Imphal, (IANS) Manipur recorded over 80 percent turnout in the assembly election Saturday but the figure could go up as voting was still on in some remote parts of the state, while at least seven people, including a paramilitary trooper and a suspected Naga militant, were killed in poll-related violence. “We are expecting the final [...]
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ALIGARH: A memorandum of Understanding between the Centre of Advance Study in History of the Aligarh Muslim University and the Iranian Universities and Institutions was signed at the Iran Culture House, New Delhi. The Iranian Cultural Counselor, Dr. Karim Najafi, who is also a well recognized historian, signed the MoU on behalf of the Iranian [...]
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New Delhi, (IANS) The Supreme Court has taken strong exception to the tendency among litigants to present opinions from former judges of the top court in a bid to bolster their case pending before it. The court aired its disapproval with an observation: “If we can’t honour this court who will do it?” The apex [...]
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New Delhi, (IANS) In a bid to tap the vast potential for bulk transportation of goods at low cost through inland waterways, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has initiated steps to fast-track development of such infrastructure by state-run and private firms. India has about 14,500 km of navigable waterways comprising rivers, canals, backwaters and creeks that [...]
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Imphal, (IANS) At least six people, including a suspected Naga militant and a paramilitary trooper, were killed in violence during elections to the Manipur assembly Saturday. The state recorded 70 percent polling till 6 p.m. and voting was still continuing. Police sources confirmed six people were killed during poll violence in the state. A major [...]
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United Nations, (IANS) India, Brazil, Germany and Japan have made a joint bid for the expansion of the UN Security Council in both the permanent and non-permanent categories of membership. Collectively known as G-4, the four countries, each of whom aspires to be a permanent member, made the joint bid at the informal plenary of [...]
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Ranchi, (IANS) Former Jharkhand minister Enos Ekka, in jail for more than 29 months in a corruption case, had amassed assets of 579 percent beyond his known source of income, according to a Central Bureau of Investigation chargesheet filed in court. “We have filed a charge sheets against Enos Ekka, his wife Menon Ekka and [...]
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Chennai/Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Governor M.O.H. Farook Thursday night died in a private hospital in Chennai at the age of 75, officials said. A seven-day state mourning has been declared in Kerala. Farook was earlier this month granted leave to go for medical treatment to Chennai. Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who was on an official trip [...]
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By Arun Kumar Washington, (IANS) The Indian community in the US celebrated the Republic Day with the Ambassador Nirupama Rao unfurling the national flag at a colourful function at the Indian embassy here on a rain swept chilly day. After hoisting the flag in front of the embassy overlooking a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Rao [...]
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By Arun Kumar Washington, (IANS) India and the United States have agreed to continue efforts to consolidate upon the “tremendous progress” made in strengthening their global strategic partnership and work towards implementing their civil nuclear deal. They have also agreed to work towards implementing other initiatives that had been taken in the last few years [...]
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New Delhi: was a celebration of India in all its diversity, complexities and colour. The 63rd Republic Day unfolded Thursday with a grand pageant here showcasing a resurgent India’s military power and culture kaleidoscope and also millions of tricolours hoisted across the country in ceremonies big and small. There were boycott calls by insurgents in [...]
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By S Ahmad (NVONews.Com) Darbhanga/ Patna: Deora Bandoli is stunned and aggrieved. A village some sixty kilometers away from Darbhanga and 160 kilometers north of Patna was hardly known to anyone but it is in the news for all wrong reasons. Two youths named as Naqi Ahmad Waqi Ahmad Sheikh, aged 22 years and Nadeem [...]
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New Delhi, (IANS) Seeking to elevate their ties to strategic partnership, India and Thailand Wednesday signed six pacts in areas ranging from defence, security to trade and decided to step up their cooperation in combating terrorism and piracy. The two countries also decided to expedite their negotiations for a free trade area agreement in goods, [...]
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Washington, (IANS) An Indian American has filed a lawsuit in California suing US comedian Jay Leno for what he calls “racist” comments on the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Leno “hurt the sentiments of all Sikh people in addition to the plaintiff”, says Randeep Dhillon in his lawsuit filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court Tuesday, [...]
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