Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced Rs 1,000 crore for disaster relief measures in flood-devastated parts of Uttarakhand where 102 persons have been killed and thousands left stranded at tourist spots and pilgrim centres.
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Around four thousand stranded people have been evacuated safely from Govindghat-Ghangharia and Lambagad area to Joshimath in Uttrakhand by Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) search and rescue teams on Wednesday.
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After dumping ally BJP, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar comfortably won a vote of confidence in his government in the Bihar Assembly amid signals of a new political alignment as Congress backed the motion.
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An impressive bowling performance powered England to the Champions Trophy summit clash as the hosts thrashed South Africa by seven wickets in the first semifinal London on Wednesday.
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With skies clearing, rescue of stranded people and relief operations intensified on Wednesday in Uttarakhand where the death toll in the rain and floods shot up to 150 as thousands of pilgrims still remained stranded.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to give an urgent hearing to a PIL on the issue of US National Security Agency snooping on Internet data from India and seeking to initiate action against Internet companies for allowing the agency to access the information.
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External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Wednesday arrived Baghdad on a two-day visit to Iraq aimed at reviving India's historic ties with the "strategically important" oil-rich Arab country.
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Leaders from eight of the world's wealthiest countries spent the final hours of their summit on Tuesday focusing on how to make sure that multinational companies can no longer rely on shelters and loopholes to avoid paying the tax they owe.
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India on Tuesday stressed on the need to have a non-discriminatory and internationally verifiable treaty banning the future production of fissile material for nuclear weapons and other nuclear explosive devices.
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Holding that a peaceful and stable Pakistan was in India's interest, Defence Min A K Antony has said the neighbouring country must initiate strong action against terrorist groups operating from its soil, in order to improve Indo-Pak ties.
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Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Wednesday announced a contingency plan to ensure normal operations at Chennai and Kolkata airports on June 21 in the wake of mass casual leave stir call given by union members to protest privatisation of both the airports.
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Reversing early losses, the S&P BSE benchmark Sensex on Tuesday closed 22 points higher on fag-end buying in bluechips including amid investors awaiting the outcome of the two-day Federal Reserve meeting in the US.
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Four merchant bankers, including SBI Capital and Kotak Investment, are in race to manage the process of 7.64 pc stake sale in National Fertilisers (NFL), which may fetch around Rs 148 crore to the exchequer.
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A high-powered ministerial panel is likely to meet on 26th June to decide on the third round of spectrum auction and pricing of airwaves.
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India's trade deficit widened to a seven month high of USD 20.1 billion in May as gold imports continue to surge while exports declined by over a percent, raising concerns about economic recovery.
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Foreign investment limits in different sectors where ceilings are not serving their intended purpose will be revisited, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said.
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Telecom regulator TRAI on Monday announced reduction in national mobile phone roaming charges, but said there will be no free national roaming as of now.
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The Reserve Bank on Monday kept key policy rates unchanged in view of high food inflation, the declining value of rupee and global uncertainty, disappointing India Inc as well as retail borrowers.
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Sushil Kumar Modi, who ceased to be Bihar Finance Minister following the JD(U)-BJP split, on Monday resigned as Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers looking into the implementation of the proposed new indirect tax regime -GST.
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A govt panel proposed raising foreign investment limits in sectors like defence, multi-brand retail and telecommunications, to spur investment in the country and tide over the Current Account Deficit woes.
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Fresh clashes erupted in Brazil on Wednesday between police and protesters outraged over mass spending for next year's World Cup, as the government deployed elite forces to quell the unrest.
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To address Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s concerns with regard to the direct US-Taliban talks in Doha, US Secretary of State John Kerry called Afghan President Hamid Karzai twice in the last 24 hours. Kerry's call came after Karzai announced to suspend talks with the US on Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA).
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for the past one year, on Wednesday vowed to remain there even if accusations of sex crimes against him are dropped in Sweden.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he has suspended talks with the US on a new security deal to protest the way the Americans are reaching out to the Taliban in efforts to find a political solution to the war.
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The Sri Lankan parliament approved a key voter registration Bill which will allow some 20,000 people to vote in the upcoming provincial council elections in the Tamil-dominated north.
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In a major breakthrough, the Taliban on Tuesday announced the opening of its office in Doha, which would hold peace talks with the Afghan government and separate direct parleys with US that could boost Afghan reconciliation process after 12 years of war.
