The UN's chief nuclear inspector arrived in Iran on Sunday on a mission to clear up "outstanding substantive issues" on Tehran's atomic programme, and called for dialogue with the Islamic state.
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Continuing with the tradition, Indian tunes will be the flavour of the ‘Beating Retreat” ceremony on Sunday evening in New Delhi.
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A second title eluded Leander Paes at this year's Australian Open as he and Elena Vesnina ended runners-up in the mixed doubles event after being outplayed by Horia Tecau and Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the summit clash in Melbourne on Sunday.
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An estimated 82 pc of the electorate on Saturday exercised their franchise in Manipur assembly elections which was marred by militant violence that claimed seven lives, including that of an ultra.
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Around 1.76 crore voters will seal the fate of 1,078 candidates, in fray for 117 assembly seats in Punjab where polling will take place on Monday amidst tight security.
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As the annual World Economic Forum summit heads for close on Sunday, the India story has emerged even stronger with the business world appreciating the country's fine balance between democratic processes and economic growth.
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Pitching for foreign investment in the infrastructure sector which needs USD one trillion in the 12th five-year plan, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday asked the US investors to access the Indian debt market through a mechanism of regulated entities with a sustained long-term interest rate.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the country needs more youth leaders to infuse creativity, energy and dynamism in different fields of national endeavour.
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India ranks a low 125 in the Environment Performance report of the prestigious Yale University, which should be a wake-up call to Indian political leaders at all level, its officials said.
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As the annual World Economic Forum summit heads for close on Sunday, the India story has emerged even stronger with the business world appreciating the country's fine balance between democratic processes and economic growth.
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Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday dedicated a plaque of Swami Vivekananda at the prestigious Art Institute of Chicago and inaugurated a Tagore art exhibition in Chicago, to mark the 150th birth anniversaries of Swami Vivekananda and Rabindranath Tagore.
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In order to enable implementation of the proposals in the National Food Security Bill at the earliest, Food Minister K V Thomas has asked both the Rural and the Urban Poverty Alleviation Ministries to expedite the socio-economic and caste census.
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The CIL board is likely to meet on Monday to examine the new coal pricing mechanism, a top company official said.
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Asserting that FDI in retail will happen, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has said the pause in implementation of the government's decision cannot be too long.
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Pitching for foreign investment in the infrastructure sector which needs USD one trillion in the 12th five-year plan, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday asked the US investors to access the Indian debt market through a mechanism of regulated entities with a sustained long-term interest rate.
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The government is trying to take up the issue of Indonesia proposing a tax of exports of coal at bilateral level, Coal Secretary Alok Perti said on Saturday.
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India ranks a low 125 in the Environment Performance report of the prestigious Yale University, which should be a wake-up call to Indian political leaders at all level, its officials said.
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About 300 people were arrested during a chaotic day of Occupy protests that saw demonstrators break into City Hall and burn an American flag, and police fired tear gas and use flash grenades to disperse hundreds of people after some in the crowd threw rocks and bottles and tore down fencing outside a convention centre.
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The UN's chief nuclear inspector arrived in Iran on Sunday on a mission to clear up "outstanding substantive issues" on Tehran's atomic programme, and called for dialogue with the Islamic state.
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Amid the political unrest in Syria, a fresh draft resolution has been circulated in the UNSC, calling for an immediate end to the govt crackdown on civilians as it asked Prez Bashar al-Assad to transfer his powers to his deputy.
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A fire swept through a two-story private rehabilitation centre for addicts in a poor part of Peru's capital, killing 27 people and critically injuring five as firefighters punched holes through walls to rescue residents locked inside.
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Citing security concerns, Mansoor Ijaz, the central character in the memo scandal, on Saturday asked the Supreme Court to allow him to record his statement before a judicial commission outside Pakistan.
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Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf has deferred his plans to return home from self-exile after repeated threats by the country's leadership that the former general would be arrested upon arrival, an official of his party said.
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Kazakhstan on Sunday handed jail terms of more than two weeks to three opposition leaders after they organised an unusually large protest against strongman President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
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A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car near a funeral procession in southeastern Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 32 people half of them policemen who were guarding the march in the latest brazen attack since the US troop withdrawal from Iraq.
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Huge crowds lined the streets to greet Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as she hit the campaign trail on Sunday ahead of by-elections seen as a key test of the regime's commitment to reform.
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A second title eluded Leander Paes at this year's Australian Open as he and Elena Vesnina ended runners-up in the mixed doubles event after being outplayed by Horia Tecau and Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the summit clash in Melbourne on Sunday.
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Nomination of a vice-President, promotion of Test cricket and an independent governance review will top the agenda when the ICC holds the first of its scheduled meetings here this year, on 31st January and 1st February.
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Dipika Pallikal will spearhead the Indian challenge in the inaugural World Squash Federation's biennial Under-21 World Cup Chennai Open to be held at the Express Avenue Mall in Chennai from 1st February to 5th February.
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Left-arm spinner Abdul Rehman took a career best 6-25 to help Pakistan humble England by 72 runs in the second Test in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, to give them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
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Embattled Rahul Dravid has made it clear that he has not taken any decision on retirement from international cricket but admitted that his glorious career was "definitely nearer the end than the beginning".
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India slumped to their second successive overseas series whitewash after losing the fourth and final Test against Australia by a humiliating 298 runs in Adelaide on Saturday.
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Victoria Azarenka won her first grand slam title and became the new world number one when she thrashed a disappointing Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open final on Saturday.
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Serbia's Novak Djokovic can Sunday seal his fourth grand slam in five and stamp his authority on the new tennis season, but blocking his way to the Australian Open title is a revenge-hungry Rafael Nadal.
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Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar on Saturday suggested that national selectors should watch more Ranji Trophy matches in order to have a better idea about the supply line of domestic cricket.
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Facing intense criticism for failing to put up even a semblance of fight in the 0-4 Test series loss to Australia, stand-in Indian skipper Virender Sehwag on Saturday tried to defend the team's performance, insisting that such debacles happen to every international side.
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ICC President Sharad Pawar on Saturday called for infusion of young blood in the Indian cricket team following its disastrous Test tour of Australia.
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The Kashmir Valley continues to be in the grip of severe cold wave with minimum temperature across the region remaining several degrees below freezing point.
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Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on the subject, the Defence Ministry has written to the Adjutant General's (AG) branch of the Army to correct its record to show the year of birth of Army chief Gen V K Singh as 1950 contrary to his stand that he was born one year later.
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The first session of the Tamil Nadu Assembly for this year will start in Chennai on Monday with the customary Governor's address.
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In an effort to promote use of travel smart cards, the Delhi Metro will observe 'Smart Card Week' from 30th January to 5th February and set up special counters in over 20 stations to guide travellers and tourists.
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An estimated 82 pc of the electorate on Saturday exercised their franchise in Manipur assembly elections which was marred by militant violence that claimed seven lives, including that of an ultra.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the country needs more youth leaders to infuse creativity, energy and dynamism in different fields of national endeavour.
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Around 1.76 crore voters will seal the fate of 1,078 candidates, in fray for 117 assembly seats in Punjab where polling will take place on Monday amidst tight security.
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