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Shuttle Endeavour leaves space station forever

Shuttle Endeavour leaves space station forever

May 30 (The Hindu) Endeavour and its crew of six departed the International Space Station late Sunday and headed home to wrap up NASA’s next-to-last shuttle flight. The space shuttle undocked, for the very last time, close to midnight as the two spacecraft soared more than 322 kilometres above Bolivia. “Fair winds and following seas, […]

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2G scam: Delhi Court dismisses bail plea of Morani

2G scam: Delhi Court dismisses bail plea of Morani

May 30 (PTI) New Delhi, Cineyug Films Director Karim Morani, an accused in the 2G spectrum case, was today arrested and taken into judicial custody after a Delhi court rejected his bail plea. Special CBI Judge O P Saini refused the plea of Morani who is charged with facilitating the transaction of Rs 200 crore […]

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SC refuses to stay semester system in Delhi University

SC refuses to stay semester system in Delhi University

May 30 (PTI) New Delhi, The Supreme Court today refused to stay the semester system introduced by the Delhi University for undergraduate courses. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and C K Prasad also refused to interfere with the Delhi High Court order restraining the lecturers and professors from staging any form of protest […]

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French Open: Bopanna-Qureshi in quarter- finals

French Open: Bopanna-Qureshi in quarter- finals

May 30 (PTI) Paris, Indian Davis Cupper Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi advanced to the French Open men’s doubles quarter-finals with a straight-set win over Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan and Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan. The fifth seed Indo-Pak pair recorded a 6-3 7-5 win over their unseeded rivals in the third round […]

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India to send corrected list of fugitives to Pak in 2 weeks

India to send corrected list of fugitives to Pak in 2 weeks

May 30 (PTI) New Delhi, India will formally communicate to Pakistan about the errors in the list of 50 most wanted fugitives given to it by handing over a correct list within two weeks. The CBI, NIA and other agencies were reviewing the entire list after finding two errors in it and India will formally […]

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Bhullar issue: Bitta says parties doing votebank politics

Bhullar issue: Bitta says parties doing votebank politics

May 30 (IBN Live) Shiromani Akali Dal has already sought “direct and immediate intervention of the Prime Minister to save the life of Bhullar on grounds of humanitarianism and civilised concern and above all national interest” while state Congress President, Amarinder Singh has said “killing a man is not going to solve the problem”. With […]

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गुलदस्ते नहीं अंगवस्त्रों से करिये स्वागत

गुलदस्ते नहीं अंगवस्त्रों से करिये स्वागत

May 30 (FnF) भोपाल: मध्य प्रदेश में होने वाले सरकारी कार्यक्रमों में स्वागत तथा सम्मान अब गुलदस्तों से नहीं, बल्कि अंगवस्त्रों से होगा। राज्य सरकार की ओर से इस बारे में तमाम विभागाध्यक्षों, संभागायुक्तों, जिलाधिकारियों से लेकर जिला पंचायत के मुख्य कार्यपालक अधिकारियों तक को निर्देश जारी किए गए हैं। जानकारी के अनुसार, भारतीय परम्परा […]

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Following ‘police harassment’, girl jumps into Chenab

Following 'police harassment', girl jumps into Chenab

May 30 (DNA) Tension gripped Jammu’s Doda district after a girl jumped into the Chenab river after being allegedly harassed by the police at Pul Doda village on Sunday. Locals said the girl, a B.Ed student, was sitting with a boy at a local eatery when a police contingent led by an ASI approached them […]

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Bomb scare outside Gargi college

Bomb scare outside Gargi college

May 30 (HT) New Delhi: Hot on the heels of an explosion outside the Delhi high court last week, a mysterious bag containing some powder, pencil batteries and wires that can be assembled into a bomb was found outside a women’s college in New Delhi on Monday afternoon, creating panic. The bag was detected at […]

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Taliban co-founder gave away bin Laden: Report

Taliban co-founder gave away bin Laden: Report

May 30 (Rediff News) Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar leaked the whereabouts of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden to American investigators, the Sunday Mirror reported. The report also claims that United States investigators struck a deal with Baradar promising him withdrawal of US troops from the militant group’s strongholds in Afghanistan. The details […]

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