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Rains to occur in sub-Himalayan West Bengal
Pune, May 8: Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at a few places in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram Tripura, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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Weather Today in India
Chennai, May 7: Isolated rainfall occurred over Tamil Nadu and South Interior Karnataka. Mainly dry weather prevailed over Lakshadweep and dry weather prevailed over Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Coastal and North Interior Karnataka.
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Ranthambore tigers may be flown to Sariska
New Delhi, May 8 : Three tigers that are to be relocated from the Ranthambore national park to Sariska tiger reserve should be shifted in a helicopter, officials have suggested to the Rajasthan government.
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Major fire in Delhi's commercial building
New Delhi, May 8: A major fire broke out Thursday evening in a commercial building in Karol Bagh area here though there was no report of any causality, officials said.
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CPI (M-L) takes out protest march to show solidarity with teachers in Patna
Patna, May 8: The workers of Communist Party of India (Marxist And Leninist) took out a protest march in Patna on Thursday to show solidarity with the teachers who are demanding regular pay and permanent jobs.
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Dolphin died of water shortage, shows autopsy
Lucknow, MAY 8: The autopsy report on the dolphin, found dead in Indira Canal in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday, confirmed the mammal died of water shortage that led to low oxygen level in its blood, an official said.
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Tamper-proof number plates for vehicles soon
New Delhi, May 8 : Endorsing the scheme for high-security number plates for vehicles, the Supreme Court Thursday asked the central government and the states to work out the modalities to implement it in six months.
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Man-eater leopard killed by villagers
Lucknow, May 8 : A man-eater leopard that killed five adults and two children in eastern Uttar Pradesh ín the last three months was trapped and killed by villagers Thursday.
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25 killed in Kishtwar District bus accident
Jammu, May 8 : At least twenty-five passengers were killed and three critically injured when a bus fell into the Chenab River in Kishtwar District on Thursday.
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President Patil congratulates new Russian President
New Delhi, May 8 : President Pratibha Devisingh Patil has congratulated on behalf of the people of India Dmitry A. Medvedev on assuming the office of the President of the Russian Federation.
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Manipuris climb hills to celebrate Cheiraoba, the New Year Day
By L. C. K. Singh, Imphal, May 8 : The Manipuris celebrate their New Year Day climbing hills, along with merry making. Climbing hills signifies for them rise in prosperity and achievement of a new high in life.
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Fire damages Jim Corbett Park
By Vibhav Porov, Dehradun, May 8 : A fire that spread in the Jim Corbett National Park on May 3 lasted for four days, damaging its southern area, despite continuous efforts by the Forest Department to douse it.
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Mine blast kills three Chhattisgarh policemen (Lead)
Raipur, May 8 : Three policemen, including a platoon commander, were killed Thursday when Maoist guerrillas exploded a land mine in a forested stretch in Chhattisgarh's southern Bastar region.
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Software engineer commits suicide
Noida, May 8 : A software engineer committed suicide by hanging herself after her father, a senior government officer, refused to let her marry a young man from another caste, the police said Thursday.
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Obscenity charges dropped against Husain; court slams the 'ignorant'
New Delhi, May 8 : Coming down heavily on the "new puritanism" being carried out by "ignorant people", the Delhi High Court Thursday dismissed criminal proceedings against eminent painter M.F. Husain, overruling the charges of obscenity against his paintings.
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Husband strangles wife for not conceiving
New Delhi, May 8 : A 30-year-old man has been arrested here for allegedly strangling his wife for not conceiving and because she would not let him marry another woman, the police said Thursday.
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India sends third air consignment to cyclone victims in Myanmar
New Delhi, May 8 : India dispatched yet another consignment of aid to cyclone-hit Myanmar today.
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Omantel signs 700m-dollar deal for submarine cable system connecting India -UK
New Delhi, May 8 : Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel) has signed a 700 million dollar agreement with 16 other global telecommunication companies to construct the first direct, high-bandwidth optical-fibre submarine cable system connecting India to United Kingdom.
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Theatre lovers in northeast delighted with first ever drama festival in Assam
By Peter Alex Todd, Guwahati, May 8 : People in Assam recently had a novel experience to celebrate theatre art in a big way for a fortnight, as they attended the first ever Drama festival here.
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Tripura celebrates Tagore's 147th birth anniversary
By Pinaki Das, Agartala, May 8 : Residents in Tripura capital Agartala are celebrating the 147th birth anniversary of poet Rabindranath Tagore.
