Anti-cyclonic winds delay monsoon's arrival by four days

Anti-cyclonic winds prevailing over the Arabian Sea have stalled the southwest monsoon's progress over Kerala and delayed its normal June 1 arrival by four to five days.

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SIT files preliminary report on MM Mani's remarks

SIT files preliminary report on MM Mani's remarks

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RS aspirant from Jharkhand asks Advani to retire

RS aspirant from Jharkhand asks Advani to retire

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Booted out of Jet Airways, expat pilots may land at strike-hit Air India

Air India will turn to expat pilots sacked recently by Jet Airways to beef up its dwindling numbers in a last-ditch attempt to normalise operations devastated by a 24-day strike by pilots.

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2 more Cong MLAs join Jagan camp, TDP jittery

Days after Congress MLAs Alla Nani and RVSK Ranga Rao defied party bosses by hobnobbing with Jaganmohan Reddy, more cracks developed in the ruling Congress and opposition TDP with three sitting legislators deciding to join hands with Jagan.

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Raising age for consensual sex undemocratic: Court

Terming a new law that raises the age of consent for sex from 16 to 18 years "undemocratic" and "regressive", a trial court feared it would act as a "tool for the police to harass minors".

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7-year marriage annulled in K'taka with Re 1 alimony

As Rebecca D'Souza received a Re 1 coin from her husband Robert Pinto (names changed) in the presence of their advocates and the family court judge at Bangalore, the end of their seven-year marriage was marked.

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Govt yet to take a view on J&K interlocutors' report: Chidambaram

Seeking an "informed debate" on the Jammu and Kashmir interlocutors' report, Chidambaram on Thursday said the government will take a view on it including the recommendation on setting up of a constitutional committee only after looking at its "pros and cons" at a later stage.

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Bill Gates says will not fund abortion programmes

Bill Gates has said his foundation will not indulge or fund abortion programmes as a way to control population anywhere in the world.

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Zardari's sister in India for tips to fight polio

Lessons learnt from India, specially how it tracked down and immunized its large migrant population against polio, an exercise that finally led to the country eradicate the virus -- will now help Pakistan combat the crippling disease.

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No hand in attack on Israeli diplomat: Iran

"We totally refute these allegations," Ali Akbar Salehi said in the presence of his Indian counterpart S M Krishna after a meeting.

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Visa pact with Pakistan will depend also on our convenience: India

Indian on Thursday attributed the failure to sign a liberalized visa agreement with Pakistan last week to pending "internal approvals" in Islamabad and Pakistani interior minister Rehman Malik's desire for signing such a pact at the political level.

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National youth policy to target transgenders, gays and lesbians

For the first time, the government is trying to focus on problems of transgenders, gays and lesbians with the draft national youth policy 2012 placing the social group in the targeted category that needs suitable policy interventions to deal with social or moral stigma.

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Outgoing Army chief's last shot, fake encounter claim was not probed

In a parting shot at both new Army chief General Bikram Singh and 3 Corps commander Lt-Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag, Gen V K Singh on Thursday expressed "concern" that a probe was not conducted into the complaint of an alleged fake encounter in which three persons were apparently killed in Dimapur.

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India looks to partner Bill Gates's foundation in Africa

As it tries to catch up with China in economic diplomacy in Africa, India has found an able partner in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Baba Ramdev's trust asked to pay Rs 4.94 crore in service tax for yoga camps

Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust is in more trouble. This time for service tax evasion of Rs 4.94 crore payable on the income generated from "yoga shivirs (camps)" organized across the country.

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Govt OKs 7-year jail for human safaris in Andamans

After a video showing scantily clad Jarawa tribal women had kicked up a huge storm, the government on Thursday approved promulgation of a legislation that provides for imprisonment up to seven years for such crimes.

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Reinventing toilet is Bill Gates's new mission

Reinventing a toilet that has an operational cost of $0.05 per user, per day, that does not rely on water to flush waste and does not discharge pollutants is Bill Gates' latest mission. According to him, no innovation in 200 years has saved more lives than the toilet.

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Raising age for consensual sex undemocratic: Court

Terming a new law that raises the age of consent for sex from 16 to 18 years "undemocratic" and "regressive", a trial court feared it would act as a "tool for the police to harass minors".

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CVC asks CBI to probe coalgate amid Anna-PM spat

The Central Vigilance Commission has asked the CBI to examine a complaint about alleged losses suffered by the public exchequer in the allocation of coal blocks between 2006 and 2009.

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No minority sub-quota in IITs for now

Putting the 4.5% minority sub-quota on hold till legal challenges are resolved, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) on Thursday sought to allay students' apprehensions and advised them to expand their choice of courses.

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New telecom policy gets rid of roaming charges

Soon, you will not have to pay roaming charges for making calls on your cell phone while traveling within the country. Not just that, you will also be able to retain your number even if you move city.

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Upset with Narendra Modi, Advani triggers implosion in BJP

L K Advani has told close aides that the personality cult that Narendra Modi was trying to impose on the BJP was harmful for the organisation.

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Oil firms defer price cut to deny opposition the credit

Government sources said the oil companies were now likely to cut petrol price by Rs 1.60 a litre or so sometime in the middle of next week.

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