Left parties to launch nationwide campaign against communalism

NEW DELHI: In a first step towards expanding the Left block, six Left parties met on Saturday and decided to launch a joint nationwide campaign against communalism and the problems afflicting the people's lives and livelihood.Leaders of two new entrants...

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Suicide car bomber kills 9 Afghan police, soldiers

KABUL, Afghanistan: An Afghan official says at least nine members of the country's security forces have been killed in a suicide attack in eastern Logar province.Din Mohammad Darwesh, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said Saturday that six police...

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18 injured as farmers' protest turn violent on Gokul-Mathura road

MATHURA : Protesting against non-payment of compensation for their land inundated due to construction of Gokul barrage, hundreds of farmers today blocked road, torched two buses and clashed with police, who resorted to lathicharge, injuring at least...

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14 killed, 10 injured in Chamba bus accident

SHIMLA : Fourteen people were killed and 10 others injured when a private bus they were travelling in fell into a 300 feet deep gorge in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday. The ill-fated bus was on its way from Chamba to Himri in Saluni...

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6.0-magnitude quake jolts southeastern Pacific

WASHINGTON : A strong earthquake jolted the southeastern Pacific today about 544 kilometers (338 miles) south-southeast of Chile's Easter Island, the US Geological Survey said.The 6.0-magnitude quake, which hit today, registered at a depth of 10 kilometers.It...

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70 Bajrang Dal supporters arrested during Assam bandh

GUWAHATI: Normal life was on Friday partially hit in Assam during a 12-hour state-wide bandh called by Bajrang Dal.Around 70 Bajrang Dal supporters were arrested from all over the state for allegedly trying to damage property during the bandh, police...

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Samajwadi Party announces Rajya Sabha list, door shut on Amar Singh

LUCKNOW: The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Friday announced the names of six party candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections scheduled for next month.The party's central parliamentary board at a meeting in the national capital cleared the names of Ram Gopal...

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Muslim cleric joins BJP in J&K

JAMMU: A Muslim cleric joined the state unit of BJP on Friday among others ahead of the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.Muslim cleric from Nowshera-Lam area, Imaam Ikhlaq Ahmed Nakshabani joined BJP at a function here which was attended by senior...

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Central railway services affected after overhead wire broken near Karjat station

KALYAN: The train services between Kalyan and Karjat route of Central railway affected after overhead wire broken between Bhivpuri and Karjat railway station on Friday evening.The Kalyan GRP said that incident occurred at around 4.30pm on down line after...

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CBI arrests BJD MLA Pravat tripathy, party suspends him

BHUBANESWAR: In a major embarrassment for the ruling BJD in Odisha, the CBI on Friday arrested senior MLA and former government chief whip Pravat Tripathy for alleged link with the Artha Tatwa Group, a ponzi company involved in the multi-crore chit fund...

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Coast Guard ships to rescue fishing boats from Cyclone Nilofar

AHMEDABAD: Taking precautionary measures ahead of Cyclone Nilofar, Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Thursday deployed its four ships at Porbandar coast to search and rescue fishing boats sailing along the Gujarat coast and to place them at the nearest safe...

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Noted poet Aziz Indori passes away

INDORE: Noted poet Dr Aziz Indori died in Indore on Thursday following a brief illness, family sources said.He was 82. Indori complained of chest pain after which he was rushed to a private hospital where he breathed his last, they said.He is survived...

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Zambia in mourning for president as US urges peaceful transition

LUSAKA: Zambia holds a second day of mourning Thursday for president Michael Sata, who died in a London hospital, as his deputy Guy Scott becomes, pending elections, Africa's first white leader since South Africa's apartheid era. US President Barack...

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Seven Bodo insurgents arrested on way to Myanmar

GUWAHATI: Seven Bodo insurgents, who were on their way to Myanmar for training, have been arrested here in Assam's main city and Dimapur town in Nagaland, police said on Thursday.The arrested cadres are from the National Democratic Front of Bodoland...

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Sri Lanka says no hope of finding mudslide survivors

KOSLANDA: Hundreds of desperate Sri Lankan villagers dug with bare hands through the broken red earth of a deadly landslide on Thursday, defying police orders after a top disaster official said there was no chance of finding more survivors at the high-elevation...

