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Mumbai rave: 44 ‘positive’ for drugs

In a development that has vindicated the Mumbai police’s stand on the recent rave party bust in a plush Juhu hotel, blood analysis of 44 of the detainees proved on Friday that they had consumed drugs

Pranab Mukherjee to resign Sunday as FM

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Pranab Mukherjee, who has been selected as the UPA's presidential nominee, will resign on Sunday as the Union finance minister.

Mantralaya fire toll rises to 5

Fire brigade personnel found the bodies of two persons on the sixth floor of the charred Mantralaya in Mumbai around noon on Friday, raising the toll from Thursday’s fire to five.

Cops check mantralaya for sabotage

The crime branch on Friday kicked off its probe into the devastating fire at the Mantralaya, with its main focus being to look for any signs of arson or sabotage.

PM hits out at developed world

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday hit out at industrialised countries over the issue of making available additional finance and technology to help developing world reduce carbon emissions, sayin

Thackeray pitches for ‘Hindutvawadi’ PM

In a statement that would not go well with NDA ally Janata Dal (United), Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Friday pitched for a Prime Minister with Hindu ideology in the next general elections.

NDA allies urge each other to review stand

Congress activists pray for finance minister Pranab Mukherjee’s victory in the upcoming presidential election at Tarapith

Reeling under a split of opinions over support to a presidential candidate, NDA allies the JD(U) and BJP on Friday urged each other to change their minds on the issue.

You can forget sore memories?

People struggling to forget painful past memories can be trained to do so, claims a new study that may offer new potential for the tre-atment of disorders like depression and post-traumatic stress dis

‘Stress can be good for your immunity’

Stress is bad for you — you’ve heard it a thousand times. But it can be good for your immune system, says a study.

Pawar to hand over ICC reins to Isaac at Annual Conference

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Sharad Pawar's tenure as International Cricket Council President will come to an end next week and New Zealand's Alan Isaac will take over from the Indian at the body's five-day Annual Conference starting with the Chief Executive Committee's meeting here on Sunday.

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