2014

Guwahati : Over 12 lakh people have been affected in floods in 16 districts of Assam. Many rivers, including the mighty Brahmaputra and its tributaries, continue to flow above the danger level, the authorities said Wednesday. Officials…
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How does Sri Lanka fare after the end of a quarter century of ethnic conflict? Vasantha ferries visitors all around the island in a van bought with savings after retiring early. The road journeys are as much an eye opener to the Sri Lankan…
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New Delhi :  The Supreme Court Wednesday said that though there was no bar on the prime minister recommending any person to be a minister in the government, being a custodian of constitutional morality and trust, he is expected not to make…
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New Delhi :  A visit by a 12-member team of Indian parliamentarians to South Africa has been cancelled against the backdrop of the rising cases of Ebola. Officials, however, denied the deadly virus was the reason for cancelling the trip.…
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Lal Quila to Jammu is an overnight journey. The buses are deluxe or semi-deluxe but roads are not very good and therefore sleep is not sound. The horn blaring.. the putter of rains on bus top.. constant head lights of passing vehicles give…
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My earlier write up on "Women in Politics" published on 11th March ahead of Lok Sabha elections -2014, ended with very optimistic note believing that the political parties will give 33 per cent mandate to women. I was disappointed with…
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Watching at the present scenario, a strange question comes to my mind.What would have happened to the freedom struggle of this nation if our ancestors would have thought only on religious lines. I feel the freedom which we enjoy today was…
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London : A total of 252 people have been arrested due to a variety of offences during the two-day Notting Hill Carnival in western London, police said Tuesday.They were booked on charges of possessing drugs, violating public order,…
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The most controversial and highly scanned Chief Minister of UP Akhilesh Yadav has announced a financial assistance of Rs 20 lakh each to the family members of two army personnel who were recently killed in separate encounters in Jammu and…
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New York :  India's Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam Qureshi suffered a first round defeat in the men's doubles of the US Open tennis here at the Flushing Meadows. Bopanna and Qureshi, who were seeded 13th, went down 6-7…
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