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• Seven wounded in Kashmir blast

  
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  Srinagar, Dec 25 (IANS) Seven people, including two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers, were wounded Friday in a powerful grenade explosion in north Kashmir’s Sopore town.A senior police officer said separatist guerrillas lobbed a grenade at a CRPF patrol near Gadakocha in Sopore, 54 km from here. Two ...
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• Dialogue only way out in democracy: Pranab

  
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  Kolkata, Dec 24 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Thursday said that in a democracy finding solutions through dialogue is the only way out.In an apparent reference to the agitation for a separate Gorkhaland out of West Bengal, Mukherjee said: “In democracy there is no way of finding a solution except ...
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• Andhra MP backs bifurcation of state

  
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  Hyderabad, Dec 24 (IANS) When all MPs and legislators in Andhra Pradesh, irrespective of party affiliations, are divided along regional lines on the formation of Telangana, a Congress MP from coastal Andhra has come out in support of the division of the state.Amlapuram Lok Sabha MP Harsha Kumar said he fully backed ...
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• Hyderabad tense as students clash with police (Lead)

  
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  Hyderabad, Dec 24 (IANS) The 48-hour Telangana shutdown called by all-party Joint Action Committee (JAC) turned violent in Hyderabad as protesting students clashed with police at Osmania University and other places in the city.One student was injured when police fired rubber bullets to disperse protestors at Osmania ...
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• Scene of agitation shifts back to Telangana

  
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  Hyderabad, Dec 24 (IANS) There seems to be no end to the political turmoil, en masse resignations and agitations in Andhra Pradesh over the issue of a separate Telangana state.After the centre made the latest statement Wednesday evening which is being seen as a “u-turn” on the issue of granting statehood, the ...
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• Government softens on Telangana; KCR, 20 MLAs resign (Intro-Roundup)

  
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  Hyderabad, Dec 24 (IANS) The central government Wednesday softened its stance on the formation of a separate Telangana state stressing the need to hold consultations with all political parties on the issue. The move plunged Andhra Pradesh into crisis as Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao ...
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• Government softens Telangana stand, angers TRS (Roundup)

  
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  Hyderabad, Dec 23 (IANS) Bowing to the pressure from coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions, the central government Wednesday softened its stance on the formation of a separate Telangana state. The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) reacted strongly, its chiefK. Chandrasekhara Rao resigned as MP while five party ...
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• Chidambaram’s Telangana statement ridiculous: BJP

  
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  New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday described Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s latest statement on Telangana as “ridiculous” and slammed the government for its inability to handle the crisis.Shifting from his Dec 9 statement in favour of a separate Telangana state, Chidambaram said ...
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• Government softens stand on Telangana (Lead)

  
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  New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Softening its stance on the formation of separate Telangana state, the government Wednesday said there was need to hold wide-ranging consultations with all political parties in Andhra Pradesh to reach a consensus on the issue.The move came after the announcement by Home Minister P. Chidambaram ...
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• The Perfect Holiday Gift: Give the Gift of Sleep, Part I

  
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  ‘Tis the season for gift-giving and spreading holiday cheer. But how many times have you - 1) received a gift you just dont need, or 2) given a gift thats destined to never be used or appreciated? Its not easy finding the ideal gift for a person, especially if youre looking to watch your wallet this year. But I ...
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• Lalu demands probe into alleged Bihar power scam

  
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  Patna, Dec 22 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Tuesday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into an alleged Rs.4,000-crore scam in the Bihar State Electricity Board.“It is a serious issue, there should be a CBI probe into the Rs.4,000-crore scam in the BSEB (Bihar Electricity ...
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• No consensus on Gorkhaland, talks to continue (Roundup)

  
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  Darjeeling (West Bengal), Dec 21 (IANS) There was no consensus on a Gorkhaland state but discussions to solve the problem would continue, union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said here after a three-hour tripartite meeting, marked by sharp differences, with the West Bengal government and the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha ...
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• No Gorkhaland state, but talks to continue: home secretary (Third Lead)

  
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  Darjeeling (West Bengal), Dec 21 (IANS) There was no consensus on the issue of a Gorkhaland state but discussions to find a solution to the problem would continue, union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said here Monday after a three-hour meeting with the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) and the state government.“We had ...
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• PM assures decision on Telangana by Tuesday

  
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  New Delhi, Dec 21 (ANI): The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Monday assured a delegation of Congress MPs from coastal Andhra and Rayalseema regions that a decision on initiating the formation of separate Telangana state could be taken by Tuesday. Briefing media after meeting Dr. Singh at his 7 Race Cource Road ...
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• Chandauli could be another Singur, Rajnath warns Mamata

  
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  New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) On his last day at office Saturday as president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajnath Singh sent a letter to Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee urging her not to forcibly acquire land from farmers in Chandauli for a railway freight corridor, fearing it may transform into another Singur.In ...
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• Discussions can resolve Gorkhaland state issue: Pranab Mukherjee

  
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  Kolkata, Dec 20(ANI): Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said that discussions are the only way to resolve the demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland in Darjeeling region of West Bengal. Addressing the media on the sidelines of a function in Kolkata, Mukherjee observed that the Government was ready ...
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• Gorkhaland party suspends fast-unto-death for two days

  
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  Kolkata, Dec 19 (IANS) The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), which has been conducting a fast-unto-death agitation for carving a separate Gorkhaland state out of northern West Bengal, Saturday suspended the stir for two days following the central government’s appeal.“We’ve withdrawn our fast-unto-death programme in ...
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• Togadia threatens stir over Ranganath Mishra panel report

  
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  Ahmedabad, Dec 18 (IANS) Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Pravin Togadia threatened a nationwide agitation if the government made any move to implement the report of the Ranganath Mishra Commission for reservation for Muslims and other minorities. “It is anti-constitutional, anti-national and anti-Hindu,” he ...
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• Maps of separate Kosala state distributed in Orissa

  
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  Bhubaneswar, Dec 18 (IANS) The Kosala Kranti Dal, a political party in Orissa which has been demanding separate statehood comprising 11 western districts, Friday distributed maps of its dream state to people.The maps were distributed in the district headquarter of Bolangir, its president Pramod Mishra told IANS. He ...
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• AIADMK protests against tabling of Marine Fisheries Bill

  
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  New Delhi, Dec 18 (ANI): Activists of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagam (AIADMK) party staged a protest against the proposed Marine Fisheries Bill here on Friday.The activists termed the proposed Marine Fisheries Bill as anti-fishermen.The Marine Fisheries (Regulation and Management) Bill was scheduled to be ...
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