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    Ten fishermen killed in road accident in Andhra

    Ten fishermen have been killed and 12 others injured after a van in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary lorry near Payakaraopeta in Visakhapatnam in the wee hours Tuesday morning, police said. The incident occurred when the driver of the over-speeding van lost control over the vehicle and dashed into the stationary lorry […]

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    Govt to re-examine order to derecognise 44 deemed varsities

    The Union government has assured the Supreme Court that it would examine afresh its earlier decision to derecognise 44 deemed universities for lacking appropriate academic infrastructure and faculty. Attorney General G E Vahanvati gave an undertaking to the bench of justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma that the government would reconsider the issue after conducting […]

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    ULFA ‘foreign secretary’ released from jail

    ULFA ‘foreign Secretary’ Sashadhar Choudhury, who was released from the Guwahati Central Jail on bail, on Tuesday hoped that talks with the government would be held soon for a peaceful solution to the ULFA-government conflict. Talking to waiting mediapersons outside the jail, Choudhury said the discussions, which would be held soon in a peaceful environment, […]

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    Maha recommends suspension of Information Comm in Adarsh scam

    The Maharashtra government has decided to recommend to the Governor the suspension of state Information Commissioner Ramanand Tiwari for his alleged role in the Adarsh Housing Society scam. Tiwari should not attend office till the inquiry into the scam concludes, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan told reporters after a meeting of the state cabinet chaired by […]

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    Govt not to share info with Pak on Samjhauta probe for now

    A day after Pakistan sought an update on the probe into the Samjhauta Express bombing, Government on Tuesday ruled out sharing of information at this stage saying it was “too premature”. Ministry of Home Affairs has informed the Ministry of External Affairs to convey to Islamabad that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has not completed […]

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    SC nod to Kerala govt for trial in palmolein oil scam

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed a Kerala court to go ahead with the trial in the multi-crore palmolein oil scam involving Chief Vigilance Commissioner P J Thomas and then Chief Minister K Karunakaran. A bench of justices Aftab Alam and R M Lodha gave the green signal after treating Karunakaran’s appeal as abated in […]

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    Cold wave further intensifies in North India

    Cold wave has further intensified in North India. Intense cold conditions threw normal life out of gear in Punjab and Haryana where the minimum temperature dipped by four degrees below normal yesterday. Dense fog engulfing the region reduced visibility to just few metres, hampering movement of rail and road traffic. Narnaul in Haryana was coldest […]

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    SC issues notice to centre, telecom companies on cancellation of 2G spectrum

    The Supreme Court yesterday issued notice to the Centre on the plea seeking cancellation of 2G spectrum licenses allocated during the tenure of former Telecom Minister A Raja. The apex court also issued notices to 11 companies which allegedly did not fulfill the roll out obligations as per the terms and conditions of allocation of […]

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    Chidambaram reviews anti-Naxal strategy

    Home Minister P Chidambaram has reviewed anti-Maoist operations and coordination amongst state police and paramilitary officers of Naxal-affected states. He chaired a high-level meet of Directors General and Inspectors General of Operations of states like Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, and chiefs of paramilitary forces like CRPF, BSF, ITBP and SSB. […]

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    IAF inducts India’s first Light Combat Aircraft ‘Tejas’

    Inching closer to modernisation with self sufficiency, India’s first homegrown supersonic fighter jet, the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) ‘Tejas’, was handed over to the IAF by Defence minister, A K Antony after the Initial Operational Clearance. The LCA, which has remained under development for nearly three decades and braved technology denial regimes, has achieved the […]

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