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Judge seeks to halt Detroit bankruptcy filing

Investors dumped Detroit’s municipal bonds a day after the city’s historic bankruptcy filing even as a ruling in state court raised questions about whether the bankruptcy will stand up to court revie

Taliban-style edict for women spreads alarm

One of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s main religious advisers will not overturn a decree issued by clerics in the north reimposing Taliban-style curbs on women, in another sign of returning conservat

Rajasthan records rainfall deficit of 66%

Rajasthan is facing a rainfall deficit of over 66 per cent despite the early arrival of the southwest monsoon this year, according to a state government report.

Salman charges to be framed July 24

Bollywood actor Salman Khan was directed by a sessions court to appear before it on July 24 to frame the charges for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, from the 2002 hit-and-run case for which

Students’ racing car to compete in Germany

Triumphant Racer, a team of 23 engineering students from Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, Kharghar, launched their third racing car “tvaSka” on Wednesday.

IAF’s MiG-21 fighter plane crashes in Rajasthan, pilot killed

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A MiG-21 Bison fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed on Monday while landing at Uttarlai airbase in Rajasthan’s Barmer district, killing the pilot.

Modi says he had done ‘absolutely right thing’ in 2002

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has said that he had done “absolutely right thing” in 2002 when the state was hit by riots and that a special investigating team (SIT) set up by the Supreme Court had given him a “thoroughly clean chit”.

Modi says ‘Ramzan Mubarak’ to Muslims

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Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today greeted the Muslims at the beginning of the holy month of Ramzan, a move that invited criticism from the Congress, which said, “They will do anything to get votes.”

136th Rath Yatra begins amidst tight security

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Amid tight security and monitoring by two Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, the 136th Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra began in Ahmedabad this morning.

Sangli civic polls: Cong ousts NCP

In a major jolt to the Nationalist Congress Party, Congress has won the Sangli Municipal Corporation elections with absolute majority.

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Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.