U.S. Congress approves historic healthcare Bill
Monday - Mar 22, 2010, 01:04pm
The U.S. Congress extended healthcare to tens of millions of uninsured Americans with a historic vote that capped a century-long quest for near universal coverage and handed a massive triumph to Barack Obama’s young presidency.
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India's women's bill inspiring for Africa: Ghana minister
Monday - Mar 22, 2010, 12:44pm
India's experiment with gender equality in parliament through the women's reservation bill has struck a chord in Africa, says Ghana's Trade and Industry Minister Hannah Tetteh.
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Mamata lays foundation for coach factory in Bengal
Monday - Mar 22, 2010, 11:58am
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday laid the foundation for a Rs.860-crore rail coach factory at Kanchrapara which is expected to supply 500 EMU and Metro coaches annually over a period of ten years.
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Explosive on Kingfisher plane causes scare, flyers safe
Monday - Mar 22, 2010, 11:54am
Twenty-seven passengers had a close shave Sunday when an explosive, a cocktail of sulphur, potassium chlorate and aluminum powder, was found in the car go section of a Kingfisher flight after it landed in Thiruvananthapuram from Bangalore.
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Delhi records hottest March day in six years
Monday - Mar 22, 2010, 11:42am
At 39.2 degrees Celsius, Delhi Sunday recorded the hottest day of March in the past six years, an Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) official said.
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Five Indian fishermen arrested by Pak for violating sea limits
Sunday - Mar 21, 2010, 05:17pm
Pakistan’s Maritime Security Agency has arrested five Indian fishermen for allegedly violating the country’s sea limits near the Sir Creek area in the Arabian Sea.
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Sahara wins bid for Pune IPL, Rendezvous wins Kochi
Sunday - Mar 21, 2010, 12:01pm
Sahara wins bid for Pune IPL franchise, Rendezvous Sports wins bid for Kochi
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Modi may not depose before SIT Sunday
Saturday - Mar 20, 2010, 10:29pm
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is not likely
to depose before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) Sunday on accusations
made by Zakia Jaffri, widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jaffri killed during
the 2002 communal riots.
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BJP against 'backdoor' quota for minorities in Women's Bill
Saturday - Mar 20, 2010, 07:02pm
Former BJP president Rajnath Singh has said his party would withdraw support to the Women’s Reservation Bill during its passage in the Lok Sabha if the Government tried “backdoor†reservation for minorities in the measure.
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Nepal announces three-day State mourning
Saturday - Mar 20, 2010, 06:25pm
Nepal announced a three-day mourning starting from Sunday for Girija Prasad Koirala, the country’s five-time Prime Minister who passed away here on Saturday of multiple organ failure at the age of 85.
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