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Normal life was partially hit today in parts of Nepal as several opposition parties enforced a shutdown against the reported cancellation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposed trip to the religious town of Janakpur. Modi was scheduled to visit Janakpur, said to be the birthplace of...
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From the CNN: In September 1985 a devastating earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter Scale smashed into Mexico City killing 10,000 people and leaving parts of the city in ruins.Since then, the populous Latin American nation of 122 million has invested in one of the most advanced seismic...
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Three security personnel, including a CRPF inspector, were today injured in a pressure bomb blast by Naxals in Maoist-hit Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, police said.The incident occurred when a joint contingent of 168 battalion of Central Reserve Police Force and district force was...
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Ahead of Parliament's Winter Session, Nobel laureate and child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi today appealed to all the MPs to ensure passage of a Bill seeking complete ban on child labour.I want to make an earnest appeal to all the Member of Parliaments to pass the key legislation and it is...
22:27
The death toll from a rare pre-winter snowstorm rose to 13 in the northeastern United States, paralysing communities for days and dumping more than 1.8-metre of snow near Buffalo.The National Weather Service warned an extra 60 to 90 centimetres of lake effect snow, created when frigid air moves...
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Andy Coulson, former editor of the now defunct News of the World tabloid and ex-aide of UK Premier David Cameron, was today released after serving nearly five months in jail for a phone-hacking scandal that brought down media mogul Rupert Murdoch's newspaperCoulson, 46, was sentenced to 18 months...
21:53
House Republicans have filed a lawsuit regarding President Barack Obama's unilateral actions on healthcare, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced on Friday. Read the full story here
21:38
A total of 166 candidates have filed their nomination papers for 16 constituencies that will go to polls on December 9 in the third phase of the assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir.An official of the Election Commission said, As today was the last day of filing of nomination papers, 166...
21:26
A former State Department official, known for her strong pro-Pakistan leanings, was placed under a probe for espionage after US authorities intercepted a call this year in which a Pakistani official said that his government was receiving American secrets from a US diplomat, a media report here...
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Additional Director R K Dutta will now head the CBI probe in the 2G spectrum scam after the Supreme Court directed the agency Chief Ranjit Sinha to recuse from the investigation.A 1981-batch IPS officer from the Karnataka cadre, Rupak Kumar Dutta is the overall in charge of the Anti-Corruption...
20:57
Accepting PM Modi's invitation to be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations in January next year, US President Obama's press office released a statement.'At the invitation of Prime Minister Modi, the President will travel to India in January 2015 to participate in the Indian...
20:54
US President Barack Obama has accepted Prime Minister Modi's invitation to be chief guest at Republic Day ceremony in January 2015. 'Invite of @narendramodi President Obama will travel to #India in Jan 2015 to participate in Indian Republic Day celebration as chief guest,' according to...
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Here is what White House's press release says
20:51
Vishwanathan Anands hopes of making a comeback received a setback as he drew the 10th game of the World Chess Championship with defending champion Magnus Carlsen. The scores are now 5.5-4.5 in Carlsens favour with two matches to play.
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Naxals today ambushed a patrol party and hit an air force helicopter which was evacuating security personnel after a gunbattle in the dense jungles of Sukma in Chhattisgarh, injuring six CRPF personnel and an IAF commando.An encounter broke out when a squad of CRPF and state police was out for an...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited US President Barack Obama to be chief guest at the next Republic Day.'This Republic Day, we hope to have a friend over, invited Prez Obama to be the 1st US Prez to grace the occasion as chief guest,' Modi tweeted.
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Normal life was partially hit today in parts of Nepal as several opposition parties enforced a shutdown against the reported cancellation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposed trip to the religious town of Janakpur.Modi was scheduled to visit Janakpur, said to be the birthplace of Sita,...
19:06
Prime Minister Narendra Modi leads in the list of 50 global leaders, business chiefs and pop icons named as contenders by 'Time' magazine for its annual 'Person of the Year' honour. The 'Person of the Year 2014' will be announced in December and the publication said the title will be bestowed to...
18:51
And that's a picture Aamir Khan tweeted with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Both the superstars are in Delhi to attend the Hindustan Times Summit.
18:48
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday attempted to downplay MS Dhir's decision to join the BJP, saying there was a very bleak possibility of his winning the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls.Around two weeks ago, Sanjay Singh and I called him personally and informed him that his performance in the...
18:39
Irked over their reference in his latest novel, the erstwhile royal family of Dumraon has sent a legal notice to author Chetan Bhagat and the publisher, demanding unconditional public apology and recall of all copies of the book that are yet to be circulated.The notice has been sent by Supreme...
