GHOST OF BRIBES FOR MPs RETURNS TO HAUNT GOVT

WIKILEAKS REVELATION

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New Delhi, Mar 17: The ghost of bribes for MPs' votes returned to haunt the government today with the entire Opposition demanding its resignation over allegations that UPA-I purchased the support of lawmakers to survive the trial of strength at the height of crisis over Indo-US nuclear deal in 2008 More

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Joint Mgmt Of GB Pant Hospital

Devise modalities in 15 days: Raju

New Delhi, Mar 17: Union Minister of State for Defence, V Pallam Raju today directed the concerned authorities to devise modalities for sharing the joint management of the G B Pant hospital at Sonwar with J&K Government within 15 days for its examination by the State government.Raju told this More

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Japan steps up efforts to cool reactors

14650 killed: Police

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Fukushima/Tokyo, Mar 17: Japan today made desperate efforts to douse overheating spent fuel rods at its quake- crippled reactors in the Fukushima plant, dumping tonnes of water using helicopters and water cannon trucks amid growing concerns of a nuclear disaster.       More

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US considers air strikes as Gaddafi's troops advance

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Cairo/Washington, Mar 17:  Making a dash across the desert, Muammar Gaddafi's tanks were reported today to be on the outskirts of the last remaining rebel-stronghold of Benghazi in a race against time as the US mulled the possibility of air strikes to stop the advance of his forces.Intense More

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Protest against release of Davis in Pakistan

Islamabad, Mar 17: Street protests erupted in Pakistan for a second day Thursday against the release of American Raymond Davis, whose arrest after he shot dead two Pakistani men in January triggered a major diplomatic row between the two countries. Lawyers and some political groups took to More

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41 killed in US drone attacks in northwest Pak

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Peshawar, Mar 17: At least 41 people were killed when US drones targeted a compound in the North Waziristan tribal region of northwest Pakistan today, though there were conflicting accounts about the identity of those who died. Security officials said those killed in the attack at Datta Khel More

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Sharif undergoes heart surgery in London

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London/Lahore, Mar 17: Former Pakistan Premier and opposition PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has undergone a heart surgery in London after being admitted to hospital with chest pain. Two stents were inserted during the surgery yesterday and Sharif is out of danger, Pakistan's Punjab government More

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‘Iran sends rocket, capsule into space’

Tehran, Mar 17: Iran has launched a rocket into space carrying a test capsule designed to house an animal, the official IRNA news agency today said, amid Western concerns over Tehran's scientific advances. The Kavoshgar-4 rocket was launched without fanfare on March 15, the report said, citing More

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