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Indian American store clerk gunned down in Kansas

Washington, March 19 (IANS) Gurpreet Singh, an Indian American working his final shift as a night clerk at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Kansas City, Missour, was gunned down during a robbery. The store’s surveillance camera shows Gurpreet Singh, 35, who was looking forward to starting a...
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Adam Dell fathered Padma Lakshmi’s daughter

New York, March 19 (IANS) Adam Dell, younger brother of computer tycoon Michael Dell, is the father of supermodel Padma Lakshmi’s daughter Krishna, according to sources. The ‘Top Chef’ host announced her pregnancy in October. But she refused to reveal the father’s identity. Lakshmi,...
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Tamil Nadu budget inflationary: Jayalalithaa

Chennai, March 19 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in Tamil Nadu and AIADMK chief J.Jayalalithaa Friday termed the state budget for 2010-11 ‘inflationary’. ‘A budget is one which pictures the state’s economy, production, industrial growth and welfare activities. On reading the...
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Goa MP wants ban on Sanatan Sanstha

Panaji, March 19 (IANS) Goa Congress Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik Friday urged Home Minister P. Chidambaram to ban the Hindu group Sanatan Sanstha, whose members have been accused of carrying out low intensity explosions. Speaking to reporters here, Naik said Chidambaram promised to look into the...
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Gill, Dhindsa, Gujral elected to Rajya Sabha from Punjab

Chandigarh, March 19 (IANS) Sports Minister M.S. Gill and former union ministers Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and Ashwini Kumar were among the five candidates elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Punjab Friday. The other two elected unopposed from the state were Naresh Gujral, son of former prime minister...
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Meghalaya lawmakers gave fake bills for foreign jaunt: report

Shillong, March 19 (IANS) A one-day study tour to London was converted to a 10-day jaunt to European countries in 2006 by some Meghalaya legislators who produced ‘fake and inflated’ bills for the trip that eventually cost the government Rs.1.67 crore, a report said Friday. The incident...
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Ministers threaten to topple Goa government, Kamat unfazed

Panaji, March 19 (IANS) Five ministers in Goa’s Congress-led ruling coalition Friday boycotted a cabinet meeting and threatened to topple the government during the budget session later this month if their demands were not met. Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, however, denied any threat to his government. The...
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Delhi government has no role in Games menu: Dikshit

New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Friday clarified that the state government has no role to play as far as deciding the menu or serving of beef during the Commonwealth Games is concerned. Dikshit tabled in the assembly a signed clarification issued by state Chief Secretary...
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Supreme Court orders resumption of Jayalalitha trial

New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday ordered the resumption of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha’s trial in a 14-year-old corruption case. A bench of Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar refused to entertain Jayalalitha’s lawsuit challenging...
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Aiyar, Javed Akhtar nominated to Rajya Sabha

New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Former union minister Mani Shankar Aiyar and lyricist Javed Akhtar were among five people nominated to the Rajya Sabha Friday by President Pratibha Patil. The three others nominated to the upper house of parliament are Ram Dayal Munda, Bhalchandra Mungekar and B. Jayashree,...
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