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A saga of valour, succour and hospitality
The Navy's Operation Sukoon evacuated stranded Indians from Lebanon

JD (U) functionary among nine held in Handwara sex scandal
` Majeed Bhat charged with hiring girls and exploiting them'

Floods: Army called out again in Gujarat
Red alert in 100 villages following warning of heavy rainfall in central, northern parts

Shekhawat: Governor is a conscience-keeper
``He should set high standards of probity''

Poor flood relief in Maharashtra: Brinda Karat
Expresses anguish at plight of adivasis

'93 blast victims await justice
Many of them live with severe injuries Although survivors have come to terms with their suffering, memories of that day continue to haunt them

Line of Control stands between this couple
She now has a ray of hope of meeting him

Quota: OBC Bill to be put up before Cabinet
HRD Minister Arjun Singh meets Prime Minister

Karunanidhi defends resolution on Sri Lanka
"Despite differences, Tamils will stand united"

4 Samajwadi MLAs disqualified
LUCKNOW: Omwati Devi, Ratan Lal Ahirwar, Sunder Lal and Kalyan Singh Dohre — all Samajwadi Party MLAs — lost their membership of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha on Saturday. They were disqualified after Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey ...

Bihar JD(U) MLA suspended from party
Action follows recommendation of party State unit secretary-general

Make travel across LoC easy: Rasgotra
People-to-people ties to be strengthened, additional avenues of interactions sought

Jats to protest against Natwar's "ill-treatment"
``He enhanced status of Jats at the international level''

Naveen announces another scheme for the KBK region
BHUBANESWAR: Close on the heels of his announcement of the Biju KBK Yojana for the backward Kalahandi-Bolangir-Koraput region, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced another scheme, the Gopabandhu Gramin Yojana, to benefit 11 ...

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Education still eludes many

Manipur faces fuel shortage

PDP wants more people-to-people contact

Parliament approval for Cantonment Bill

Having two wives is enough ground for dismissal: court

Kamal Nath for ASEAN meet

Protests against ISKCON temple blast

Arrested don had close links with Aftab Ansari aide

Verdict tomorrow on plea to cancel bail to Lalu

Case against son false: Barnala

TRS should be patient, says Digvijay Singh

Manmohan calls on Kalam

`No feud between Army Hq., Ministry'

Decision on advertisement component in TV channels withdrawn

Blast doesn't deter Lalu

Saraswathi Gora passes away

Job for dependent of deceased not automatic: court

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