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  • Mamata Banerjee, Jayalalithaa, Narendra Modi oppose NCTC; meeting fails to break logjam

    NEW DELHI: Key UPA ally Mamata Banerjee today led a host of chief ministers in opposing NCTC, stating that there is no need for such a body while other non-Congress ruled states alleged it violates the federal structure and demanded drastic changes in the proposed law.

    NEW DELHI: Key UPA ally Mamata Banerjee today led a host of chief ministers in opposing NCTC, stating that there is no need for such a body while other non-Congress ruled states alleged it violates the federal structure and demanded drastic changes in the proposed law.

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  • Punjab Mail derails near Rohtak, 19 injured

    Rohtak (Haryana), May 6: At least 19 passengers were injured when eight coaches of the Delhi-bound Firozpur-Mumbai Punjab Mail derailed near Kharawar village, about 14 km from here, in the wee hours today.
    Alok Mittal, the IGP of the Rohtak Range, informed the incident took place around 3:30 AM.

    Rohtak (Haryana), May 6: At least 19 passengers were injured when eight coaches of the Delhi-bound Firozpur-Mumbai Punjab Mail derailed near Kharawar village, about 14 km from here, in the wee hours today.
    Alok Mittal, the IGP of the Rohtak Range, informed the incident took place around 3:30 AM.

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  • Pranab leading the presidential race?

    New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee appears to be emerging as front runner in the race for Presidents post within his party and outside with allies and some others backing him.

    New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee appears to be emerging as front runner in the race for Presidents post within his party and outside with allies and some others backing him.

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  • 12-day hostage crisis ends, Sukma collector released

    Raipur: After 12 days in captivity, Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon was today released unharmed by Maoists bringing to an end the hostage crisis in Chattisgarh marked by some anxious moments just before he stepped out of the rebel stronghold.

    Raipur: After 12 days in captivity, Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon was today released unharmed by Maoists bringing to an end the hostage crisis in Chattisgarh marked by some anxious moments just before he stepped out of the rebel stronghold.

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  • Arushi murder case: Nupur Talwar denied bail, moves Supreme Court

    GHAZIABAD: Holding that legal history is replete with instances of filicide, a special CBI court today denied bail to dentist Nupur Talwar in the sensational 2008 double murder of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj.

    GHAZIABAD: Holding that legal history is replete with instances of filicide, a special CBI court today denied bail to dentist Nupur Talwar in the sensational 2008 double murder of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj.

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  • MPs flay Ramdev for his dacoits, criminals remark

    New Delhi: Members of Parliament, cutting across party lines, today lambasted yoga guru Swami Ramdev for his remark that dacoits and criminals were sitting inside Parliament.Swami Ramdev, while addressing a rally in Dalli Rajhara in Chhatisgarh on May Day, had remarked about MPs : "They are dacoits. They are devils in the guise of human beings. Robbers and criminals are sitting inside parliament and we have to save parliament from such people."

    New Delhi: Members of Parliament, cutting across party lines, today lambasted yoga guru Swami Ramdev for his remark that dacoits and criminals were sitting inside Parliament.Swami Ramdev, while addressing a rally in Dalli Rajhara in Chhatisgarh on May Day, had remarked about MPs : "They are dacoits. They are devils in the guise of human beings. Robbers and criminals are sitting inside parliament and we have to save parliament from such people."

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  • Boy threatens suicide as HC refuses to hear plea on sex change

    Mumbai: 21-year-old Guwahati student Bidhan Barua, who feels he is a woman trapped in man’s body, today threatened to commit suicide after the Bombay High Court refused to hear his petition urging for a direction to his parents to allow him undergo a sex change operation.

    Mumbai: 21-year-old Guwahati student Bidhan Barua, who feels he is a woman trapped in man’s body, today threatened to commit suicide after the Bombay High Court refused to hear his petition urging for a direction to his parents to allow him undergo a sex change operation.

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  • Lokpal will only fill jails, APJ Abdul Kalam says

    RANCHI: Expressing doubts whether creation of Lokpal will put a lid on corruption completely, former President APJ Abdul Kalam on Tuesday said Lokpal would only fill up jails and children and youth could begin eradicating corruption from home. "What Lokpal will do is if it finds anyone guilty it would put them in jail, and jails will be filled up. What we want is nobody should go to jail ... as we want good human beings," Kalam said while interacting with children here.

    RANCHI: Expressing doubts whether creation of Lokpal will put a lid on corruption completely, former President APJ Abdul Kalam on Tuesday said Lokpal would only fill up jails and children and youth could begin eradicating corruption from home. "What Lokpal will do is if it finds anyone guilty it would put them in jail, and jails will be filled up. What we want is nobody should go to jail ... as we want good human beings," Kalam said while interacting with children here.

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  • Maoists to release abducted Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon on May 3

    BHOPAL: Outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) on Tuesday night announced that they would release abducted collector Alex Paul Menon on May 3 in front of the people of Tadmetla in south Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.

    BHOPAL: Outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) on Tuesday night announced that they would release abducted collector Alex Paul Menon on May 3 in front of the people of Tadmetla in south Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.

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  • Assam tragedy: 2 boats capsize, 103 feared dead

    Guwahati: A fierce storm in Assam has caused not one but two boats to capsize on the Brahmaputra river. In the first incident, 103 people, including women and children, have drowned after a ferry carrying 350 people capsized in Dhubri distirct.

    Guwahati: A fierce storm in Assam has caused not one but two boats to capsize on the Brahmaputra river. In the first incident, 103 people, including women and children, have drowned after a ferry carrying 350 people capsized in Dhubri distirct.

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