| PM
seeks Vajpayee's support on N-deal |
New
Delhi, Mar 5:
Describing Atal Bihari Vajpayee as "Bhishma Pitamah of
Indian politics", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday
appealed to former Prime Minister to rise above "narrow"
party politics and support the Indo-US nuclear deal.
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| Shortage
of over 11,000 officers in Army |
New
Delhi, Mar 5:
The Army suffers from a shortage of over 11,000 officers, mainly
in the ranks of Lt Colonel and below. Giving the information
in a written reply in Rajya Sabha Wednesday, Defence Minister
A.K. Antony said ...
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| B’day
greetings to CM |
Bhopal,
Mar 5:
State Governor Dr Balram Jhaker, State BJP president Narendra
Singh Thomar, Assembly speaker Ishwar Das Rohani were among
galaxy of senior leaders, public representatives and senior
officers ...
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| Loan
waiver an effort to reduce inequality in opportunities: PM
|
New
Delhi, Mar 5:
Rejecting Opposition charge that the farm loan waiver was announced
with an eye on elections, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday
said it was a historic initiative to meet the "unpaid distress
bill" left behind by the erstwhile NDA government.
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| M'rashtra
Governor set to quit |
Bangalore,
Mar 5:
Ending months of speculations, Maharashtra Governor S M Krishna
is all set to resign from his gubernatorial post on Wednesday
evening and return to active politics in Karnataka where Assembly
election are likely in May.
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| Indians
run bigger risk of diabetes, cardiac diseases
|
London,
Mar 5:
People from the Indian sub-continent are more prone to diabetes
and coronary heart disease, an Indian-origin scholar said. Kamlesh
Khunti, a professor at the University of Leicester, has said
that people with origins in the Indian sub-continent have a
higher prevalence of diabetes and coronary heart disease.
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