Taliban suicide bombers struck across Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar on Saturday, killing 30 people and wounding scores in a series of strikes the militants called a message to NATO.
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Skipper Gautam Gambhir led the batting charge with a brilliant 54-ball 72 as Delhi Daredevils opened their Indian Premier League campaign on a winning note snatching a five-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab in a thrilling encounter in Mohali on Saturday.
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India on Saturday rejected Pakistan's charge of its involvement in Lahore blasts and said such "unfounded" allegations puts a "strain" on bilateral relationship and it has no interest in destabilising that country.
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Australia shattered Germany's dream of registering the first hat-trick of world titles in the history of the game, beating the double defending champions 2-1 in the summit clash of the Hero Honda FIH World Cup in New Delhi on Saturday.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has inaugurated the Rs 450 crore new Tamil Nadu assembly and secretariat complex in the presence of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi in Chennai on Saturday evening.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Friday that his government was putting US ties at risk by failing to take real steps towards renewed MidEast peace talks.
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India and Russia on Friday signed several agreements including pacts in civil nuclear field and space science in New Delhi.
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Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday declined to comment on the report of a Parliamentary panel which termed the government's move tomerge Air India and Indian Airlines as "ill-conceived".
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Lack of resources makes coaching for institutions like IITs, IIMs and medical colleges unaffordable for a majority of Indian middle class households, who then encourage their wards to enter fields that require lesser counselling fee, says an Assocham study.
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Pharma major Ranbaxy Laboratories expects to achieve Rs 14,000 crore (USD 3 billion) in consolidated turnover for the financial year ending December 2012.
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India has emerged as the second fastest growing investor in the United States after the UAE between 2004 and 2008, a top Obama Administration official has said.
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Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday ruled out rollback of petrol and diesel price hike saying the nation's fiscal condition did not permit him to do so.
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Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday declined to comment on the report of a Parliamentary panel which termed the government's move tomerge Air India and Indian Airlines as "ill-conceived".
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Criticizing the decision to merge Air India and Indian Airlines, a Parliamentary Committee on Public Undertakings has termed the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines as a "marriage of two incompatible individuals".
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The Serbian war crimes prosecutor's office said the police have detained nine ex-paramilitary fighters over the killing of some 200 civilians during Kosovo's war.
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The United States voiced growing concern about Iran's ''ongoing persecution'' of religious minorities, including Baha'is, and called on Tehran to protect human rights at home.
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon Friday condemned the spate of deadly bombings in Pakistan, including suicide attacks that killed up to 45 people in Lahore.
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Newly installed Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has estimated it would cost USD 30 billion to rebuild the nation after last month's devastating quake.
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A moderate 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of the Japanese island of Honshu early Friday, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
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At least 30 people have been killed and thousands evacuated from their homes in southern Kazakhstan on Friday when two burst dams unleashed massive flooding, officials said.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Friday that his government was putting US ties at risk by failing to take real steps towards renewed MidEast peace talks.
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Taliban terrorists on Friday struck eastern Pakistani city Lahore with two near-simultaneous suicide attacks targeting the Army in cantonment area killing 45 people, including 10 soldiers and injuring 100 others.
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Taliban suicide bombers struck across Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar on Saturday, killing 30 people and wounding scores in a series of strikes the militants called a message to NATO.
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Several dozen Palestinian women scuffled with Israeli troops on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Saturday amid rising religious and political tensions in the disputed city.
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Australia shattered Germany's dream of registering the first hat-trick of world titles in the history of the game, beating the double defending champions 2-1 in the summit clash of the Hero Honda FIH World Cup in New Delhi on Saturday.
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Skipper Gautam Gambhir led the batting charge with a brilliant 54-ball 72 as Delhi Daredevils opened their Indian Premier League campaign on a winning note snatching a five-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab in a thrilling encounter in Mohali on Saturday.
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Mumbai Indians survived a brutal assault by Yusuf Pathan, who struck a belligerent 37-ball century, to record a thrilling four-run victory over Rajasthan Royals in their opening match of the Indian Premier League in Mumbai on Saturday.
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The Netherlands scripted a remarkable come-from-behind victory to win the hockey World Cup bronze medal by defeating England 4-3 in a thrilling match in New Delhi on Saturday.
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Olympic and World Championship bronze medalist Vijender Singh out-classed his rival to ensure himself of at least a bronze along with two other compatriots on a second successive day of dominance for Indian boxers in the fifth Commonwealth Championships in New Delhi on Saturday.
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Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Sourav Ganguly has been fined USD 20,000 by the IPL for maintaining slow over rate during their 11-run triumph over defending champions Deccan Chargers at the D Y Patil Stadium in Mumbai.
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Olympic gold medallist sprinter Usain Bolt won the prestigious Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award for the second consecutive time while American tennis player Serena Williams bagged the women's prize in a glittering function at the Emirates palace in Abu Dhabi.
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India's problem is not lack of knowledge but the lack of successful transition from research-based knowledge to sustainable commerciality, Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said in Mumbai today.
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Jammu and Kashmir govt on Saturday said it would make efforts to introduce a bill during the current session of the state assembly seeking to amend JK Board of School Education (BoSE) Act to meet the requirements of new trends in education at the national level.
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Government on Saturday set up a committee of Vice Chancellors to study Common Entrance Test for admission into professional courses and optimum utilisation of the infrastructure in Universities.
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UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said the passage of Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha could not have been possible without the support of DMK.
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Expressing optimism that judicial infrastructure will improve in next two years due to higher allocation of funds, Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan mooted setting up of 4,000 more Gram Nayalayas for settling minor cases in rural areas.
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