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Pharma firm run by minister's wife, sons and nephews swiftly became a...
Railways Minister Pawan Bansal has officially distanced himself from his nephew Vijay Singla, arrested on a bribery charge implicating his uncle. However, the businesses owned by the minister's wife...
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Cobrapost fails to sting bank stocks BS
Banking stocks remained unruffled in the face of fresh allegations of money-laundering by banks and insurers made in the latest revelations by online magazine Cobrapost. Banking stocks remained flat,...
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Though at current prices the stock could be factoring in most concerns, it...
The Petronet LNG scrip has lost around 20 per cent since its 52-week high in November last year, due to lower volume estimates brought on by delays at its new five million tonnes per annum (mtpa)...
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CBI puts law minister, A-G in the dock BS Reporter | New Delhi
Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, a joint secretary in the Prime Minister's Office and a joint secretary in the coal ministry had not only seen the draft status report on investigations into the coal block...
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Lenders recovered Rs 1,000-cr dues from Kingfisher: SBI chairman BS
A consortium of banks, led by the State Bank of India (SBI), has recovered Rs 800-1,000 crore from debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines, and is in the process of recovering the remaining dues of about Rs...
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Indian envoy called on SLA commander to receive ‘best wishes’
[TamilNet, Monday, 06 May 2013, 21:26 GMT]The outgoing High Commissioner and designated Secretary-East of New Delhi Establishment’s Ministry of External Affairs, Ashok K. Kantha, called on genocidal...
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[TamilNet, Monday, 06 May 2013, 14:14 GMT]A 12-member squad that came in 4 motorbikes attacked 48-year-old V. Sahadevan, the president of a newly formed group named War Affected Peoples' Movement...
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May 5, 2013, 10:15 pmBy Norman PalihawadaneThe Peliyagoda Crime Division, on Saturday, busted a gang of security forces deserters, who had cheated people to the tune of millions of rupees on the...
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The debris of a Russian built Antonov passenger aircraft is pulled out from sea bottom with the help of a crane during a salvage mission in Iranativu isle, off Mannar cost, about 180 kilometers (113...
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Sri Lanka celebrates its Independence every year on a grand scale; politicians wrap themselves in the flag and treat us to patriotic grandiloquence but, curiously, the country remains dependent on...
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Cleveland officials hail bravery of missing women
Steve Anthony, FBI Special Agent: "The healing can now begin"Officials have praised the bravery of three women who have been found alive in a Cleveland, Ohio, home after vanishing about a decade...
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US accuses China government and military of cyber-spying
China has been accused of multiple cyber-attacks on US interests, which it deniesChina's government and military have targeted US government computers as part of a cyber espionage campaign, a US...
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Queen to miss Commonwealth meeting
The Queen is the Commonwealth's symbolic head and has no formal powers over the 54 countriesFor the first time since 1973 the Queen will not be attending the Commonwealth heads of government meeting...
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Why China seeks better relations with India
China and India fought a brief war over their disputed Himalayan borders in 1962On Sunday, India and China began pulling back troops from disputed territory near their ill-defined border in the Ladakh...
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The Great Chinese Trick: India retreated, they didn't! IT
Chinese post a few kilometers away from Daulat Beg Oldi sector.Did India pay too heavy a price for the disengagement in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir that was treated as a major victory for Indian...
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Imran Khan injured in Pakistan campaign rally fall
Footage shows the moment that Imran Khan fell from the makeshift liftLeading Pakistani politician Imran Khan has been hurt after falling off a makeshift lift that was taking him onto a stage at an...
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Canada’s spectacular ‘Castles of the North’ By John Lee
Canadian Pacific Railway executives breathed a sigh of relief when they completed the first railroad linking eastern and western Canada in 1885. But building the line was one thing; getting people to...
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Obama: North Korea's crisis-for-concession days 'over'
President Obama: North Korea will no longer be rewarded for provocative behaviour North Korea will no longer be rewarded for provocative behaviour, US President Barack Obama has said at a joint news...
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Windows 8 update: Microsoft crisis or business as usual?
By Mark GregoryTechnology correspondent, BBC World ServiceSteve Ballmer said people had been "blown away" by early Windows 8 devices If you want an object lesson in how journalists can spin a story...
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Cleveland officials hail bravery of missing women
Elsie Cintron told the BBC her granddaughter saw a "naked lady crawling in the backyard" Police have praised the bravery of three women found alive on Monday evening in a house in Cleveland, Ohio,...
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