Sonia, Rahul meet Manmohan Singh, hail award by Japan

NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi visited former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday to congratulate him for being conferred with one of the highest civilian honours of Japan.Singh was awarded 'The...

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TN sanctions Rs 20 lakh towards legal expenses to defend fishermen sentenced to death by Lanka court

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government has sanctioned Rs 20 lakh for legally defending the state fishermen facing death sentence in Sri Lanka for peddling narcotics. The money would be used for legal expenses when the five appeal against their sentence in...

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Special package for drought-hit region in Maharashtra

MUMBAI: A special package would be declared for drought-affected areas in Maharashtra, Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh said here on Saturday.The minister was speaking during a meeting with Maharashtra agriculture minister Eknath Khadse here.The...

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Teen wounded in Washington school shooting dies

SEATTLE: Another of the teenagers wounded in a Washington state high school shooting has died, raising to five the number of fatalities after a student opened fire in the cafeteria two weeks ago.Andrew Fryberg, 15, died yesterday evening at Harborview...

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4 Armymen, civilian trapped under avalanche near LoC

SRINAGAR: Four Army personnel and a civilian were today trapped under an avalanche near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, Army said."At about 8 AM today, an army link patrol operating in areas south of Nasthachun pass...

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President Pranab Mukherjee arrives in Bhutan

THIMPHU: President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday arrived here on a two-day visit to Bhutan and was received by the King and his wife in a special gesture.King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck along with his wife turned up unexpectedly at the airport as a...

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12 children feared drowned in boat capsize in UP

RAE BARELI : Twelve children were today feared drowned when their boat capsized in the Ganga river at Raalpurghat under Saraini police station area here, police said.The boat was ferrying eighteen persons belonging to Kanjas village when it sank in the...

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My childhood dream was to become a doctor: Khattar

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister ManoharLalKhattar said that he wanted to be a doctor since childhood but destiny took another turn and he got the opportunity to serve the people through politics. Khattar was recalling his childhood at the inaugural...

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Imran Khan lauds Modi for anti-black money initiatives

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's opposition leader Imran Khan is all praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his efforts to bring back black money stashed in foreign banks."Whatever you say about him, he is a faithful man," said the cricketer-turned politician,...

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India, Bhutan sign MoU on establishment of Nalanda University

THIMPHU: India and Bhutan on Friday agreed to collaborate on the "noble objectives" of the establishment of Nalanda University in Bihar to develop the institution as an international centre of excellence.The two sides signed a memorandum of understanding...

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HC asks Pataudi family to submit evidence about land rights

JABALPUR: Madhya Pradesh high court has granted one week's time to the family of the late cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi to submit evidence regarding the claim that the land acquired for the VIP Road here belonged to them.Two petitions challenging...

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Govt asks UIDAI & National Population Register to complete Aadhaar enrolments by March

NEW DELHI: In order to extend the use of Aadhaar number to various social welfare schemes, government has asked the Unique Identification Authority and the National Population Register to complete the enrolment of the entire population by March."The...

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Shiv Sena leaders meet to decide strategy ahead of assembly session

MUMBAI: Even as discussions with BJP over his party's role in the new Maharashtra government remained inconclusive, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday held a meeting of party leaders here.Sena leaders Anil Desai and Subhash Desai were present...

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When married son is eligible for compassionate appointment, why not a married daughter, asks Madras HC

CHENNAI: Why is it that a married daughter of a deceased government employee is not eligible for appointment under compassionate grounds while a married son is eligible, Madras high court has wondered.Ruling in favour of a complainant on Thursday, Justice...

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Madras high court dismisses plea on five death row Indians in Sri Lanka

MADURAI: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Thursday dismissed a petition that stated that a Sri Lankan court could not try the case of five Indian fishermen who were sentenced to death for smuggling narcotics.The petition had also sought...

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Mayawati back to basics, nominates dalits for Rajya Sabha

LUCKNOW: In a bid to hold on to her depleting dalit vote base, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Wednesday announced names of two dalits — Rajaram and Veer Singh Advocate — for Rajya Sabha nominations.BSP has 80 MLAs in UP state assembly and can...

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No Obama-Putin meetings on sidelines of APEC and G20: Kremlin

MOSCOW: No bilateral meetings between Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin are scheduled during the APEC and G20 summits next week, a Kremlin spokesman said on Wednesday."No bilateral meeting is planned for the moment," spokesman Dmitri Peskov...

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Vijay's Kaththi movie release issue: 12 men arrested for attack on Sathyam Cinemas get bail

CHENNAI: A sessions court in Chennai on Wednesday granted bail to 12 persons who were arrested for allegedly hurling petrol bombs at a cinema theatre in Chennai, apparently to protest against the release of Vijay-starrer Kaththi, two weeks ago.On October...

