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Singapore:  Oil prices rose in Asia today as dealers reacted to a surprise Islamist attack on Libya's main oil terminals that left 22 soldiers dead. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for February delivery rose 28 cents to USD 56.12 in…
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Melbourne:  Australia overcame initial hiccups as Chris Rogers and Shane Watson helped them reach 92 for one at lunch on day one of the third cricket Test against India at the MCG here today. Rogers and Shane Watson put on 92 runs for the…
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Vatican City:  Pope Francis today roundly condemned jihadist violence and the "brutal persecution" of religious minorities in a Christmas message to the world's 1.2 billion Catholics and millions of others. Speaking to a packed crowd…
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STATE TIME NEWS JAMMU: Asserting that it has several options in government-formation in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP on Thursday said it holds the "veto power" in the state. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, BJP's central observer for J&K, told…
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When the temperature drops, the shorter days make you want to go into hibernation mode. It's tempting to lounge around the house, snacking and binge-watching your favourite TV shows when it's cold outside, but here are some ways to have a…
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Describing PDP and National Conference as puppets of New Delhi, Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Geelani has stated, "We have to understand that we are under the occupation and we all must unite to fight against the oppression and for the dissent.…
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Amitabh Mathur Much like his predecessor Hamid Karzai, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has begun his tenure with a serious effort to mend fences with Pakistan. Relations between the two countries, which share close ethnic, religious and…
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Swapan Dasgupta There's a curious rule that operates in Indian politics: the popularity of a regional leader in the Delhi media is inversely related to their standing in their State. So it was in the late-1980s with Ramakrishna Hegde, then…
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Beaten but not ousted is the spirit of National Conference after the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. The party has been able to manage 15 out of 87 seats from where it contested even beating the figure of exit polls in the face of…
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Militancy in north-east is no phenomena, but massacre of adivasi tea estate labourers by a faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) in Assam's Kokrajhar and Somtiput districts claiming more than 70 lives is the biggest…
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