 | With an increase of 138 seats and reduced territory in each constituency, elections to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) next month could see tougher and more "sensitive" contests that could warrant larger police deployment.
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 | Meet this unusual joint family from Shabad village in Baran district of Rajasthan. It comprises of over 100 members, living together peacefully and cooking their meals on a single stove.
The head of the family is Janki Devi Yadav, wife of the... More |
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 | In the last five years, 31 serving IAS officials and four retired bureaucrats have been probed by the Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau, Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan told the assembly Monday.
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 | All major Hindu temples in Andhra Pradesh were closed and hundreds of men and women took a dip in the river during the partial solar eclipse Monday.
The southern state woke to an eclipsed sunrise with the partial solar eclipse beginning at 6:08... More |
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 | One person was killed and seven others wounded in a powerful blast in a market in Baramulla town of Jammu and Kashmir Friday afternoon.
Police said the improvised explosive device (IED), planted in a handcart on the roadside went off just as a... More |
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 | The government is considering moderating the cement prices, which has currently seen a tremendous surge post-budget, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said here Friday.
He added that the government was hopeful of cement companies controlling the... More |
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 | Giving honesty a high berth, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav Friday showered his pearls of wisdom on 57 management students from the US at the Railway Museum in the capital.
Sharing with them the turnaround story of the Indian Railways, which... More |
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 | As a confident India Inc has started bidding for more and bigger deals abroad, in 2007-08 overseas investment from India will be around $15 billion - surpassing foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in the country, says a study.
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 | Coming close on the heels of Nandigram killings in West Bengal, a mob attacked the upcoming Tata Motors site at Singur in Hooghly district and reportedly set a watchtower on fire. Police have, however, denied any major incident.
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 | The Karnataka government Friday decided to ban the sale of country-made liquor and abolish lotteries in all forms in the next fiscal, Deputy Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa said here.
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