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The Hyderabad police seem to have cracked the attempted kidnap of Aurobindo Pharma MD Nityananda Reddy. The suspect is believed to be a former Greyhound constable named Ombulesh, who confessed that he committed a similar crime earlier. The constable is attached to the elite anti-Naxal...
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Just in: Maoists attack patrolling party in Chintagufa, Sukma (Chhattisgarh), 4 CRPF and 1 BSF jawan injured.
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American investigators intercepted a conversation this year in which a Pakistani official suggested that his government was receiving American secrets from a prominent former State Department diplomat, officials said, setting off an espionage investigation that has stunned diplomatic circles in...
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Kotak Mahindra Bank chief Uday Kotak has assured that there will not be any dramatic reduction immediately in the number of employees following the merger of ING Vysya Bank. While ING has around 10,000 employees, Kotak Bank has around 29,000.
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Swapan Dasgupta on Modi's mobilization of overseas Indians. Read
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If you please... HRD Minister Smriti Irani today said a controversy over German being replaced in KV schools has been created deliberately and asserted that its continuation as third language would have been a violation of the Constitution. The schools were teaching German as the third...
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The arrest TMC MP Srinjoy Bose, is a huge setback for West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. Bose is believed to be a close aide of the CM. The arrest comes after the CBI summoned Bose and grilled him for six hours today. Bose is being probed for criminal conspiracy and misappropriation of funds. ...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Janakpur, the revered Hindu religious site in Nepal, has not yet been officially cancelled despite reports about the trip being called off due to opposition by some political parties, the Nepal government today. Modi will be leaving India on November 25 to...
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And some good news: India, which witnessed substantial financial volatility last year over talks of US Fed's plan to taper its bond buying programme to boost American economy, has improved its external balance position and is less vulnerable than before, an HSBC report says.
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Just in: TMC MP Srinjoy Bose arrested in connection with the Saradha scam. The Special Crime Branch of the CBI today interrogated Rajya Sabha MP Bose in connection with the Saradha ponzi scam. Bose, who owns a Bengali daily had a deal with the chief of the Saradha Group -- Sudipta Sen. He has...
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Former Haryana CM BS Hooda on Rampal: We're Arya Samaji, neither me nor my family went to that ashram ever. I believe that had steps been taken (earlier) the loss would have been less than what it is.
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Millions of immigrants living illegally in the US will be allowed to apply for work permits under a major shake-up unveiled by President Barack Obama.They include immigrants living in the US for five years who have children staying legally in the US. Read more
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Additional Director R K Dutta will now head the CBI probe in the 2G spectrum scam after the Supreme Court directed the agency Chief Ranjit Sinha to recuse from the investigation. A 1981-batch IPS officer from the Karnataka cadre, Rupak Kumar Dutta is the overall incharge of the Anti-Corruption...
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JUST IN: ICC Chairman N Srinivasan who was being probed by the Mukul Mudgal panel for the spot-fixing scam in Indian Premier League -- told the Supreme Court today to reinstate him as the president for the Board of Control for Cricket in India as the probe panel found nothing against him.The...
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Former AAP MLA M S Dhir, who was the Speaker in the last Delhi Assembly, joins BJP. Dhir says he will serve the party to the best of his capabilities. No AAP MLA has contacted me yet, if they do, I will appeal to them to join the BJP looking at the PM's vision of development, he...
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Just in: The Supreme Court has slapped a notice on the Centre asking it to explain its decision to drop German as a third language in Kendriya Vidyalayas. The schools will now have to opt for Sanskrit. Union HRD minister Smriti Irani had defended the move, saying the existing arrangement was in...
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Kicking off BJP's poll campaign in Jharkhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched an attack on the state government over the issue of development and asked the people to free the state from dynastic rule to end corruption. If you want Jharkhand to move on the path of development then free...
14:41
Indians were flying aeroplanes, carrying out stem cell research and may even have been using cosmic weapons 5,000 years ago, according to the chairman of India's leading historical organisation.Professor Y. Sudershan Rao, the head of the Indian Council of Historical Research, has been criticized...
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Devotees from as far away as Nepal throng Sant Rampal's ashram for blessings, particularly the kheer made from the milk in which he takes his daily bath. That's how revered the godman is. But all that might be coming to an end. Read the report here.
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Uday Kotak, executive vice-chairman and managing director of Kotak Mahindra Bank, was at a press conference after the announcement of the deal with ING Vysya Bank, saying the deal was an alliance between US (Uday Sareen, chief executive-designate of ING Vysya Bank) and UK (Uday Kotak). In an...
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The Special Crime Branch of the CBI today interrogated West Bengal Textiles Minister Shyamapada Mukherjee and Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Srinjoy Bose in connection with the Saradha ponzi scam. Mukherjee and Bose arrived at the CBI office in Kolkata in the morning following summons...
