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  Officials: Wife of IS leader detained in Lebanon

  World | December 02, 2014 17:52 IST

  Beirut:  Lebanese authorities have detained a wife and son of the leader of the Islamic State group, and she is being questioned, two senior Lebanese officials said Tuesday.A military official said the woman and her

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  Bangladesh may extradite Anup Chetia to India: Officials

  World | September 03, 2014 7:27 IST

  Dhaka: Bangladesh may extradite separatist ULFA leader Anup Chetia to India under a special mechanism beyond an existing extradition treaty, officials said on Tuesday ahead of the bilateral meeting of home secretaries here."He (Chetia) could

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  Attacks on fishermen: Contempt plea in Madras High Court against officials

  India | July 16, 2014 7:49 IST

  Madurai: A contempt petition has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here against top officials, including the defence and foreign secretaries, for alleged attacks on Indian fishermen in the country's territorial waters despite

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  K Chandrasekhar Rao asks officials to work out plan to tackle power shortage

  India | June 26, 2014 17:30 IST

  Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today asked the officials of energy department to draw up short term and long term plans to overcome the power deficiency in the state.  “The Chief Minister reviewed

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  FIFA World Cup: Officials approve temporary stands for opener

  Football | June 07, 2014 11:01 IST

  SAO PAULO:  Brazilian officials have authorized the use of temporary stands at the stadium hosting the World Cup opener in Sao Paulo next week.   Authorities inspected the Itaquerao stadium on Friday and said it will

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  DU suspends five officials for leaking Smriti Irani's documents

  India | May 30, 2014 22:47 IST

  New Delhi: The Delhi University (DU) on Friday suspended five officials for allegedly leaking documents related to educational qualifications of union Human Resources Development Minister Smriti Irani, officials said. "Five of the non-teaching staff of

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  Himachal HC summons officials over woman kept in cowshed

  India | May 27, 2014 12:42 IST

  Shimla: Moved by the plight of an elderly woman who has been confined to a cowshed for over two months, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has taken cognizance of officials' indifference.A division bench of acting

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  World Cup officials pleased after test in Curitiba

  Football | May 16, 2014 7:30 IST

  SAO PAULO : World Cup organizers finally had some good news to deliver after one of Brazil's most troubled stadiums held an important test event without any major setback.   The test match at the delayed

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  Last two phases of LS polls: EC officials to act tough

  India | May 06, 2014 21:39 IST

  New Delhi: Election officials will act spontaneously without waiting for any formal complaint and activate the powers to use central forces if any electoral malpractice is detected during the last two phases of Lok Sabha

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  Rio officials rebuff Games criticism

  Other Sports | April 30, 2014 9:29 IST

  Rio de Janeiro: Rio Olympic officials have insisted the city will be ready for the 2016 Games amid growing concerns about project delays and cost overruns.In a statement, the Local Organising Committee rebuked the claims,

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  Fire at AP secretariat: old records damaged, officials say

  India | April 29, 2014 0:00 IST

  Hyderabad: Only the old records that were to be disposed of were damaged in a fire which broke out in the Andhra Pradesh secretariat building here last evening, officials said today.The fire broke out in

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  CBDT ask officials to ensure M&As do not defraud revenue

  April 13, 2014 18:55 IST

  New Delhi: Worried over corporates defrauding revenue by mergers and acquisitions, the Finance Ministry has asked its officials to ensure that such deals do not result in loss to the exchequer.The revenue officials, CBDT said

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  Finance officials confident of global growth

  April 13, 2014 18:22 IST

  Washington: Finance officials from the world's major economies believe an ambitious goal to boost global growth by $2 trillion in the next five years is within reach despite a variety of threats, including rising tensions

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  BJP requests EC to remove officials 'favouring' Bihar government

  India | April 05, 2014 7:58 IST

  Patna: BJP in Bihar today requested the Election Commission to remove few state government officials alleging that they have been 'favouring' the ruling JD(U) in the election process.A BJP delegation, led by party general secretary

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  Brazil officials deny ignoring World Cup stadium faults

  Football | April 04, 2014 10:16 IST

  Sao Paulo:  Brazil's labour ministry has denied ignoring problems at Sao Paulo's Itaquerao stadium to ensure the venue is ready in time for this year's FIFA World Cup.The labour ministry said in a statement Thursday

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  Indian embassy officials meet Mumbai sailor Sunil James in African jail

  India | December 07, 2013 17:28 IST

  New Delhi: Indian embassy officials from Accra (Ghana)  today met the jailed Indian sailor Captain Sunil James in a jail in Togo and later said they were in touch with Togo government to secure his

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  Akhilesh directs officials to make UP 'mandis' world class

  India | June 22, 2013 22:01 IST

  Lucknow, Jun 22: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday directed officials to chart out a project to improve facilities at state's 'mandis' and make them world class. Akhilesh, who is also the chairman

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  Jayalalithaa wants Lankan players, umpires, officials out of IPL matches in Chennai

  Cricket | March 30, 2013 18:03 IST

  Chennai, Mar 26: As protests in support of the Sri Lankan Tamils continued, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today said IPL matches would be permitted in the state only if there were no Sri Lankan

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  UP govt officials shunted out for CMO abduction

  India | October 13, 2012 21:22 IST

  Lucknow, Oct 13: Taking a serious view of alleged abduction of Gonda's Chief Medical Officer by a minister, the Uttar Pradesh government today shifted top district officials including the DM, the SP and the CMO

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  Sex party photos of officials leave China red-faced

  World | August 18, 2012 10:38 IST

  Beijing, Aug 17: The Communist Party of China is trying to fight back what it regards as a smear campaign about its senior officials indulging in a "sex party" after photographs of a sexual orgy