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  India mulling creating helipads along Bhutan border

  India | November 11, 2014 18:04 IST

  New Delhi: India is mulling creating helipads along the open 699 km-long border with Bhutan to ease travel to difficult locations in the region and provide air support facilities for border guarding troops deployed there.The

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  Arun Jaitley defends Cabinet expansion, slams Congress claims

  Politics | November 10, 2014 23:56 IST

  New Delhi: The BJP government on Monday strongly defended the Cabinet expansion undertaken on Sunday in the wake of "taint" charges raised against some of the inductees by Congress, saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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  Jnanpith award conferred on Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh

  India | November 10, 2014 21:09 IST

  New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today conferred Jnanpith award on eminent Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh for his outstanding contribution towards Indian literature. “Kedarnath Singh, through his poetry, has offered us a rare assimilation of rhymes and

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  One more key Burdwan blast suspect held by NIA

  India | November 10, 2014 20:55 IST

  Kolkata:  In yet another major breakthrough, NIA today arrested Amjad Sheikh, alleged to be a key member of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terror group, in connection with the Burdwan blast case.  Sheikh, alias Kajal, a resident

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  India, Israel joint venture LR SAM missile successfully tested

  India | November 10, 2014 20:36 IST

  Jerusalem:  India and Israel today successfully test fired a long range surface to air missile jointly developed by them, marking a milestone in bilateral cooperation in developing advanced weapon systems.  “The Long Range Surface to

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  Things you should know about Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar

  Politics | January 16, 2015 12:23 IST

  New Delhi: In 2012, while contesting the Goa assembly elections, the then Chief Minister (now Defence Minister of India) Manohar Parrikar had filed an affidavit before the Election Commission stating he owned assets worth Rs

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  11 crude bombs found inside garbage bin in Madurai

  India | November 10, 2014 21:21 IST

  Madurai (TN): Madurai police today found 11 crude bombs kept inside a garbage bin in Anna Nagar here. A Bomb Disposal Squad was rushed to the spot to defuse the explosives. Tamil Nadu's Q branch, Special Investigation

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  Suresh Kalmadi quizzed in National Games scam

  India | November 10, 2014 17:17 IST

  Ranchi:  Former Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi was today quizzed as a witness by Jharkhand Vigilance Bureau in connection with alleged irregularities in the purchase of equipment for the 2012 National Games held here.Assistant

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  At a glance: Darjeeling - The Queen of Hills

  India | December 24, 2014 10:07 IST

  New Delhi: Darjeeling  is a hill station which attracts tourists not only from India but from all over the world. It is located in the state of West Bengal on the northern part  of the

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  Matching military infrastructure being created on Indian side: Arun Jaitley

  Politics | November 07, 2014 18:56 IST

  New Delhi: Apparently with China in mind, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley today said the government is taking all steps to create matching infrastructure on the Indian side to realise its military potential.  Noting that “our

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  Plane hits buffalo on runway, Spicejet suspends Surat flights

  India | November 07, 2014 18:22 IST

  Surat:  A Delhi-bound Spicejet plane with 146 people on board hit a buffalo while proceeding for take- off here last night but no one was injured in the incident, though the aircraft was damaged and

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  Notification for 2nd phase of Jharkhand polls announced

  Politics | November 07, 2014 18:10 IST

  Ranchi:  Notification for the second phase of elections for 20 of the 81 seats to the Jharkhand Assembly was issued today, officials said.The seats going for the second phase polling on December 2 are -

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  Air India's Bangkok-Mumbai flight makes emergency landing in Kolkata

  India | November 07, 2014 17:55 IST

  New Delhi: An Air India flight from Bangkok to Mumbai made an emergency landing in Kolkata after a passenger suffered a cardiac attack and the crew spoke to doctors through the ATC channels to treat

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  Mizoram government to ban sale of firecrackers during Christmas

  India | November 07, 2014 17:21 IST

  Aizawl: Mizoram government would ban import, sale and use of firecrackers during Christmas and New Year celebrations, state Home minister R Lalzirliana said here today.Lalzirliana told media persons that the state government had successfully banned

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  Uma Bharti defends expenditure on Ganga meet

  Politics | November 07, 2014 16:52 IST

  New Delhi:  Water Resource Minister Uma Bharti today defended the expenditure of nearly Rs 44 lakh on a Clean Ganga meeting here, saying the money went to a government agency for organising the event and

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  Naval exercises off Chennai called off

  India | November 07, 2014 16:23 IST

  Chennai: Naval exercises planned by the Eastern Command fleet for coming Sunday off Chennai coast have been put off in view of ongoing rescue operations to locate four missing personnel after a vessel sank off

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  Cabinet reshuffle at 1 PM on Sunday

  Politics | November 07, 2014 16:02 IST

  New Delhi:  A reshuffle of the Union Council of Ministers will take place at 1 PM on Sunday, official sources said.      This will be the first expansion and reshuffle of his ministry Prime Minister Narendra

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  SpiceJet flight hits animal before take-off at Surat airport

  India | November 06, 2014 23:32 IST

  Surat:  A Delhi-bound Spicejet plane, with about 140 passengers onboard, hit a stray animal on the runway a few seconds before the take-off at the Surat airport today.“A Surat-to-Delhi SpiceJet aircraft, Flight number SG 622,

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  Congress, BJP slam Nitesh Rane's anti-Gujarati rant

  Politics | November 06, 2014 22:12 IST

  Ahmedabad:  Maharashtra Congress MLA Nitesh Rane today drew severe flak from his party as well as BJP for passing “derogatory” remarks against Gujarati community staying in Mumbai.“Nitesh Rane's tweet is his personal statement. As far

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  Salman Khan meets Narendra Modi

  Politics | November 06, 2014 21:10 IST

  New Delhi:  Bollywood star Salman Khan today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.  It was not clear as to what transpired in the meeting.  The two have recently been praising each other over the ‘Swachh