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New leaders
WHAT: Students Union inauguration
@ Loyola College
The inauguration of the Loyola Students Union for 2012 – 13 took place recently. The college elections were conducted on June 22 and Meesam Ali M., Prasanna K., Aashish Jonathan, Gowtham Sundar L.V. and Roshni Cherian were elected as the president, vice-president, secretary, joint secretary and associate secretary […]
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Sensational!
One doesn’t know how news channels bring the news but the way they develop the news is not at all satisfactory. People are fed up with the increasing number of news channels and find it very difficult to choose between them. There is only one authentic edition, but instead of showing the real version, […]
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“Colossal joke,” says Bachchan
Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan has denied criticising award-winning film Slumdog Millionaire. The actor says opinions posted on his blog criticising the film for projecting India as the “third world dirty underbelly”, were made by others. He says he merely put up the comments, which he did not attribute, to start a debate […]
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Just not him
The President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, has asked police to investigate who is impersonating him on Facebook, the social networking website. A government statement said that he was not a Facebook member. The apparent Jagdeo page has more than 170 supporters, and features images of the president as well as his biography. Last […]
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Young and at the helm
National Conference (NC) chief patron Farooq Abdullah endorsed his son Omar Abdullah as the party’s chief ministerial candidate in Jammu and Kashmir after many flip-flops on the decision. The NC emerged as the single largest party in the assembly polls and is looking to form a coalition government with the Congress. […]
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Congo rebels threat
Congolese Tutsi rebels threatened to advance into U.N.-monitored buffer zones in eastern Congo after refusing to sign a declaration ending hostilities with the government, the rebels and mediators said. After several days of U.N.-backed talks in Nairobi, the rebels, led by Laurent Nkunda, also declined to extend a cease-fire in Congo’s North Kivu […]
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A hug from Fidel
Cuba’s President Raul Castro held talks in Venezuela, during his first overseas trip since taking over from his brother Fidel Castro earlier this year. The Cuban leader met his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez, a key ally of the communist-run island state and a long-time admirer of Fidel Castro. After their meeting, the […]
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A heavy price
Hundreds of lives were lost in the Mumbai terror attacks. Many victims are still struggling between life and death in hospital. As investigations into the attacks gather momentum, reports have emerged that suggest warnings were given to the Maharashtra government by intelligence agencies as early as March this year. The warnings seem to […]
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The 24×7 man
When he won the election in Australia and became its Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd was known as Kevin 07. But in the 12 months since, his unrelenting work ethic has earned him the nickname Kevin 24×7, while his penchant for foreign travel has prompted others to call him Kevin 747. According to the […]
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Salute the woman
Ann E. Dunwoody is the first woman to reach the U.S. army’s highest rank. She has been promoted to four-star general. In her acceptance speech, she said she had never expected to rise so high in the ranks in her 33-year career. She said no one was more surprised than she and her […]
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