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Tharoor, Pushkar are husband and wife now
( 22-Aug-2010 )
Palakkad: At about 8.30 a.m., Shashi Tharoor tied the auspicious 'thali' around long-time friend Sunanda Pushkar's neck, exchanged jasmine garlands with her and presented her with a 'podava' or new set of clothes, in a traditional Kerala Hindu wedding solemnised at the MP's a .... |
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Anger in Nepal as PM poll likely to fail again
( 22-Aug-2010 )
Kathmandu: Amidst growing anger at the failure of Nepal's major parties to elect a new prime minister even after four rounds of vote, nearly two dozen other parties have threatened to boycott parliament and start a protest movement if Monday's election also fails.
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Can Connaught Place mess be cleared by month end?
( 22-Aug-2010 )
New Delhi: Traffic-clogged roads, heaps of debris, rain-soaked slush, lack of parking space...Even as Connaught Place, the famous shopping landmark and city centre of Delhi, has been reduced to a travesty of its former self, the authorities hope to clear the mess by the end of this month.
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Soon, non-lethal weapons to tackle Kashmir rioters
( 22-Aug-2010 )
Srinagar: Police and paramilitary forces deployed in the Kashmir Valley are set to change from lethal to non-lethal weapons like Taser guns, pellets and pepper balls after 62 civilians lost their lives in the ongoing unrest. But their efficacy is still in question.
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Chairman Mao's Long March hits a high note in Nepal
( 22-Aug-2010 )
Kathmandu: Almost eight decades after he led the famous Long March of the Red Army, an incredible year-long odyssey overcoming starvation, sickness and decimating ambushes, late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong has hit a high note in Nepal, courtesy the Maoists who drew their inspiration from him.
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Bangladesh opposition protests move to bring back Zia's son
( 22-Aug-2010 )
Dhaka: Leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) held a nationwide demonstration Sunday against the government's move to bring back their leader Khaleda Zia's son from Thailand where he is undergoing treatment after his parole in 2008. He was arrested for alleged corruption.
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Nepal Army crosses swords with Maoists on UN monitors
( 21-Aug-2010 )
Kathmandu: Hemmed in with severe restrictions for four years, Nepal's army has begun to get restive, asking the government for the first time not to extend the tenure of a UN agency monitoring troops as well as the Maoist army even as the Maoists sought an additional year for it.
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Nuclear liability bill in parliament next week
( 21-Aug-2010 )
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha will take up the nuclear liability bill for discussion next week, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Prithviraj Chavan informed the upper house. The cabinet Friday approved 18 changes in the draft bill on the lines of the recommendation of the Parliamentary S .... |
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Women's bill to be tabled soon: Moily
( 21-Aug-2010 )
New Delhi: Asking MPs to shed their "male chauvinist approach", Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily has said the controversial women's reservation bill would be tabled in the Lok Sabha "soon", with some changes.
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50,000 displaced in Assam floods
( 21-Aug-2010 )
Guwahati: Heavy monsoon rains triggered flash floods in Assam displacing at least 50,000 people in the state's Lakhimpur district, officials said. No casualties have been reported. A government spokesperson said floodwaters of Singora river, a tributary of the Brahmaputra river, entere .... |
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