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Pratibha Patil becomes the first woman President to fly in a fighter jet

November 25, 2009 India

New Delhi: This Wednesday morning witnessed a historical moment as President Pratibha Patil became the first woman president to fly in a fighter jet, the Sukhoi-30MKI of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Pune.

74 year old Patil, had breakfast and underwent a mandatory pre-flight medical test and was found fit to undertake the flight. After [...]

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Wife of Hemant Karkare not happy about investigations

November 24, 2009 India

New Delhi: One of the most top cop lost his life in 26/11 last year, Hemant Karkare. It has been almost one year and the investigations are going on.
But the deceased cop’s wife says, “I am not happy about the investigations, because they are still going on. I don’t know when will we get justice.”
On [...]

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No solution yet between sugarcane farmers and mill owners

November 23, 2009 India

Lucknow: In Muzaffarnagar, a dialogue involving the district authorities, sugarcane farmers and mill owners did not come to any solution.

The mill owners are offering Rs 165-170 per quintal plus a bonus of Rs 15 per quintal to farmers.
Farmers are demanding Rs 250-280 per quintal for their produce because their input cost increased due to drought [...]

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Taslima wants to settle in Kolkata!

November 21, 2009 India

New Delhi: Taslima Nasreen, the exiled Bangladeshi author wants to get back to Kolkata two years after she was removed from the city after a riot in Park Circus and adjoining areas.

It was November 21, 2007, when she was taken to Delhi, where she stayed as a protected guest of the Centre which [...]

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17 arrested for rampage at media house

November 20, 2009 India

Mumbai: 17 Shiv Sena goons arrested following the attack on IBN Lokmat offices in Mumbai and Pune. Police sources claim that CNN-IBN that Sunil Raut, brother of Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut, was behind the attack.
In the mean time, despite the all round condemnation of the attack Shiv Sena has remained unrepentant [...]

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Train services disrupted as Maoists blew up the railway track

November 20, 2009 India

Ranchi: Train services were disrupted as Maoists blew up the railway track in Chaibasa district of Jharkhand last night. At the same time, eight bogies of the Tata Nagar-Bilaspur passenger train went out of the track, killing one woman passenger.

Manoj Kumar Mishra, Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Kolhan, said that one woman died in the [...]

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Rahul stopped the convoy to meet a person in the road side

November 19, 2009 India

Vijaywada: AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi, during his visit to Vijaywada suddenly came out of his vehicle when the convoy started from Andhra Loyola College auditorium.

Noticing a person waiting for him in the road side with dwarfism Rahul came out from his vehicle to meet him.
But before he could reach him media persons rushed [...]

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Thackeray-versus-Sachin Tendulkar

November 18, 2009 India

Mumbai: Youth icon Sachin tendulkar is being targeted in the political battle these days. Shiv Sena Chief Balasaheb Thackeray has targeted Sachin in his political battle with nephew Raj Thackeray.

In his open letter to the Master Blaster he has asked him to pay some attention to the problems Maharashtra and Mumbai.
Its only a [...]

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Mamta Banerjee says, Railways not to acquire land forcibly

November 15, 2009 India

Nalikul: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that Indian Railways is not going to acquire land forcibly. Mamta said, “The lesson we learnt from Singur is that land must not be taken forcibly.

The TMC leader added those willing to donate land would be adequately compensated. Not only this, one family member of donors will get [...]

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Kalyan’s son quits SP

November 15, 2009 India

Lucknow: Kalyan Singh’s son Rajbir Singh has announced to quit Samajwadi Part today. Before this Mulayam Singh Yadav had announced to snap all ties with the former BJP leader Kalyan Singh.

Meanwhile, Kalyan Singh has lashed out at the Samajwadi Party chief for cheating him and his son and not keeping his word.
Kalyan said at a [...]

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