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  Sophisticated arms of CRPF jawans taken away by Naxals

  India | December 02, 2014 13:48 IST

  Raipur: An assortment of sophisticated weaponry belonging to security personnel, including 10 AK- series rifles, were carried off by the Naxals from the site of the encounter yesterday in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh which left

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  In Pics: NASA launching new Orion spacecraft on test flight

  World | December 03, 2014 11:25 IST

  Cape Canaveral, Florida:  NASA's quest to send astronauts out into the solar system begins this week with a two-laps-around-Earth test flight. The new Orion spacecraft is not going to Mars just yet; Thursday's debut will be

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  Bengal BJP president Rahul Sinha's brother joins TMC youth wing

  Politics | December 01, 2014 17:08 IST

  Kolkata: West Bengal BJP president Rahul Sinha's brother today joined the Trinamool Congress's youth wing at a rally here, according to TMYC national president Abhishek Banerjee. "Sudip Sinha, brother of Rahul Sinha, was among several youth

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  NDA doing 'politics' over special status to Bihar: Jitan Ram Manjhi

  Politics | December 01, 2014 16:16 IST

  Patna: With Union minister Ramvilas Paswan saying that special status to Bihar would be accorded only after NDA comes to power in the state, Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today charged the Centre with being

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  Stop cow smuggling along Indo-Bangla border: Rajnath to BSF

  Politics | December 01, 2014 15:55 IST

  New Delhi: BSF personnel should check the smuggling of cattle, especially cows, from India-Bangladesh border and clamp it down at any cost, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today."You (BSF) have to work on many frontiers.

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  Only interlocutors should speak: Devendra Fadnavis on BJP-Shiv Sena talks

  Politics | December 01, 2014 14:44 IST

  Mumbai: In a veiled attack on senior Shiv Sena leader Ramdas Kadam, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said "only the official interlocutors in the BJP-Sena talks should comment on the parleys." "My request is

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  Jayalalithaa, Sasikala reach out-of-court IT settlement, pay Rs 2 crore

  Politics | December 01, 2014 20:03 IST

  Chennai: Former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa and her close confidante Sasikala have reached an out-of-court settlement with Income Tax authorities and have paid nearly Rs 2 crore for compounding alleged offences, a Metropolitan

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  Will try to introduce GST Bill in current Parliament session: Arun Jaitley

  Politics | December 01, 2014 14:02 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today expressed hope that the much-awaited GST Bill, which provides for a uniform indirect tax structure, would be introduced in the current winter session of Parliament."We will try and

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  Uproar in Rajya Sabha over reduction in paddy, cotton procurement price

  Politics | December 02, 2014 11:39 IST

  New Delhi: Opposition parties led by Congress and SP forced two adjournments in Rajya Sabha in pre-noon session today after they created uproar over sharp dip in government procurement price of paddy and cotton which

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  Government collecting evidence against black money offenders: Ravi Shankar Prasad

  Politics | December 01, 2014 12:58 IST

  New Delhi:  Government is collecting evidence against those who have stashed black money abroad and the offenders will soon be punished, Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today.In an interview to news

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  Jharkhand Polls: Polling in 20 seats tomorrow

  Politics | December 01, 2014 12:19 IST

  Ranchi: Polling will take place on Tuesday in 20 constituencies in Jharkhand spread across seven Maoist-hit tribal districts in the second of the five-stage elections to the 81-member Assembly.Adequate security forces have been deployed in

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  Arrest of Arif not an action to harass him: Government

  India | November 29, 2014 20:31 IST

  Guwahati: Government on Saturday said arrest of Arif Majeed, who returned to Mumbai after disappearing in ISIS controlled areas in Iraq, was not an action to harass him, asserting that all such incidents will be

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  Rajnath Singh lays foundation of CFSL, Guwahati

  India | November 29, 2014 20:16 IST

  Urput (Assam):  Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today laid the foundation of a new Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in Mirza town, near Guwahati.  The state-of-the-art CFSL will help the law enforcement agencies in catching

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  NIA questions terrorists held in connection with Burdwan blast

  India | November 29, 2014 19:48 IST

  Kolkata:  NIA today questioned the terrorists arrested in connection with the Burdwan blast case and tried to extract information about JMB's links in West Bengal. A senior NIA official told PTI that the work of the

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  Narendra Modi has not fulfilled any of his election promises: Mulayam Singh Yadav

  Politics | November 29, 2014 19:37 IST

  Ahmedabad:  Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav today alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has failed to fulfil any of his election-time commitments, including the promise to bring the black money back.“Modi worked hard and

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  Jharkhand Polls: Modi govt has plans to privatise coal sector: Sonia Gandhi

  Politics | November 29, 2014 19:24 IST

  Patamda (Jharkhand):  Congress President Sonia Gandhi today alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has plans to privatise the coal sector to benefit a few industrialists at the cost of the people.  “The Congress nationalised the

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  BJP's expansion plans: Focus on states where presence is less

  Politics | November 29, 2014 18:41 IST

  New Delhi:  With an aim of expanding its reach across the country, BJP is laying additional thrust in its ongoing membership drive on seven states as well as the north-east region where its presence is

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  BJP won Parliamentary polls with help of money power: Nitish Kumar

  Politics | November 29, 2014 18:33 IST

   Patna: Winding up his ‘Sampark Yatra', senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today charged BJP with winning the Parliamentary elections with the help of money power.“Paani ki tarah paisa bahana bhi kam hoga kahna jitna kharchila

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  Jharkhand Polls: PM Modi rues about Jharkhand lagging behind Chhatisgarh

  Politics | November 29, 2014 17:54 IST

  Ranchi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said while Chhatisgarh has already been developed into a new capital city in Raipur, Jharkhand lagged behind in that respect, despite the two states carved out around the same

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  Ganga cleanup plan start of mission to clean major waterbodies: Prakash Javadekar

  Politics | November 29, 2014 17:15 IST

  Chennai: The Centre's Ganga clean-up programme was the ‘beginning' of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government's mission to clean up major water bodies in India, including southern rivers, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said today.The Indian