Month: March 2009
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Simon’s body reaches home to streaming tears
The body of Simon Paranthaman, an Indian chef killed in captivity by his kidnappers in Afghanistan, arrived at his hometown…
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CBMs: Cong-SP not to field candidates against first families
With the parties still struggling to come to a consensus over the fine-print governing their pre-poll alliance in Uttar Pradesh,…
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Three IAF pilots dead in Saras crash in Bangalore outskirts
A prototype of the indigenous Saras aircraft crashed during a test sortie some 30 km outside of Bangalore at 1605…
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India successfully tests interceptor missile
In continuum of its efforts to establish a two layer ballistic missile defence system, India on Friday successfully test fired…
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UN chief regrets civilian deaths in Lanka
While reiterating his calls to the Sri Lanka government and Tamil Tiger rebels to suspend hostilities to allow safe passage…
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Pak claims to have located Solecki
UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon, on Thursday night in a telephone conversation with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and urged…
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Vijay Mallya buys Gandhi memorabilia for 1.8m USD
Kingfisher Vijay Mallya dipped his beak into Gandhi memorabilia and pulled out some national pride for India at a cost…
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Patil: Meltdown altered global economics
Presidents President Pratibha Devi Singh Patil on Thursday said that the current global financial crisis had altered the dynamics of…
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CPI(M) expels sitting MP
Facing allegations of “anti-party activities,” Abu Ayesh Mondal, CPI(M) parliamentarian from Katwa, was on Thursday expelled by the ruling Marxists…
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14 dead, 55 injured in Iraq truck bombing
At least fourteen people were killed and 55 others wounded, some of them grievously, when an improvised truck bomb exploded…
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