleged nuclear arsenal was defeated on Thursday at an annual conference of the UN atomic agency.Nations meeting at the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) general...

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Rebel artist Ai Weiwei condemns life sentence for Uighur scholar

BEIJING: Chinese rebel artist Ai Weiwei has condemned the punishment given to Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti, awarded life imprisonment for involvement in alleged terrorist activities."I think it's a shame. He is an intellectual and a rational person," said...

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Five lakh acre ready-to-use land available in Telangana: Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao

The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Sep 26, 2014, 07.03PM IST HYDERABAD: The Telangana government on Friday said it has made about five lakh acres of land readily usable for setting up industries and other commercial activities...

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Appoint doctors immediately in tribal areas: HC to Maharashtra govt

MUMBAI: As the state prepares of assembly polls, the plight of tribal children in Melghat area remains dire with an acute lack of doctors in place. With more than 200 deaths in the last five months, a bench of Justices V M Kanade and P D Kode in the...

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PeTA calls attack on women members in Bhopal 'double whammy'

BHOPAL: Mob attack on PeTA activists outside Bhopal's biggest mosque for demanding vegan Eid has snowballed into a raging controversy with the animal rights body demanding action against mobsters who attacked women activists on Monday. The organization...

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Office-of-profit case: High court notice to Azam Khan

LUCKNOW: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court on Thursday issued a notice to Azam and sought a reply from him within six weeks on whether, being a state cabinet minister, he can hold the office of the chancellor of Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar University....

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Propriety cloud over President Pranab Mukheejee's Bodh Gaya visit

The author has posted comments on this articleAbdul Qadir, TNN | Sep 25, 2014, 04.55PM IST GAYA: Propriety cloud hovers over President Pranab Mukherjee's Bodh Gaya visit scheduled for 1November'2014. The President is scheduled to participate...

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Modi's close Chintan Joshi from Kalyan may rebel against BJP

KALYAN: Kalyan based BJP leader Chintan Joshi who had been closely associated with PM Narendra Modi and also founded a front called Namo Janhit Sangh 12 years back has rebelled against the party.Joshi who was only invited person for the PMs Oath taking...

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Drone strike kills suspected militants in Pakistan, officials say

BANNU: A US drone strike killed at least five suspected militants near the Afghan border in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, intelligence officials said, amid a rise in such attacks since after the military announced an anti-Taliban offensive.Four...

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EPFO's Rs 1,000 minimum pension to benefit 32 lakh immediately

The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Sep 24, 2014, 03.47PM IST NEW DELHI: Government's decision to amend the Employees Pension Scheme, 1995 (EPS-95) run by EPFO to provide minimum monthly pension of Rs 1,000 will immediately...

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Train services affected in New Delhi-Agra section after overhead wire snaps

BHOPAL: More than two dozen trains in the busy New Delhi-Agra railway section were severely affected when an overhead electric cable near Agra Cantonment railway station snapped.The incident occurred around 2am on Wednesday during shunting of Jhansi...

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Special trains to ease festive rush

BHOPAL: Railways has decided to introduce premium and special trains to ease the festive rush during Diwali and Durga Pooja, a railways spokesman said on Tuesday.Among these are train nos 04406/04405 New Delhi-Shirdi-New Delhi premium superfast weekly...

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Green activists cheer SC verdict, saying 'dirty coal is shown red card'

NEW DELHI: Green activists on Wednesday cheered the Supreme Court's decision to cancel 214 coal blocks across many states and urged the government to spare forest areas from mining while auctioning new blocks in future.Stating that the "dirty coal is...

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Israel shoots down Syria warplane on Golan Heights: Army radio

JERUSALEM: Israel shot down a Syrian fighter jet on Tuesday as it attempted to fly over the ceasefire line into the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights, army radio reported."This Syrian aircraft, apparently a MiG-21 (fighter jet), which was...

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyib Erdogan indicates Islamic State prisoners swap

NEW YORK: Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan has indicated that his country may have traded Islamic State group prisoners it held captive in exchange for 49 Turkish hostages held by the militants.Asked about it in New York on Monday, Erdogan said...

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Arab role may be key to US strikes in Syria, US officials say

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama wants some Arab participation in air strikes against the Islamic State in order to expand the campaign to Syria, reflecting US concerns that any long-term campaign must count on regional involvement, US officials say.Obama...

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India to seek re-election to UNHRC next month

UNITED NATIONS: India will seek re-election to the UN's main human rights body for a second consecutive term in a vote to be held next month.India is currently a member of the 47-nation UN Human Rights Council and its term ends on December 31, 2014.It...

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Income tax dept opposes Jayalalithaa's non-appearance in court

CHENNAI: The Income tax department went hammer and tongs at a trial court hearing the income tax returns cases against Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa and her friend N Sasikala, saying it had acted like an advocate of the accused.Senior prosecutor...

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SC relief for filmmaker Subhash Ghai's Whistling Woods

MUMBAI: In a relief to filmmaker Subhash Ghai a three judge bench of the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a special leave petition filed by the state against a Bombay high court order that had in July permitted his film school Whistling Woods to continue...

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Fire in Tamil Nadu secretariat, no damage reported

CHENNAI: A fire broke out at the secretariat here on Monday, but it was immediately extinguished, officials said.The fire broke out following a suspected short circuit in the AC unit of the information department, fire and rescue department officials...

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Barack Obama readies climate change push at UN summit

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will seek to galvanize international support in the fight against climate change on Tuesday when he addresses the United Nations, with time running out on his hopes of leaving a lasting environmental legacy.Obama has...

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New Zealand prime minister aims for flag change vote next year

WELLINGTON: New Zealand may vote next year on changing its flag, newly re-elected prime minister John Key said on Monday, as the country looks to assert an identity independent of colonial ties to Britain. Key's centre-right government was returned...

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Will leave no stone unturned to safeguard borders: Rajnath Singh

NEW DELHI: The government will leave no stone unturned to safeguard borders and will address all important issues related to security, Union home minister Rajnath Singh said here on Monday.He was addressing senior officers of the Border Security Force...

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UB Group's Prakash Mirpuri resigns

The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Sep 21, 2014, 12.34PM IST MUMBAI: UB Group Vice-President for Corporate Communications Prakash Mirpuri has resigned after over seven years of association with the Vijay Mallya-led conglomerate,...

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AN Dar, veteran journalist, dies at 80

NEW DELHI: Former editor in chief of National Herald AN Dar died here on Saturday after a brief illness. He was 80.Dar had also served as the Resident Editor of Indian Express in New Delhi.He worked as the Cairo correspondent of the newspaper in 1960s.Dar...

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Long distance, suburban train services hit at Mumbai's CST

MUMBAI: Long distance train services from Mumbai CST has been hit due to an overhead wire problem outside CST station early morning.Sources said that ten long distance trains have been held back/rescheduled and there could be further delays.Sources also...

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AN Dar, veteran journalist, dies at 80

NEW DELHI: Former editor in chief of National Herald AN Dar died here on Saturday after a brief illness. He was 80.Dar had also served as the Resident Editor of Indian Express in New Delhi.He worked as the Cairo correspondent of the newspaper in 1960s.Dar...

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France asks India to finalize joint missile project soon

NEW DELHI: France has asked India for early finalisation of the long-pending Rs 30,000-crore project for joint production of short-range surface-to-air missile (SR-SAM) systems.In a letter, the French defence ministry has told its Indian counterpart...

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