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Government reconstitutes PM's council on climate change

NEW DELHI: The UN-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chief R K Pachauri, economist Nitin Desai and retired diplomat Chandrasekar Dasgupta have once again found place in the reconstituted Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change...

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Bukhari row: Court accepts plea, to hear matter on Nov 26

DEORIA (Uttar Pradesh): An application has been moved in a court here against Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari for not inviting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his son's anointment as the next chief cleric.The Shahi Imam has extended...

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Fabiola Gianotti to be Cern's first woman director general

LONDON: For the first time ever, a woman will lead the world's leading laboratory for particle physics Cern — the European Organization for Nuclear Research.On Tuesday, Cern council selected Italian physicist Dr Fabiola Gianotti as its next director-general...

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Punjab National Bank asked to pay Rs 25,000 for harassing senior citizen

The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Nov 4, 2014, 03.46PM IST NEW DELHI: A bank has been asked by a consumer forum to pay a compensation of Rs 25,000 for "harassing" a senior citizen by arbitrarily dishonouring her cheque repeatedly.New...

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Student's death sparks violence on Haryana highway

PALWAL: Several vehicles were damaged on Tuesday on a Haryana highway after a mob clashed with police over the death of an engineering student, police said.The mob blocked the National Highway No. 2 near Hodal town, 90 km from Delhi, seeking the arrest...

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Fabiola Gianotti to be Cern's first woman director general

LONDON: For the first time ever, a woman will lead the world's leading laboratory for particle physics Cern — the European Organization for Nuclear Research.On Tuesday, Cern council selected Italian physicist Dr Fabiola Gianotti as its next director-general...

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Over 1000 Indian Sikhs arrive in Pakistan for Guru Nanak birthday

LAHORE: Around 1,100 Sikh pilgrims arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday via the Wagah border to attend the 534th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikh religion.The Sikh pilgrims reached in a special train on the Amritsar-Wagah-Lahore line and...

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Naxalites gun down seven Shanti Sena members ahead of polls in Jharkhand

RANCHI: In poll bound Jharkhand, suspected rebels of People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a breakaway faction of the CPI Maoists, gunned down seven people, reportedly members of Shanti Sena, a local Hindu outfit, in Gumla district on Monday evening....

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Don't let dalit murders become a tool to spread violence, Shiv Sena says

MUMBAI: Describing the triple murders in a dalit family at Javkheda village as 'gruesome' and 'inhuman', the Shiv Sena on Monday said the new BJP government should ensure that "selfish" politicians and naxals don't exploit the situation to spread violence."On...

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Bangladesh SC upholds death sentence of Jamaat stalwart

DHAKA: Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Monday upheld the death sentence handed down to a fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami stalwart for committing mass murder and crimes against humanity during the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan.The four-member appellate...

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British banker charged with murder of two women in Hong Kong

HONG KONG: A 29-year-old British banker appeared in a Hong Kong court on Monday charged with two counts of murder after police found the bodies of two women in his apartment, including one inside a suitcase on a balcony.Rurik George Caton Jutting, looking...

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ANC accuses EC of colluding with BJP, asks SC to postpone J&K elections

NEW DELHI: Accusing the Election Commission of India of colluding with the BJP, Jammu & Kashmir Awami National Conference (ANC) on Monday said that it had filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court of India seeking postponing of the state assembly...

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English and Foreign Languages University student gang raped at the campus hostel

HYDERABAD: A 23-year-old postgraduate student of English and Foreign Languages University (Eflu) in Hyderabad was raped by two persons including a fellow student at the university hostel room.The victim lodged a complaint with Osmania University police...

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NGO takes initiative to spread sexual abuse awareness among Chennai Corporation school students

CHENNAI: Tulir, an NGO, has set up boards at all the 275 schools managed by the Chennai Corporation to check child sexual abuse and to spread awareness.Tulir, which works for the prevention of child sexual abuse, installed the boards to reach out to...

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100 Chennai students to walk blindfolded to support preventable blindness awareness campaign

CHENNAI: As many as 100 students from a few schools in Chennai will walk blindfolded along with 50 visually impaired students as part of the 'Walk in the Dark' campaign here on November 9.The public awareness campaign by India Vision Institute to eradicate...

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Slight intensity quake hits Nicobar Islands

NEW DELHI : A slight intensity earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale today hit Nicobar Islands but no damage was reported.According to the Meteorological Department, the quake occurred at 17:08 hours.There have been no report of any damage or...

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Police arrest "Kiss of Love" supporters in Kochi

KOCHI: Keeping in trend with the prevailing atmosphere of intimidation, the city police arrested around 40 people who had gathered to take part in 'Kiss of Love' to be held at Marine Drive on Sunday evening. "They were placed under preventive arrest...

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