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Despite tight security across the state, suspected ULFA militants on Friday carried out serial explosions in lower Assam’s Dhubri and Chirang districts in which two persons were injured.
According to official sources, one time bomb exploded near the flag hoisting ground of the block development office at Dharamshala, under Dhubri police station, around 8:40 am ahead [...]
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Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian threw down his greco-roman bronze medal in protest on Thursday after his bid for Olympic gold was ended by a decision denounced by the Swedish coach as “politics.”
Abrahamian took the bronze from around his neck during the medal ceremony, stepped from the podium and dropped it in the middle of the [...]
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New Delhi, Aug 15: Following is the text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s address from the Red Fort on the occasion of the nation’s 61st Independence Day:
My dear countrymen, brothers, sisters and my dear children
Greetings to all of you on this happy occasion of our Independence Day.
This is a sacred day for every Indian.
Today we [...]
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Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf will resign rather than face impeachment by parliament, the Financial Times said on its Web site, citing government officials and a member of his circle.
The paper quoted an unidentified senior Pakistani government member as saying a deal had been brokered between Musharraf and members of the newly elected coalition government.
“The president [...]
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