Month: August 2009
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Paswan Seeks Drought-hit Tag for Entire Bihar
LJP President Ramvilas Paswan on Tuesday demanded that the entire state of Bihar be declared “drought hit” and accused the…
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7.8 Quake Jolts Andaman, Impact Felt in Chennai, Orissa
A strong undersea earthquake registering 7.8 magnitude on the Richter struck the Andaman archipelago at around 0126 hours on Tuesday.…
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MMS Scandal Rocks Chhattisgarh, One Arrested
Chhattisgarh police on Monday arrested Vinay Verma, a 17-year-old youth, for allegedly abducting a 16-year-old female colleague and shooting an…
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Ailing ‘Buaji’ Airlifted to Mumbai
Bhopal: Top Congress leader and leader of the Opposition in Madhya Pradesh Assembly Jamuna Devi, was flown to Mumbai by…
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Center-WB-GJM Tripartite Talks on Tuesday
Hoping to find an amicable solution to the demand of statehood Gorkhaland, representatives from the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha and the…
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Four Militants Killed in J&K Encounter
Four militants were killed in a gun battle with security forces in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday,…
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Israeli Planes Bomb Gaza Tunnel
Israeli warplanes early on Monday morning bombed a smuggling tunnel into Gaza after Palestinian mortars fell near the main crossing…
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TN on H1N1 Radar – Four-year-old Dies in Chennai
After Maharashtra and Gujarat, Tamil Nadu became the third state in the country to report a swine flu death after…
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25 BJP Leaders Held, Bandh Paralyses Life in Jammu
25 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, including party state unit chief Ashok Khajuria, were arrested in Jammu while attempting to…
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Sukhbir Back as Badal Deputy
Ending a 40 day hiatus, Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday took oath of office as the deputy…
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