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Student attempts suicide after alleged ragging
GUNTUR: Alleged ragging by seniors in the College of Agricultural Engineering hostel at Bapatla in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh forced a girl student, hailing from Srikakulam, to attempt suicide, but timely medical intervention saved her ...

Pawar: feeling in State for Maharashtrian to become PM
Pune: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar has openly come out to stake a Maharashtrian’s claim to prime ministership, saying “anything can happen if the United Progressive Alliance or the National Democratic ...

4 BJP legislators join BJD
BHUBANESWAR: The ruling Biju Janata Dal headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik gained strength on Friday with four sitting legislators of the Bharatiya Janata Party joining it, giving a severe jolt to the saffron party ahead of the ensuing ...

Election observers to meet tomorrow
NEW DELHI: With March 23, the date for issue of notification and beginning of nominations for the first phase of the general elections fast approaching, the Election Commission has convened a meeting of poll observers here for Sunday and ...

Buddhadeb sees nothing new in Opposition tie-up
‘Left Front must prepare itself to counter the challenge’

‘BJP bickerings will send wrong signals to cadre’
NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leaders are tightlipped on infighting in the party, which manifested in general secretary Arun Jaitley’s absence at two central election committee meetings here on Friday. Mr. Jaitley is unhappy with the ...

Advani denies remark on Modi
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani on Friday denied making a comment to the effect that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was “not his heir-apparent” in the party and described as “baseless interpretation” ...

BJP, Sena finalise seat-sharing
MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday night finalised seat-sharing for the Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra. The Sena will contest 22 seats, while the BJP will field candidates in 26 constituencies. Sena ...

Imminent closure of AIDS centre shocks patients
Mumbai: Hisen Rupkar (name changed) shudders at the thought of having to stuff his pockets with Rs. 25,000 each time he is likely to take his HIV positive son to the hospital. The days of good affordable medical care are over for ...

Kerala standoff over, says Raja
NEW DELHI: The standoff between the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India over sharing of seats in Kerala eased with the announcement in the State that the contentious Ponnani Lok Sabha seat would be part of the ...

Virk new DGP for Maharashtra
Mumbai: S.S. Virk, Director-General, Housing, Maharashtra, was made Director-General of Police on Friday, the Home Department announced late Friday evening. Mr. Virk has criminal cases pending against him in Punjab, where he was DGP. ...

Otis to file case to get back memorabilia
New York: U.S.-based collector James Otis, owner of the five items belonging to Mahatma Gandhi that were auctioned off by the Antiquorum Auctioneers for $1.8 million, has said he would file a case in the New York State Supreme Court in an ...

Dhoni’s name in voters list
Ranchi: Days after a nationwide outcry over a complaint that cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s name was missing from the electoral rolls, it was included in the voters list for the Ranchi constituency. Continuous ...

Tension eases in LDF as some leeway emerges
Decision on Ponnani, Kozhikode seats likely on Monday

Highly-skilled Indian migrants move court
LONDON: The legal wrangle over the controversial changes to immigration rules for thousands of highly-skilled migrants, mostly from India, intensified on Friday with the migrants moving the High Court to demand a judicial review, arguing that ...

Hearing adjourned on SIT plea opposing pre-arrest bail for Gujarat Minister, VHP leader
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court on Friday adjourned till March 17 the inconclusive hearing on the application of the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team for the cancellation of the anticipatory bail granted by the lower court ...

New student visa system for U.K.
NEW DELHI: Those aspiring to study in the United Kingdom will now need to clear a points-based assessment in order to obtain a student visa. Beginning March 31, the U.K. will introduce a new student visa mechanism called ...

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