Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Legislative Party leader Hemant Soren on Thursday submitted his resignation letter as an MLA to his father Shibu Soren and offered his Dumka seat to the Jharkhand chief minister to contest and enter the state assembly.
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The Russian-made chopper, owned by the provincial government of Punjab, was on its way to Russia on routine maintenance when it suffered unknown technical glitch and had to force land in Azra district of restive Logar province on Thursday.
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Spain have been fined 10,000 Swiss francs ($9,363) and the Netherlands 15,000 Swiss francs ($14,040) for the behaviour of their players in last month's World Cup final, FIFA said on Tuesday.
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Influential American Senators have said they would oppose Obama administration's proposal to triple civilian aid to Pakistan and substantially increase assistance to its army without clear cut benchmarks and accountability provisions in it.
Foodgrains supplied to government -run residential schools in Maharashtra's tribal areas were "infected" and not fit for consumption, the Central Bureau of Investigation told the Bombay High Court on Monday. Following the High Court's earlier orders in the case, CBI teams collected samples of foodgrains supplied to `ashram shalas' in the areas on June 18-19.
Pakistan's cricket coach Waqar Younis believes that his team's first Test win over Australia in 15 years is the beginning of a new era for the game in the troubled country.
Rohit Sharma's half-century and a splendid performance from their bowlers saw Deccan Chargers beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 13 runs in the Indian Premier League in Nagpur on Monday. Set 152 for victory, Bangalore lost wickets at regular intervals and were bundled out for 138 in 19.4 overs.
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PLSL's lead molecule under development for cancer treatment has completed two Phase-I studies.
BEL will divest 10.8 per cent of fresh equity shares to Washington-based IFC and India Clean Energy Fund for $50 million ($25 million each), the company said in a press statement.
Mumbai-based Ajanta Pharma has tied up with the Canadian vaccine maker, Medicago Inc, to commercialise Medicago's pandemic and seasonal influenza vaccines in India and other territories.
Union Home Secretary G K PIllai has said Hyderabad will be the capital of Telangana. MPs from the non-Telangana areas will meet Home Minister P Chidambaram and Law Minister Veerappa Moily.
The Congress on Wednesday suggested that Jaswant Singh has been handed out poetic justice by the Bharatiya Janata Party, which expelled him today in the wake of his controversial book, projecting Mohammad Ali Jinnah as greater than Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. "We had rejected the contents of the book. The BJP has rejected the author himself," All India Congress Committee general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi said.
Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, who has confessed to plotting Mumbai attacks, will cooperate with Indian authorities as required by the terms of his plea agreement if the US government allows access to New Delhi, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's blazing half-century saw Chennai Super Kings outclass Kolkata Knight Riders by 55 runs and register their first win in the third season of the Indian Premier League, at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, on Tuesday.
Team principal of Mercedes Formula One team Ross Brawn confirmed that seven-time F1 world champion Michael Schumacher will not come out of retirement to drive for them.
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Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal said that Pakistan was committed to the implementation of UNSC 1267 sanctions regime and has taken several steps in this regard.
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is unlikely to meet his Indian counterpart Dr. Manmohan Singh in Washington, where they are scheduled to attend the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington on April 12 and 13.
Manish Pandey's brisk half-century was not enough to force an outright victory, but Karnataka, thanks to their 106-run first innings lead, garnered three points from a draw against Delhi in the Ranji Trophy Super League match, in Delhi.
The Bangladesh police have arrested a top operative of India's outlawed Asif Reza Commando Force as he was trying to expand the network of his group in Dhaka.
Cristiano Ronaldo inspired Real Madrid to an entertaining 6-2 victory over Villarreal that moved them two points behind leaders Barcelona in La Liga on Sunday.
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A suicide attack at a meeting between Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards and tribal chiefs killed at least 49 people in the city of Pisheen, near the Pakistan border, on Sunday.Several tribal leaders and seven members of the elite Revolutionary Guards died when the attacker, who was wearing an explosive belt, set it off at the meeting.President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed that the attack had been plotted in Pakistan.
The Tamil Nadu government has said it cannot take any unilateral decision on the plea by Nalini, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, for her premature release.
In the midst of a spat between India and China, an official Chinese newspaper on Friday spoke of a possible meeting between the prime ministers of the two countries next week in Thailand.
Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray criticised Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's statement that the national security guards from North India were involved in vanquishing terrorists during 26/11, saying his remarks were an "insult" to martyrs who sacrificed their life while defending Mumbai.
The country's first woman diplomat, C B Muthamma, died at a private hospital in Bangalore on Wednesday following a brief illness.
Injury-plagued New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram is planning to retire from international cricket, a media report in Melbourne has claimed. According to Sydney Morning Herald, Oram, who is currently nursing a hamstring injury, is in talks with New Zealand Cricket officials and could hold a press conference on Monday to speak about his future.
The two companies, which have a significant presence in India, together employs more than 26,000 people in the country.
A CBI team on Friday visited office of oil regulator V K Sibal to check records following charges of his receiving favours from Mukesh Ambani-led RIL to approve an inflated expenditure for gas field, a charge denied by him.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Election Commission to inform it whether a system incorporating ballot papers with Electronic Voting Machines was possible to implement during elections.Acting on a petition filed by Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy, a division bench of Chief Justice A P Shah and Justice Manmohan directed the EC's counsel to file an affidavit in this regard by October 21.
Elena Dementieva and Melanie Oudin won their opening singles matches on Saturday to leave the Fed Cup semi-final between Russia and the United States tied at 1-1.
While the US continues to millions as financial aid to Pakistan to fight terror, it has also invited over 20 countries and five financial institutions to participate in the the Friends of Democratic Pakistan forum for the sake of Pakistan's better future.
According to the latest data released by the Reserve Bank of India, remittances for overseas studies accounted for 61.59 per cent of the total outgo under the liberalised remittance scheme that enables individuals to send up to $200,000 (around Rs 98 lakh) annually for specified activities without seeking prior approval.
With political activity hotting up for the assembly elections in Haryana and Maharashtra, where the Congress is currently in power, ticket aspirants are making a beeline for all the important addresses in the capital.
After putting up resistance for a long time, Chairman for the National Commission for Scheduled Castes Buta Singh finally recorded his statement before the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with a bribery case involving his son on Thursday.
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