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UK academic discovers a ‘lost’ Shakespeare play

London, March 16: A British academic claimed on Tuesday that he has found a “lost play” by William Shakespeare, which was mistakenly labelled as a literary hoax in the 18th century.

General gets relief from SC in land case

New Delhi, March 16: The former military secretary, Lt. Gen. Avdesh Prakash, facing an Army court of inquiry (CoI) in the Sukna land scam, on Tuesday got temporary relief from the Supreme Court which in a verbal direction said till his petition is heard the probe panel should not insist on cross-examining him.

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BSP workers present Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati with a garland made of Rs 1,000 notes during the party’s “maharally”, organised to mark its silver jubilee, in Lucknow on Monday. PHOTO: PTI

Its MPs missing, govt defers N-liability bill

New Delhi, March 15: The government was compelled to defer the introduction of the controversial Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010, in the Lok Sabha on Monday at the last minute as about 35 Congress MPs and some ministers remained absent despite a party whip.

Maya gets flak for Rs 5-cr garland

Lucknow, March 15: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati’s unique garland has run into controversy.

Missile interceptor test fails, target veers off

New Delhi, March 15: India’s missile test on Monday towards eventually developing a Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) shield — by getting an interceptor missile to knock out an incoming ballistic missile — failed when the target missile deviated

Plotter was trying to prove self to ISI, D-Co

Mumbai, March 15: The “oil tank terror plot”, according to the Anti-Terrorism Squad, is the handiwork of a man who wanted to prove to his Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) handlers in Pakistan that he was proficient at orchestrating terror attacks. Bashir

Bangla Army chief to go to Siachen

New Delhi, March 15: The Bangladesh Army Chief, Gen. Mohammed Abdul Mubeen, is scheduled to visit the Indian Army’s Siachen battle school and will also overfly the Siachen glacier during his six-day visit which began on Monday.

FS-level talks likely in Pak

New Delhi, March 15: External affairs minister S.M. Krishna says India will take one step at a time on talks with Pakistan but he did not rule out another meeting of foreign secretaries in the coming weeks.

Pak Senate sees Big Fix

Islamabad, March 15: A Pakistani parliamentary body on sports on Monday said some members of the Pakistan cricket team were involved in match-fixing. “Some cricketers were involved in match-fixing during the last tour of Australia,” Senator

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