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  • Rajasthan healthcare paralysed as 5000 docs quit

    Jaipur: The public healthcare crisis in Rajasthan on Friday worsened after 5000 striking doctors decided to put in the resignations crippling the system in the state.

    The resignations came after over 200 striking doctors were arrested by the Rajasthan government...

    Jaipur: The public healthcare crisis in Rajasthan on Friday worsened after 5000 striking doctors decided to put in the resignations crippling the system in the state.

    The resignations came after over 200 striking doctors were arrested by the Rajasthan government...

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  • Lokpal Bill is in, jury is out

    New Delhi Virtually forced into drafting it, the government today introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha that aims to fight corruption via the Lokpal at the centre and Lokayuktas in the states, an unprecedented oversight body whose members are selected, and which is set to be dominated by members of the higher judiciary....

    New Delhi Virtually forced into drafting it, the government today introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha that aims to fight corruption via the Lokpal at the centre and Lokayuktas in the states, an unprecedented oversight body whose members are selected, and which is set to be dominated by members of the higher judiciary....

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  • UP polls ahead, govt clears 4.5% minority quota within OBC 27%

    New Delhi The government today decided to create a 4.5 per cent sub-quota for backward minorities within the 27 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in jobs and admission to educational institutions....

    New Delhi The government today decided to create a 4.5 per cent sub-quota for backward minorities within the 27 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in jobs and admission to educational institutions....

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  • Review: Shah Rukh Khan makes Don 2 work

    Ever since Farhan Akhtar gave us the delectable Dil Chahta Hai (smartly written, well acted, a trendsetter of sorts), he has failed to better, or even get close to, his debut effort. His production company may have churned out some pretty memorable films since (Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd, Rock On, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara), but his own directorial ventures have been mediocre. Lakshya suffered from a Dil Chahta Hai-wannabe first half fused with a JP Dutta-styled second. Don, the remake of Chandra Barot’s highly enjoyable 1978 caper, with its harebrained finale, was a complete letdown...

    Ever since Farhan Akhtar gave us the delectable Dil Chahta Hai (smartly written, well acted, a trendsetter of sorts), he has failed to better, or even get close to, his debut effort. His production company may have churned out some pretty memorable films since (Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd, Rock On, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara), but his own directorial ventures have been mediocre. Lakshya suffered from a Dil Chahta Hai-wannabe first half fused with a JP Dutta-styled second. Don, the remake of Chandra Barot’s highly enjoyable 1978 caper, with its harebrained finale, was a complete letdown...

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  • Will go to jail if we don't get a place to protest: Anna Hazare

    New Delhi: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare continued his attack on the government over the Lokpal Bill, calling the government's way of drafting the bill as the 'British rule'. "The way the government has drafted the bill reminds me of the British rule," Hazare said in Ralegaon Siddhi on Friday...

    New Delhi: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare continued his attack on the government over the Lokpal Bill, calling the government's way of drafting the bill as the 'British rule'. "The way the government has drafted the bill reminds me of the British rule," Hazare said in Ralegaon Siddhi on Friday...

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  • Bhanwari Devi's husband seeks isolation in jail

    Jodhpur: Missing nurse Bhanwari Devi's husband Amarchand on Thursday urged the CBI court to keep him in isolation in the jail as he feared persecution by the three other arrested accused.

    Admitting his request, the court directed the jail administration to keep Amarchand away from the three other accused and sent him to judicial custody till January 3...

    Jodhpur: Missing nurse Bhanwari Devi's husband Amarchand on Thursday urged the CBI court to keep him in isolation in the jail as he feared persecution by the three other arrested accused.

    Admitting his request, the court directed the jail administration to keep Amarchand away from the three other accused and sent him to judicial custody till January 3...

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  • Lokpal Bill to be introduced in Parliament today

    NEW DELHI: The government is all set to introduce the Lokpal Bill in the Lok Sabha on Thursday as parliament session has been extended for three days from December 27 to facilitate its passage.

    NEW DELHI: The government is all set to introduce the Lokpal Bill in the Lok Sabha on Thursday as parliament session has been extended for three days from December 27 to facilitate its passage.

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  • HC: Centre may represent India in Gita ban case

    MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed that the central government may consider representing the Indian position before the Russian court which is to decide on banning the Bhagwad Gita....

    MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed that the central government may consider representing the Indian position before the Russian court which is to decide on banning the Bhagwad Gita....

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  • Oil, gas pipeline attacks will entail death Close

    NEW DELHI:In a tough stand against terror attacks targeting oil and gas pipelines in the country, Parliament on Wednesday passed an amendment to the Petroleum Pipelines Act that makes such activities punishable by even death sentence....

    NEW DELHI:In a tough stand against terror attacks targeting oil and gas pipelines in the country, Parliament on Wednesday passed an amendment to the Petroleum Pipelines Act that makes such activities punishable by even death sentence....

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  • Govt to introduce Food Security Bill in Lok Sabha today

    NEW DELHI: The government will introduce the Food Security Bill, which seeks to give legal right on cheaper foodgrains to 63.5 per cent of the country's population, in the Lok Sabha on Thursday....

    NEW DELHI: The government will introduce the Food Security Bill, which seeks to give legal right on cheaper foodgrains to 63.5 per cent of the country's population, in the Lok Sabha on Thursday....

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