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Notwithstanding objections by BJP, the Defence Ministry is going ahead with the process of appointing the new army chief and has recommended the name of vice chief of army staff Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag to the Prime Minister's Office.The recommendation of the defence ministry will have to be...
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It would be a disaster if Narendra Modi becomes prime minister of the country, Senior CPI-M leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said and called for a non-BJP, non-Congress government at the Centre.What will happen if Narendra Modi becomes the Prime Minister and after that riots take place?...
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Nepal today called off the search for three missing Sherpa guides due to heavy snow fall, two days after 13 people died in the deadliest accident on Mount Everest, the world's highest peak.Following heavy snow falls in the area the search and rescue operations have been halted as we were unable...
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BSP supremo Mayawati today said that her party has given maximum number of tickets to Muslims and they should vote unitedly in favour of her party to save the country from the fascist forces and dynasty rule. Addressing election rallies in Barabanki and Sitapur, the former Uttar Pradesh Chief...
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Launching a frontal attack on Nehru-Gandhi family, Yoga guru and supporter of Narendra Modi, Baba Ramdev today criticized the Congress, calling it a party of 'Maa-Beta' (mother and son).Supreme Prime Minister is Sonia and her son Rahul Gandhi. Yeh maa-beta party desh ko chala rahe hain (The party...
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Bangladesh's high court today banned male doctors from examining rape victims to save them from embarrassment.You must ensure no male doctors take part in examining the victims of rape, a two-judge bench said summoning the director general of health services. The bench comprising judges Quazi...
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BJP President Rajnath Singh today attacked Rahul Gandhi over alleged land deals involving his brother-in law Robert Vadra, saying just like the 2G scam there is also a jija ji scam during the Congress' rule.Singh said poor farmers must be given insurance cover for their agricultural land. Just...
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AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal and his supporters were today heckled by a group of women protesters during a road show in Ayodhyanagar here. The women protesters, shouting slogan Rahul Gandhi Zindabad, Delhi ka Bhagoda Wapas Jao (escapist of Delhi go back), showed black flag to Kejriwal, who was in...
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Claiming that the wave in favour of BJP and its Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is getting stronger, senior party leader M Venkaiah Naidu today said the Congress era is coming to an end.The only way for better future of the country is BJP coming back to power and Narendra Modi becoming...
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SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today claimed that neither BJP nor Congress would get majority in the Lok Sabha elections and the Third Front would form government at the centre.Addressing an election rally here, Mulayam said it would be decided after the elections as to who would be the Prime...
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Demanding an immediate stop to attempts to appoint a Lokpal, BJP today said it would be a gross political impropriety and violation of the model code if the UPA government rushes through the appointment of the anti-corruption watchdog.BJP leader Arun Jaitley said the procedure is legally suspect...
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At least 42 people, including women and children, were killed and several others injured today when a bus they were traveling in collided with a trailer on the National Highway in southeast Pakistan's Sukkur district. The accident took place near Pano Akil area in Sukkur when a bus en route to...
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There are promises galore for voters in Ahmedabad East constituency with fringe political parties and Independent candidates promising justice for aggrieved husbands and lavish lifestyle for the poor in their manifestos.Dashrath Devda, who runs an NGO 'Akhil Bhartiya Patni Atyachar Virodhi Sangh'...
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Sanjay Saraf, who belongs to a party which is part of the NDA, today confirmed that he had met Syed Ali Shah Geelani but dismissed reports that he had carried any message from Narendra Modi to the hardline Hurriyat leader.Lok Janshakti Party National Youth President Saraf said his relations with...
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Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said the term 'Gujarat model' has become a political currency in the ongoing election campaign but he is not sure of its meaning.The term 'Gujarat model' has become a political currency in the election campaign, but I am not sure...
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The Serious Fraud Investigation Office is expected to submit its final report in June on the chit funds scam perpetrated by West Bengal-based Saradha and other firms.The investigation was ordered by the corporate affairs ministry in April last year following huge public outcry over the scam that...
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Only Narendra Modi will be the Prime Minister of an NDA government irrespective of its tally in the new Lok Sabha, BJP President Rajnath Singh made it clear today.Modi will be the Prime Minister of NDA government under any circumstances, he said in an interview to PTI on board his chartered...
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TOI reports: Neelmani Singh, 27, a Delhi-based employee of Kingfisher Airlines, is worried about how he will pay her younger sister's MCA course fees. The grounded airline has not paid salaries for almost two years now.Read the full article here
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The Guardian reports: With the controversial Hindu nationalist set for victory in India's elections next month, supporters and critics say India is at a turning point. Jason Burke reports from the small temple town of Vrindavan on the activists helping Modi wi.Read the full article here
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Australian officials supervising the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 said on Saturday that an underwater search for the black box recorder based on pings possibly from the device could be completed in five to seven days.A U.S. Navy deep-sea autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is...
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Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today described as shocking the reported clean chit given by Congress leader Amarinder Singh to Jagdish Tytler, one of the accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, during a TV interview.Today, Amarinder has chosen to stand by those who tortured and killed...
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The rescuers moved quickly, just minutes after the first block of ice tore loose from Mount Everest and started an avalanche that roared down the mountain, ripping through teams of guides hauling gear.But they couldn't get there quickly enough. No one can move that fast. Not even the people who...
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A mediator from Europe's OSCE security body headed to eastern Ukraine on Saturday seeking the surrender of pro-Russian separatists as the Kiev government declared an Easter truce following a peace accord with Moscow.Gunmen occupying public buildings in Donetsk and other Russian-speaking...
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Nigeria's Islamic extremists are claiming responsibility for the massive explosion at a busy bus station that killed at least 75 people in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, this week.It comes in a new video received Saturday. The leader of the Boko Haram network threatens more attacks saying...
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Colombia will pay special tribute to its late native son, the Nobel-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, with a solemn ceremony on Tuesday. The memorial, led by President Juan Manuel Santos, will be held in Bogota's Primada Cathedral, the country's culture ministry tweeted today.
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AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, who is fighting Lok Sabha polls against Narendra Modi from here, today cautioned people against having blind faith on the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate on the basis of his portrayal in the media.Addressing a meet in Tripolia area of Ramnagar here, a BJP stronghold,...
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BJP moves EC to ask govt to stop making key appointmentsJD-U suspends 3 MLAs found campaigning for opponentsSenior Pakistan journalist Hamid Mir shot at in KarachiIndo-French air exercise 'Garuda-5' from June 3 Toll in worst-ever Everest accident rises to 13 PM must be a leader and not...
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