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Obama presents mortgage refinancing plan

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President Barack Obama on Wednesday presented a plan to revitalise the US real estate market that would allow millions of homeowners to refinance their mortgages and take advantage of the current hist

2G licence cancellation to affect banks

Major lenders including State Bank of India and Punjab National Bank have lent money to most of the telecom firms whose 2G licences will be cancelled following the Supreme Court's on Thursday verdict.

US wants Pakistan to snap ISI ties with Taliban

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Amid credible reports that the Pakistan's spy agency ISI was secretly supporting Taliban insurgents to recover lost ground in Afghanistan, the United States has asked Islamabad to snap those ties and

Indians held in British sham marriage

A sham double wedding collapsed when one of the bogus brides was unable to identify the Indian man she was due to marry, Daily Mail reported on Wednesday.

The registrar had become suspicious when he

We can be proud of Supreme Court: Swamy after 2G order

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Janta Party leader Subramanian Swamy on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court order cancelling 122 licences granted to telecom companies during the tenure of former communications minister A. Raja.

The

Terminated Kochi Tuskers seek Kerala chief minister's help

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The owners of Kochi Tuskers, the terminated Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, have sought help from Kerala chief Minister Oommen Chandy to revive the state's Twenty20 cricket team.

Chandy said o

Cricket first, poll meet with Prime Minister later!

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In India, cricket always wins the day - even if it happens at the cost of a crucial meeting with the prime minister on key electoral reforms!

That's exactly what happened during the India-Sri Lanka W

Another woman arrested in baby Falak case

A woman has been arrested for forcing into prostitution the 14-year-old girl who brought battered baby Falak to hospital, police said on Thursday. This is the fourth arrest in the case.

The woman has

Customers won't be troubled by cancellation of 2G licences

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Even though the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered cancellation of 122 telecom licences, customers will not be affected much as firms have been given four months to cease operations, allowing ample tim

Raja completes a year in jail, adapting well

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Having spent a year behind bars for his alleged involvement in the 2G scam, former communications minister A. Raja seems to have adapted to life in Tihar Jail, officials said on Thursday.

"After a fe

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