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  Morsi refused referendum before ouster: Defence minister

  World | July 15, 2013 8:08 IST

  Cairo, July 15: Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi had refused to hold a referendum over the people's demands before mass protests began June 30, Defence Minister Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said."I sent envoys to former president Mohamed

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  Antony meets Chinese Premier and Defence Minister

  World | July 05, 2013 18:19 IST

  Beijing, July 5: Defence Minister A K Antony today met Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and held talks with his counterpart on a host of bilateral issues, including a new mechanism to boost security along the

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  CBI gives clean chit to Bansal in railway bribery scandal

  India | July 05, 2013 20:49 IST

  New Delhi, July 5: CBI does not have any tapped conversation which shows that former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal was involved in or had any knowledge of the Rs 10 crore cash-for-post bribery scandal,

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  No differences between ministers over Jet-Etihad deal, says PMO

  India | July 02, 2013 21:46 IST

  New Delhi, July 2: Amid a raging controversy over the Rs 2,058 crore deal between Jet Airways and Etihad, Government today said the equity stake sale matter is still under examination and asserted that there

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  Walmart allowed to open stores in Himachal: Minister

  India | May 11, 2013 7:40 IST

  Shimla, May 11: Himachal Pradesh has allowed the entry of private retail outlets, including Bharti-Walmart, to open stores so that consumers could get quality products at cheaper rates, state Food and Civil Supplies Minister G.S.

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  Five SFI activists arrested for heckling Mamata, minister

  India | April 22, 2013 13:24 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 22: Five activists of the Students Federation of India (SFI) were arrested Monday for heckling West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Finance Minister Amit Mitra in the national capital, a

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  CCTV footage of assault on Mumbai cop unclear: Minister

  India | March 29, 2013 20:16 IST

  Mumbai, Mar 29: Crime Branch's probe into the assault on a police officer inside the Maharashtra Assembly premises by MLAs has hit a roadblock after the Government said the CCTV footage of the incident was

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  Indian political parties slam Rehman Malik for his remark on Shahrukh Khan

  Bollywood | January 29, 2013 14:57 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 29: Leaders cutting across the political lines today slammed Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik for his advice to Indian government to provide security to Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan.  Malik had said

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  Yemen minister survives al-Qaeda car bomb attack

  World | September 13, 2012 14:52 IST

  Sanaa (Yemen), Sep 13: Yemen's defense minister narrowly escaped assassination Tuesday when a powerful car bomb ripped through his motorcade as it traveled in the nation's capital, killing at least 13 people in an attack

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  Jaiswal allocated three coal blocks in hour after becoming minister: SP

  Politics | September 12, 2012 13:08 IST

  Kolkata, Sep 12: Training guns on Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on the alleged irregularities in coal block allocation, the Samajwadi Party Tuesday held him responsible for allocating three coal blocks "one hour of taking charge"

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  Sports minister assures help to FIFA for U-17 World Cup

  Football | September 06, 2012 10:05 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 5: Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Wednesday assured FIFA that the government will extend all support to the world body for hosting the U-17 World Cup here in 2017.FIFA secretary general Jerome

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  Army deserter goes up Delhi cellphone tower, demands Defence Minister's presence

  India | August 18, 2012 17:24 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 18 : Muthu, a jawan working in the Army Engineering Corps, has been staging a protest 200 feet above the ground atop a cellphone tower near New Delhi railway station since Friday

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  British minister calls for swearing crackdown

  Football | July 16, 2012 18:11 IST

  London, Jul 16: British culture secretary Jeremy Hunt says swearing on the football pitch "has gone too far" and wants authorities to crack down on the problem.Hunt spoke Monday on British television and said he

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  Maharashtra minister Fauzia Khan denies links with Abu Jundal

  India | June 26, 2012 19:47 IST

  Mumbai, Jun 26: A senior Maharashtra minister today denied any links with the arrested LeT handler of 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack, Abu Jundal, and said she is ready to face any probe.NCP leader and Minister

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  We can send 2 teams, why send one, says minister Maken

  Tennis | June 18, 2012 15:11 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 18: Sports Minister Ajay Maken today questioned the All India Tennis Association's decision to pair feuding former partners Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi for the Olympics, asking why just one team is

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  Punjab Agriculture Minister Tota Singh gets 1 yr imprisonment

  India | May 05, 2012 22:44 IST

  Chandigarh, May 5: An Additional District and Sessions Judge on Saturday convicted Punjab Agriculture Minister Tota Singh and sentenced him to one year imprisonment apart from slapping a Rs 30,000 fine on him.The judge Rajinder

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  Naveen Visits Koraput To Ask Maoists To Release MLA

  India | April 13, 2012 23:11 IST

  Bhubaneswar, Apr 13: Unable to find any back channel contact with the Maoists holding BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka captive for last three weeks, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today visited Koraput in a desperate bid

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  Pranab Calls Striking Jewellers On Friday

  April 04, 2012 19:06 IST

  Kolkata, Apr 4: With the indefinite strike by jewellers entering the eight day today, a Kolkata-based organisation said that the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council has been invited by Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee

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  Tatra Scam Second Biggest After Bofors, Says BJP

  India | March 31, 2012 21:05 IST

  Kolkata, Mar 31: BJP today said the Tatra scam was the second biggest after the Bofors scam and demanded immediate resignation of Defence Minister A K Antony for allegedly patronising corruption.“This (Tatra) is the second

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  Sri Lanka Must Continue To Be Friends With India, Says Minister

  World | March 25, 2012 7:36 IST

  Colombo, Mar 25: Despite India's backing for a US resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council, the country must continue to be friends with its neighbour, a senior minister said here on