 | A day-long shutdown to protest a Supreme Court stay on quotas in elite educational institutions crippled life in Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Pondicherry Saturday.
All long-distance trains stopped plying at around 6 a.m. in the entire region while... More |
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 | The key highway connecting Manali in Himachal Pradesh and Leh in Jammu and Kashmir will be opened in May, after heavy snowfall in the region forced its closure.
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO), which looks after the upkeep of the 480-km-long... More |
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 | Recalling Mahatma Gandhi's great legacy that the resolution of conflict was best served by dialogue, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said this was relevant in our times for peace and integration.
"I sincerely believe that the cause of... More |
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 | Dozens of students booed and shouted slogans against Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh Saturday at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) for supporting quotas for backward classes in elite educational institutions.
Singh had been... More |
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 | Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major Saturday took over as the new chief of Indian Air Force (IAF) from Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi, who retired after 43 years in service.
Soon after taking over, Major told his officers: "We must work towards... More |
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 | In a shocking confession, a man arrested on charges of murder has claimed to having killed about 250 people in the past four months, police said Thursday, adding that the matter was being investigated.
The accused, identified as Salim, is a... More |
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 | A city court Thursday sentenced three people to life imprisonment for lynching three Sikhs in the national capital - the second conviction and sentencing in cases relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that left nearly 2,000 of the community across... More |
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 | Five Hindu labourers were killed and four injured when suspected terrorists raided a camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district and opened fire.
Police said the incident took place Thursday night between 10.30 p.m. and 11 p.m. when four... More |
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 | The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom's (ULFA) hints of possibly using human bombs could mark the beginning of a dangerous cycle of terror in the insurgency-roiled northeastern state of Assam.
"The signals are definitely ominous with the... More |
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 | The Gujarat government has admitted that 148 cases of farmer suicides were registered in the state during the last two years.
While replying to a question in the state assembly Thursday, Chief Minister Narendra Modi said the 148 cases were... More |
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