Month: August 2009
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Russian Navy Arrests Eight for ‘Arctic Sea’ Hijack
The Russian navy has arrested eight men accused of hijacking the Finnish vessel – Arctic Sea near Sweden and forcing…
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RSS Favours Younger BJP Leadership
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s ideological principality, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Tuesday suggested that it, perhaps, was time for…
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Govt Has No Plan to Waive off Farmers Loans: Pranab
The government has clarified that it has no plan to waive off farmers’ loans in the face of poor monsoon…
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Attacks Rock Afghanistan Ahead of Landmark Polls
Amid heightened violence ahead of Afghanistan’s landmark presidential polls scheduled for Thursday, a suicide car bombing and two explosions rocked…
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Perturbed Students Vandalise Railway Property; Burn Coach of Shramjeevi Express
An angry mob of college students went on vendalisation spree destroying railway property worth lakhs and setting on fire a…
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PM Asks Not to Panic on Drought Situation, Godowns full of Grains
Allaying fears about of the aftermath of a scarce monsoon, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that there is no…
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Posco Will Not Move out of Orissa: Minister
The South Korean steelmaker Posco which is having trouble acquiring land in Orissa for its project will not move out…
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Shahrukh Denies His ‘Detention Episode’ Was Drama
After his return from the US, Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan has said that his ‘detention episode’ at an American airport…
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PM Asks Assam Governor to Demit Office
In the wake of CBI raids which are said to have affirmed reports of alleged corruption in the Jharkhand Raj…
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Commuters Have Tough Time as Auto-rickshaw Strike Enters Second Day
On second day of the two-day auto-rickshaw strike in protest against Delhi government’s crackdown on drivers operating without permits, licences…
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