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NEW DELHI – Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt will have to undergo a jail term of more than three years after the Supreme Court on Mar 21 upheld his conviction in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case which it said was organized by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and others with...

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NEW DELHI – Echoing the national anger over the issue of marines, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on March 19 accused Italy of “betrayal” and asserted that no country will be allowed to take India for granted. She slammed Italy for violating its assurance to the Supreme Court to send...

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NEW DELHI – Former Indian Air Force chief S P Tyagi on March 13 became the first Air Chief to be booked by the CBI, along with 12 others, for alleged cheating, corruption and criminal conspiracy in the Rs 3600 crore VVIP helicopter deal and searches were carried out...

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CHENNAI/NEW DELHI – DMK, the second biggest constituent in UPA, on March 19 quit the ruling alliance and pulled out its five Union ministers in protest against government not taking up its concerns in the proposed UN resolution against Sri Lanka on alleged human rights violations of Tamils there....

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NEW DELHI – The time has come to “redefine” the way education is imparted in India as it is “simply unacceptable” that no Indian university finds a place amongst top global institutions, President Pranab Mukherjee said on March 19. Addressing the 90th Convocation of Delhi University, Mukherjee also stressed...

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KASHIPUR, UTTARAKHAND – Expressing concern over the performance of universities and lack of a dedicated cadre of management professionals, President Pranab Mukherjee on March 17 noted that no Indian university figures in the list of top 200 such educational institutions in the world. “According to an international ranking of...

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KOLKATA – Opposing the commercialization of education, former President of India Dr A P J Abdul Kalam said it should not be made into a business, but imparted by good teachers. “Education cannot be a business product or system.  Education at the primary level has to be delivered in...

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NEW DELHI – Even as DMK chief M Karunanidhi announced his decision to withdraw support from the Indian coalition UPA to it on the Lankan Tamils issue, the government on March 19 put up a brave face, insisting that there was no threat to its stability. At the same...

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NEW DELHI – On a day key UPA constituent DMK decided to pull out of UPA, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on March 19 backed the southern ally’s demand for an independent and credible probe into “unspeakable atrocities” on ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka, saying these cannot go un-investigated. She...

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BEIJING – Seeking to enhance cooperation with India, China’s new Premier Li Keqiang told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that Beijing would like to promote strategic cooperation and partnership with New Delhi to a “new stage”. Hours after his endorsement as Premier on March 16, Li told Manmohan Singh over...

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