Process for reelecting Sonia as Cong President set in motion

Sonia Gandhi is set to be reelected Congress president for a record fourth consecutive time. Not a single party member came forward to challenge and she was the only person to file nomination on Thursday. The Congress’s

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CBK snubbed

Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga was snubbed for the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) annual convention held today and was also a notable absentee from the massive poster erected behind the stage of the event depicting

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Police scotch rumours of hostage murder

The Bihar police on Thursday scotched all rumours of Naxals having executed a sub-inspector, one of the four personnel kidnapped by the rebels, even as the hostage crisis in Lakhisarai district entered the fourth day.

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Killed 1 cop, three more to go: Maoists blackmail Nitish Govt

Hours after Maoists claimed they had killed one of the four abducted policemen and threatened to kill the others if eight jailed colleagues were not released, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar offered talks with the Maoists,

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Nominations open for e-Swabhimani 2010

Nominations are now open for e-Swabhimani 2010 a national award aimed at recognizing excellence in digital content creation. The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) invites nominations from individuals

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New Company Law by end of current fiscal

India is set to get a ’brand new Company Law by end of the current fiscal year’ Union Minister for Corporate Affairs and Minority Affairs Salman Khursheed said here on Thursday. It would be a state-of-the-art law, he said adding

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Andhra Bank, UCO Bank, Canara Bank and Corporation Bank get new CMDs

The new chiefs of four public sector banks took charge on Wednesday, including Canara Bank Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) S. Raman and UCO Bank chief Arun Kaul. While the term of the new CMD of Canara Bank comes

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Rajinikanth's daughter Soundarya weds Ashwin Ramkumar

In one of the biggest weddings in Chennai in the recent times, the second daughter of superstar Rajinikanth -- Soundarya -- tied the knot with her boyfriend Ashwin Ramkumar on Friday morning.
The marriage rituals were performed

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Ranbir Kapoor can be the next Amitabh Bachchan

After working with Ranbir Kapoor in two films, director Siddharth Anand feels the young actor has the potential to follow in the footsteps of megastar Amitabh Bachchan as the "complete Hindi film hero". The day Ranbir does an action film

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Shahid keen on Priyanka for Ishq Vishk 2

Shahid Kapur is all set for the sequel of his debut film Ishq Vishk, and the buzz is that the actor wants Priyanka Chopra as his heroine in the new film. The original film had Amrita Rao as Shahid’s heroine.
The sequel, tentatively titled Ishq Vishk 2,

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Pakistan return with a win against Somerset

Pakistan’s first match since a betting scandal engulfed the team on their tour of England ended with them having just 11 fit players at their disposal on Thursday. Pakistan won a one-day tour game against southwest county Somerset

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Saina slips to third in world ranking

Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal on Thursday slipped one place from her career-best position of world number two to the third place in the latest international rankings. The 20-year-old Saina had made a meteoric rise following

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Cricketers found guilty should be heavily punished: Sourav

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Thursday said the International Cricket Council (ICC) is not a policing body and the cricketers themselves should have responsibility towards the game. Referring to the ’spot-fixing’ scam,

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