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<title>David Mulford meets Chidambaram</title>
<description>NEW DELHI: U.S. Ambassador David C. Mulford on Monday met Home Minister P. Chidambaram here in the backdrop of Washington&#8217;s offer to share information and collaborate with New Delhi in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks. ...  </description>
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<title>NSG hubs in four cities</title>
<description>NEW DELHI: Four metropolitan cities, including Mumbai, and Chennai, are set to get new bases of the  counter-terror force National Security Guards (NSG). &#8220;Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai are the four places that have been ...  </description>
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<title>Sonia did not hold office of profit: panel</title>
<description>NEW DELHI: More than two years after a political controversy broke out, a parliamentary committee has come out with a broad definition of &#8216;office of profit&#8217;, suggesting exemption of three categories. They are: One, ministerial ...  </description>
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<title>Rail police court frees 51 Pakistanis</title>
<description>Jodhpur: Fifty-one Pakistani nationals arrested for allegedly forging their visa documents while travelling by the Thar Express were released by a court of the Government Railway Police here, an official told PTI on Monday. The Chief ...  </description>
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<title>Jailed Assam&#8217;s drug lord escapes from hospital</title>
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<title>&#8216;Get ready to tackle avian flu&#8217;</title>
<description>NEW DELHI: Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss will write to the Chief Ministers and the State Health Ministers urging them upgrade their preparedness to tackle avian influenza. On Monday, he reviewed the situation in the wake of ...  </description>
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<title>Railways&#8217; earnings continue to decline</title>
<description>NEW DELHI: The earnings of Indian Railways continued to decrease  with each passing month during the current financial year. The total earning for the first eight months ending November was Rs. 50,931.98 crore as against Rs. 44,484.60 ...  </description>
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<title>Nandigram by-polls deferred  for security reasons</title>
<description>KOLKATA:By-elections in West Bengal&#8217;s Nandigram and Sujapur assembly constituencies scheduled for December 27 have been deferred for security reasons and will be held on January 5, 2009. &#8220;The decision has been taken by the ...  </description>
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<title>Sharad Yadav seeks special relief for Bihar</title>
<description>NEW DELHI: Janata Dal (United) President Sharad Yadav on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and urged him to release a special relief and rehabilitation package of Rs .14808.59 crore for the districts ravaged by Kosi floods in Bihar. ...  </description>
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<title>More women should join  self-help groups, says Rahul</title>
<description>LUCKNOW: Congress general secretary and member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi on Monday said he dreamt of an India where there was no hunger and where people lived without fear. Addressing a function to mark the launch of the ...  </description>
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<title>India hands over Ajmal&#8217;s letter</title>
<description>Acting High Commissioner of Pakistan called to External Affairs Ministry  </description>
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<title>Skin cells to tackle spinal muscular atrophy</title>
<description>London: In a major breakthrough which offers hope for sufferers of the fatal muscle-wasting disease, scientists have created nerve cells from skin cells. An international team, led by University of Wisconsin- Madison, used a new ...  </description>
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<title>Portraits unveiled</title>
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<title>My Message</title>
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