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MDT/PTI 02 August 2012
Anna Hazare, whose fast entered the fifth day, held discussions with Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Gopal Rai, the three fasting activists and Bedi in the morning   New Delhi: Concern mounted on Thursday over the health of three members from Team Anna, whose fast entered the ninth day,...

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Peter Maass  and   Megha Rajagopalan (ProPublica) 02 August 2012
As the US Senate considers a bill to strengthen the nation's cybersecurity, some questionable numbers keep creeping into the discussion Gen. Keith Alexander is the director of the National Security Agency and oversees U.S. Cyber Command, which means he leads the government's effort to...

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MDT/PTI 02 August 2012
The three chiefs are stressing on the need for having a Services' representative in the committee set up by the government to address pay-related issues   New Delhi: Taking a joint stand, the three Services Chiefs have raised the banner of opposition against the composition of a...

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MDT/PTI 02 August 2012
Indian government is mulling setting up separate electricity transmission islands for essential services like Railways and Airports, besides major cities to insulate them power crisis   New Delhi: Jolted by the worst-ever blackout, the Indian government is mulling setting up separate...

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MDT/PTI 02 August 2012
Rosemary Jamir, secretary of Tropogan Farmers' Society from Dimapur in Nagaland, collected Rs24.7 crore through seven agents in AP, disbursed Rs13.7 crore to gain investor's confidence and then disappeared with Rs11 crore   Hyderabad: A woman from Nagaland has been arrested from...

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For the second time round, Pune has hit headlines for an allegedly terror/mischief monger attack. While the German Bakery blast was horrendous, Wednesday’s series of mini blasts at the prime Jangli Maharaj Road probably have a bigger, more dangerous message While the horror of the German...

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MDT/PTI 02 August 2012
The petitioners have alleged Rs600 crore had been siphoned off by directors of Pen Urban Cooperative Bank and this money be recovered from them   Mumbai: Hearing a petition alleging siphoning of Rs600 crore by board of directors in Pen Urban Cooperative Bank in Raigad district of...

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MDT/PTI 02 August 2012
Bangladesh Police accused retired Lt Gen Harunur Rashid, the president of Destiny Group, and 21 other senior officials of the group of stealing money from two projects set up by the direct-selling company between 2006 and April 2012     Dhaka: Bangladesh's anti-graft agency has...

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James R Hood (ConsumerAffairs.com) 02 August 2012
Consumer Affairs, a US-based consumer news and advocacy site says that the $500,000 grant from Ford Foundation to Washington Post, one of the most reputed global newspapers, is no different from buying influence by paying an individual journalist Bribing reporters is seen as a worldwide...

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For the RTI Act to become more effective and used by young citizens, including it in the educational curriculum is being taken up seriously. While the government is in discussions with the NCERT about its implementation, Symbiosis has initiated a unique RTI programme for its media students

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MDT/PTI 01 August 2012
According to the National Sample Survey Organisation, poorest 10% from rural India had an average monthly per capita expenditure of Rs503.49, while the same in urban areas comes to Rs702.26 or Rs23.4 a day     New Delhi: Two decades of economic reforms and drum beating about inclusive...

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MDT/PTI 01 August 2012
With the government showing no inclination for talks to end their stir, a worried Team Anna held discussions on Wednesday morning while requesting Kejriwal and Rai to end their hunger strike   New Delhi: As the health of his aides deteriorated, Indian social activist Anna Hazare on...

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Moneylife Digital Team 01 August 2012
Activists and citizens have been demanding Maharashtra government to shelve the new Bill, which according to them would fail to protect flat buyers and housing societies, while builders would go away scot-free    Several activists, led by the Mumbai Grahak Panchayat (MGP), have urged...

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MDT/PTI 01 August 2012
The Northern, Eastern and North Eastern Grids -- that cater to over half of the country's 1.2 billion population -- were restored by around 0930 hrs on Wednesday   New Delhi: More than 20 hours after the country's worst power failure, the three major electricity grids that had...

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When you breathe your last in an unknown city, strangers become friends. Would it have made a difference if the ambulance had come 10 minutes earlier? R Vijayaraghavan (Viji as he was fondly called) was one of the many guests, who checked in the afternoon of 30th July, at the...

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MDT/PTI 01 August 2012
Manufacturing of the C-17 or Boeing heavy-lift military transport aircraft, which will roll out with Indian colours on its T-tail and the cockpit, had begun in January this year     Long Beach (California): The first of India's ten ordered Boeing heavy-lift military transport aircraft...

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MDT/PTI 31 July 2012
The Northern Grid, which collapsed on Monday and was restored after 15 hours, again tripped on Tuesday. The Eastern and North-Eastern transmission lines too failed this afternoon, worsening the power situation in the country    New Delhi: India faced a major power crisis for the...

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MDT/PTI 31 July 2012
While the northern grid failed for the second straight day, the eastern and north-eastern grids too collapsed. These three grids carry about 50,000 MW of electricity and has left more than half the country powerless   New Delhi: Triggering a major power crisis, three electricity grids...

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MDT/PTI 31 July 2012
Khan, who claims to be a native of Pakistan occupied Kashmir, entered Indian territory in 1995 when he was nine-year-old and is already married and has children   Mumbai: Citing national security, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday pulled up the Union and Maharashtra governments for...

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MDT/PTI 31 July 2012
Due to the power failure, rail services in six zones such as the Northern Railway, North Central Railway, West Central Railway, East Central Railway, Eastern and South Eastern Railway have been badly hit   New Delhi: Nearly 300 trains came to a grinding halt at various places this...

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