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DU violating Supreme Court norms : Lyngdoh
Saturday, September 01, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Education , Legal
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The former chief election commissioner J.M. Lyngdoh has said that the Delhi University (DU) is violating Supreme Court-mandated norms for conducting students’ elections. By holding direct elections to its student body, DU is flouting the apex court's guidelines. “My recommendations clearly say that large universities — like Delhi University or Bombay University — should h
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Karat speaks out : Nuke deal
Saturday, September 01, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Politics
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Prakash Karat said that the CPM’s stand on the nuclear deal were not at all connected with China and that any one making such allegations were either “ignorant” or “bought over”. Speaking about “US hegemony” Karat said the US wanted Delhi to act as a counterweight against Beijing’s political, military and economic might.
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Hegemony
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Liberhan Commission's term extended
Saturday, September 01, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Legal
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The tenure of the Justice Liberhan Commission -which is probing the sequence of events leading to the demolition of the Babri Masjid - has been extended by two months by the government. The Commission was set up on December 16, 1992 and began sittings from January 1993.
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Liberhan-Commission
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YouTube returns to Thailand
Saturday, September 01, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Technology , Youth
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The popular social networking site YouTube is back in Thailand after being banned for five months. The Thai censors have lifted their ban on the website after Youtube's management has agreed to block any future clips that are deemed offensive to Thai culture or that violate Thai laws.
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Thailand
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Back-door entry for actor : Salman Released
Saturday, September 01, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Entertainment
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Actor Salman Khan who was released on bail from a Jodhpur jail yesterday, returned back to his Bandra home last night. However, there was a 'filmi' twist to the story as the actor and his girlfriend Katrina Kaif, jumped over a wall to enter his own house, as a large number of fans had gathered outside his house and had blocked the entrance to the building.
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Salman-Khan
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Beijinfg closely watching nuke deal
Saturday, September 01, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Foreign Affairs
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The Chinese ambassador to India, Sun Yuxi, said that while Beijing is closely monitoring the “very fierce’’ debate taking place in India with regard to the Civilian nuclear deal, it is taking a cautious view on the matter due to the complicated nature of the deal.
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Ambassador
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'New FDI policy expected in two weeks' : Kamal Nath
Friday, August 31, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Finance
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The Minister for Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath said that the government is likely to unveil the much awaited foreign direct investment (FDI) policy within the next two weeks. The policy is likely to allow 100 percent FDI in India's booming aviation sector.
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FDI
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Female foeticide could trigger sexual violence, says UN
Friday, August 31, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Social Issues
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The UN has issued a warning that female foeticide in India which is increasing could spark a demographic crisis wherein due to lesser number of women in soceity there would be a rise in sexual violence and child abuse as well as wife-sharing.
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Female-Foeticide
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Former minister's grandson held on charges of sleaze : Punjab
Friday, August 31, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Crime
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Ramneek Lal Sharma, the grandson of a former Punjab minister is in deep trouble. Sharma has been arrested by the Chandigarh Police for putting spycams in a house which he rented out to girls who lived there as paying guests. Sharma however denies having any malafide intentions, stating the cameras were installed as a security measure.
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Spycams
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PM receives flak on nuke deal : Parliament
Tuesday, August 14, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Politics
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The UPA were the lone supporters of the nuclear deal. With the other parties including the Left joining the BJP and the UNPA in a protest walkout over the PM’s much-awaited statement on the nuclear deal, the PM faced the ignominy of being drowned out by sloganeering from UNPA MPs who kept up a constant chant through his 30-minute speech.
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