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Kashmiri migrants denied shops, Parliamentary panel takes exception
Are Kashmiri Pandit migrants not Indians? This was a question raised in a complaint from the migrant community which said they are not being provided shops in the tony locality of INA market in south Delhi on the pretext that Kashmiri migrants are not Ind...
Nitish Kumar inaugurates power projects worth Rs 12,000 crore
Inaugurating various power projects valued at Rs 12,000 crore, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday vowed not to seek vote in 2015 Assembly elections if he failed to improve power condition in the state.
Six of a family killed as car falls into gorge
Six persons of the same family were killed on Saturday when their car fell into a gorge in Pauri district. The car met with the accident this afternoon when it plunged into a 300 ft deep gorge near Chaubata Khal in Pokhra block of the district, killing al...
Congress announces 'primary' to choose candidate for New Delhi LS seat
In keeping with party vice- president Rahul Gandhi's plan of holding 'Primaries' for the selection of the Lok Sabha candidates for some seats, All- India Congress Committee on Saturday announced the opening of the exercise for the New Delhi parliamentary...
Diego Maradona all set to resume playing career at 53
Maradona is said to be joining a fifth tier Argentine minnows Deportivo Riestra, the club owned by his lawyer and close friend.
Highest ranked Indian-American official at Pentagon to join think-tank
Vikram Singh, the highest- ranking Indian-American at the Pentagon, is joining an eminent US think-tank after serving the Obama Administration in various positions for over five years.
Leonardo DiCaprio eyes stage career
After a movie career spanning over two decades, actor Leonardo DiCaprio says he wants to act in a stage play.
Two arrested for murdering three of a family in Nawla Village
Two persons were on Saturday arrested in connection with the triple murder case at Nawla Village in Muzaffarnagar, the police said.
Vasundhara Raje government to release 150 convicts
Rajasthan government has decided to release 150 convicted prisoners before time on ground of good behavior, age factor and serious ailments.The government also decided to commute the term of punishment of around 3,500 prisoners.
RBI will need to keep raising policy interest rate: IMF
The IMF expects India's consumer price index to remain near double digits well into next year driven by food prices.
Lewis Hamilton sets Bahrain test pace as Red Bull struggle
Hamilton's time of 1 minute, 34.263 seconds was quickest through three days at the Sakhir Circuit.
Wayne Rooney signs new Manchester United deal
Rooney has signed a four-year contract extension with EPL champions United that will keep their prize asset at the club until June 2019.
US: 33-year-old Indian man kills father with sledgehammer
Vinayak Shanbhag has been charged with first degree murder after he pummeled his father repeatedly on the head with a sledgehammer.
Congress questions Mamata's meeting with Anna
Congress in West Bengal on Friday criticised Anna Hazare's meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, wondering if the Gandhian would agree to hold a dharna in Kolkata for the victims of Saradha Chit Fund scam.
Set economic agenda for polls: Assocham to political parties
In view of the upcoming General Elections, industry body Assocham on Friday urged political parties to set an economic agenda to weed out corruption, develop infrastructure and usher financial reforms to create sufficient jobs through economic growth of 9...
Derek O'Brien's blog: Federal Front: An idea whose time has come
'Frankly the Third Front is not just dead, it was never born. The Federal Front has a future,' the TMC leader writes.
