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UK suspends students’ visas in north India |
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Faced with a significant increase in the number in visa-seekers, the UK will temporarily stop accepting student visa applications in New Delhi, Jalandhar and Chandigarh from February 1. The steep rise in ... |
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Amar woos Maya, demands his kidney back from Mulayam |
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Rebel Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh on January 30 lashed out at his party detractors while expressing sympathy for once bitter foe Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati. Mayawati, who is also BSP chie... |
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Goa bans bikinis in tourism ads only |
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The Goa government has clarified that no diktat or guideline has been issued banning bikinis from the beaches. But the government, in a move to promote family tourism and stung by the spate of crimes agai... |
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Army chief orders aide's court martial in land scam case |
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Following Union defence minister A K Antony's virtual diktat, Army chief General Deepak Kapoor on January 29 did an embarrassing volte face and finally ordered court-martial proceedings against his close ... |
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Rapists of minor Russian girl in Goa arrested |
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Police arrested the two accused in the Russian child rape case on January 29, three days after the 9-year-old was sexually assaulted on a north Goa beach.Aman Bharadwaj (21), the main accused, was caught ... |
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India says Pak dragging its feet on Saeed, Gilani denies charge |
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As India on January 28 said it would have to conclude that Pakistan is dragging its feet on bringing terror accused in Mumbai attacks to justice if it does not put on trial people including LeT founder Ha... |
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Obama’s anti-outsourcing stand worries India’s IT industry |
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In his first State of Union address in Washington on January 28, US president Barack Obama caused some worries in India's IT services industry by saying he will end tax breaks to American firms that ship ... |
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Antony recommends court martial of Gen Prakash |
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Union defence Minister A.K. Antony recommended the court martial of Lt. Gen. Awadesh Prakash on January 27 after he was implicated in a land scam in West Bengal's Sukna cantonment. Antony sent his recomme... |
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Rajapaksa wins in Sri Lanka, Fonseka fears for his life |
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Mahinda Rajapaksa won a second term as Sri Lanka’s president on January 27, while his nearest rival, retired army chief Sarath Fonseka was at the receiving end of grim attention of hundreds of armed... |
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Tennis star Sania Mirza's engagement called off |
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Indian tennis star Sania Mirza’s engagement to Mohammed Sohrab Mirza has been called off. Sania’s father Imran, who coaches Sania and manages her career, called off his daughter's engagement e... |
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