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Govt sympathetic, ex-raja may get back palaces

The erstwhile Raja of Mehmoodabad, who had stayed back in India after his father, Raja Amir Ali Khan, opted for Pakistani citizenship and left the country, should be able to retain his palaces and oth

Valley Sikhs get threat letters

Leaders of Kashmir’s Sikhs said on Thursday that many families of the minority community in various parts of the Valley have been receiving unsigned threat letters over the past couple of weeks asking

Atrocities on SCs & STs worry LS

The atrocities being perpetrated against those belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes evoked the concern of Lok Sabha MPs in the House on Thursday as they spoke during a discussion on

Terrorists may strike in festive season

A terror alert has been sounded by Central security agencies warning of possible strikes by Pakistan-based terror outfits, including the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, during the upcoming festive season and Commo

Mom sells infant for Rs 5,000

A woman, who gave birth at the government run-SAT hospital here, sold her newborn baby to a couple for Rs 5,000.

High security for Udham’s pistol

The Punjab government will deploy an armed guard and closed-circuit television cameras to prevent miscreants from stealing the pistol from Shaheed Udham Singh’s statue in Rajpura Town.

Villages restore ties after 125 yrs

Two villages in Haryana’s Bhiwani district are preparing to re-establish familial and social ties after more than a century of animosity forced by tradition.
The pre-dominantly Brahmin residents of Jhuppa Kalan have called a “historic panchayat meeting” on August 29 to finally scrap the customary rules preventing them from serving food or water to the people of neighbouring Barwas, also a Brahmin village.

‘Parliament should be a place for constructive debates’

President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday said the image of Parliament in the public mind should be one where debates and discussions take place with a view to find an outcome through a constructive and cooperative approach. The functioning of Parliament of the world’s largest democracy must meet “exacting standards” to set an example for the rest of the world.

BJP: Cong not serious on issue

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday accused the Congress of not taking enough interest to protect the mineral wealth of the country. The allegation was made in the context of the debate that took place in the Lok Sabha on the issue of illegal mining when no Congress MP or Union minister from Karnataka was present in the House, leave alone participate in the debate.

Mexico is hopeful of ‘breakthrough’

Mexico is working overtime to save the upcoming UN Climate Change Summit in Cancun from collapse. Patricia Espinosa, minister of foreign affairs of Mexico and the chairperson of the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in her recent visit to India has been working hard to

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