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Sri Lankans protest Prabhakaran video

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A large number of Sri Lankans on Tuesday marched through the capital's streets shouting anti-US slogans and protesting a Channel 4 video about the death of LTTE chief V. Prabhakaran and his 12-year-ol

Policeman caught on camera raping woman

A policeman was on Tuesday caught on video raping a woman in a slum area in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh.

The police, who were earlier refusing to entertain a rape complaint against the police

Stage set for another railway budget

With passenger fares unlikely to be hiked, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi will present his maiden railway budget for 2012-13 on Wednesday amid concerns over the financial health of the world's second

India spends Rs.123.73 crores on Olympics preparations

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Sports Minster Ajay Maken on Tuesday said Rs.123.73 crores have been spent so far on training athletes for the 2012 London Olympics.

"Till 29th February, 2012, approximately an amount of Rs.123.73 cr

Rajya Sabha adjourned over Sri Lankan 'war crimes'

The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till noon on Tuesday as opposition parties demanded to know the government's stand on a US-backed resolution against Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council

100 paedophiles chemically castrated in Britain

Around 100 paedophiles have been chemically castrated under a British government programme, a media report said on Tuesday.

According to the Daily Mail, the sex offenders volunteered to take the drug

Mild quake in UP, tremors felt in Delhi

A slight earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale was felt in western Uttar Pradesh early on Tuesday with light aftershocks being experienced in parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region (NC

India reports over 50 pc leprosy cases globally

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India reports over 50 percent of all leprosy cases globally, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

In a written statement, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said: "Out of 228,474 new leprosy cases

Obama's approval ratings hit new low

Amid rising gas prices, President Barack Obama's Obama approval rating has plunged to 41 per cent in a new poll putting a question mark on his re-election prospects in November, despite improving empl

Anna to fast in Delhi

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Anna Hazare will sit on a day-long fast here on Sunday to demand passage of the Jan Lokpal bill in parliament.

"Annaji will fast on Feb 18 for passage of the bill," a spokesman for India Against Corr

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