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| Indian Express |
On CBI's plea, SC reopens Bhopal gas leak case After apex court diluted offence 14 yrs ago, CBI moved to restore charge of 'culpable homicide' Spot fixing: Younis sends legal notice to News of the World Younis' lawyer Ahmed Qayyum issued the notice to the tabloid for publishing the spot fixing report. Pak floods: 60 countries pitch in USD 700 mn More than 60 countries have committed over USD 700 million in aid for Pakistan. Congestion cost: Rs 500-cr ATF bill Indian carriers wasted aviation turbine fuel worth Rs 500 crore in 2009-10. Big B harassed by follower on his blog; files complaint After Big B complained to the authorities, any such activity will now come under legal cyber space action. |
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| Times Of India |
Mirwaiz invites Geelani, Malik for Eid, seeks to forge Hurriyat unity Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, on Friday invited the hardline separatist leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, and JKLF's Yasin Malik, to attend the Eid congregation next week. Quran from Aurangzeb era to be auctioned in Germany A 300-year-old manuscript of the holy Quran, parts of which were inscribed by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, will soon be auctioned by its Emirati owner in Germany, a news report here has said. With eye on Ayodhya, BJP puts off meet With Bihar elections likely to be announced soon and the verdict on the Ayodhya title suit expected later this month, BJP decided to postpone its national executive meeting that was planned from Septe ... Traffic constables dragged me for over a km: Woman ASP The Bareilly police arrested one of the three traffic constables who dragged a woman additional superintendent of police as she tried to stop them from getting away in a car after taking bribes from t ... Mayawati govt bans forced acquisition of farmers' land Having antagonised western UP farmers over land acquisition for Yamuna Expressway, the Mayawati govt got into damage control mode and banned forcible acquisition of agricultural land for any developme ... |
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| The Telegraph |
Sonia at ease with national responsibility New Delhi, Sept. 3: The rumblings over her foreign origins having died out, Sonia Gandhi today termed the Congress president's job national duty and said the little she had been able to do so far was ... 'Suicide' by Malda farmer Malda, Sept. 3: The body of a farmer who had been missing for the past 10 days was found in a well near his home in Malda today, sparking speculation that he may have committed suicide after his crops ... Hope dies for Tetes, not Rajni Patna, Sept. 3: Hope died for Piyari Tete today but flickered back to life for Rajni Devi. BJP changes tune for ally New Delhi, Sept. 3: The BJP's homilies to P. Chidambaram and its political grandstanding against the UPA on Maoist violence went out of the window in Bihar. Airport hope Mumbai/Delhi, Sept. 3: The Prime Minister will intervene in the impasse over Mumbai's planned second airport in Navi Mumbai because of concerns raised by the Jairam Ramesh-headed environment ministry. |
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| Rediff |
Jagan likely to face the heat over yatra After Sonia Gandhi's re-election as the party president today, the Congress is likely to take a decision on Kadapa MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy's suspension on disciplinary grounds. J & K cops to use non-lethal weapons The government has decided to use new generation non-lethal weapons to take on stone-throwing protestors in Jammu and Kashmir. Both central security forces and the state police have been asked to trai ... Kishenji calls for Chidambaram's resignation "We demand the resignation of Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Union Home Secretary G K Pillai, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah and state Director General of Police Girish Kumar in connecti ... 'China must respect India's sensitivities on J & K' Voicing great concern over China's remarks about "India-controlled Kashmir", External Affairs Minister S M Krishna asked Beijing to respect India's sensitivities on Jammu and Kashmir which is an inali ... 'Azadi' demand could be reference point in J-K talks: Lone In the backdrop of the latest unrest in Kashmir, separatist leader Sajjad Lone said the demand for independence for the region could be the reference point for starting a dialogue with the union gover ... |
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| CNN-IBN |
Hostage crisis is Nitish's biggest litmus test Questions are being raised on Bihar CM's approach so far. CBI unearths fresh railway recruitment scam CBI has now unearthed a scam related to the appointment of Class 4 employees. Long, agonising wait for abducted cops' families Killing of Lucas Tete has only made them more anxious. Hostage crisis: different cop's body found The body found has been identified as that of Sub-Inspector Lokus Tete. There is still no news about the other abducted policemen including Abhay Yadav. Massive 7.4 earthquake rattles New Zealand There were alerts about power outages, damage and aftershocks, but no reports of casualties so far. |
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| DNAIndia |
Buying insurance online can save you a packet Use of the Internet reduces distribution costs, which in turn lowers the final premiums you pay. Film soiree Deepa Sahi stood at the gate and welcomed guests to a sneak peek of hubby Ketan's animated mythological film. Riya Sen came in a looking lovely. JetLite, SpiceJet, IndiGo get nod to import aircraft In a meeting of the empowered committee for import of aircraft earlier this week, proposals of JetLite, SpiceJet and InterGlobe Aviation (which operates IndiGo Airlines) were approved. Number portability: Telecordia appeals against cancellation FIPB, the nodal unit in the finance ministry for clearing foreign investment proposals, is scheduled to take up the case at its next meeting on September 10. Post marriage, MS Dhoni will not be as successful In his birth chart, Dhoni has a 'clean' 7th house and he doesn't have any planets in the 8th house or the 12th house. |
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| Reuters India |
New Bollywood film-makers shift focus to rural India MUMBAI (Reuters Life!) - The grit and grime of rural India, its people and problems are all finding their way into the glamorous world of mainstream Bollywood films.