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India is structurally short of electricity. Power pricing is fundamentally disconnected, with retail tariffs significantly lower than the cost of production. Electricity losses, due to theft and illegal connections, account for more than 25% of power generated in India. Massive state electricity...
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Taking potshots at other political parties for claiming credit over release of five Indian fishermen from Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today asserted that his AIADMK-led government's initiatives saved them from gallows and led to their freedom.
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JUST IN: Meghalaya Home Minister Roshan Warjri resigns, owning responsibility for law and order crisis in Garo Hills.
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The BJP's question over how the Samajwadi Party was funding Mulayam Singh Yadav's 75th birthday bash has been answered. UP's powerful minister Azam Khan, who is hosting the two-day event in Rampur that begins today, has said, that gangsters Dawood Ibrahim, the Taliban and Abu Salem have...
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A man who went to see his doctor after suffering headaches and experiencing strange smells was found to have been living for more than four years with a rare parasitic worm in his brain.In the first case of its kind in Britain, the ribbon-shaped tapeworm was found to have burrowed from one side...
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Did you know the IPC sections against littering? Here's gyan...269 (Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) 270 (Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life)
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The Dawn reports that a Pakistani soldier has been killed in fresh firing on the Line of Control. Here's what the report says, Hours after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan will speak with Kashmiri leaders before it enters into dialogue with India, a Pakistan army soldier was killed...
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Over 95 per cent of patients coming to super-speciality hospitals are at the wrong place and have incurred hardships when they could have been treated at their neighbourhood primary care centre. Read
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Foreign footfalls have fallen. So have the number of night halts. Even domestic tourists have been fewer. Is the Taj Mahal losing its appeal? Read
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The five fishermen from Tamil Nadu who got a new lease of life after Sri Lanka commuted their death sentence reached their village today. Massive celebrations are on in their village.The fishermen, who spent three years in a Sri Lanka jail were sentenced to death for alleged drug trafficking but...
12:05
The unconditional release by Sri Lanka of five fishermen sentenced to death by a court in that country on charges of drug smuggling is a welcome development. Sri Lanka must be commended for taking this large-hearted step.It is not often that nations set aside their own laws and procedures, as...
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So, why is the Delhi high court tabling its decision on Imam Bukhari's successor. It's because there have been a slew of public interest litigations which in effect say that the mosque is the property of the Delhi Wakf Board, which administers Muslim religious properties. This means that...
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The Delhi High Court refuses to stay the anointing ceremony of Shahi Imam Bukhari's son as the Naib Imam of the Delhi Jama Masjid. The court said that the Shahi Imam Bukhari's decision to anoint his son as his deputy and successor has no legal sanctity. The court has asked him to explain his...
11:38
Delhi HC seeks reply of the Centre, Wakf Board and Imam Bukhari by January 28.
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At least 45 UP govt ministers are likely to participate in SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's birthday celebrations in Rampur today. The highlight of the event is a very special 75-ft long ,U-shaped cake prepared by a top notch bakery in New Delhi. The cake will be carted to Rampur about 200 km away....
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Mangalyaan has been named among the best inventions of 2014 by Time magazine which described it as a technological feat that will allow India to flex its interplanetary muscles. Nobody gets Mars right on the first try. The US didn't, Russia didn't, the Europeans didn't. But on September 24, India...
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GMR Infra claims USD 803 million (Rs 4953 crore) from Maldivian government towards damages for terminating Male Airport contract.GMR has won a more than 18-month long legal battle with the Maldives government which started after the government cancelled the company's contract to develop and...
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Kim Kardashian West '@KimKardashian tweets Words can't describe how grateful I am to be back in Dubai. I love it here so much! Kim Kardashian, who shot to fame with popular television series Keeping Up With The Kardashians, was supposed to make a trip to India to promote her new...
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We cannot capture the mind space of today's youth by evoking past sacrifices. Politics is about hope; hope for the future. The Congress hankers about the past too much, Congress leader Karti Chidambaram tells Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com.Read
10:27
The benchmark NSE Nifty rose nearly 60 points to hit new record of 8,461.65 and the BSE Sensex climbed over 187 points to trade at 28,254.85 in early trade today on increased buying by foreign funds and retail investors amid a mixed trend at other Asian bourses. The Nifty was quoted higher by...
10:21
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved the lower house of Japan's parliament today, paving the way for a general election next month. The move is widely seen as an attempt by Abe to shore up support for his government after a series of finance-related scandals hit his newly named Cabinet this...
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The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency has detained 56 Indian fishermen off the coast of Gujarat and also captured their boats.Of the ten boats, eight were from Porbandar while the remaining two were from the Okha and Mangrol port respectively. All the boats were reportedly captured in Indian...