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Kolhapur MLC may succeed Fadnavis as Maharashtra BJP chief

MUMBAI: BJP MLC from Kolhapur Chandrakant Patil is tipped to replace Devendra Fadnavis as Maharashtra BJP president after he assumes chief ministership on October 31."Patil's elevation could come within a day or two of the swearing-in of the new BJP...

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Around 100,000 Hungarians rally for democracy as internet tax hits nerve

The author has posted comments on this articleReuters | Oct 29, 2014, 10.30AM IST  Ten of thousands of Hungarians march across the Elisabeth Bridge during a protest against new tax on internet data transfers in centre of Budapest. (Reuters...

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Around 100,000 Hungarians rally for democracy as internet tax hits nerve

BUDAPEST: About 100,000 Hungarians rallied on Tuesday night to protest at a planned tax on data traffic and the broader course of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government they saw as undermining democracy and relations with European Union peers.It was...

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Dan Brown says he's excited about his India visit

NEW DELHI: Celebrated author Dan Brown, who will deliver this year's Penguin Annual Lecture here and in Mumbai next month, says he is excited about his India visit."I visited India when I was 18 years old and became captivated by the people's warmth...

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Tata Teleservices's Sunil Batra elected new AUSPI president

The author has posted comments on this articlePankaj Doval, TNN | Oct 29, 2014, 07.35PM IST NEW DELHI: Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India (AUSPI), the grouping for CDMA mobile players, has elected Sunil Batra from Tata...

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Heavy to heavy rains predicted due to Nilofar in South Gujarat on October 31

SURAT: Heavy to heavy rains are expected in the parts of the coastal areas in south Gujarat including Valsad, Navsari and Surat following cyclone Nilofar, a very severe cyclonic storm likely to hit Saurashtra and Kutch on October 31.An alert has been...

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Hong Kong activists mark one month of 'Umbrella Movement'

HONG KONG: Hong Kong democracy activists on Tuesday marked one month of mass protests, calling on supporters to gather for an evening rally wearing the masks they have used to ward off police tear gas and pepper spray.Organisers striving to inject new...

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25 booked under charges of gang rape during communal violence in Muzaffarnagar

MUZAFFARNAGAR: Twenty-five persons accused of gang rape during Muzaffarnagar riots have been booked under one more section which includes charges of gang rape during communal or sectarian violence.Investigation officer Mala Yadav has added section 376...

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Russia to recognise Ukraine rebel vote

MOSCOW: Russia plans to recognize elections being organised next weekend by rebels in east Ukraine in defiance of the government in Kiev, foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview on Tuesday."We expect the elections will go ahead as agreed,...

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Rajasthan to have intra-state air services to religious and other tourist spots soon

JAIPUR: In order to utilize and develop the 16-air strips across the state and provide air connectivity to religious spots, the state government on Tuesday signed an MOU with a company to facilitate air travelers.Vasundhara Raje, Chief minister in her...

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25 killed in Syrian airstrikes

DAMASCUS: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Sunday said that 25 people were killed during Syrian air strikes in Homs province.About 18 people, including 10 kids and three women, were killed overnight in the city of Talbiseh, the UK-based watchdog...

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25 killed in Syrian air strikes

DAMASCUS: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Sunday said that 25 people were killed during Syrian air strikes in Homs province.About 18 people, including 10 kids and three women, were killed overnight in the city of Talbiseh, the UK-based watchdog...

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Brazilian presidential polls open with Rousseff as narrow favorite

RIO DE JANEIRO: After a contentious campaign, Brazilian polls opened amid tight security on Sunday as voters headed out to elect their next president.Some 143 million people in the world's seventh-largest economy were choosing between leftist incumbent...

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250 temple devotees rescued from Tamil Nadu forest

MADURAI: About 250 people, who were returning from the Sundara Mahalingam temple near Saptur in the Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu, were stranded in a forest after heavy rain brought flash floods in a stream on Sunday. All of them were rescued by...

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Goa announces e-auction of 19 lakh metric tonne of iron ore

The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Oct 26, 2014, 07.54PM IST PANAJI: Goa Mines and Geology Department has put 19 lakh metric tonne of iron ore on the block through e-auctioning, to be held on November 6 and 7.In its notification...

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