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Army officer concedes encounters were fake
JODHPUR, MAY 29.The Commanding Officer of the Gorkha battalion, Col. K. D. Singh, today conceded before a military court here that the encounters in the Siachen Glacier region last year claimed by the then Commanding Officer on Line of Control, ...

Behind the graceful take-off
BANGALORE MAY 29. Saras, the light transport aircraft designed by the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), made an uneventful maiden flight with a graceful take-off befitting a Saras crane. The resemblance was even more marked since the landing ...

India, excellent investment destination: Chidambaram
CHENNAI, MAY 29. India remains an "excellent" investment destination, both for foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and foreign direct investment (FDI), despite the day-to-day volatility in the stock market, the Union Finance Minister, ...

Communists are not against reforms, says Buddhadeb
NEW DELHI, MAY 29.The West Bengal Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, called on the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, here today and said it was a "courtesy call." They discussed the Common Minimum Programme of the United Progressive Alliance ...

Kashmir issue will be handled in totality, says Shivraj Patil
NEW DELHI, MAY 29. The Union Home Minister, Shivraj Patil, today visited the Border Security Force personnel who were injured in a militant attack on a convoy near Qazigund on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway and said the incident was intended ...

Child sexual abuse: Court for effective punishment
NEW DELHI, MAY 29. The Supreme Court has said that Parliament should enact legislation to ensure that offenders in child sexual abuse cases are effectively punished. A Bench, comprising the Chief Justice, S. Rajendra Babu, and Justice G.P. ...

Ministry, IIMs may seek face-saving option
NEW DELHI, MAY 29.The Human Resource Development Ministry and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are likely to use the changed political environment to work for a face-saving option when they meet here on Monday to break the impasse over ...

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  • Farm progress best safety net against hunger: Swaminathan
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  • I myself was surprised: Narayanan
  • Jaipal for autonomy to Prasar Bharati
  • Navin Chawla to be I&B Secretary



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