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International
Pakistan must end terror, Indian opposition tells US
Senior Indian opposition lawmaker Arun Jaitley said Thursday the United States should press Pakistan to end its "path of terror" if it plans to maintain its billions of dollars in assistance. On a visit to Washington, Jaitley said he agreed with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on a range of foreign policy issues including building closer ties with the United States but stressed differences on Pakistan.
Obama overruled Commanders advice for a modest drawdown from Afghanistan China Warns U.S. to Stay Out of Regional Disputes Kayani orders Pak brigadier to be detained for terror links
National
Diesel, LPG, kerosene prices hiked
The government on Friday hiked the prices of diesel by `3 a litre, kerosene by `2 a lit
re and LPG by a steep `50 a cylinder, excluding local taxes like value added taxes. The move may appear to be a sound economic step as state-run oil companies have been suffering from huge losses on the products they are selling, but the Opposition as well as key UPA ally Trinamul Congress disapproved of the decision.
After Anna encounter, Sibal rules out civil society in law-making 20 days after police crackdown, Ramdev returns to Delhi Gujarat’s annual plan size is Rs38,000 crore - India - DNA Clashes in Assam between Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) and police over encroachment issue 108 misguided kashmiris to return home next month EC experiments with paper trail EVMs India to spend Rs 10,000 cr on Karwar naval base expansion Left calls nationwide stir on graft Military ties with China resumed assuming satisfactory resolution of visa issue
Social
Dutch Court Acquits Anti-Islam Politician Gert Wilders of hate speech charges
Geert Wilders, the fiery right-wing Dutch politician, was acquitted on Thursday of hate speech charges by an Amsterdam court, which found that his inflammatory comments about Muslims were protected by rules governing discourse in a free society.
Clinton hails female Saudi driving activists - Middle East Ban Ki-moon unanimously elected for second term as UN chief Samjhauta blasts: NIA chargesheets Aseemanand, 4 others Jayalalithaa donates battery car to Srirangam temple in Tiruchi
Security & Crises
Karnataka Forum for Dignity(KFD) men abducted, killed Hunsur boys for ransom Chilkari massacre: 4 Naxalites convicted by Jharkhand court for killing 20 people
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