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After Khurshid, another minister promises quotas in UP

Congress leader and Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma has reignited the row over reservations for minorities in Uttar Pradesh by promising sub-quotas for Muslims if the party was voted to power in the

IOC defends Dow, will remain Olympic sponsor

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says Dow Chemicals will remain a sponsor at the London Olympics and that the US company was not to blame for the horrific 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.

IOC also t

Latest Russian chopper to join IAF

ndia will on Friday induct the modern Mi-17V5 helicopter, its latest buy from Russia, into the air force to ferry troops and supplies to remote borders and mountain areas.

The helicopters, 80 of whic

Two killed by Italian ship personnel, envoy summoned

India on Thursday summoned the Italian envoy and voiced concern over the shooting of killing of two fishermen by security officials of an Italian cargo vessel and underlined that the captain of the sh

Polling begins for UP third phase

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Polling for the third phase of Uttar Pradesh's staggered elections in 56 assembly seats began on Wednesday at 7 am.

The total number of candidates in this phase is 1,018, of whom women candidates num

Kremlin gets its own vodka brand

The Kremlin has created its own brand of premium vodka to be served at official events involving the Russian president.

The new beverage, titled Kremlin Award, was presented at the ProdExpo 2012 exhi

Former DMK minister's residence raided in Tamil Nadu

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The homes of former DMK minister Thangam Thenarasu and his relatives were raided across several places in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday for allegedly accumulating assets disproportionate to their known sour

V-Day venom: Youngsters flirt with cobra drug

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It wasn't just heart-shaped chocolates and bright red roses that saw a spurt in sales this Valentine's Day. A deadly drug prepared from cobra venom gave a new high at parties in the national capital a

Delhi readies for mass drill to test disaster preparedness

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How will the capital react in the event of a high intensity earthquake? The test would be on in hundreds of locations across in Delhi on Wednesday with disaster management teams fanning across schools

Phone calls made to Israel, Iran, Lebanon being examined

Investigators on Wednesday started examining records of 115 phone calls made to Iran, Israel and Lebanon from here for clues in the Monday bomb attack on an Israeli embassy vehicle in the heart of the

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