 Maoist spam in PC mailbox - New Delhi, May 17: When faxes dont work, blitz the home ministers email from abroad.
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Modi skip shadow on BJP meet in Mumbai - New Delhi, May 17: Arun Jaitley, the BJPs principal trouble-shooter, is at work to persuade Narendra Modi to attend the partys national executive session in Mumbai on May 24 and 25.
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Amla passes fruit fly test - New Delhi, May 17: A herbal formulation containing gooseberry, or amla, prescribed in traditional Ayurvedic medicine appears to help fruit flies tolerate high temperatures and starvation, and gain lifespan by a modest 10 per cent, scientists have said.
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Why a Calcuttan missed church in Delhi last Sunday - Its a ritual Ive grown up with. Every Sunday, wherever I am in the country or the world, I go to church. I try not to miss church, irrespective of whether Ive been out late on Saturday a frequent occurrence in my younger years though, alas, not at 50 or if Ive come in on an early-morning flight on Sunday (a regular phenomenon in these travel-packed days).
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Blow to state doctor rule - Calcutta, May 17: Calcutta High Court today described as unconstitutional, arbitrary and irrational a Bengal government notification that introduced a remote-area incentive system for government doctors to get admission in post-graduate diploma courses.
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Call to train doctors on domestic violence - New Delhi, May 17: A government panel has recommended that domestic violence should not be treated only as a matter of crime but also as a health issue and medical students should be sensitised to deal with it.
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Guard shot at minister house finger at Maoists - Raipur, May 17: Two bikers this evening shot dead a security guard outside a Chhattisgarh ministers house, took his rifle and sped away, making police suspect the hand of Maoists.
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Crib deaths - Srinagar, May 17: The chief of Kashmirs only children hospital was removed tonight following a public outrage over deaths of 358 infants since January this year.
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Teddy for baby sops for self-help group - A self-help group gifts a teddy bear to Mamata Banerjee at a programme in Netaji Indoor Stadium organised to launch a Centre-funded livelihood scheme. The chief minister calls a child from the audience and hands over the soft toy to him.
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Aid plea to Bachchan - An RTI campaigner has written an open letter to Amitabh Bachchan, Gujarats brand ambassador, requesting him to show generosity to the widows of the states farmers who have committed suicides because of financial problems.
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Life ban roar pipes down - Mumbai, May 17: Mumbai Cricket Association vice-president Ravi Sawant seemed to have the entire cricket fraternity in Maharashtra by his side when he called for a life ban on Shah Rukh Khan from all the three MCA-owned stadia in Mumbai.
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HC warns AI pilots - New Delhi, May 17: Delhi High Court today told Air Indias striking international pilots they could face contempt action for wilfully and flagrantly disobeying its orders and continuing with their illegal agitation.
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Jaya Naveen for Sangma - May 17: Jayalalithaa and Naveen Patnaik today backed former Lok Sabha Speaker P.A. Sangma for President, both terming him the most suitable candidate in the running.
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PC mouths Bhojpuri to calm tempers over tongue - New Delhi, May 17: P. Chidambaram, rarely heard uttering a word in Hindi in Parliament, today did one better. He tried to pacify some angry MPs in Bhojpuri.
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In form for freedom a political footprint - The pro forma of a petition for the release of jailed alleged Maoist sympathisers has a curious entry: I worked for Trinamul candidates in the last parliamentary and Assembly polls.
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