New Delhi, Feb 11 : In a bid to boost defence cooperation between India and Saudi Arabia, Defence Minister AK Antony will be embarking on a two- day visit to Riyadh, beginning Monday.

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Lucknow, Feb 11: A total of around 59 percent voters on Saturday cast their vote for the 59 seats in nine districts in the second phase of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.

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Gumla, Feb 11 : In a major breakthrough for the security forces combating left-wing extremism in Jharkhand, police arrested five Maoists and seized a massive cache of arms and ammunition in the state’s Gumla District on Saturday.

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Chennai, Feb 11 - The four-member expert panel set up to look into the safety aspects of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) and the fears of the local people could be part of the Tamil Nadu government's strategy to checkmate protester

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New Delhi, Feb 11 - Amid reports of Islamists backing the change of regime in the Maldives, India is concerned about possibilities of the rise of Islamic extremism in the island nation and is closely monitoring the situation.

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Panaji, Feb 11 - Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's double-speak on 33 percent reservation for women has been exposed, party leader and Goa's only woman legislator Victoria Fernandes said Saturday, after failing to get a re-nomination.

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Kolkata, Feb 11 - In the wake of rising number of farmer suicides in the country, a Calcutta High Court judge Saturday said India was not yet free and political justice was a misnomer and impossible to get.

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Mumbai, Feb 11 - India's wind turbine manufacturing major Suzlon Energy Saturday posted net loss of Rs. 286.46 crore for the quarter ended Dec 31.

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Hyderabad, Feb 11 - The YSR Congress Saturday urged the Andhra Pradesh assembly speaker to broaden the terms of reference of the house committee set up recently to go into the land allotments made between 2004 and 2009.

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Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 11 - Pinarayi Vijayan, who created a record of sorts by getting elected as the state secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for the fifth consecutive term, has rolled down his agenda to strengthen the party

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Islamabad, Feb 11 - Pakistan needs around $1.3 billion to repair the roads damaged due to heavy traffic, having been used as supply lines for NATO forces in Afghanistan, a minister has said.

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New Delhi, Feb 11 : Wise generals don’t fight avoidable wars. The Chief of Army Staff, General V K Singh, fought a prolonged war on a personal issue, stretched his lines beyond a limit and lost it.

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Mirzapur , Feb 11 - Hitting out at the Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Saturday slammed its leadership for shedding "crocodile tears" over the killing of Muslim youths in an "anti-terrorist

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Melbourne, Feb 11 : Facebook can produce “natural highs” in many people, lowering levels of anxiety and stress, according to mental health experts.

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Thane, Feb 11 - Ahead of the Maharashtra civic polls Feb 16, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray Saturday said that the Shiv Sena, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) did not deserve to be elected.

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Dungarpur , Feb 11 - A 50-year-old woman in Rajasthan's tribal-dominated Dungarpur district has complained to police that she was branded a witch, tortured and banished from her village, police said Saturday.

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London, Feb 11 : A state worker in the US is facing disciplinary action after he sent an official e-mail to hundreds of recipients, offering a prize for the girl with the biggest breasts.

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New Delhi, Feb 11 - Ruling out intervention, India's special envoy to the Maldives returned to New Delhi Saturday evening after wide-ranging talks with key political figures in the island nation during which he stressed on pushing the political proc

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New Delhi, Feb 11 : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday said the Congress party feared defeat in the assembly elections that are taking place in Uttar Pradesh.

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Kolkata, Feb 11 - The West Bengal Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Saturday filed a charge sheet against 23 accused in the December 2011 hooch tragedy case which claimed 171 lives in South
24-Parganas district.

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