Government calls all party meet as Anna vows to fast (Roundup)
June 22nd, 2011 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The government will convene an all-party meet July 3 to discuss the two versions of the Lokpal bill, even as Gandhian Anna Hazare Wednesday ... Read more...
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Flooding still threatens communities despite Missouri levee blasts
May 4th, 2011 - 7:35 pm ICT by BNO News
BIRDS POINT, MISSOURI (BNO NEWS) -- Despite the Ohio River level dropping after the Army Corps. of Engineers breached the Birds Point levee in Mississippi County, Missouri, record-setting levels and flooding are ... Read more...
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Home secretary says 25 percent troop reduction in Kashmir; Army demurs (Intro Roundup)
January 14th, 2011 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Troops in Jammu and Kashmir will be reduced by 25 percent in the next 12 months, Indian Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said Friday in what was ... Read more...
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UN tribunal to arbiter Delhi-Dhaka maritime border depute
March 1st, 2010 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 1 (IANS) The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea has nominated three judges to constitute an arbitration tribunal on the Bangladesh-India maritime boundary dispute.
The judges are Rudiger ... Read more...
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When a hale and hearty person is legally dead
June 8th, 2009 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Rana Ajit
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Deaths can be homicidal, accidental or suicidal in nature. But what is less known is that the Indian legal system also recognises the concept of ... Read more...
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Mumbai Congress eyeing stars, cricketers for polls
February 6th, 2009 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) With parliamentary elections round the corner, the Congress in Mumbai seems to be eyeing film stars and cricketers, including Raj Babbar, Ravi Kishen and Dilip Vengsarkar, to contest ... Read more...
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