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  • Mumbai: Black flags shown to Anna on his way to Juhu

    Mumbai: Anti-corruption Anna Hazare was shown black flags by protestors while he was on his way to Juhu on Tuesday morning. The convoy of Anna, on way to Mahatma Gandhi's statue on Juhu beach, was briefly stopped by around 20 men carrying black flags and national tricolour and shouting "Anna Hazare murdabad", close to the guest house where the activist stayed on Monday night...

    Mumbai: Anti-corruption Anna Hazare was shown black flags by protestors while he was on his way to Juhu on Tuesday morning. The convoy of Anna, on way to Mahatma Gandhi's statue on Juhu beach, was briefly stopped by around 20 men carrying black flags and national tricolour and shouting "Anna Hazare murdabad", close to the guest house where the activist stayed on Monday night...

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  • India, Japan PMs to meet today, N-trade tops agenda

    NEW DELHI: Despite the Japanese Parliament, Diet, clearing Japan's civil nuclear cooperation with four other countries allowing it to resume its supply of nuclear reactors, India remains uncertain about the resumption of its own negotiations for such cooperation with Tokyo. Ahead of Japanese PM Yoshihiko Noda's visit to India on Tuesday for the 6th annual India-Japan summit, officials said the issue would be taken up in Noda's meeting with his counterpart Manmohan Singh, but added that it was not possible to say what the outcome would be....

    NEW DELHI: Despite the Japanese Parliament, Diet, clearing Japan's civil nuclear cooperation with four other countries allowing it to resume its supply of nuclear reactors, India remains uncertain about the resumption of its own negotiations for such cooperation with Tokyo. Ahead of Japanese PM Yoshihiko Noda's visit to India on Tuesday for the 6th annual India-Japan summit, officials said the issue would be taken up in Noda's meeting with his counterpart Manmohan Singh, but added that it was not possible to say what the outcome would be....

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  • Ambani brothers to meet on father's memorial today

    Rajkot: Two Ambani brothers, Mukesh and Anil, will be assembling in Chorwad, the native place of Dhirubhai Ambani in Junagarh district, on Tuesday on the eve of inauguration of a memorial of the late industrialist, ahead of his 80th birth anniversary that falls on December 28.

    "There is love between the two brothers. That is why, they are coming together," Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani, mother of Mukesh and Anil, said on Monday....

    Rajkot: Two Ambani brothers, Mukesh and Anil, will be assembling in Chorwad, the native place of Dhirubhai Ambani in Junagarh district, on Tuesday on the eve of inauguration of a memorial of the late industrialist, ahead of his 80th birth anniversary that falls on December 28.

    "There is love between the two brothers. That is why, they are coming together," Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani, mother of Mukesh and Anil, said on Monday....

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  • Team Anna-Govt at loggerheads over RSS photo

    New Delhi: Team Anna has hit back at the Congress's accusation that Anna Hazare is an RSS agent. It has released more photographs of senior Congress politicians with RSS leader Nanaji Deshmukh.

    Team Anna arrived in Mumbai ahead of its three-day fast, which will be followed by a 'jail bharo' (fill the jails) agitation....

    New Delhi: Team Anna has hit back at the Congress's accusation that Anna Hazare is an RSS agent. It has released more photographs of senior Congress politicians with RSS leader Nanaji Deshmukh.

    Team Anna arrived in Mumbai ahead of its three-day fast, which will be followed by a 'jail bharo' (fill the jails) agitation....

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  • 40 patients dead as Rajasthan doctors' strike continues

    JAIPUR: Medical services in Rajasthan remained badly affected on the fifth day of the strike by resident doctors Sunday, with at least 40 patients dying across the state so far far due to the agitation, officials said.

    Some 3,500 doctors have struck work since Wednesday to press for a pay hike and other demands. About 400 doctors have been arrested till now for violating the Rajasthan Essential Services Maintenance Act (RESMA) clamped by the state government....

    JAIPUR: Medical services in Rajasthan remained badly affected on the fifth day of the strike by resident doctors Sunday, with at least 40 patients dying across the state so far far due to the agitation, officials said.

    Some 3,500 doctors have struck work since Wednesday to press for a pay hike and other demands. About 400 doctors have been arrested till now for violating the Rajasthan Essential Services Maintenance Act (RESMA) clamped by the state government....

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  • North India shivers, death toll 128

    NEW DELHI: The entire North India shivered today as icy winds lashed the region claiming five more lives pushing the country-wide death toll this winter to 128.

    All the fresh deaths occurred overnight in Uttar Pradesh which has so far accounted for 88 fatalities....

    NEW DELHI: The entire North India shivered today as icy winds lashed the region claiming five more lives pushing the country-wide death toll this winter to 128.

    All the fresh deaths occurred overnight in Uttar Pradesh which has so far accounted for 88 fatalities....

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  • Muslim bodies slam Congress for sub-quota in OBC category

    LUCKNOW: In a joint statement the Peace Party and the Pasmanda Samaj, an outfit of backward muslims, have condemned the Congress led UPA government for introducing sub-quota for minorities in other backward classes (OBC) category....

    LUCKNOW: In a joint statement the Peace Party and the Pasmanda Samaj, an outfit of backward muslims, have condemned the Congress led UPA government for introducing sub-quota for minorities in other backward classes (OBC) category....

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  • Union Budget to be delayed by a week due to polls

    New Delhi: The Union Budget is likely to be delayed by a few days, government sources have said.

    The Union budget and Railway budget are likely to be tabled in the first week of March, they said...

    New Delhi: The Union Budget is likely to be delayed by a few days, government sources have said.

    The Union budget and Railway budget are likely to be tabled in the first week of March, they said...

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  • Team Anna to pay Rs 7 lakh for MMRDA ground

    Ralegan Siddhi/Mumbai: Anna Hazare on Friday braced himself up for a three-day fast in Mumbai from December 27, forced to cough up about Rs 7 lakh as rental for the MMRDA ground after the Bombay High Court rejected a petition seeking free or discounted rates for the venue....

    Ralegan Siddhi/Mumbai: Anna Hazare on Friday braced himself up for a three-day fast in Mumbai from December 27, forced to cough up about Rs 7 lakh as rental for the MMRDA ground after the Bombay High Court rejected a petition seeking free or discounted rates for the venue....

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  • Social networking sites summoned by court

    New Delhi: In yet another blow to 21 social networking sites including Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and YouTube, a Delhi court on Friday issued summons to them for facing trial for allegedly webcasting objectionable contents....

    New Delhi: In yet another blow to 21 social networking sites including Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and YouTube, a Delhi court on Friday issued summons to them for facing trial for allegedly webcasting objectionable contents....

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