| Prez
gets a big pay hike
|
New
Delhi, Jan 10:
The President has got a big raise with the monthly pay packet
doubled from Rs 50,000 to Rs one lakh, under a proposal cleared
by the Union Cabinet today. And Pratibha Patil is not alone
to get such a hike.
|
| Bharat
Ratna can't be raised in public
|
New
Delhi, Jan 10:
Government on Thursday sought to make light of BJP leader L
K Advani's letter seeking Bharat Ratna for former Prime Minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee saying such issues are not raised in public.
|
| No
first lady status for Sarkozy's girl
|
New
Delhi, Jan 10:
Despite rumours of a February wedding, Europe's most publicised
love affair failed to melt India's protocol czars. The government,
it is learnt, has politely declined to give French President
Nicolas Sarkozy's ...
|
| Absconding
Orissa top cop Mohanti surrenders
|
Jaipur,
Jan 10:
Fugitive IPS officer Bidya Bhusan Mohanti, evading police for
the past several months for allegedly helping his son Bitti,
a rape convict, to jump parole on Thursday surrendered in a
local court.
|
| No
freeze on Indian workers: Malaysia govt
|
Singapore,
Jan 10:
The Malaysian government has reiterated that there was no freeze
on the intake of workers and professionals from India.
|
| Epidemic
puts gharial on the brink
|
Chmbal,
Jan 10:
The banks of the river Chambal resemble a mortuary. Already
on the critically endangered list, the Indian gharial is fighting
a mystery disease. Over 100 gharials have died in the last six
weeks.
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| I
am pretty relaxed: Dravid
|
Canberra,
Jan 10:
Rahul Dravid may be struggling to recover his peak form but
the former Indian captain today insisted that he was "pretty
relaxed" and would look to find the gaps more frequently
to overcome the lean patch.
|
| Usha
slighted at Kolkata meet
|
Kolkata,
Jan 10:
As a country we've hardly ever taken care of our icons once
they left centrestage. On Wednesday, the city added another
chapter to that inglorious record.
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