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National News
Alternate framework mooted for Darjeeling Hills
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The centre, the West Bengal government and representatives of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), at their tripartite talks here Tuesday, agreed in principl... More
Tata Motors secures funding for Jaguar-Land Rover
Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) Auto major Tata Motors Tuesday said it has secured funding from commercial banks for its luxury unit Jaguar-Land Rover and no longer needs financial assistan... More
Kashmiri Pandits welcome jobs package, others cry foul
Jammu, Aug 11 (IANS) Kashmiri Pandits are overjoyed at the announcement of 15,000 jobs for community members who migrated from the Kashmir Valley due to the threat of militancy, b... More
Swine flu causes panic buying of masks in Delhi
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) With swine flu spreading panic, face masks are flying off the shelf at pharmacy shops in the capital. Chemists say they are not getting fresh supplies as ... More
Sex workers urge Azad to help them tackle swine flu
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Fearing that swine flu could spread faster in red light areas as they are frequented by hundreds of foreigners, an association of sex workers Tuesday wrot... More
Youth passes off as girl, spends 13 days in women's hostel
Bhubaneswar, Aug 11 (IANS) A 16-year-old youth passed himself off as a girl and lived almost two weeks in a hostel for destitute women in Orissa's Bolangir district before his act... More
Earthquake jolts India's east coast, no casualties
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) A strong earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale struck north of the Andaman islands early Tuesday and jolted not just the archipelago but large par... More
Economy upswing: Indians' optimism second only to Indonesians
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Consumer confidence in India is on an upswing with the country ranking second, next only to Indonesia, in the Global Confidence Survey conducted by market... More
Monster, ITC to launch rural job portal
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Online headhunter Monster India and ITC e-Choupal, a digital platform for farmers, have tied up to launch a website for job seekers in rural India.
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Madhya Pradesh schools sensitise children about swine flu
Bhopal, Aug 11 (IANS) A group of Madhya Pradesh schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) have decided to step up awareness about swine flu among stude... More
Sinha, Shourie axed from BJP meet for pubic criticism
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Tuesday admitted that former cabinet ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie have been dropped from a key party me... More
Tripura chief minister bereaved
Agartala, Aug 11 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Manik Sarkar lost his mother Anjali Sarkar here Tuesday.
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Markets end in green, Sensex up 57 points
Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) Indian equities ended trade in the green Tuesday, with a key index gaining 57 points after volatile trading most of the day.
The 30... More
H1N1 kills three more, toll reaches 10
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Three more people died of the H1N1 influenza Tuesday, with one death each reported from Pune, Vadodara and Mumbai, taking the total number of people kille... More
High alert ahead of I-Day
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS)The home ministry has warned the police in three cities to raise their levels of preparedness to face up to any terror attack in the runup to Independence ... More |
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