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India, China Conclude Boundary Talks; Tawang
a Sticking Point
India and China Thursday concluded their ninth round of talks on
resolving the boundary dispute in a "open, friendly and constructive
atmosphere" and agreed to continue discussions in Beijing later this
year. The talks, however, did not make much headway over China's
claim to the monastery town of Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, a
reliable source told IANS. Read On >>
BJP, BSP Criticise Uttar Pradesh
Governor's Address
Uttar Pradesh Governor T.V.
Rajeshwar was virtually hooted out of the state assembly on the
opening day of the special winter session Thursday. Just as
the governor entered the house to deliver his address, Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) members raised
slogans like "Governor go back", and "This killer government must
go".
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Tibetans Want Mutually Acceptable
Solution: Dalai Lama
The Tibetans want a mutually
acceptable solution although there are no results as yet despite
direct contacts established between Beijing and exiled Tibetan
leaders, said Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama here
Thursday. "We want a mutually agreeable solution of the Tibet issue,
but the present situation is not favorable for both China and
Tibet," the Dalai Lama told journalists in Agartala.
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No Racist Slurs, Shilpa Now Says
Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty
Thursday moved to defuse a ballooning row over alleged racist slurs
against her in a British TV reality show by saying nothing of the
sort happened, even as the future of the show hung in the balance
after its main sponsor withdrew. "I don't feel that there was any
racial discrimination," a highly emotional Shetty said on Channel 4,
which had broadcast an episode of the Celebrity Big Brother show in
which some of the participants seemed to be racially taunting the
leggy actor.
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Sponsors' Withdrawal Now Threatens
Row-hit British TV Show
Read Fine Print of N-deal, Caution
Experts
Unhappy with the final shape the India-US civil nuclear energy deal
is taking, two leading scientists have cautioned the government to
act before it is too late and take the concerns of the scientific
community into account. "While in New Delhi political and economic
considerations are taken into account, it was time the scientific
community should stand up and make its concerns known to the
government," said A.N. Prasad, a former director of the Bhabha
Atomic Research Centre (BARC). Read
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Supreme Court Reserves Verdict on Sidhu's
Plea
Brown Announces More Support to 'Educate
Every Indian Child'
India Takes up Akhnoor Firing with
Pakistan Reliance Industries Posts 58
% Higher Profit
Why the NRI is Welcome at Punjab Polls
Britain, India to Attack Funding of
Terrorists
Sania Loses Singles, Wins Doubles
ULFA's Fresh Quit Notice to Migrant
Workers
Kerala IT Policy Draft Comes Under Attack
$225 Million World Bank Loan for Andhra
Reforms
Bihar Under-trial Alleges Inhuman Torture
Pitroda Pitches for 'Made-in-India'
Mobiles
India Acquires First US Built Warship
by Arun Kumar
 India
has acquired its first warship from the United States to add punch
to its maritime forces. The acquisition of what is technically known
as Landing Platform Dock (LPD)14 is viewed as a significant event in
the evolving Indo-US relationship with free and open access to sea
considered an important and critical challenge by both navies.
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Sri Lanka's Abduction Industry has Top
Academic in its Grip by M.R. Narayan Swamy
The distraught family of Sri Lanka's most high profile kidnap victim
is begging the authorities to accept his resignation as
vice-chancellor of a university, the key demand of abductors who
seized him from under the very nose of the government over a month
ago. In a case that has raised international stink, S. Raveendranath,
55, sensationally disappeared Dec 15 from near a conference hall in
a supposedly high security area of Colombo.
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Stem Cell Transplant for Eye Repair
Raises Concern by K. Jayaraman
 An
international team of ophthalmologists has expressed grave concern
over stem cell transplant procedures used by doctors in India and
some other countries for preventing blindness. In the last four
years, surgeons at the L.V. Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) in
Hyderabad have carried out this transplant on over 350 patients to
repair their damaged cornea for restoring vision. Read On >>>
Shilpa show overshadows Brown's visit in
UK media by Prasun Sonwalkar
As the Shilpa Shetty show overshadowed Chancellor Gordon Brown's
visit to India in the British media, the Celebrity Big Brother on
Channel 4 clocked an unprecedented six million viewers on Wednesday
night.
The viewership figures for Wednesday were over a million more than
that recorded for Tuesday night as allegations of racism against
Shetty figured high on the agenda of diplomacy between Indian and
Britain, and hogged international headlines.
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India Cements Plant in Himachal Delayed
by Six Months
The Chennai-based India Cements Ltd proposed plant in Himachal
Pradesh has been delayed by at least six months as costs have gone
up by Rs.2.5 billion, officials here said.
India Cements and the Himachal Pradesh government signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) in May last year to set up a
Rs.7.5 billion project at Gumma in Shimla district.
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Punjab Congress chief unseats wife for
poll ticket
Punjab Congress chief Shamsher Singh Dullo's electoral fight has
begun from his home - he has been named the party candidate for next
month's assembly polls from the constituency his wife represents in
the outgoing house.
The replacement for the Khanna reserved seat held by Harbans Kaur
Dullo is the most interesting aspect of the Congress list of 98
candidates released in Delhi Wednesday.
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Crocodiles Increase Their Numbers in
Bhitarkanika Park
Orissa's renowned Bhitarkanika sanctuary has added 28 crocodiles in
the last year to reach an impressive total of 1,482. The 1,482
saltwater crocodiles include 503 hatchlings and 224 adults, as well
as three reptiles measuring more than 20 ft ...
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Endangered Garuda Birds are Breeding in
Bihar by Imran Khan
It is good news for bird
lovers. The endangered Garuda bird of the stork family has been
sighted in a village in Bihar's Bhagalpur district, where the birds
have also started nesting. "The endangered Garuda birds have taken
shelter on a silk cotton tree near a village in Ganga-Diara area in
Bhagalpur. They are breeding, a major occasion in the conservation
of the birds," Arvind Mishra, an avid naturalist, told IANS.
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Global Warming Not Caused
by Carbon
Dioxide Emissions
Rising levels of carbon dioxide and other gases emitted through
human activity, generally believed to trap heat in the earth's
atmosphere, are an effect rather than the cause of global warming,
according to a prominent Russian scientist.
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Nepal Government, Maoists
Agree on Power
Sharing
The first tussle over power
sharing between Nepal's seven-party government and the Maoists since
the rebels joined parliament was resolved Wednesday with both sides
agreeing on a status quo. Even as the guerrillas returned to
parliament Monday, signifying a formal end to their decade-old armed
uprising, fresh tension had started simmering between them and
government over power sharing. Read On
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Using Sport as a Political Weapon
Although most people would agree that politics and sport should
not be mixed, few would disagree with the statement that they do.
Most sporting organizations jealously guard against any political
interference and football's world controlling body FIFA, for
instance, has time and again suspended members if any overtly
political interference becomes known.
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Gujarat Attracts Investment
of $100
Billion
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have emerged as the single largest
investment sector in the just-concluded Vibrant Gujarat Global
Investors Summit, accounting for 38.1 percent of a total investment
of around Rs.4,480 billion (about $100 billion) in 308 memorandums
of understanding (MoUs) signed with the Gujarat government.
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PBD Showed that India Does Care for NRIs
by Kul Bhushan
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is the big NRI show. For just $250,
the price of a family dinner in the US, NRIs can come real close to
the top leaders of India. They can get to know their thoughts on
NRIs and enjoy the compliments. They also voice their concerns and
extract promises from the government to look into them. They come to
say: "I love my India!" And PBD tells them: "India cares!"
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