| `Women's
bill to be passed'
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Jammu,
Apr 12:
AICC president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi today asked
the women in Jammu and Kashmir to contribute their might in
ensuring a win for the Congress in the forthcoming Assembly
elections in the state.
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| `Freeze
kidney kingpin Amit's bank accounts'
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Ambala,
April 12:
A local court on Saturday ordered that the three bank accounts
of the alleged kidney racket kingpin Amit Kumar in Canada be
frozen.
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| Over
55 pc polling in Betul
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Bhopal,
Apr 12:
About 55.90 per cent of the nearly 11 lakh electorate exercised
their franchise today for the Lok Sabha byelection in Madhya
Pradesh's Betul constituency, official sources said.
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| 19
year-old gets death for murder
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Kochi,
Apr 12:
A teenager was sentenced to death by a court here for murdering
his septuagenarian employer, a senior advocate of the Kerala
High Court, after fraudulently withdrawing Rs six lakh from
his account.
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| Close
shave for Patel, Pawar
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New
Delhi, April 12:
Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel and Agriculture Minister
Sharad Pawar had a narrow escape on Friday, along with 90 other
passengers of a Kingfisher flight, when the plane made an emergency...
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| `Overhaul
Sixth Pay Commission'
|
Allahabad,
April 12:
Alleging that the government has given a raw deal to the officers
of the Indian Information Service, the IIS Officers Association
has demanded "a thorough overhaul of the Sixth Pay Commission",
so that the needs of the "highly qualified and professional
segment" are squarely addressed.
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| China
denounces European parliament
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Beijing,
April 12:
China has denounced the European Parliament's call to boycott
the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics if Beijing does
not start talks with the Dalai Lama about Tibet.
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| Prachanda
wins from Kathmandu
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Kathmandu,
April 12:
Nepal Maoist supremo, who led a decade-long insurgency in the
country, has won from Kathmandu constituency-10, as his party
moved ahead of its rivals in the constituent assembly polls
to shape the future political system for the Himalayan nation.
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