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  India will soon find rightful place in world varsity ranks: President

  India | May 13, 2014 18:23 IST

  New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today expressed confidence that Indian institutions will soon find their rightful place in the international rankings for higher educational institutions. Receiving the first copy of QS university rankings, the President

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  Rahul wants US Prez wearing watch with œMade in Mirzapur tag

  India | May 06, 2014 23:02 IST

  Mirzapur (UP): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi wants to see the US President wearing a wrist watchwith “Made in Mirzapur” tag.The Gandhi scion said he wants to develop maufacturing hubs on national highways so that when

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  Irish Prez intervenes in row over Savita death inquiry

  World | November 22, 2012 19:20 IST

  London, Nov 22: Irish President Michael D Higgins has intervened in the row over the inquiry into the death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar due to pregnancy-related complications after being denied abortion, saying the probe

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  NDA yet to zero on names for President, Vice President polls

  Politics | June 21, 2012 17:57 IST

  New Delhi, June 13: As speculation about candidates for Presidential poll intensified after Election Commission announcing July 19 as the poll date, NDA convenor Sharad Yadav today said the Opposition alliance has not zeroed on

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  Prez will be seniormost person, acceptable to all, says NCP

  Politics | June 21, 2012 17:54 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 12: Amid intense speculation over Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as the UPA's Presidential nominee, NCP today said the next President will be a seniormost person who is acceptable to all.  “India's President

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  Prez commutes death sentence of four prisoners

  India | May 31, 2012 23:12 IST

  New Delhi, May 31: The death sentence of four prisoners, including a man convictd for rape and murder of a five-year-old girl, has been commuted to life imprisonment by the President.Three mercy petitions of four

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  Congress Warns Amendment By TMC To Prez Address Can Be Costly

  India | March 14, 2012 7:33 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 14: As major ally Trinamool Congress tabled an embarrassing amendment to President's Address, Congress on Tuesday night warned allies that such steps could threaten the stability of the government.At the dinner hosted

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  Friday 'Million March' In Sanaa As Prez In Talks For Exit

  World | March 25, 2011 20:16 IST

  Dubai, March 25: Yemen appeared to be nearing a brink today as protesters staged a "million people" march onto the capital Sanaa after Friday prayers, amid reports that a shaky President Ali Abdullah Saleh was

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  Under Siege Yemen Prez Declares State Of Emergency

  World | March 23, 2011 20:53 IST

  Dubai, March 23: A showdown between the embattled US-backed President and the opposition, escalated in Yemen today as the country's parliament dominated by supporters of Ali Abdullah Saleh approved a sweeping state of emergency giving

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  BJP MPs Meet Prez, Submit Crores Of Signatures On Price Issue

  Politics | July 29, 2010 18:15 IST

  New Delhi,  A delegation of BJP MPs and senior leaders today met President Pratibha Patil and submitted a memorandum and crores of signatures as part of its campaign against "abject failure of the UPA government"

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  Prez, V-P Condole Basu's Death

  Politics | January 17, 2010 18:23 IST

  President Pratibha Patil on Sunday  condoled the death of former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu and said the nation has lost an eminent statesman.  "Basu earned the unique distinction of being the longest-serving Chief

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