| `Sex
after false promise of marriage is rape'
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New
Delhi, Jan 12:
Establishing sexual relationship with a woman on a false promise
of marriage amounts to rape, a court here has held while sentencing
a man to seven years in jail for sexually exploiting her neighbour.
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| Bharat
Ratna, now a political minefield
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New
Delhi, Jan 12:
It's unlikely the country's highest civilian honour, the Bharat
Ratna, has ever been subjected to this kind of political jockeying
since it was first instituted in 1954.
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| Village
judge, beats up, strips woman
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New
Delhi, Jan 12:
A woman was beaten and stripped in a village in Andhra Pradesh
on Friday after being accused of murdering her husband.
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| Taare
Zameen Par makes Advani cry
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New
Delhi, Jan 12:
Actor-director Aamir Khan has made LK Advani cry not in the
reel but in real life. At a special screening of Khan's directorial
debut 'Taare Zameen Par' in the Capital on Friday,the senior
BJP leader could not ...
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| 2,500
shops gutted in Kolkata fire
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Kolkata,
Jan 12:
Over 2,500 shops were gutted and property worth crores destroyed
in a devastating fire that broke out in Burrabazar, one of the
busiest commercial hubs in the heart of the city, early this
morning.
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| Plot
foiled, Eiffel Tower targeted
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London,
Jan 12:
A plot by Islamic terrorists to blow up the Eiffel Tower, which
could have been the French 9/11, has been unearthed.
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| Aussies
famous at sledging
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Canberra,
Jan 12:
Indian players sledged then they should give it back to their
counterparts, India batsman Virender Sehwag, after hitting a
breezy 113 against ACT Invitation XI, said today.
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| I
will quit if impeached
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Islamabad,
Jan 12:
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said he will quit if
the new government formed after the general election next month
tried to impeach him.
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