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Chinese Minister coming today for border talks
NEW DELHI, OCT. 21. The Chinese Special Representative, Dai Bingguo, will arrive here late on Wednesday evening for the first round of talks with his Indian counterpart, Brajesh Mishra, on the contentious border dispute between the two countries. ...
We must show our capabilities: Kasturirangan
BANGALORE, OCT. 21. India must demonstrate that it has the capability to develop new technologies and only then the country would be taken seriously by the developed nations, K. Kasturirangan, MP, said here on Tuesday. Delivering a talk on ...
'India should have 35 million more women'
NEW DELHI, OCT. 21. With a deficit of 35 million women reported in the 2001 census compared to the three million in 1901, India cannot afford to wait till the next census in 2011 to determine whether the growing practice of female foeticide had ...
Cong. reacts sharply to BJP's remark against Sonia
NEW DELHI, OCT. 21. The Congress today reacted sharply to the Bharatiya Janata Party questioning the Indianness of the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, and said the party had shown "utter disregard" for the Constitution, the judgment of the ...
JPC on soft drinks to visit Plachimada in December
NEW DELHI, OCT. 21. The Joint Parliamentary Committee looking into the issue of standards for soft drinks and other beverages will visit Plachimada in Kerala's Palakkad district for an on-the-spot study following allegations that the waste sludge ...
'No pesticide content in soft drinks before CSE expose'
NEW DELHI, OCT. 21. In a new twist to the controversy over the presence of pesticide residues in soft drinks, the CSIR's Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore, and the Union Health Ministry's Central Food Laboratory, ...
VHP rules out `any compromise' on Ram temple
NEW DELHI, OCT. 21. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has reiterated that it is not prepared for "any kind of compromise on the Ram Mandir, Kashi and Mathura issues". The VHP general secretary, Praveen Togadia, told mediapersons here today that they had ...
2001 census to be basis for delimitation exercise
NEW DELHI, OCT. 21. The Union Cabinet today cleared two ordinances. One of them is for amending the Delimitation Act, 2002 so that the Delimitation Commission, which has the mandate to carry out an exercise for removing the disparities in the ...
'India, Brazil, South Africa natural candidates for Security Council seat'
NEW DELHI, OCT. 21. India, Brazil and South Africa are three "natural candidates" to enter the United Nations Security Council as permanent members, the Brazilian Foreign Minister, Celso Amorim, told The Hindu in an exclusive interview ...
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  • Companies Bill returned
  • Pak. team visits Baglihar Dam
  • Private domestic carriers hail move
  • Private Indian airlines to be allowed to fly to Colombo



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