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Indigenous fighter aircraft Tejas step closer to induction, gets IOC-II clearance

Tejas to be inducted 30 years after its sanction, cost of project estimated around Rs 25,000 crore.




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Environment Ministry allows agri, plantation activities along Western Ghats

Decision after widespread protests from political parties and Syrian Catholic Church in Kerala.




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Row in Himachal House over Advocate General's fee, emoluments

BJP alleged undue favour and regional bias.




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Cong MLA Jagjivan Pal suggests mass culling of monkeys in Himachal

Govt to move High Court to seek lifting of a ban on killing monkeys.




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A year after Dec 16 gangrape: Fear, anger persist as Delhi remains unsafe for women

A year after brutal gangrape rocked the nation, fear persists with a hope that things would improve.




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All for a cause: Woman takes on politics of road blockade in Kerala, becomes a rage

Her outburst has triggered a wave against the practice of preventing common man's freedom.




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Lalu Yadav to walk out of jail as SC grants him bail in fodder scam case

SC granted bail after noting that several other convicts have already been granted bail in the case.




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Kannada activist, family commit suicide

N Gopi was found hanging, his wife Jayashree, 39, son Dileep, 18, and daughter Sanjitha, 16, consumed poison.




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Prison walls fail to stop war between Nelamangala gangs

At the height of the gang war between the Bettanagere cousins, as many as 10 people were hacked to death around Bangalore.




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H D Deve Gowda challenges CM to win 22 seats in LS polls

Gowda accused Siddaramaiah of building castles in the air while ignoring the plight of farmers.




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Fake company cheats 250 people of Rs 2.5 crore

Police Commissioner Raghavendra H Auradkar said they had recovered property worth Rs 1.21 crore from Dhananjaya.




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State will follow SC suggestions on re-auction of cancelled mining leases

The meeting could not decide if global bidders could participate in the re-auction or it will be just local bidders.




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Portal for women to lodge complaints launched

Karnataka may get special courts to deal exclusively with crime against women.




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Surat: Diamond baron gifts cars to artisans

Of the 2,000 employees in his factory, 100 met annual targets; 70 got cars, 30 cash up to Rs 3 lakh.




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Akal Takht upset over jail term to Lt Gen Brar's attackers

Three Sikh men and a woman are convicted of carrying out a revenge attack on Lt Gen Brar.




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Tehelka journalist 'recorded' calls from Tarun Tejpal, Shoma Chaudhury

Tarun Tejpal has been accused of raping his junior colleague during an event in Goa.




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Muzaffarnagar riots: Politicians missing, officials in denial over relief camp deaths

Report by Shamli district administration claims 'zero'' child deaths while angry parents mourn.




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Gay rights: Disappointed, activists plan review plea, call for repeal of SC verdict

All gays 'minuscule'' section, say let Parliament decide on change or repeal of law.




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Himachal resorts, hydro projects may have to surrender encroached land

There have been serious charges that power companies have taken over prime land in excess of their requirements.




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No more TBMs, blasting for tunnel work in Himachal power projects

'TBM is not suitable for tunnel excavation in HP and has been found to be a complete failure'.




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Britannia opens its 1st unit for bakery products in Gujarat

The factory will employ close to 750 employees all of whom are first generation skilled workers.




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MPs voice reservation on SC verdict on homosexuality

SC set aside Delhi HC's 2009 judgment, terms gay sex a punishable offence.




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Asaram Bapu's son Narayan Sai has admitted to rape charges, claims Surat Police

During investigation Sai accepted having physical relationships with eight of his female disciples.




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Twitter reaction: Disappointment over SC's 'gay sex illegal' order

Supreme Court's verdict stating that Gay Sex is illegal has triggered a debate.




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ISRO successfully performs first TCM on Mars Orbiter

Mars Orbiter is travelling at a distance of about 2.9 million km away from Earth.




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Gay sex illegal, says Supreme Court

Activists said Wednesday's judgment will be a landmark in the gay rights' struggle in India.




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6-yr-old girl stabbed to death in Secunderabad

Accused V Kumar is neither related to the girl''s family nor has ever come in touch with the family.




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Sexual harassment: Justice Ganguly refuses to quit, finds support in ex-speaker Somnath

I have full faith in him. He will decide what has to be done, Somnath Chatterjee said.




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Will do whatever I have to: Justice Ganguly on resignation

Justice Ganguly is serving as chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission.




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Will table Adarsh probe report in Assembly: Maha govt tells HC

Jethmalani argued that by not tabling the report, the government was hoodwinking the public at large.




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Narendra Modi top topic in Facebook this year, ahead of Sachin Tendulkar, iPhone 5s

RBI governor Raghuram Rajan and India's mission to Mars also failed to beat Modi.




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Anna Hazare begins fast, issues ultimatum to govt: 'Either pass Janlokpal Bill or I will die'

Anna began his indefinite fast over Janlokpal Bill at Ralegan Siddhi today.




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FIR against AAP's Seemapuri MLA Dharmendra Koli on molestation charge

Koli, who contested polls after his sister died, allegedly molested wife of one of the candidates.




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India, Russia to revive arms maintenance factory in Afghanistan

India''s involvement in the security needs of Afghanistan is viewed with suspicion by Pakistan.




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98 Lankan fishermen arrested by Coast Guard in last 13 days

Their three boats were seized under various sections of the Maritime Zones of India Act, 1981.




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Punjab police "picks up" fasting Gurbaksh Singh; volunteer "replaces" him

Gurbaksh Singh is believed to be "continuing" with his hunger strike in jail.




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Himachal HC reserves verdict on junk food ban

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Friday reserved its judgement on the banning of 25 junk food items sold in plastic packaging in the state.




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High Court to Himachal govt: Shift 'officers with doubtful integrity' in 3 weeks

The court also asked the government for a compliance report before December 27.




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Haryana police arrest man for drugging, drowning wife and kids

He gave sweets laced with drugs before pushing all three into the canal: Police




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Bihar: Upper-castes bitter and angry, his backward bastion confused

"If the massacre happened in Lalu's time, justice has been killed in Nitish''s regime", a victim said.




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Army opposes Pakistan's demand for troop withdrawal from Siachen Glacier

Army officials said that they would not like to move out from the glacier as it holds strategic importance.




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Indicted by SC panel, Justice Ganguly reacts: Not true, can't happen

Justice Ganguly is under pressure to resign as the chief of West Bengal Human Rights Commission.




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Unwelcome conduct of sexual nature: SC indicts A K Ganguly

Justice Ganguly is currently serving as the chief of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission.




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SC orders trial court to deliver verdict in Kandhamal nun rape case

The court had in February last year stayed the trial on a plea by the victim nun.




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BSP MP, wife in judicial custody till Dec 16: Lawyers tell court

MP was arrested for allegedly destroying evidence and not informing police about the maid's death.




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Haryana chargesheets Khemka in Vadra-DLF row

Please don''t punish my family, says Khemka.




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Tehelka sexual assault case: Tejpal insists it was a 'consensual act'

Tejpal will undergo third round of medical tests on Thursday.




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Bad news on Navy Day: Warship catches fire in Vizag, damage reported

Incident came a day after Navy Chief said safety record 'not all that bad'.




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TMC wants Ganguly to step down, NGO files police complaint

Earlier, former SC judge Ganguly said that time has not come to think about quitting.




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Bhagalpur riot victims to get back land: District administration

Nitish Kumar had claimed that the land had been restored to all the affected families.