Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Army assisting CB-CID on Dilshan shooting probe

Army assisting CB-CID on Dilshan shooting probe

Army assisting CB-CID on Dilshan shooting probe

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The Army said today it is giving full assistance to the CB-CID probe which is investigating the death 13-year-old Dilshan, who was shot dead as he was trying to trespass into a defence area in Chennai.


Telangana: Congress leaders meet Ghulam Nabi Azad

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After tendering their resignation, Congress ministers, MPs and MLAs from Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh met senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad


Telangana bandh: Time for discussion on separate state, says Azad

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Telangana bandh: For the people of Andhra Pradesh, it is deja vu. As a two-day bandh called by the Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) in support of the demand for a separate state began on Tuesday, schools, colleges, shops and other commercial establishments were closed and public transport and other basic services have been badly hit. There are prohibitory orders in place in parts of the state capital Hyderabad, which is part of the Telangana region.


Lashkar threat to Thackeray a false alarm, says Headley

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Pakistan-based LeT wanted to invite Bal Thackeray for a fund raiser in the US, hoping he would make inflammatory comments to the benefit of the ISI, but they never planned to kill the Shiv Sena supremo, David Headley, the Pakistani-American terrorist has said.


Bandh disrupts normal life in Telangana

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Normal life in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh was disrupted today due to the two-day bandh called by the Telangana political Joint action Committee in support of their demand for a separate state.


Temple treasures belong to royal family: Sankaracharya

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The huge treasures found in Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram were the "exclusive property" of Travancore royal family that dedicated their kingdom to the presiding deity of the temple, Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi said today.


Rahul Gandhi visits Bhatta Parsaul again

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Rahul Gandhi is again in Mayawati land, slowly making his way, yatra-like, to a Mahapanchayat in Aligarh. With elections due next year in Uttar Pradesh, Gandhi's meandering journey through the belt that has seen violent land wars, is as important as the destination.


With treasure worth over 1 lakh crore, is Kerala temple India's richest shrine?

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Is the 16th century Sree Pasmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala on its way to become the richest shrine in India? Ornaments and valuables reportedly worth a whopping one lakh crore rupees were found in the secret cellars of the temple. The temple is being run by a trust constituted by the Travancore Royal Family.


Who is KCR?

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It would make for a great trivia question. What was KCR before he became a politician and the face of the Telangana movement?


Supreme Court slams Dinakaran for trying to delay impeachment

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Justice PD Dinakaran, being investigated for corruption, came in for scathing criticism by the Supreme Court today.


Telangana bandh: Andhra Pradesh on high alert; KCR plays 'resignation card' again

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Hyderabad news: Andhra Pradesh is on high alert as the entire Telangana region goes into a 48-hour bandh, called by the Telangana Joint Action Committee, starting today. Security has been stepped up at the Osmania University Campus - the epicentre of protests for separate statehood for Telangana. Prohibitory orders are in place in Hyderabad.


Haryana: Father kills teen daughter for refusing to stay with 50-yr-old husband

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In Haryana's Kasaan village in Kaithal, a 17-year-old girl was killed by none other than her own father. Her offence? She did not want to live with a 50-year-old man, whom she was forced to marry.


Govt eases data policy for remote sensing satellites

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The government, late on Monday night, announced a forward looking and new data sharing policy for India's Remote Sensing satellites. The new policy effectively breaks the monopoly that Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had on the remote sensing sector. The policy makes it clear that now agencies other than ISRO can also be 'nodal agencies' for remote sensing.


Ghulam Nabi Azad calls homosexuality 'unnatural' and a 'disease'

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Men having sex with men (MSM) is not only a "disease" but also "unnatural", Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Monday, a comment that is likely to raise the hackles of activists who have struggled to decriminalise homosexuality.


Paid my own bill for overstay to watch Wimbledon: Krishna

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External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today found himself in a controversy over his extended stay in London to watch a Wimbledon match but maintained the expenditure incurred during those two days were paid out of his "own pocket."


After controversial remarks, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Bangladesh

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Bangladesh on September 6 and 7. The announcement comes days after the Prime Minister's controversial remark that a quarter of all Bangladeshis were influenced by the Jamaat and close to the ISI.


Manmohan Singh talks with Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on phone

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday spoke to his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina, soon after his two-day visit to the eastern neighbour Sep 6-7 was announced, to give her a sense of the highest importance that New Delhi attaches to its relations with Dhaka.


Advani blogs on all-party meet on Lokpal

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Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani has described the all-party meeting on the Lokpal bill as "unique and without precedent", saying it was unanimous in its criticism of the government.


Lokpal should cover PM’s office, blogs Advani

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Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani on Monday described as "unique and without precedent" an all-party meeting on the Lokpal bill, saying it was unanimous in its criticism of the government.


Telangana crisis: 10 Congress MPs quit, 48-hour bandh called

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As Telangana starts to coil with political tension, the union government finds itself on disconcertingly familiar territory in Andhra Pradesh.


Priests lathicharged in Puri after overcrowding near chariots, 20 injured

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Violence marred the Rath Yatra celebrations in Puri today after over 20 sevayats or temple servitors were left injured in a police lathicharge following a heated exchange over the overcrowding of the chariots parked near the Gundicha temple.


Tea with Kalmadi: 3 Tihar Jail officials suspended

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What has been suspected for quite some time has finally been confirmed - VIPs do get VIP treatment even if they are in jail. After holding an inquiry, Tihar Jail officials have confirmed that several inmates were flouting jail regulations like moving around freely inside jail premises and having tea with the jail officials.


Telangana will turn into a furnace, warns KCR

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Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) President K Chandrasekhar Rao has warned of intensifying the agitation from Tuesday in support of Telangana if the Centre continued to dilly-dally on the issue and demanded that immediate steps be taken for the formation of the separate state.


Congress in crisis mode: 11 of 15 ministers resign over Telangana

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Mounting pressure on the Centre for an early decision on separate Telangana, 10 Congress MPs and 39 of its MLAs, including 11 ministers, and 34 TDP MLAs from the region today resigned from Parliament and Andhra Pradesh Assembly.


Autorickshaw driver honoured for returning bag carrying gold jewellery

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An auto rickshaw driver from Kerala has been honoured in Dubai for his act of returning a bagful of gold ornaments worth at least half-a-million rupees to its rightful owner.


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