2 women Naxals dead in encounter

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Raipur, Jan 19: Two women Naxals were shot dead in an encounter with security forces in the Kanker district of Chhattisgarh this afternoon, police said. Kanker Superintendent of Police Rahul Bhagat told phone that the shoot-out took place in the forest near Tekameta village. A team More

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7 hostages, 11 militants dead after raid in Algeria

Ain Amenas (Algeria), Jan 19: Algeria's special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the middle of the Sahara desert in a final assault today, killing 11 militants, but not before they in turn killed seven hostages, the state news agency reported. The report, quoting a security source More

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Delhi witnessed over 700 rape cases in 2012

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New Delhi, Jan 19: Delhi witnessed a 23.43 per cent increase in rape cases in the last one year, revealed figures released by the Delhi Police on Friday. While 572 rapes were reported in the national capital in 2011, the number rose to 706 in 2012. According to National Crime Records Bureau More

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A rude awakening for Cong on social media power?

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Jaipur, Jan 19: Rahul Gandhi was literally left awestruck today when a Congress MP showed him hundreds of negative comments on social media on Sonia Gandhi's speech within hours of her address at the Chintan Shivir. As concerns over the party's lack of presence on social media was expressed More

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Chautala pleads to be admitted to Medanta, son wants home food

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New Delhi, Jan 19: Convicted in teachers recruitment scam case, former Haryana Chief Minister O P Chautala today urged a Delhi court that he be admitted to a private Gurgaon hospital for treatment while his son wants home food and clothes, besides permission to wear a gold chain in jail. In More

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‘Sarabjit a victim of cross-border politics’

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Chandigarh, Jan 19: Seeking immediate release of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian national on death row in Pakistan, his lawyer Awais Sheikh has said that Singh is a "victim of politics on both sides of the border." "Sarabjit has been unjustifiably jailed for over 22 years for a crime that he did not More

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Youth icon Rahul faces daunting task to galvanise Congress

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New Delhi, Jan 19: Catapulted to the top rung of Congress leadership, the party's youth icon Rahul Gandhi, touted as the future prime minister, faces the daunting task of reversing the slide in its support base and harvest the soaring young population into its voters. A fourth-generation scion More

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