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Congress plans grand show on eve of Rahul-Sonia appearance in court

The Congress is planning a grand show on Saturday, when Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi and five other leaders are appearing before a magistrate’s court here in the National Herald case. They party has summoned all its chief ministers, state party presidents and MPs to the AICC headquarters at 24 Akbar Road

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Barack Obama Calls PM Modi, Thanks Him For ‘Historic Success’ At Paris Climate Summit

US President Barack Obama today spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanking him for his leadership, saying India played a “critical role” at the climate change summit in Paris which ensured the event was a “historic success.” During the telephone call, “The US President, Mr. Barack Obama, has thanked Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi for

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Nirbhaya case: The juvenile should remain in jail; if released he could prove to be a threat to society

Go to google.com or bing.com. Begin typing the letters n-i-r-b-h-a-y-a j-u-v-e-n-i-l-e and the first match suggested by both search engines is: ‘nirbhaya juvenile name’. Those conversant with search technology will tell you these auto-suggestions are algorithms based on what millions around the world are actually searching for in real time. In this case it indicates

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Supreme Court Directs Testing Of Maggi Sample By Mysuru Lab

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the testing of Maggi noodles samples as directed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) will now be undertaken by the Mysuru-based Central Food Technological Research Institute lab. The bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Prafulla C Pant said the local commissioner shall collect samples of Maggi

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Government may make fresh attempts to pass GST bill after April 2016

With the Congress cold shouldering parliamentary affairs minister M Venkaiah Naidu’s late evening call on Tuesday to meet afresh for talks on the GST bill, the government appeared reconciled to miss the April 1 deadline to roll out the ambitious tax reforms. “GST is an idea which I have no doubt, if not today, tomorrow

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IPTL: Rohan Bopanna stars with two wins as Indian Aces beat Philippine Mavericks

India’s Rohan Bopanna won his singles as well as doubles match as Indian Aces extended their domination in the IPTL, winning the contest against Philippine Marvericks comfortably 30-17 in Dubai on Tuesday. In a surprise move, Bopanna was fielded in the legends singles and he came out all gun blazing by blanking American James Blake

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Warne names Tendulkar, Ganguly in his greatest Indian Test XI team

The iconic Sachin Tendulkar was an expected pick for the No.4 slot while Sourav Ganguly was preferred in the leadership position in Australian spin legend Shane Warne’s greatest Indian Test XI. Warne, who has been naming his preferred XIs from different countries on his Facebook page, turned his attention to India in the latest post.

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Even as a two-year rental, Dhoni makes the new Pune IPL franchise a winner off the field

If you swapped the five players the new Pune Indian Premier League franchise bought at the auction on Tuesday with the five the new Rajkot franchise bought, it is likely neither franchise would be too upset. Both teams picked big names and big talents while spending their entire kitty of Rs 39 crores. But when

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39 dead in Russian air strikes on two markets in northern Syria: Monitor

At least 39 civilians have been killed in suspected Russian air strikes on two markets in northern Syria, a monitoring group said. The raids killed 16 civilians at a market for fuel in Maarat al-Naasan yesterday, a village in Idlib province, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Another 23 civilians, including five women,

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