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Time will tell if Zardari can fight terrorism: PM
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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PARIS: Contending that there is an upsurge of infiltration from Pakistan and increase in ceasefire violations, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has s
aid that only time can tell whether the country's new President has the will to fight terrorism and move in the right direction.
Describing his last week's meeting with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari as a "good encounter", Singh said "he (Zarda
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State to drop all MCOCA charges against Salem
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 www.dnaindia.com
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He had contended that charging him under the Act was violation of his extradition treaty
The state government on Monday informed the Bombay High Court that charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against gangster Abu Salem will be dropped in two weeks’ time.
Salem, who was extradited from Portugal in 2005, has three criminal trials pending against him — the
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52 Somalis have died when the boat smuggling them across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen broke down.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 www.indianexpress.com
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Foreign Affairs
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New York: At least 52 Somalis have died when the boat smuggling them across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen broke down and they were left adrift with no food or water for 18 days, United Nations has said
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) staff in Yemen, 71 people survived the incident. They were rescued after the boat drifted into Yemeni coastal waters on September
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Several injured in fresh violence in Orissa
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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More than a dozen people were injured in fresh violence in Orissa's Kandhamal district, where clashes between Hindus and Christians have claimed at least 30 lives in the past month.
A mob set fire to Christian homes and a church in Rudangia village under Udauagiri police station. The two sides then clashed with each other, leaving over a dozen injured, a police official told IANS by phone from K
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Sweat and sex on the gym floor
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Mumbai: Wearing Spandex tights under a racerback tee, Natasha D'souza (name changed) wound her thigh around a pole, her black and yellow striped ankle high shoes holding the grip, while she threw her head back seductively.
The 28 year-old Mulund-based stylist is among a whole breed of urban Indian women who are ditching the tedious treadmill routine to adopt pole dancing, a regime that mixes fit
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Khaki forces go for green
Monday, September 29, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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HYDERABAD: If the green initiatives taken by the men (and women) in khaki are anything to go by, the force could well earn itself a tag or two on its ecofriendliness . Well, as part of The Times of India's ongoing green campaign , it was the police force yet again, this time the Special Armed Reserve - Central Police Lines (SAR-CPL ) that undertook an impressive plantation drive with the support
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Sharana Samskriti Utsava from Thursday
Monday, September 29, 2008 www.thehindu.com
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Chitradurga: Sharana Samskriti Utsava, a 10-day cultural and spiritual event, will begin here on October 2, according to a press release issued by Shivamurthy Murughaswamy of Murugharajendra Math.
The event will be held at the Old Middle School grounds. A huge pandal has been erected. Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Gulihatti Shekhar will inaugurate the State-level Jamura Cup Day and Night Kaba
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Students gather outside the RTI vehicle and ask questions regarding the Act.
Monday, September 29, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Cities
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AFTER spreading the message in Gujarat, the Right to Information on Wheels rolled out in Pune on Saturday spreading awareness among the people about their rights under the Act.
Mahiti Adhikar Gujarat Pahel (MAGP), RTI-on-Wheels is a vehicle exclusively designed to create awareness, as well as help the common man understand and effectively make use of this.
Well-equipped
The vehicle is equipped
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Moshe Shek talks about growing up in Mumbai
Monday, September 29, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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I grew up on Shepherd Road, Byculla in the early seventies. It was a quiet, intimate neighborhood, where we played lots of street games like marbles; quite unlike the video game culture followed by kids nowadays! It was very different back then - a lot less noisy, a lot less polluted, and hardly any traffic compared to today. I attended Hill Grange High School on Peddar Road, which has now shut do
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Chance of Tatas staying back slim, admits Buddha
Saturday, September 27, 2008 www.indianexpress.com
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Kolkata: At a CPM secretariat meeting held on Friday morning at Allimuddin Street, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee told party colleagues that the chance of the Tatas staying back in Bengal and operating in Singur were very slim.
Nonetheless, the Government would try its level best to keep the Nano project in the state.
Emerging from the meeting, Commerce and Industries Minister Nirupam Se
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