Flood-hit Indians face the threat of harsh Himalayan winter NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Thousands of flood-displaced people in India's Himalayan region will have to spend the harsh winter season without homes, mainly due to a scarcity of labour and difficulties in g ... Police question suspended Pakistan trio LONDON (Reuters) - Pakistan captain Salman Butt and pace bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif were questioned by the London Metropolitan police on Friday following their indefinite suspension from ... Bomb kills 54 in Pakistan, Taliban threatens U.S. QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber struck a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least 54 people in the second major attack this week and piling pressure on a U.S.-ba ... Emergency declared after 7.1 quake hits New Zealand WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Authorities declared a state of emergency after a major earthquake hit New Zealand's second biggest city, Christchurch, early on Saturday, bringing down power lines, ripping up ... |
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| TimesNow |
Final honours for cop Lucas Tete The bullet-riddled body of kidnapped Bihar Military Police havildar Lucas Tete was on Friday (September 3) recovered from Lakhisarai as the Maoist deadline for killing three remaining hostages expired ... TIMES NOW crew assaulted Journalists have been beaten up in West Bengal on Friday (September 3) without any provocation allegedly by Communist Party of Marxist goons. TIMES NOW s crew were among the journalists who were bruta ... Woman cop dragged for 'revenge' In a shocking case, a woman police officer was dragged on the road by her subordinates in a vehicle after she objected to extortion by them in the name of traffic checking. Superintendent of Police (T ... 'Don't cry outside my house' In all of this - all that we have heard from the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is helplessness and harsh words. On Thursday (September 3), Kumar said he was helpless to stop the Maoists from killi ... Metro links Delhi to Gurgaon Now Gurgaon has come closer to New Delhi. The underground metro link connecting Central Delhi with Qutub Minar has been inagurated . This will make it easier for commuters to travel from Gurgaon to De ... |
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| Sify |
Alexander the Great poisoned by deadly river bug
A deadly river bacterium found in river Styx, Greece, killed Alexander the Great, rather than a fever brought on by an all-night drinking binge in ancient Babylon. 10,000 people suffer due to manganese tainted tap water in S China town At least 10,000 people suffered a shortage of drinking water in a South China town on Wednesday following the detection of excessive manganese in the tap water.
Teen gets new windpipe grown from own stem cells
A British teenager has got a new windpipe grown from her own stem cells in a pioneering operation.
Meat of cloned cow offspring enters British food chain
Meat from the offspring of a cloned cow has entered the British food chain, authorities have admitted for the first time. 'The Elders' slam Sri Lanka for lacking 'reconciliation' 'The Elders', a council of retired global leaders led by Desmond Tutu has slammed Sri Lanka, based on its report, for lacking post-war reconciliation. They also expressed their disappointment over |
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| KeralaNext |
Sohrabuddin encounter: Shah wants SC to recall CBI probe order NEW DELHI, India: Ex-Gujarat Minister Amit Shah, arrested in connection with the Sohrabuddin fake en... Court says no to de-freezing of Raju sons bank accounts HYDERABAD, India: The court trying the Satyam fraud case today dismissed the petitions of prime accu... CWG getting negative publicity abroad NEW DELHI, India: Commonwealth Games organisers are now facing negative publicity not only at home b... Focus should now be in celebrations of CWG: Reddy NEW DELHI, India: Dubbing questions over expenditure on Commonwealth Games as "ridiculous", Urban De... Many central, state ministers behind illegal mining: Yeddyurappa BANGALORE, India: Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa said today many central and state minister... |
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| Hindustan Times |
Jews, Muslims cousins, says Israel envoy at Ajmer Sharif In historic move to reach out to Muslims, and using India as a staging point, Israel’s ambassador Mark Sofer prayed at Ajmer Sharif on Thursday, the the first representative of the Jewish state to do ... Pakistan turns spot-fixing scam into India bashing The Pakistani cricket spot-fixing scandal is an Indian conspiracy, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Britain, said on Friday, after the ICC provisionally suspended the tainted trio ... Maoist leader Kishenji demands PC's resignation, calls 48-hr bandh Maoist leader Kishenji today called a 48-hour bandh from September 13 in eight states to press for a probe into the death of top Naxal leader Cherakuri Rajkumar alias Azad. Full coverage Get your Kashmir facts right, India tells China India today conveyed its "serious concerns" to China over the reported presence of Chinese troops in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and rejected Beijing's description of Jammu and Kashmir as "India-co ... Sachin Tendulkar gets his wings, joins the Air Force Senior Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar was today conferred with the Indian Air Force's honorary rank of Group Captain to honour his cricketing achievements and contributions to the nation. |
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| OneIndia |
60 killed in suicide attack on Shia rally in Quetta Quetta, Sep 3 (ANI): At least 60 people have been killed and more than 160 got injured on Friday as a suicide bomber hit a rally being taken out in respect of Al-Quds Day in Quetta, acc ... Muslims across India offer prayers on last Friday of Ramadan Lucknow/Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 3 (ANI): Muslims across India gathered in huge numbers at various mosques to offer the 'Alvida Namaz' on the occasion of the last 'Jumma' of the fasting mon ... Rahul Gandhi organises people's courtroom in Amethi Amethi (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 3 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi organized a 'Janta Darbar', or people's courtroom here on Friday to address grievances of the locals in the region. Film star Rajnikanth's daughter ties nuptial knot in Chennai Chennai, Sep 3 (ANI): South Indian film star Rajnikanth's daughter Soundarya tied the nuptial knot with entrepreneur Ashwin Kumar at a high-profile ceremony in Tamil Nadu's Chennai city on Fri ... Pune plays host to two-day Junior World Entrepreneurship Forum Pune, Sep.3 (ANI): To disseminate entrepreneurial spirit in all fields of society, a two-day Junior World Entrepreneurship Forum is being held in Pune on September 3 and 4 that will seek the par ... |
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