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Meira Kumar files nomination for Speaker post
1:46 New Delhi, June 2 (ANI): Congress leader Meira Kumar filed her nomination for the post of Lok Sabha on Tuesday before P D T Achary, the Secretary General of Lok Sabha. Kumar, a Dalit, whose nomination was welcomed by all politicians, was accompanied by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar. Kumar, a five-time lawmaker, will be the first woman to hold this office if elected. She was chosen by the ruling UPA following which she resigned from the Union Cabinet. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 975
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Pak court releases 26/11 mastermind
0:52 New Delhi, June 2 (ANI): The Lahore High Court on Tuesday ordered the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who was detained for his role in the in the Mumbai terror attacks in November last year. A full bench of the Lahore High Court ordered the release in response to a habeas corpus petition filed by Saeed's lawyers challenging his detention. Apart from Saeed, the court also released another top JuD leader, Colonel Nazir Ahmed. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 1143
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BJP nominates Kariya Munda for the post of Deputy Speaker
1:9 New Delhi, June 2 (ANI): India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party nominated the name of Kariya Munda, a tribal leader and a lawmaker from Jharkhand for the post of Deputy Speaker in the Lok Sabha. Parliamentary Board of BJP held a meeting at the residence of senior party leader Lal Krishna Advani and decided to nominate Munda for the post of deputy speaker. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 938
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Life stalls as shutdown continues in Kashmir
0:54 Srinagar, June 2 (ANI): Offices and businesses were shut in Kashmir as a strike called by separatists crippled activity, for the second day on Tuesday in the valley. The strike call is in protest against the alleged killing of 2 women by the security forces. In Srinagar, most streets were deserted except for security patrols on the roads. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 830
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Infosys incurs capital expenditure of 63 crore
1:6 New Delhi, June 2 (ANI): IT major, Infosys Technologies, has incurred a capital expenditure of Rs 63-crore in its three loss-making subsidiaries in China, Mexico and the US. The company has invested Rs 22-crore each in Infosys Mexico and Infosys Consulting Inc based in Texas, US, while making an additional investment of Rs 19-crore in Infosys China during financial year 2008-09. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 955
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India reacts strongly to release of Hafiz Saeed
2:3 New Delhi, June 2 (ANI): India on Tuesday regretted Pakistan\'s release of Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the mastermind of the Mumbai terror attacks of November 2008. The Lahore High Court ordered the release of Saeed. India said it was unhappy about this development. The move is likely to dismay the United States. Foreign minister S M Krishna said that Pakistan\'s action casts doubts on the sincerity of the Islamabad in fighting terror. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 929
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Pakistan not serious on Mumbai attack investigation: India
1:6 New Delhi, June 2 (ANI): India on Tuesday blamed Pakistan of not being serious about investigating the Mumbai attack. India Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram expressed unhappiness with Saeed's release. Saeed was put under house arrest in early December after a U.N. Security Council committee added him and Jamaat-ud-Dawa an Islamist charity that he heads to a list of people and organisations linked to Al -Qaeda or the Taliban. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 955
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Amitabh speaks on Film Academy Awards
1:33 New Delhi, June 2 (ANI): Brand ambassador of International Indian Film Academy Awards and Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan addressed a news conference in New Delhi on Tuesday. He said that each time choosing a new location was meant to spread the Bollywood awareness across the globe. Thereafter, Amitabh Bachchan fully justified the judging pattern at the IIFA. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 888
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Tourists throng hill station to escape heat in plains
1:36 Mussoorie, June 3 (ANI): Large numbers of tourists throng Mussoorie to escape the scorching heat in the plains. Even though drizzle in certain parts of the country has brought down the temperature a bit but the number of tourists is to the hill station is increasing. Tourists from across the country are arriving in Mussoorie to enjoy the cool and breezy weather. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 734
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Security forces recover huge cache of arms
1:8 Poonch, June 3 (ANI): In a joint Para Military-Police operation a huge cache of ammunitions including explosives, detonators, etc was recovered in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. This is the second seizure within a week as earlier on Sunday, Rashtriya Rifles had busted another hideout in the Poonch region. The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Poonch, Javed Iqbal Mir said that with the seizure a major terrorist design has been once again thwarted. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 1099