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At least 28 people including a provincial legislator were on Wednesday killed and over 60 others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a funeral at Mardan in the troubled northwest Pakistan.
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G8 leaders gathered in Northern Ireland called on Tuesday for a series of measures to crack down on tax evasion and increase the crucial exchange of cross-border financial information.
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At least 48 people have been killed when armed bandits raided a northern Nigerian village in an apparent reprisal attack targeting a local vigilante group.
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The US has appointed Cliff Sloan as the special envoy for closure of Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention centre which currently has 166 detainees.
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The military has reported that suspected Islamist extremists attacked a secondary school and military checkpoint in Nigeria’s northeast killing 11 people, including seven students.
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A suicide bombing in northern Iraq killed a provincial political party leader and four relatives today, officials said, ahead of elections in which his bloc was to participate. Bombings also killed eight youths near a football pitch in a town northeast of Baghdad.
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An impressive bowling performance powered England to the Champions Trophy summit clash as the hosts thrashed South Africa by seven wickets in the first semifinal London on Wednesday.
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Indian ace shuttler Saina Nehwal avenged her quarterfinal loss at the Thailand Open by Juan Gu with a comfortable straight-game victory over the Singaporean in the opening round of the Singapore Super Series on Wednesday.
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India's hopes of securing a direct berth in next year's World Cup went up in smoke after they were handed a humiliating 1-5 defeat by Australia in the quarterfinal of the men's competition of the FIH World League Round 3 in Rotterdam on Wednesday.
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Divij Sharan and Purav Raja will make their first ever appearance at a Grand Slam as the Indian duo on Wednesday qualified for the Wimbledon men's doubles event.
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Rising Indian shuttler Sai Praneeth B notched up a stunning straight-game victory over world number four Yun Hu of Hong Kong in the men's singles opening round in the Singapore Super Series in Singapore on Wednesday.
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India have strengthened their number one position on the ICC ODI Championship Table as they have added two more rating points to their kitty with an unbeaten run in the group stage of the Champions Trophy.
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Australia secured their place at the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil on Tuesday with a late strike from Josh Kennedy firing them to a tense 1-0 win over an under-strength Iraq at Stadium Australia.
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India cricketer Harbhajan Singh, who was stranded in Joshimath due to incessant rains while on a pilgrimage, was today rescued and taken to safety by the Indian Air Force.
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Indian football team's hopes of rising in FIFA rankings have been dashed with cancellation of two international friendlies against Philippines and Malaysia owing to rescheduling of the SAFF Cup.
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Soccer legend Maradona has won a lawsuit against Chinese firms, for using his name in an online game without his consent.
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World champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Boris Gelfand of Israel in the fourth round of Tal Memorial chess tournament in Moscow.
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As water level in the Yamuna in Delhi inched closer to breaking the 207.49 metres mark, low-lying areas along the river were flooded on Wednesday, the highest in recorded history. This prompted the authorities to evacuate over 5,000 people even as a man drowned in the river.
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CBI has registered a fresh case in connection with its coal blocks allocation probe against a Delhi-based steel company and carried out searches at its premises in the National Capital Region.
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With skies clearing, rescue of stranded people and relief operations intensified on Wednesday in Uttarakhand where the death toll in the rain and floods shot up to 150 as thousands of pilgrims still remained stranded.
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After securing an approval for a plan size of Rs 59,000 cr for this fiscal, Gujarat CM Narendra Modi sparred with the Centre over social sector development in the state as he countered Planning Commission's assessment that lot more needs to be done.
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Union Health Ministry's ambitious schemes of providing free generic drugs at government health care centres have been launched after being put on hold last year due to financial constraints.
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Special trains to carry stranded passengers Railways on Wednesday decided to press services of special trains to rescue people stranded due to the flash floods at Haridwar, Rishikesh and other areas.
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Union Home Ministry has rejected West Bengal govt's demand for paramilitary forces to hold panchayat elections in the state, saying the Centre does not provide security personnel to conduct local bodies' polls.
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A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described him as secular, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday thanked him for the praise, saying the words give him comfort.
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After dumping ally BJP, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar comfortably won a vote of confidence in his government in the Bihar Assembly amid signals of a new political alignment as Congress backed the motion.
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World Bank will provide USD 255 million (Rs 1,499.6 crore) loan to India for National AIDS Control Project to promote safe behaviour among high risk groups.
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Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda gave India its first medal at the Paralympic Games after bagging a silver in the Men's High Jump F42 event in London.
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