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Friday, February 6, 2015

A day before polling, Arvind Kejriwal performs yoga, Kiran Bedi prepares langar

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New Delhi: A day before polling begins in the city, Kiran Bedi and Arvind Kejriwal, chief ministerial aspirants of the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party respectively, took to unwinding after a hectic campaigning spree. While Kejriwal started his day by performing yoga and later visiting his local saloon...

Aberrations don't alter India's history of tolerance: Jaitley on Obama criticism

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New Delhi: The ruling BJP on Friday responded to US President Barack Obama's criticism of religious intolerance in India when finance minister Arun Jaitley pointed out that no less a person than the Dalai Lama had found it comfortable to make a home in the country. "India has a huge cultural history...

Both TransAsia plane engines lost power before Taiwan crash

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Taiban: One of the engines on TransAsia Airways Flight 235 went idle 37 seconds after takeoff, and the pilots may have shut off the remaining engine before attempting to restart them, but the plane crashed before that could happen, Taiwan’s top aviation safety official said on Friday. The details were presented at a news conference in Taipei by Aviation Safety Council Executive Director Thomas...

Nitish Katara murder case: Vikas, Vishal Yadav get life term

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday enhanced the life imprisonment terms of Vikas Yadav and Vishal Yadav, convicted of the 2002 murder of Nitish Katara, to 25 years without remission but rejected a plea for them to be given the death sentence. A special bench of Justices Gita Mittal and J...

Delhi elections: AAP rejects Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Bukhari's support

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New Delhi: The Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid, Syed Ahmed Bukhari, on Friday appealed to people to vote for the AAP in the election to the Delhi Assembly but the offer of support was swiftly rejected by Arvind Kejriwal’s party. "We don't need the support of a man who did not invite India's...

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Rajnath Singh summons Home Secretary and CBI Chief over Matang arrest row

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New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday summoned Home Secretary Anil Goswami in connection with reports that a top Ministry official had allegedly made attempts to stall arrest of Congress leader Matang Sinh by CBI in connection with the Saradha scam. The Home Minister called...

TransAsia crash: Death toll rises to 23

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Taipei: A TransAsia Airways plane with 58 passengers and crew on board careered into a river shortly after taking off from a downtown Taipei airport on Wednesday, killing 23 people and leaving 20 missing, officials said. Fifteen people somehow survived the crash after the plane lurched between buildings,...

Delhi Polls: Former AAP leaders apologise for joining party

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New Delhi: Four members of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), who left the party, on Wednesday apologised to the general public for joining hands with Arvind Kejriwal. Rabindranath Tiwari, a former AAP member and an independent candidate from Janakpuri, along with the three others, including Mohit Singh,...

PM Modi trashes opinion polls, targets AAP on funding issue

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New Delhi: Singing the development mantra in his last rally three days ahead of Delhi assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday tried to woo voters by highlighting central welfare schemes and trashed the opinion polls which gave an edge to AAP, saying BJP will get majority. Attacking...

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

As U.S. faces new threats, Pentagon seeks bigger defense budget

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Washington: Facing new security challenges in the Middle East and Ukraine, the Obama administration on Monday proposed an increased $534 billion Pentagon base budget plus $51 billion in war funds as it urged Congress to end cuts it says erode U.S. military power. Defense officials said the higher...

Barack Obama budget includes $2T in tax hikes

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WASHINGTON: President Obama has packed more than 20 new tax increases into his proposed 2016 budget, which Republicans roundly blasted Monday as a tax-and-spend agenda that won't get their support.  Together, the tax increases total more than $2 trillion over the next decade. The president...

Israel welcomes resignation of war crimes' inquiry head

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Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday welcomed the resignation of the head of a UN inquiry into the alleged war crimes committed during last summer`s conflict between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza. Netanyahu said that William Schabas "was biased against Israel" and that...

There is limit to shamelessness; Modi tells AAP

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today mounted a shrill attack on AAP over allegations of the party receiving "dubious" donations, saying it has exposed its claim of being more honest than others and questioned whether AAP can run Delhi with "dishonesty and lies". In an election rally,...

'Immigrants' from Northeast: BJP's vision document sparks massive outrage

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New Delhi: BJP's vision document for the Delhi assembly polls on Tuesday stirred up a controversy by referring people from north eastern states in the national capital as "immigrants", after which Congress demanded an apology and removal of the words. The 24-page document that entails the party's...

Cheap MPV may not be the + Datsun needs to GO ahead in India

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Nissan Motor Co Ltd hopes to boost its low-cost Datsun car brand in India with a new compact multi-purpose vehicle, or MPV, but the Japanese automaker might need to make inroads into smaller cities and the countryside if it wants to revive sales. Last month, Datsun unveiled its second offering,...

Bomber Blows Herself Up After Nigeria President’s Rally

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Explosion occurred near a stadium where Nigeria's President had held an election rally (MAIDUGURI, Nigeria) — A female suicide bomber killed herself Monday when she exploded a vehicle packed with explosives near a stadium where Nigeria’s president had just held an election rally in the northeastern...

RSS journal admits: Worried BJP chose Bedi after adverse feedback from field: indianexpress

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An article in the RSS mouthpiece Organiser has said that the BJP is not “in a comfortable ground at present” in Delhi, and that the party had inducted Kiran Bedi and projected her as candidate for chief minister after receiving “adverse feedback from field against the Delhi BJP...

Monday, February 2, 2015

Delhi Cab Rape Victim Sues Uber In US

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A passenger who said she had been raped by an Uber driver in New Delhi sued the online car service in US federal court on Thursday, claiming the company failed to maintain basic safety procedures. In the lawsuit, the woman, who resides in Delhi and was not named, called Uber the "modern day equivalent of electronic hitchhiking."  "Buyer beware - we all know how those horror movies end," the...

Condom Shortage In 6 States, HIV Fears Rise

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At least six states are facing a severe shortage of condoms distributed under the government's AIDS control programme, giving rise to a public health concern over the risk of HIV infections spreading.  These shortages have been continuing for around eight months in states such as Haryana, Uttarakhand...

'India, China taking solid steps for new momentum in ties'

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Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj here and said China and India have taken "solid steps" to make new progress in bilateral ties besides implementing the agreements reached between him and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "I have full confidence...

Feel sorry for Kiran Bedi, BJP has 'gagged' its CM candidate: Kejriwal

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New Delhi: Exuding confidence that his party will come to power in Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday the BJP had pressed the "panic button" and was now resorting to "politics of poison" to avoid a defeat. Five days ahead of the voting to the 70-member Delhi assembly,...

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Romney not running: Former GOP nominee out of 2016 race

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Mitt Romney's exit from the presidential campaign has unleashed a frenzy of fresh fundraising and set off a new race for the backing of donors who had remained loyal to the 2012 Republican nominee. Big dollars were said to flow immediately on Friday to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who already had...

New video purportedly shows beheading of Japanese journalist by ISIS

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TOKYO:  The Islamic State released a video Saturday purportedly showing the beheading of Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist being held hostage by the extremist group, after negotiations for a prisoner exchange stalled. Japan strongly condemned the killing, saying an “atrocious act of terrorism”...