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  Obama nominates Jack Lew as new US Treasury Secretary

  World | January 11, 2013 11:01 IST

  Washington, Jan 11: President Barack Obama, in an effort to rejuvenate the battered US economy, yesterday nominated his Chief-of-Staff and budget specialist Jack Lew as the next Treasury Secretary."I cannot think of a better person

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  Former Maharashtra revenue secretary says, he highlighted Lavasa scam 2 years back

  India | October 20, 2012 8:34 IST

  Mumbai, Oct 20:  Former Maharashtra Revenue secretary Ramesh Kumar on Friday  said he had highlighted alleged irregularities about Lavasa Hill city project near Pune in a report in 2010.According to him, Krishna Valley Development Corporation

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  US declares Afghanistan major non-NATO ally

  World | July 07, 2012 17:05 IST

  Kabul, (Afghanistan), Jul 7: The Obama administration on Saturday declared Afghanistan the United States' newest “major non-NATO ally,” an action designed to facilitate close defense cooperation after U.S. combat troops withdraw from the country in

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  Mamata Named Among World's Most Influential People

  India | April 18, 2012 18:49 IST

  New York, Apr 18: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been named among the 100 most influential people in the world by the prestigious Time magazine in its 2012 list which also includes US

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  UP Cabinet Secretary Shashank Shekhar Takes Premature Retirement

  India | March 07, 2012 7:19 IST

  Lucknow, Mar 7: Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh, considered close to outgoing Chief Minister Mayawati, on Tuesday took premature retirement from service with effect from March 9, official sources said here.“The Cabinet Secretary,

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  CPI Leader Bardhan To Bow Out Next Year

  India | May 25, 2011 18:01 IST

  New Delhi, May 25: CPI general secretary A B Bardhan said here today that the party may elect a new general secretary next year. He however said that the change in leadership had “nothing to

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  Ajit Seth Is New Cabinet Secretary

  India | May 24, 2011 23:20 IST

  New Delhi, May 24: Senior IAS officer Ajit Kumar Seth, known as a meticulous bureaucrat who plays by the rules, was today appointed as the next Cabinet Secretary.Seth, a 1974-batch officer from Uttar Pradesh cadre,

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  WWW Inventor Demands International Regulation

  World | April 01, 2011 7:55 IST

  Hyderabad, Mar 31: The international regulation of internet, which is yet to take shape, may have a multi-stakeholder system once it is formed, inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee said today.Berners-Lee, who is

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  UP Minister Arrested For Leading Stir

  Politics | March 28, 2011 21:01 IST

  Lucknow, Mar 28: An Uttar Pradesh minister was today arrested for disrupting rail traffic during an agitation in Saharanpur and was later expelled from the BSP.Vinod Tejiyan, who holds the rank of a Minister of

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  Adarsh Scam Accused Wants Bank Accounts Defreezed

  India | March 28, 2011 17:54 IST

  Mumbai, Mar 28: Former Deputy Secretary in Maharashtra government and an accused in the Adarsh Society scam, P V Deshmukh, today approached the Bombay High Court seeking for CBI to defreeze his bank accounts.Deshmukh and

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  Pak Interior Secy Visits Golden Temple

  India | March 27, 2011 22:16 IST

  Amritsar, Mar 27: Pakistan Interior Secretary Chaudhary Qamar Zaman today visited the Golden Temple here responding to a “divine call” and said he prayed for the betterment of India-Pakistan relations.Zaman, who crossed into India through

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  US Claims Success Against Gaddafi's Forces

  World | March 27, 2011 22:24 IST

  Washington, Mar 27: US today claimed major success in the campaign in Libya, with both Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defence Secretary Robert Gates saying that Gaddafi's military capacity had been substantially decimated with

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  Govt Warns Of Appropriate Action Against Lalit Modi

  Cricket | October 22, 2010 20:31 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 22: As the probe against former IPL chief Lalit Modi gains momentum, a notice has been issued to him for revocation of his passport with the government today warning that appropriate action

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  A Strange Case Of Proxy SMS

  Cricket | October 11, 2010 17:00 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 11: The BCCI today dismissed reports that its Secretary N Srinivasan had sent messages to Indian Premier League franchises, allegedly asking them to align with the Board. In the wake of media

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  Manohar, Srinivasan Elected Unopposed

  Cricket | September 28, 2010 20:23 IST

  Mumbai, Sep 28: Shashank Manohar and N Srinivasan today retained unopposed their posts of Cricket Board president and secretary respectively with the closing of nominations today ahead of tomorrow's 81st AGM. Srinivasan was also the

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  SC Corners BCCI For IPL 'Conflict Of Interest'

  Cricket | September 17, 2010 10:13 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court put some searching questions to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on permitting its Secretary N Srinivasan to bid for Chennai Super Kings, a franchise of IPL championship,