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Protests continues against attacks on Indian students
1:8 Jammu/ New Delhi, June 3 (ANI): Activists of Hindu radical Bajrang Dal and Shiv Sena in Jammu took to the streets to stage a demonstration on Tuesday. They were protesting against the recent attacks on Indian students pursuing higher education and also taxi drivers at Melbourne and other places in Australia. As a mark of their protest they burnt the Australian national flag and also an effigy. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 1068
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NIA tasked with probing arms racket in northeast
1:11 Guwahati, June 3 (ANI): Indian government assigns, the stringent National Investigating Agency (NIA), formed after last November's Mumbai attack, to investigate and also prosecute the first two cases in India's insurgency-hit northeastern state of Assam. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 820
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Tendulkar backs India to retain the Twenty20 World Cup
1:34 Kolkata, June 3 (ANI): India\'s batting legend Sachin Tendulkar, at a promotional event in Kolkata on Tuesday said that the national side has all the qualities to retain the Twenty20 cricket World Cup which would commence from June 5 in England. Commenting on India\'s performance at the Twenty-20 level, he said that the Indian team looks absolutely balanced. Further, he exuded confidence of India defending the title won in 2007 at the inaugural championship held in South Africa. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 967
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Operations in India still on track for General Motors
1:36 Gurgaon, June 3 (ANI): President and Managing Director of General Motors India, Karl Slym, on Tuesday said that it would continue all its normal operations in the country, as it was not included in the court reinvention process of GM's United State's operations. He said that GM India operations are not included in the US filing for Chapter 11, while maintaining that their business is unharmed in the country. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 750
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Shutdown continues in Kashmir
0:46 Srinagar, June 3 (ANI): Streets remained deserted, shops and businesses shut, as the strike called by separatists crippled activity, for the third consecutive day on Wednesday Kashmir. The strike call is in protest against the alleged killing of 2 women by the security forces. Life for the locals came to a standstill as they were forced to remain indoors. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 926
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India gets its first woman Speaker for Lok Sabha
1:20 New Delhi, June 3 (ANI): India got its first woman speaker for Lok Sabha as 64-year-old Meira Kumar was elected for this post on Wednesday. She had been sworn in as a cabinet minister, but resigned on Sunday after Congress offered her the Speaker's post. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the occasion said that, by electing a woman speaker, the parliament has paid tribute to the womanhood. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 888
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Sensex crosses 15,000 levels after 9 months
0:58 Mumbai, June 3 (ANI): The sensitive index of the Bombay Stock Exchange regained the 15,000 levels on Wednesday, after a gap of nine months, on increased capital inflow by funds after a positive infrastructure data for April fueled hopes of an economic recovery. A firming trend in the global equity markets also supported the rally on the domestic bourses, triggering widespread buying. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 892
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Ram Gopal Verma's Agyaat
1:46 Mumbai, June 3 (ANI): A film crew trapped in a dense forest, in an inescapable situation, and something unknown kills them one by one, forms the plot of Bollywood filmmaker Ram Gopal Verma's latest horror flick. Agyaat explores the element of unknown. In the film Verma tries to create horror and mystery by not showing the killer and hence named the film 'Agyaat'. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 821
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Swine flu suspects found in South India
2:8 Coimbatore, June 3 (ANI): The authorities at the Coimbatore Medical College, a government run hospital, said, that they had quarantined ten patients with suspected swine flu like symptoms in the morning hours on Wednesday. Out of the ten patients, two have been confirmed to be suffering from swine flu. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 839
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Sikh Genocide March
1:21 Amritsar, June 3 (ANI): Sikh hardliners took out a genocide march in Amritsar on Wednesday ahead of the 25th anniversary of Operation Blue Star' that was undertaken to flush out militants from the Golden Temple. The marchers demanded the building of a memorial for those who had lost their lives in 1984. Added: 15846 days ago Views: 770
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