| BJP
acts tough, expels 8 MPs
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New
Delhi, July 23:
Speaking a day after the trust vote, Leader of Opposition in
Lok Sabha L K Advani said that cross-votings and abstentions
helped the UPA government win the trust vote in Lok Sabha.
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| Sensex
zooms over 830 pts
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Mumbai,
July 23:
The markets cheered UPA government's winning the confidence
vote late evening on Tuesday in a big way with the benchmark
Sensex zooming by over 830 points to close the day a tad below
the key 15,000 level on renewed...
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| N-deal:
'Next steps only after IAEA approval'
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New
Delhi, July 23:
A day after winning the mandate for going ahead with the Indo-US
nuclear deal, government on Wednesday pinned hopes on the August
one meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors, saying the next
steps would be taken...
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| Sachin,
Laxman on threshold of catching record
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Mumbai,
July 23:
Yet another record beckons batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar,
who is already on the verge of becoming the highest scorer in
Test cricket. However, for this particular record, the Little
Master will have stiff competition from...
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| Another
Gandhi comes of age?
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New
Delhi, July 23:
He was once known for his silence rather than eloquence. But
that seemed a very long time ago as Congress general secretary
Rahul Gandhi emerged the star speaker in the debate on the trust
vote in parliament with...
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| Dera
row: Bandh disrupts traffic in Punjab
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Chandigarh,
July 23:
Rail and road traffic were adversely affected in several part
of state on Wednesday following a daylong bandh sponsored by
a Sikh body seeking arrest of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet
Ram Rahim Singh.
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| Kerala
villages go online!
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Kannur,
July 23:
Getting a plumber to fix a pipe, searching for blood donors
or finding the right school for children in the neighbourhood
is now just a click away.
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| In
Kolkata, an 'agency' that supplies child beggars
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Kolkata,
July 23:
It is a dark tale of beggary involving children as young as
one. Every day, an agency - if it can be called one - networks
between impoverished parents from West Bengal's rural areas
and beggars in the city to supply...
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