The huge garland that Mayawati wore at a public rally caused disruption of the Lok Sabha on Tuesday even as the estimated value of the currency notes in it ranged from Rs 21 lakhs to Rs 15 crore and an IT probe into it.
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Mystery shrouded a reported shooting incident at the ISRO complex in Banglore with a security guard claiming that two unidentified persons shot at him in the wee hours but police raised doubts and virtually ruled out any terror attack.
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BJP President Nitin Gadkari has announced his new team as Vasundhara Raje, Ananth Kumar, Vijay Goel, Arjun Munda, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Dharmendra Pradhan are among the 10 new General secretaries of the party.
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Chasing 165 runs set by Chennai Super Kings, the Kolkata Knight riders faltered right from the beginning of their run chase as they were bundled out for 109, short by 55 runs,in their Indian Premier League match at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Tuesday.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected any curbs on Jewish settlement in and around Jerusalem, defying Washington in Israel's deepening crisis with US President Barack Obama's administration.
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Parliament has approved the Appropriation (Vote-on-Account) Bill, 2010 and Appropriation Bill, 2010, with the Rajya Sabha returning the Bills to the Lok Sabha.
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As Congress braces to counter Opposition onslaught on the nuclear liability bill, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon Tuesday briefed some senior party leaders on the benefits of the legislation and the necessity for bringing it.
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Government has indicated that the next round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan will take place in Islamabad to take forward the dialogue process.
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Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is set to meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and National Security Advisor James Jones, signifying importance attached by the Obama Administration to ties with India.
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India on Monday requested the Afghanistan Government to hold an investigation on the attack on Indian Mission in Kabul last month.
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Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday cautioned that inflation could be in double digits in March though the government is taking all steps to protect the vulnerable sections from price rise.
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Though there is no export target to achieve this financial year, the commerce ministry sees the value of outbound shipments touching USD 160 billion in2009-10, showing return of confidence.
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State-owned Power Finance Corp on Tuesday said it would sanction loans to the tune of Rs 68,000 crore in the next financial year.
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The sixteen eurozone nations of the European Union on Monday agreed on an emergency plan to rescue heavily indebted Greece from bankruptcy.
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The country's largest lender State Bank of India tops the list of ten highest advance taxpayers for this fiscal with a payment of Rs 6,552 crore, an Income Tax source said on Tuesday.
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In a bid to avert the proposed strike called by a section of its employees on 19th March, the NACIL management has convened a meeting with representatives of the Air Corporation Employees Union (ACEU) in Mumbai on Wednesday.
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For the second time this month, state-owned oil retailers on Monday raised aviation turbine fuel price by 2.44 per cent in step with firming global rates.
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Oil steadied below $80 a barrel on Tuesday after a fall of nearly 2 percent in the previous session, its biggest one-day fall in more than two weeks, as the market awaits the outcome of OPEC and central bank meetings.
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Social networking site Facebook on Monday announced that it will set up its office in Hyderabad to support the growing number of users, advertisers and developers in India and globally.
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The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex rose 218 points to an eight-week high after a rally, led by market leader Reliance Industries, on hopes of better quarterly earnings.
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The majority of militants who took part in an amnesty last year in the restive Niger Delta region are still behind the peace plans despite a resurgence in attacks, the Nigerian oil minister told Tuesday.
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Thirteen militants were gunned down by a 'lashkar' or a tribal militia while they were trying to abduct some persons in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, official sources said.
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Anti-government protesters poured bottles of their own blood outside the Thai prime minister's office Tuesday, a ''sacrifice for democracy'' after demands for elections were rejected.
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Nigeria's presidential vote will be held on 22n January, 2011 or 23rd April depending on the outcome of electoral reforms before parliament, the West African country's electoral body said Tuesday.
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Gen Sarath Fonseka, the former Sri Lankan Army Chief who presided over the last phase of the civil war that saw the annihilation of LTTE, on Tuesday faced a court martial on allegations of engaging in political activity while in uniform.
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Former US Secretary Henry Kissinger, known for his role in 1971 in bringing about the historic Sino-US rapprochement through his famous 'Ping-Pong' diplomacy, is here again apparently to smoothen the strained bilateral relations.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai discussed prospects of peace with the Taliban in a video phone conversation with US President Barack Obama, Karzai's office said on Tuesday.
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A five-year-old British boy of Pakistani origin, who was kidnapped at gunpoint while visiting his relatives in the country, has been released, the UK's High Commission in Islamabad said on Tuesday.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected any curbs on Jewish settlement in and around Jerusalem, defying Washington in Israel's deepening crisis with US President Barack Obama's administration.
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Jacques Kallis and Robin Uthappa hammered blistering half-centuries to pull off a stunning chase as Royal Challengers Bangalore thumped Kings XI Punjab by eight wickets in a high-scoring humdinger of the Indian Premier League at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday.
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Chasing 165 runs set by Chennai Super Kings, the Kolkata Knight riders faltered right from the beginning of their run chase as they were bundled out for 109, short by 55 runs,in their Indian Premier League match at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Tuesday.
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On a roll after notching up two victories in a row, a confident Delhi Daredevils would aim a hat-trick of wins when they clash with Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League in New Delhi on Wednesday.
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Hockey-player-turned-boxer Amandeep Singh (49kg) out-punched Malaysian M Redzuan while Jai Bhagwan (60kg) didn't even step inside the ring to make the finals as a record six Indians assured themselves of at least a silver in the fifth Commonwealth Championships at New Delhi on Tuesday.
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India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni now has Australian Michael Hussey breathing down his neck for the top slot in the ODI rankings while teammate Sachin Tendulkar lost his fourth place to West Indies captain Chris Gayle in the latest ICC chart announced on Tuesday.
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Graeme Swann completed a maiden 10-wicket match-haul as England ended Bangladesh's resistance with a 181-run victory in the opening Test in Chittagong on Monday.
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Mystery shrouded a reported shooting incident at the ISRO complex in Banglore with a security guard claiming that two unidentified persons shot at him in the wee hours but police raised doubts and virtually ruled out any terror attack.
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In a bid to save energy, Jammu and Kashmir government under its 'Green Campaign' will light up 191 remote and mountainous hamlets with solar energy.
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At least four persons, including two CRPF personnel have been injured when militants struck the Lal Chowk commercial hub of the city Tuesday morning, the fourth attack in Srinagar within a week.
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Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur has been shifted to the Nashik road central jail from a Nashik-based hospital where she was undergoing treatment.
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The Nationalist Congress Party on Saturday took a strong objection to Congress leader Satyavrat Chaturvedi holding its president Sharad Pawar responsible for rise in prices of agricultural commodities.
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The suspension of four Samajwadi Party members from the Rajya Sabha for the rest of the Budget session for creating ruckus when the House was taking up the Women's Reservation Bill was on Monday revoked.
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Home Minister P Chidambaram said the terror attack on German Bakery in Pune last month was a "blot on our record" as it could not be averted despite intelligence being shared well in advance about the specific target.
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