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Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh arrives at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan in New Delhi to attend a meeting with Air India Union leaders on Monday. Photo: R.V.Moorthy
Ajit Singh meets unions
Two striking Air India pilots returned to work on Monday as the agitation by over 200 pilots entered the fourteenth day with Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh asking airline unions to help end th...
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‘Let fast track courts take on black money’
This is one of the suggestions made in White Paper issued by government
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India to move WTO against U.S. visa fee hike
India will seek consultations with the United States under the aegis of World Trade Organisation (WTO) this week on visa fee hike for professionals, which “discriminates” against Indian software c...
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Ministry seeks status of notices issued to BCCI
19 show cause notices served on board for FEMA violations in conduct of IPL
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PMO backing for Reliance on gas pricing draws fire
The price revision could benefit RIL by $8 billion
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BEIJING,
May 22, 2012
India issues advisory as traders in China face fresh charges
The Indian Embassy in Beijing on Monday issued a second advisory warning, of the dangers of doing business in the southern Chinese trading hub of Yiwu, after two Indian traders, who have been figh...
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KOLKATA,
May 22, 2012
If no aid is forthcoming, pull out of UPA, Rajnath tells her
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rajnath Singh on Monday backed the Trinamool Congress' demand for a special financial package for West Bengal. He urged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to with...
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NEW DELHI,
May 22, 2012
No commitment from any leader on Sangma
Playing the tribal card, the former Lok Sabha Speaker, Purno A. Sangma, continued vigorously with his campaign for the presidency, even as the ruling Congress remained silent on its nominee. Mr. S...
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New Delhi,
May 21, 2012
Lokpal Bill hits fresh road block
The passage of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill will be further delayed as the Rajya Sabha on Monday referred it to a select committee despite objections by the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Left and...
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Chennai,
May 21, 2012
India’s policy decisions dampen investment climate: U.S.
The United States on Monday said several recent policy decisions by India were discriminatory to foreign companies and have “dampened sentiment” about its investment climate.“The adoption o...
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New Delhi,
May 21, 2012
Paternity suit: HC asks Tiwari to give blood sample on May 26
Congress leader N. D. Tiwari was today asked by the Delhi High Court to appear in person on May 26 before it to give blood sample for a DNA test to decide the paternity suit of a man claiming to b...
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
May 21, 2012
ISC-2012 topper eschews extra tuition
Winning is second nature to this teenager. The neatly lined-up array of trophies in the showcase of her house is testimony to this. Singing, recitation, elocution, essay writing — you name it and...
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Mangalore,
May 21, 2012
Vittala is free to write exam, university permitting: court
The Fast Track Sessions Court in Puttur has accorded permission to the arrested Vittala Malekudiya, a postgraduate student of Mass Communication and Journalism in Mangalore University (MU), to appe...
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NEW DELHI,
May 21, 2012
Police ask friend of victim's fiancé to join the probe
The Delhi Police, probing the alleged molestation of an Indian-American woman by Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach, have asked Miraj, a friend of the victim's fiancé, to join the investigations...
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IMPHAL,
May 21, 2012
Manipur police on alert as students launch protest
All police stations and the paramilitary forces have been put on alert after six students' organisations launched fresh agitations in Manipur, demanding justice in the “murder” of Richard Loitam i...
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‘Culture of making a mountain out of a molehill holding sway'
Banga Bibhushan award conferred on Suchitra Sen
110g of cocaine seized, say Mumbai police
A feminist anthropologist who pioneered studies on matriliny, kinship
Italian PM talks to Manmohan
Jayalalithaa steps up campaign for Sangma
Falling rupee matter of grave concern: Pranab
President commutes death sentence of servant who killed 3 persons
PUNE,
May 22, 2012
Is government trying to mislead people, asks Hazare
On a day when the passage of the Lokpal Bill was delayed further, anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare hit out at the government yet again, questioning its sincerity. Mr. Hazare has been fighting for a...
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KOLKATA,
May 22, 2012
Mamata will not attend UPA dinner
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will not attend Tuesday's dinner to be hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the occasion of the third anniversary of the United Progressive Alliance-...
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NEW DELHI,
May 22, 2012
It conceals more than it reveals, says Jaswant
Senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh has termed the White Paper on black money a “bikini,” arguing that it concealed much more than it revealed.Addressing a news conference here on Monday, Mr....
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New Delhi,
May 21, 2012
Mamata backs Meira Kumar for President
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday remained non-committal on Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee as the next President but strongly backed Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar for the post...
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Bangalore,
May 21, 2012
Chargesheet filed against Yeddyurappa in land scam
Spelling more trouble for former Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa, Karnataka Lokayukta Police on Monday filed a chargesheet against him and former Industries Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu for “c...
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Ranchi,
May 21, 2012
Kishenji's close aide held in Ranchi
Ramdas Ganju, alias Nandu, an elusive operative of the banned CPI (Maoist), was arrested at the Ranchi railway station on Sunday. Ramdas was a close aide of Kishenji, rebel leader killed...
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MANGALORE,
May 21, 2012
Happy his morale is high: Prakash Karat
Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat on Sunday said his party would ensure the release of the arrested Mangalore University (MU) student, Vittala Malekudiya. He was s...
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Moreshwarwadi (Maharashtra),
May 21, 2012
Koyna oustees face displacement again, thanks to Balganga project
Krishna Ganpat More came to Pen taluka in 1969 in search of a home after his village was submerged by the Koyna hydroelectric project in Satara district. Little did he know that a few decades late...
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MANGALORE,
May 21, 2012
‘Mamata sees Maoists everywhere'
“She sees Maoists everywhere,” was how CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat reacted to the description of a group of students who had gathered for a TV show as “Maoists” by West Bengal Chief Min...
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New Delhi,
May 21, 2012
Jairam: monthly pension of Rs. 200 is an insult
The monthly pension of Rs. 200 given to the elderly is “an insult to the dignity of an individual”, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said, requesting the Prime Minister to immediately...
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Rival groups clash at Hurriyat function
Bill deliberately delayed: Team Anna
Ajit Singh to meet leaders of 13 AI unions on Monday
No vacancy in Karnataka: Rajnath
‘Ma Mati Manush’ song at Kolkata traffic intersections
It's not cricket, says Kirti Azad
Whistleblower pays with life
Slideshow
Thailand remembers Red Shirt crackdown, Olympic torch begins its 8,000 mile journey and Andhra Pradesh braces for by-election battle. Images from India and around the world
ISC-2012 topper eschews extra tuition
‘Let fast track courts take on black money’
Jayalalithaa steps up campaign for Sangma
Paternity suit: HC asks Tiwari to give blood sample on May 26
Mamata sees reds in TV studio, wants probe
India to move WTO against U.S. visa fee hike
Lokpal Bill hits fresh road block
Assaulted Mahantesh was involved with BEML expose
A feminist anthropologist who pioneered studies on matriliny, kinship
Mamata backs Meira Kumar for President
‘I want to reach out to remote villages’
Protests in London against Kudankulam project
Women to get a share in husband's property in case of divorce
‘Let fast track courts take on black money’
Sangma's entry creates a buzz in Presidential race
Rohingya asylum seekers back in Delhi
Non-cognisable offence against SRK
Rural service may be mandatory for doctors
Women in armed forces: panel slams Ministry's negativism
Your closure report a bid to shield Modi, Bhatt tells Raghavan