09:56
Praising India for playing a useful and productive role inside war-torn Afghanistan, the US today said it is looking forward to India's leadership and its continued participation in regional security. India is a strong regional power and we know that India has interests in stability and...
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Indian Express reports: When security personnel finally entered Sant Rampals Satlok Ashram Thursday, the sight that greeted them spoke of its enormous resources.The ashram was stockpiled to feed and heal its inmates for several months. There was also evidence of a planned resistance, with...
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The Delhi High Court is likely to pass an order on Friday on whether the Shahi Imam of Delhi's historic Jama Masjid, Syed Ahmed Bukhari, can anoint his son as his deputy and successor.The high court is hearing three petitions on the matter.On Thursday, the Centre and the Delhi Wakf Board had...
09:41
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address two rallies in the poll-bound Jharkhand amid unprecedented security in view of threats from the Naxals and the banned terror outfit Indian Mujahideen on Friday.PM Modi, who returned from a three-nation tour yesterday, is expected to reach here...
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CNN-IBN reports: The rift within the Congress party seems to be wide open. According to sources, senior party leaders like former finance minister P Chidambaram and former Union minister Kamal Nath are upset with the Congress high command over not being invited for the event organised on the...
08:54
US President Barack Obama has used his executive power to announce a series of administrative measures to provide legal status to more than five million illegal immigrants in the country, including those from India.The executive actions, said to be one of the largest measure by a US President on...
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With an aim to unite Hindus across the globe, the World Hindu Congress 2014 will begin here on Friday.The conference is being organised by the World Hindu Foundation and is expected to be attended by about 1,500 delegates from 40 countries.RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Tibetan spiritual leader the...
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With an aim to unite Hindus across the globe, the World Hindu Congress 2014 will begin here on Friday.The conference is being organised by the World Hindu Foundation and is expected to be attended by about 1,500 delegates from 40 countries.RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Tibetan spiritual leader the...
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NDTV reports: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public meetings in Nepal, scheduled to be held during his visit to the country next week, are unlikely to take place, said sources.PM Modi will be in Nepal on November 26 and 27 to attend the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation or SAARC...
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Pakistan and Russia today signed a military cooperation agreement to deepen their defence ties and vowed to translate their relationship in tangible terms during the first-ever visit of a Russian defence minister in 45 years....
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Reports coming in Borno state is that the Boko Haram Insurgents have killed no fewer than 45 persons in a recent attack on Azaya Kura village of the state which occurred on Wednesday.Premium Times report that the suspected Boko Haram terrorists attacked the village, located in Mafa local...
02:34
A vehicle explodes. Two trucks full of armed men race closer to the resulting crater at the Karm el-Kawadees army camp in North Sinai. The black-clad militants chase the survivors, killing all the soldiers.All of it is captured on video. At least 31 Egyptian soldiers were killed in the October...
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The shooter who opened fire early Thursday at Florida State University has been identified as Myron May, Tallahassee Police Chief Michael DeLeo told reporters. May graduated from FSU in 2005.Read the full story here
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Five fishermen from Tamil Nadu, who were sentenced to death in Sri Lanka for alleged drug trafficking but set free after President Mahinda Rajapaksa pardoned them, arrived in Chennai today.The fishermen from Rameswaram, who were released by Sri Lankan authorities yesterday, arrived by an Air...
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A Palestinian man confessed to running over soldiers in the West Bank earlier in the month in a planned attack, police said Thursday.Earlier in the day, security officials confirmed that the November 5 hit-and-run, in which three Israeli soldiers were struck by a van driven by a Palestinian, was...
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From the BBC: Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi says he is considering the possibility of granting pardons to two of the three Al-Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt.Let us say that this matter is being discussed to solve the issue, Sisi said in an interview with France 24.The journalists...
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Magnitude 5.4 earthquake hits near Myanmar, India border.
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Three GNLA militants were killed in an encounter in lower Assam's Goalpara district and arms recovered from them tonight, a police officer said. On a tip off, the police waylaid the militants riding on a motorcycle at Sesapani under Dudhnoi police station and asked them to halt, Additional...
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Teach two ruling families in J&K a lesson: Shah to votersNo smoke without fire: Former CBI chiefs about SC remarks on SinhaChidambaram's son: 'Tired slogans won't take us anywhere'Chopper deal: ED files chargesheet in money laundering case39 bills to come up during Parliament's Winter...
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Sotheby's smashed expectations at its American art sale this morning when it sold Georgia O'Keeffe's painting Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 for $44.4 million, roughly quadrupling the high estimate of $15 million and becoming the most expensive painting by a female artist ever sold.The previous...
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