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''More areas of agreement than differences with China''
NEW DELHI, JAN. 29. The Defence Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, said today that India and China shared more common interests and areas of agreement than differences, including a shared commitment to a multipolar world. Addressing a conference ...

Tarapore: TAPP-4 abuzz with fuel loading
MUMBAI, JAN. 29. A small board at the entrance reads, ``Initial fuel loading activity in progress.'' There is brisk activity everywhere. Energetic young men are wheeling in trolleys with nuclear fuel bundles made of natural uranium, another team ...

Beating retreat on a desi note
NEW DELHI, JAN. 29. An exhilarating display of martial music by bandsmen of the three services at the Beating Retreat Ceremony wound up Republic Day festivities today. Fifteen Army military bands, 18 Pipes and Drum bands and one Mil band each of ...

Rajiv Gandhi Rehabilitation Package announced
NEW DELHI, JAN. 29. The Centre has directed the public sector banks to implement a rehabilitation package for tsunami-affected areas by granting loans and subsidies to fishermen for buying fishing vessels and nets. Announcing this here today, ...

World awaits Iraq poll results with anxiety, hope: Manmohan
NEW DELHI, JAN. 29. The world awaits the outcome of Sunday's election in Iraq "with anxiety and hope," the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, said while inaugurating a Centre for West Asian Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia today. "Although this is ...

``India has highest incidence of gall bladder, mouth and lower pharynx cancer''
CHENNAI. JAN. 29. India has the world's highest incidence of cancer of the gall bladder, mouth and lower pharynx, according to a report published in the British Medical Journal. The report was based on India's first cancer ...

Shia Personal Law Board seeks political representation
LUCKNOW, JAN. 29. The formation conference of the new Shia Muslim Personal Law Board held here today demanded that the Governments at the Centre and in the States ensure representation for the community in various political and legislative ...

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Needed: new Mental Health Act

Shivraj Patil to visit North-East

UPA pursuing NDA policies: Forward Bloc

'U.S. coalition responsible for more civilian deaths in Iraq'

Separate department for child welfare mooted

Era of one-party rule over, says Karat

'Railway hospitals come under consumer courts'

IA scheme extended

RJD alliance may fall short of majority: opinion poll

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