India lacks will to act against separatists:Padmanabhaiah

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Hyderabad, July 31: Indian Intelligence officials are competent enough to keep track of the activities of people like Kashmiri separatist leader Ghulam Nabi Fai, but the country lacked the political will to act, former union home secretary K Padmanabhaiah said today. Addressing a seminar More

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Monsoon Session of Parliament begins today

Too many skeletons in Opposition cupboard: PM

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New Delhi, July 31: Confrontation appears imminent in the Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning tomorrow with a combative Prime Minister Manmohan Singh telling the opposition bluntly of having "too many skeletons in its cupboard", a remark that raised the hackles of the BJP. "We are not afraid More

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'Keeping PM under Lokpal ambit not advisable'

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New Delhi, July 31: Bringing the office of Prime Minister under the ambit of Lokpal would "not be advisable", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today. Singh, who had earlier stated that he was not against the office of the Prime Minister being brought under the Lokpal's purview, told reporters More

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Yeddyurappa resigns at last amid high drama

Bangalore, July 31: Karnataka's chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa finally resigned on a gloomy and cloudy Sunday amid high drama after keeping everybody guessing as he delayed his appointment with state governor H.R. Bhardwaj by over an hour. The 68-year-old submitted his one-line resignation More

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Muhammad Rafi's native village remembers him

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Kotla Sultan, Amritsar, July 31: Legendary playback singer Muhammad Rafi's native village in Punjab's Amritsar district remembered him on his 31st death anniversary, as his friend, 94-year-old Bakshish Singh, recollected the days the two spent together. “A small function was organised in this More

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There can never be a singer like Rafi: Lata Mangeshkar

New Delhi, July 31: Singing legend Lata Mangeshkar remembers late singer Muhammad Rafi on his 31st death anniversary and says there can never be a singer like him again. Both of them sang 414 duets together. "Today's the 31st death anniversary of Rafi sahab. He was an honest and a lovely human More

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I dream of all-India entrance test by 2013: Sibal

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New Delhi, July 31: HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has said it his "dream" to implement a single common entrance examination for admission in engineering and science disciplines at the national level by 2013. "My real dream is by 2013, I should have the first all India test," he told PTI during an More

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ULFA leaders to begin talks with Centre

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New Delhi, July 31: In an effort to bring an amicable solution to the vexed insurgency problem in Assam, top ULFA leaders are expected to start the process of formal peace talks with the government here next week. A senior government functionary said the ULFA leaders led by 'chairman' Arabinda More

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Shoora removed Vastanvi after full probe report: Deoband

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Muzaffarnagar, July 31:Contrary to Maulana Ghulam Muhammad Vastanvi's claims, leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has said that the former Vice Chancellor was removed only after the Majlis-e-Shoora report was completed. Vastanvi, who was removed on July 24 for his controversial remarks More

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