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Olympic hockey qualifiers: Indian men, women in finals

The Indian men's and women's teams on Friday night made it to the finals of the 2012 London Olympics qualifiers, the former with a come-from-behind 4-2 win over Poland and the latter scraping past Ita

Jayalalithaa turns 64, AIADMK leaders and cadres celebrate

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AIADMK leaders and cadres across Tamil Nadu celebrated the 64th birthday of their leader and state Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Friday.

At the AIADMK headquarters here where senior party leaders

Insurance major AIG reports fourth quarter profits

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American International Group (AIG) has reported a net income of $19.8 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011, gaining about 77 per cent year-on-year thanks to a big tax benefit.

For the year 2011, the

Groom marries bride who got raped

Achche Lal, a Class 12 dropout, did what few would dare to do in his community. Breaking taboo, the young farmer in Madhya Pradesh married a woman who was raped by bandits only two days before they we

Boy burnt with cigarettes, beaten, clawed by stepfather

A three-year-old boy is struggling for life at a government hospital in Rajasthan after his alcoholic stepfather put burning cigarettes on his face, beat him up and clawed him in a drunken condition,

Karnataka power struggle hits BJP 'morality session'

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The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka was Friday forced to cut short its brainstorming session to teach morality and discipline to its ministers and legislators in the wake of a sharpen

Scientist resigns over blacklisting of ISRO stalwarts

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Eminent scientist Roddam Narasimha, the seniormost member of the Space Commission, has resigned to protest the blacklisting of former Indian space agency chairman G. Madhavan Nair and three others in

Hundreds of Falaks go unnoticed at Delhi's shelter homes

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A dilapidated red-stone building in the bylanes of Kashmere Gate in old Delhi is home to hundreds of girls -- some lost, some abused by close relatives, some forced away by their own family and landin

Hockey Olympic qualifier: Indian women go down 2-5 to South Africa

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The Indian women's hockey team's unbeaten run in the 2012 London Olympics qualifiers ended on Wednesday with a 2-5 defeat against tournament favourites South Africa in their fourth match.

With this l

India beat Canada 3-2 in men's hockey Olympic qualifier

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India scraped past Canada 3-2 in the men's hockey Olympic qualifiers at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on Wednesday.

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