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Nitish Kumar’s trust vote victory signals political realignment

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Chidu’s ‘Ferrari’ of reforms has an autorickshaw engine

Post Congress revamp, PM to reshuffle Cabinet today

The PM breaks his silence, and it’s about GM

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Nothing wrong in debate over RTI: Cong

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West Ham sign Liverpool’s Carroll for £15 million

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2014 Indian Grand Prix is on, assures Jaypee

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The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is in serious safety-trouble

Pakistan violates ceasefire, fires at Indian positions in Poonch

Ishrat Jehan’s mother to sue TV channel for ‘false, scandalous’ report

Not special package, Telangana needs statehood: Andhra Pradesh ministers

Hauz Khas Village: The hypocrisy of high-end ‘alternative’ chic

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US, Britain decides to work together to resolve Syria crisis

MF Hussain, Tyeb Mehta works fetch millions at UK auction

How Kate and Will’s royal baby may help UK economy bounce back

Turkey’s ‘standing man’ to join ranks of icons?

Pak’s Punjab govt allocates millions for LeT front

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Airtel finishes 5% stake sale to Qatar firm for Rs 6,796 cr

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Nissan to launch premier SUV ‘Terrano’ in India this year

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Adidas sets new soccer sales goal in World Cup year

NFL stake sale: Govt may select banker on 25 June

With Ramadorai on board, Ratan Tata’s AirAsia dream is flying

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High trade deficit, no inflows: Why rupee hit record low again

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Barring govt, gold retains lustre for everyone else

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Mayaram panel bats for easing FDI limits in defence, telecom

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Fitch revises outlook on 10 Indian financial institutions

HSBC lowers India’s FY’14 growth forecast to 5.5%

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Madhur Bhandarkar on break from direction

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George Clooney opted for ‘ball ironing’

Kim Kardashian, Kanye West welcome baby girl

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Creative Cloud subscriptions on the rise, boost Adobe Q2 profit

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NSA surveillance: Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Yahoo reveal data request info

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  • Turkey: Defiant PM Erdogan says police to get more power

    Turkey: Defiant PM Erdogan says police to get more power

    Jun 19, 2013

    Ankara: Turkey's prime minister on Tuesday brushed aside international criticism over his government's crackdown on widespread demonstrations and vowed to increase the police's powers to deal with the unrest. Meanwhile, more than 90 people were detained in police raids linked to the protests. Recep Tayyip Erdogan's defiant stance appeared aimed at #Ankara #Ban Ki-moon #Elmar Brok #Gezi Park #Istanbul #NewsTracker #Recep Tayyip Erdogan #Taksim Square #Turkey #United Nations

  • Journalist Michael Hastings, who ended US army general’s career, dies in car accident

    Journalist Michael Hastings, who ended US army general’s career, dies in car accident

    Jun 19, 2013

    Los Angeles: Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings, whose unflinching reporting ended the career of a top US Army general, died early Tuesday in a car accident in Los Angeles, his employer and family said. Hastings, who was 33, was described by many of his colleagues as an unfailingly bright #Buzzfeed #Michael Hastings #Stanley McChrystal

  • PM ‘dismayed’ by SL moves to go back on giving Tamils more autonomy

    PM ‘dismayed’ by SL moves to go back on giving Tamils more autonomy

    Jun 19, 2013

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday told a delegation of Sri Lanka Tamil MPs that he was "dismayed" by reports suggesting that Colombo planned to dilute certain key provisions of the 13th Amendment on devolution of powers to provinces ahead of polls to the Northern Provincial Council. The prime minister noted that #13th amendment to the constitution of Sri Lanka #K (Suresh) Premachandran #LLRC #MA Sumanthiran #Prime Minister Manmohan Singh #R Sampanthan #Sri Lanka #Tamil National Alliance #TheySaidIt #TNA

  • Israel wants Iran to halt uranium enrichment

    Israel wants Iran to halt uranium enrichment

    Jun 19, 2013

    Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that his country would not accept anything less than the total halt of Iranian uranium enrichment. "We cannot accept anything less than a total cessation of all enrichment of nuclear materials at all levels, removal of all enriched nuclear material and a closure #Benjamin Netanyahu #diplomacy #Iran #Israel #Nuclear power #Uranium

  • NASA wants you… to track asteroids

    NASA wants you… to track asteroids

    Jun 19, 2013

    Washington: NASA called on backyard astronomers and other citizen-scientists on Tuesday to help track asteroids that could create havoc on Earth. The U.S. space agency has already identified 95 percent of the potentially planet-killing NEOs - near Earth objects - with a diameter of .62 miles (1 km) or more, a #Asteroids #Astronomy #Nasa

  • New York police dept sued over surveillance of Muslims

    New York police dept sued over surveillance of Muslims

    Jun 19, 2013

    New York: The New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the New York Police Department over its surveillance of Muslim communities, accusing the police of trampling on religious freedoms and constitutional guarantees of equality. The surveillance by the NYPD's intelligence division has extended beyond New York City's #civil liberties #Muslims #New York #New York Police Department #Racial profiling

  • Surveillance helped foil bomb plot against Wall Street: NSA chief

    Surveillance helped foil bomb plot against Wall Street: NSA chief

    Jun 19, 2013

    Washington: The US foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on intelligence led by lawmakers sympathetic to the spying. The House #Barack Obama #Keith Alexander #NSA #NSA Prism #PRISM #Spying #Surveillance #TheySaidIt #United States

  • Nawaz Sharif to visit hydropower project site in PoK

    Nawaz Sharif to visit hydropower project site in PoK

    Jun 19, 2013

    Islamabad: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will visit the site of the Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project on Thursday to review work on the Rs 274.88 billion dam in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Sharif, whose government has accorded priority to tackling Pakistan's serious energy crisis, will be briefed on the project being built near PoK capital #Nawaz Sharif #Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project #NewsTracker #Pakistan

  • Will stay in Ecuadorean embassy even if Sweden drops investigation: Assange

    Will stay in Ecuadorean embassy even if Sweden drops investigation: Assange

    Jun 19, 2013

    London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he will not leave the sanctuary of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London even if Sweden stops pursuing sexual assault claims against him because he fears arrest on the order of the United States. In an interview with Reuters and others to mark the one-year anniversary #Ecuador #Edward Snowden #Julian Assange #provacy #UK #USA #Wikileaks

  • Ohio rape case: Victim shouldn’t have put herself in that position, says Serena

    Ohio rape case: Victim shouldn’t have put herself in that position, says Serena

    Jun 19, 2013

    Serena Williams says in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine that, while not blaming the victim in the Steubenville rape case, "she shouldn't have put herself in that position." The comment is made in one paragraph of a lengthy story posted online Tuesday about Williams, a 16-time Grand Slam title winner #Rolling Stone #Serena Williams #Steubenville rape case #TheySaidIt

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