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Deforestation in Kullu for the Allain Duhangan hydropower project
By Prem Kumar, Kullu, May 8 : Over 35,000 trees are being cut down to facilitate the construction of the 192 MV Allain Duhangan hydro power project in Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh.
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36 feared dead as bus falls into gorge in Kashmir
Jammu, May 8 : At least 36 people were feared killed when the bus they were travelling in fell into Barah Nullah, a tributary of the Chenab river, in Jammu and Kashmir Thursday afternoon. Four passengers were rescued while the police recovered 26 bodies.
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Himachal Pradesh fails to meet income tax target
Shimla, May 8 : Himachal Pradesh's income tax department has failed to achieve its target of collecting tax worth Rs.4.8 billion ($120 million) during 2007-08, said officials.
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Rajasthan MPs show the way in local area development
New Delhi, May 8: Rajasthan has topped the major states in implementing the Members of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme by not only completing the projects under the scheme in 2006-7, but by overshooting the target 10 percent, says a government report.
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Illicit opium tract destroyed in Shimla
Shimla, May 8 : Himachal Pradesh police has destroyed opium worth crores of rupees in the international market near the state capital Shimla.
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Gangster surrenders in Bihar
Patna, May 8 : A dreaded gangster Bhagar Yadav, who is allegedly involved in over 100 cases of murder, extortion and kidnap, surrendered to the police in Bihar's West Champaran district, police sources said Thursday.
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Prayers performed in Agra for road safety
Agra, May 8 : A dozen important road crossings in this city of the Taj were Thursday "purged" of evil spirits by performing yagna to propitiate the god of roads.
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Four of a marriage party drown in river Narmada
Bhopal, May 8 : At least four members of a marriage party are feared to have drowned when a boat carrying them capsized in the river Narmada in Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur district early Thursday morning.
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Three Chhattisgarh policemen killed in Maoist blast
Raipur, May 8 : Three policemen were killed Thursday when Maoist guerrillas exploded a land mine in a forested stretch in Chhattisgarh, the police said.
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Many feared dead in Jammu and Kashmir bus mishap
Jammu, May 8 : Many are feared dead or injured as a bus in which they were travelling fell into a deep gorge Thursday afternoon near Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir.
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BJP demands health minister's resignation
New Delhi , May 8 : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday demanded the resignation of Health Minister Ambumani Ramadoss following the Supreme Court order reinstating P. Venugopal as director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
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Delhi court dismisses cases against M.F.Husain
New Delhi, May 8 : The Delhi High Court Thursday dismissed criminal proceedings against eminent painter M.F. Husain, who lives in self imposed exile in London and Dubai and was alleged to have hurt public sentiments through some of his paintings.
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Bihar recorded 173 custodial deaths in 2006
Patna, May 8 : Bihar is second only to Uttar Pradesh in custodial deaths in prisons, as per the latest figures furnished by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
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Orissa sand artist sculpts Myanmar cyclone havoc
Puri, May 8 : Well-known sand artist Sudarsan Patnaik has created a sand image here of the havoc wrought in Myanmar by the killer cyclone to seek help for the hundreds of thousands of victims in that country.
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Jharkhand farmer finds 10th century coins
Ranchi, May 8: Seventeen silver coins, said to be from the 10th century, were found by a farmer while he was ploughing his field in a Jharkhand village.
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Air force employee commits suicide in Kashmir
Srinagar, May 8: An Indian Air Force radar fitter hanged himself at the Awantipore airbase in Jammu and Kahsmir's Pulwama district, police said Thursday.
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Jatropha harmful for kids, soil and aquatic life: scientist
By Sujeet Kumar, Raipur, May 8: The jatropha plant, a rich source of bio-fuel that is being grown on a large scale in Chhattisgarh, can harm the soil and aquatic life, cause skin cancer and even affect the brain of children if accidentally consumed, claims a scientist.
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Assam embargo on bureaucrats visiting New Delhi
Guwahati, May 8 : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has put an embargo on bureaucrats making frequent trips to New Delhi in the name of pushing files and getting central projects approved.
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Manipur raises people's army, rights groups warn of anarchy
Imphal, May 8: The Manipur government's decision to raise a people's army to fight militancy is mired in a blazing row with civil rights groups warning of chaos and anarchy if the armed vigilance force comes into being.
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Man arrested in Noida, mobile phone recovered
Noida, May 7: The Noida police have arrested a man and recovered from him a mobile phone that was robbed April 8 - the day when robbers struck at five places in this township, killing a former air hostess and injuring a retired army officer.

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