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    Defence spending not in excess
    An unusual element in the usual pre-Budget excitement, speculation and anxiety in the capital this year is a debate within the strategic community on defence spending that some — including retired generals, admirals and air marshals — ...

    Political bickering over tsunami relief
    PORT BLAIR, FEB. 19. Tragedy sites often turn into political battlefields. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is no exception. Politicians here too are busy accusing each other of failing to provide relief to the 42,000 tsunami-affected people ...

    `SC/STs retain status even after migration to another State'
    NEW DELHI, FEB. 19. The Supreme Court has held that a member of the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe will not lose his status as SC/ST on migration to another State and can be considered for appointment reserved for that category in the State of ...

    MRTS for Kolkata soon: Buddhadeb
    KOLKATA, FEB.19. Kolkata is set to introduce a mass rapid transport system soon, the West Bengal Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, said here today. "We have floated global tenders in this regard and have been receiving encouraging results ...

    Parties differ on free movement across LoC
    NEW DELHI, FEB. 19. An interaction between Kashmiri migrants and political leaders turned into a virtual debate on the proposed bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad with the latter sticking to the stand taken by their parties. While the ...

    Oceans provide clinching proof of global warming
    BANGALORE, FEB. 19. The truth is out there — in the world's oceans. The amounts of energy going into them far exceed anything that can be explained by natural causes such as volcanoes or solar radiation. There is only one explanation that ...

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