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40.74 crore people below poverty line, Planning Commission revises key numbers
The Planning Commission has told the Supreme Court that the below poverty line (BPL) population in the country is 40.74 crore and the poverty line for the urban and rural areas could be provisionally
Obama cites India to plug 'open government'
Citing the example of Indian villages getting their voices heard with new information technology tools, President Barack Obama has urged emerging and established democracies to make their governments
Rahul in Sikkim, surveys quake-hit areas
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived in the quake-hit northeastern state of Sikkim on Wednesday.
According to Congress sources, the Congress leader made an aerial survey of the affected ar
Economy, terror, Gulf, North Africa top PM's agenda at UN
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday called upon all nations to address the multiple challenges the world is facing today, such as economic slowdown, terrorism and unrest in West Asia and North
Terror plotter Rana seeks a fresh trial
Pakistan-born Canadian Tahawwur Rana, convicted of aiding Pakistan based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) held responsible for the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, is seeking a fresh trial.
Pranab to attend US-India CEO forum
Indian finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and commerce minister Anand Sharma are among the top leaders from India at a meeting of the US-India CEO forum here on Thursday to forge an action plan to enhance bilateral trade and investment.
TN Nuke plant protesters call off fast
Members of the movement against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) will meet Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Wednesday in Chennai and urge her to pass a Cabinet resolution against the plant.
Four-year-old scandal comes back to haunt NTRO
India's hi-tech spy agency National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) finds itself battling revelations that one of its staffers illegally snooped on his seniors using a spycam in its headquarter
Sam Pitroda to help modernise Railways
Close on the heels of an expert panel on safety last week, the railways on Wednesday announced another one headed by technocrat Sam Pitroda to modernise the national transporter.
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Minor burnt to death for resisting rape
A minor girl was allegedly burnt to death on Wednesday for resisting rape by her teenaged neighbour in Uttar Pradesh, police said. The accused was arrested.
The 14-year-old girl, a native of Musahibp
