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  • Differences with senior Cabinet colleagues led to Jayanthi Natarajan's exit

    NEW DELHI: Environment and forests minister Jayanthi Natarajan's exit from the key ministry followed persistent differences with senior Cabinet colleagues as important projects missed clearance deadlines set by the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI).

    NEW DELHI: Environment and forests minister Jayanthi Natarajan's exit from the key ministry followed persistent differences with senior Cabinet colleagues as important projects missed clearance deadlines set by the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI).

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  • Karunanidhi gets New Year greetings from Sonia

    CHENNAI: A week after DMK chief M Karunanidhi and other senior leaders lashed out at Congress for betraying its interests and that of Tamils, AICC president Sonia Gandhi sent him her greetings for the New Year. The DMK chief had gone a step further during its general council meeting on December 14 to categorically rule out an alliance with Congress for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

    CHENNAI: A week after DMK chief M Karunanidhi and other senior leaders lashed out at Congress for betraying its interests and that of Tamils, AICC president Sonia Gandhi sent him her greetings for the New Year. The DMK chief had gone a step further during its general council meeting on December 14 to categorically rule out an alliance with Congress for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

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  • BJP top brass to meet today to discuss LS campaign

    NEW DELHI: Members of the BJP parliamentary board and chief ministers of party-ruled states will meet here on Tuesday to work out the outlines of the party's campaign for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

    NEW DELHI: Members of the BJP parliamentary board and chief ministers of party-ruled states will meet here on Tuesday to work out the outlines of the party's campaign for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

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  • BJP MPs seek probe into Robert Vadra's land deals in Rajasthan

    NEW DELHI: Five senior BJP MPs have written to new Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje demanding a probe, under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, into Robert Vadra's land deals in the state during the reign of the Congress government.

    NEW DELHI: Five senior BJP MPs have written to new Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje demanding a probe, under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, into Robert Vadra's land deals in the state during the reign of the Congress government.

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  • Seasons first snowfall in Srinagar claims two lives

    SRINAGAR/SHIMLA/MANALI: The first snowfall of this season in the valley triggered an avalanche on Sunday that claimed the lives of two women in Tulail sector of Gurez area in Kupwara district of north Kashmir.

    SRINAGAR/SHIMLA/MANALI: The first snowfall of this season in the valley triggered an avalanche on Sunday that claimed the lives of two women in Tulail sector of Gurez area in Kupwara district of north Kashmir.

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  • Bardhan-Naveen Patnaik meeting fuels third front talk

     BHUBANESWAR: Veteran CPI leader AB Bardhan called on chief minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik here on Sunday, fuelling speculation of formation of a third front before the 2014 elections.

     BHUBANESWAR: Veteran CPI leader AB Bardhan called on chief minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik here on Sunday, fuelling speculation of formation of a third front before the 2014 elections.

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  • After 30 years, Tejas a step closer to induction

    BANGALORE: It's a lean, mean but not yet fully ready to fight machine. The homegrown Tejas light combat aircraft ( LCA) is now fully airworthy but it will take at least another 18 months for the fighter to become capable of firing long-range missiles and integral guns as well as undergo mid-air refuelling to double its strike range.

    BANGALORE: It's a lean, mean but not yet fully ready to fight machine. The homegrown Tejas light combat aircraft ( LCA) is now fully airworthy but it will take at least another 18 months for the fighter to become capable of firing long-range missiles and integral guns as well as undergo mid-air refuelling to double its strike range.

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  • Order central probe into Snoopgate: Congress

    NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday petitioned President Pranab Mukherjee that the Centre order an inquiry into the snooping scandal involving Gujarat chief minister and BJP's PM candidate Narendra Modi and his confidant Amit Shah.

    NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday petitioned President Pranab Mukherjee that the Centre order an inquiry into the snooping scandal involving Gujarat chief minister and BJP's PM candidate Narendra Modi and his confidant Amit Shah.

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  • Only five relief camps now, says UP government

    LUCKNOW: As a team of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) visited the riot-hit Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts on Friday, the UP government went into an overdrive to enumerate the relief measures taken for the victims living in camps.

    LUCKNOW: As a team of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) visited the riot-hit Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts on Friday, the UP government went into an overdrive to enumerate the relief measures taken for the victims living in camps.

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  • 1st Test: Cheteshwar Pujara ton gives India 320-run lead

    JOHANNESBURG: India are living a dream. A win for MS Dhoni's men on the bouncy Wanderers sounded like an absurd proposition three days back. In another day or two, it could well become reality, courtesy a superb all-round effort.

    JOHANNESBURG: India are living a dream. A win for MS Dhoni's men on the bouncy Wanderers sounded like an absurd proposition three days back. In another day or two, it could well become reality, courtesy a superb all-round effort.

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