Monday, December 27, 2010

Chidambaram takes stock of Naxal-hit Gadchiroli

Chidambaram takes stock of Naxal-hit Gadchiroli

Chidambaram takes stock of Naxal-hit Gadchiroli

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Union Home Minister P Chidambaram will visit Naxal-affected Gadchiroli district in eastern Maharashtra today, official sources said.


Empowered Group of Ministers to discuss high food prices today

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An Empowered Group of Ministers on food will to meet in New Delhi today to review prices of essential commodities and also discuss imposition of import duty on sugar. The EGoM is headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.


Sex racket busted, seven arrested

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According to the police, the gang was operating from Rohini Sector-16 and was busted Sunday evening after police sent a decoy customer to strike a deal with a woman named Premlata, 39.


FIR against Orissa CM for violating national flag code

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Bhubaneswar police have registered three FIRs against Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and the Biju Janata Dal for allegedly dishonouring and disfiguring the national flag.


Google deal divides travel industry

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Google has a knack for making waves when it pushes into new arenas, and online travel is no exception. Six months ago, Google announced its intention to buy the company that made it easy for travelers to compare airfares, ITA Software, for $700 million.


Gadgets bring new opportunities for hackers

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Researchers at Mocana, a security technology company in San Francisco, recently discovered they could hack into a best-selling Internet-ready HDTV model with unsettling ease.


The campaign for Dr Binayak Sen

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A large number of intellectuals have come out in open support of doctor-activist Binayak Sen, saying the life term given to him is unfair. Eighty intellectuals, including Noam Chomsky, have signed a statement in his support.


2G scam: Is there a BJP-Murli Manohar divide?

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The chink in the BJP's armour may well be chiseled by one of its own –Murli Manohar Joshi.


Can't have Pacheco in Goa Cabinet: Congress

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The Congress has refused to induct Nationalist Congress party (NCP) legislator Fransisco Micky Pacheco in the Cabinet, claiming his induction would be "problematic" for the Digamber Kamat-led government in Goa.


Polish twins have different fathers

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A pair of twins born in Poland have different fathers, Polish media reported Monday -- in apparently only the seventh such case in the world.


Nationwide Lashkar alert ahead of New Year

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Ahead of the New Year, the Home Ministry has sounded a country-wide terror alert, especially for Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Goa and Bangalore, after getting intelligence inputs that Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) was planning to strike.


On Twitter, daughter discusses Benazir assassination

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Three years after former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto was assassinated, her youngest daughter says she still feels as if her mother passed away "just yesterday".


Queen Elizabeth under fire for wearing fur hat

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British Queen Elizabeth II and the Duchess of Cornwall have drawn flak from animal rights campaigners ­after they wore fur hats on Christmas Day, a media report said Monday.


Dramatic rescue at sea near South Korea

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South Korea's Coast Guard rescued all 15 crewmembers of a ferry that capsized during rough weather conditions off the country's southwestern coast, local media reported.


Hashish worth Rs 32 lakh seized, six arrested

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The Delhi police Monday claimed to have seized 65 kg of contraband hashish valued at around Rs.32.5 lakh and arrested six people in this connection.


Man arrested for robbing car drivers

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A 40-year-old man hailing from Tamil Nadu was arrested here for his alleged involvement in stealing valuables and cash from cars by diverting the attention of drivers, police said today.


Abducted child's father threatens to commit suicide

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Dejected over the failure of the Chandigarh police in solving the kidnapping case of his five-year-old son, Lakhbir Singh has threatened to commit suicide.


India's Nobel Prize winner visits his Gujarat school

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The students of the Convent of Jesus & Mary in Vadodara treated their guest as if he were some sort of rock star. Scientists aren't often chased for autographs by teenagers, but a Nobel Prize can help.


Bomb scare in Dehradun-bound Shatabdi

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Bomb disposal squads today searched the Dehradun-bound Shatabdi Express following rumours that a bomb was planted in the train.


Bail for mother who flung child out of hospital window

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A Sessions Court today granted bail to Deepika Parmar, arrested for allegedly throwing her one-month-old twin baby girl out of the window at a suburban hospital here.


Man arrested for killing youth, dumping body on railway track

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A man was arrested in the capital for allegedly murdering a youth for having an illicit relationship with his sister-in-law, police said today. The arrested has been identified as Ganesh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ashok Chand said.


Telangana factor prompts the Congress to fast

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Hunger strikes are very much the go-to strategy for politicians in Andhra Pradesh trying to make any sort of point.


Parcel bomb found at Greek embassy in Italy

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A package bomb was found at the Greek Embassy in Rome Monday, three days after mail bombs exploded at two other embassies injuring two people.


Adnan Sami under Enforcement Directorate scanner

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has confiscated eight flats and five car parking spaces of singer Adnan Sami in a high rise building here and slapped an Rs 20 lakh fine on him for acquiring assets without permission of Reserve Bank of India as he was a Pakistani national.


2G scam: Decision on PM's appearance at PAC at a later time, says Joshi

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The monster 2G scam dominated the country's political agenda once again today with two significant developments. Firstly, the Prime Minister put down in writing his offer to appear the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to answer questions about the 2G scam. He first suggested this at a Congress party conclave last week but was turned down by the Opposition - which says nothing less than a Joint Parliamentary Committee will do. The Congress rejected this demand once again today.


Land case: FIR against K Rosaiah

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The corruption allegations against Congress ministers don't seem to be dying. Now, it is the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah who finds himself at the centre of a land scam controversy.


'Caste politics' at play over statue: Raj Thackeray

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MNS chief Raj Thackeray today accused the Congress-NCP of playing "caste politics" in unceremoniously removing Dadoji Konddev's statue from Lal Mahal in Pune.


Bikers knock down Mumbai cop after jumping signal

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A traffic cop had to pay dearly for letting go two young bikers at Nariman Point. Anil Shankar Ahvad (39), was manning traffic at the Nariman Point junction near Air India building, when he tried to stop the duo for jumping a signal. Little did Ahvad know that the duo would return only to knock him down.


Teacher posing as tantrik threatens Bhojpuri actor; demands 15 lakh

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The Mumbai police have arrested a 35-year-old government school teacher posing as a tantrik from Barrackpore in West Bengal on December 17 for demanding more than Rs 15 lakh from a Bhojpuri actress in return for letting her live.


Transportation in disarray after blizzard tapers off

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Sunshine and deep piles of sparkling snow blanketed the Northeast on Monday morning, but for frustrated commuters and holiday travelers struck by the winter's first ferocious storm, the beauty was short-lived.


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