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'Olmert, Bush agree to shun Palestinian govt'
Jerusalem, Feb 18: US President George W Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert have agreed to jointly shun a Palestinian unity government unless it meets international conditions, Olmert's office said today. An official in Olmert's office told

Hillary urges start of Iraq pullout in 90 days
Washington, Feb 18: US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, the early front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, has called for a 90-day deadline to start pulling American troops from Iraq. Clinton, the wife of former President Bill Clinton, has

UN urged to take action on asteroid threat
San Francisco, Feb 18: An asteroid may come uncomfortably close to Earth in 2036 and the United Nations should assume responsibility for a space mission to deflect it, a group of astronauts, engineers and scientists said. Astronomers

Cauvery enrages IT industry; Protests on Feb 18
Bangalore, Feb 15: The 'pro TN' Cauvery Tribunal verdict on sharing of Cauvery water between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu has again evoked displeasure among Kannadigas. Protests were held all over the state against the verdict on Feb 12, 2007. But the

Fresh snowfall in Himachal Pradesh
New Delhi, Feb 14: The higher reaches in Himachal Pradesh had fresh snowfall and Punjab and Haryana received more rains while cold wave conditions continued to prevail in Delhi today. The minimum temperature hovered above normal in

Move SC on Cauvery verdict immediately: JD-U
Bangalore, Feb 14: Claiming that the JD(S)-BJP coalition Government in Karnataka had utterly failed to properly address the reverses the State had suffered in the final verdict of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, Janata Dal (United) today demanded that the

Valentines Special: Love of a different Nature!
Come Feb, the whole world celebrates Love.If you have dropped in here to 'smother' yourself with love......sorry We will take you on a very different ride. Sure, this too is love but here you don't actually "Fall in

Cauvery: Complete shutdown of K'taka on Feb 12
Bangalore, Feb 10: Karnataka will be completely shutdown on Feb 12 from 6 am to 6pm to support statewide bandh called by Kannada organisations against the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal verdict. No buses will be plying on the road as KSRTC

UK deals a racial blow to 16,000 Indian doctors
London, Feb 10: Thousands of trainee Indian doctors in UK may have to return home soon as the London High court has upheld new rules, abolishing permit-free training for overseas doctors.The diagnosis is serious, not only for trainee Indian

National Games decalred open with grand ceremony
Guwahati, Feb 9: The curtain for the 33rd National Games went up amidst a spectacular opening ceremony, with 11000 participants making it the grandest sports extravanza of all time in the country. UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi declared

Italian PM Romano Prodi on a 2 day visit to India
Chennai, Feb 9: Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi will arrive here tomorrow on a two-day visit to the city. According to the revised programme, Mr Prodi would arrive from Rome by a special aircraft at 1030 hrs

Jaya asks TN CM to take stand on Cauvery verdict
Chennai, Feb 9: AIADMK General Secretary and Leader of the Opposition J Jayalalithaa today urged Chief Minister M Karunanidhi to spell out clearly whether he opposed or endorsed the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.

'Encourage free flow of media, ideas among SAARC'
New Delhi, Feb 9: Debunking assertions that SAARC had not achieved much since its inception, India today called for emulating internet and music by treating borders as places for free flow of ideas and interaction and not as limits in the

Sonia Gandhi urges women to solve insurgency
Guwahati, Feb 9: UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi today urged the women to help the government settle the insurgency problem in the region. Inaugurating an Integrated Scheme for Women's Empowerment at the Judges' Field here,

K'taka: Cauvery agitations continue peacefully
Mysore, Feb 9: Protests against the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal order continued in a peaceful manner in Mandya, Mysore and Chamarajanagara districts of Karnataka for the fourth day today, throwing traffic on the Mysore-Bangalore highway out of gear.