Nature of terrorist onslaughts shows they have assumed a lethal global reach: Patil
President Pratibha Patil has said that the scale and nature of terrorist onslaughts were a grim reminder of the fact that it has assumed a lethal global reach and all States were potentially
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President appoints Governors for Assam, Gujarat, Tripura
The President of India on Saturday appointed Janki Ballabh Patnaik, Dr. Kamla, and Dr. D.Y..Patil as the new Governors of Assam, Gujarat and Tripura respectively.
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Metro train stalls again, commuters stuck
Delhi Metro's Dwarka to Noida line went haywire Saturday morning till noon. Hundreds of passengers where stuck when power supply failed. Consequently after long delays many commuters waiting on platforms took a refund on their tickets and opted for other means of transport.
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India's swine flu toll touches 553
As many as 10 swine flu deaths were reported Saturday in the country, including four in Maharashtra alone, taking the toll in India to 553, health department officials said here.
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India to have its first arbitration centre soon
With the aim of reducing the number of pending arbitration cases in India, a new arbitration centre will be inaugurated in the Delhi High Court complex next week.
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Sandeep rested for Champions Challenge, Rajpal named captain
The controversy surrounding Sandeep Singh's fitness has finally been put at rest. The drag flicker has now been ruled out with a back problem from the Champions Challenge hockey tournament, thus confirming the fears of coach Jose Brasa, whose announcement about Sandeep's fitness raised a storm.
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China wants a Chinese version of Tibetan Buddhism, says Dalai Lama
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Saturday said that China wants a Dalai Lama of China's Tibet or a Chinese version of Tibetan Buddhism, which he said was very strange.
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Court ask school to let student sit for exam
Coming to the rescue of a Class 1 student, a city court Saturday asked a school to allow her to appear in the examination despite her father's dispute with the school authorities over fee payment.
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Delhi tech university introduces research fellowships to attract talent
In an endeavour to attract the best talent to teaching and research, a leading technology university here has initiated 25 teaching-cum-research fellowships (TRFs), including 20 at the doctoral level and five at the post-doctoral level.
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Stop stimulus, use money to help poor: World's Communists
The financial bailout packages by various governments are not radical enough to pull the world out of the economic downturn, but would only help to enlarge the profit avenues of corporate houses, according to communist leaders from around the world.
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