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The Telegraph India
23 Dec 2013
Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said special status for Bihar would be the core issue for the states people in the coming Lok Sabha elections ... Someone from the back threw a slipper, which fell in the D area ... Nitish declared that the crowd was enthusiastic ... He attributed seeking special status category for the state to the same reason ... ....(size: 1.6Kb)
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CNTV
23 Dec 2013
21 (Xinhua) -- Cuban President Raul Castro said on Saturday that the first stage development of the country's first special development zone will be inaugurated in January ... Castro stressed that the creation of special development zones is included in the 300 "guidelines" of political, economic and social program approved by the Cuba's Communist Party for bringing up to date the socialist model of the island....(size: 3.6Kb)
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Canberra Times
23 Dec 2013
I had no special experience or skills to put on a community event for 200 people, but we did what we could, and somehow out of that willingness to do something, a life-giving event emerged ... ''Thank you for making my Christmas Day so special....(size: 4.4Kb)
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Telangana meeting OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Hyderabad, Dec. 22: Chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy called on ...
The Telegraph India23 Dec 2013
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Martha Swift, co-founder of Primrose Bakery in London's Primrose Hill, shares her special Christmas memories
The Daily Mail23 Dec 2013
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The Telegraph India
23 Dec 2013
Dec. 22. Eight CPM supporters, including two women, were injured when suspected Trinamul activists threw stones at a Left rally led by Biman Bose in north Calcutta today ... Five of the eight CPM supporters have suffered head injuries and are in hospital. Police said the procession, in which around 2,000 CPM cadres were walking, started from Chiria More and ended at Shyambazar ... ....(size: 1.8Kb)
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Kidnap-and-film racket - Medical students forced into sexual acts for blackmail OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Bangalore, ...
The Telegraph India23 Dec 2013
Bangalore, Dec. 22. A gang of eight was arrested in Mangalore yesterday morning on the charge of kidnapping two medical students, forcing them into sexual acts and filming the scenes to blackmail the couple and extort money. A police team raided the gang’s den and freed the boy, who had by then spent three nights in captivity while his female friend was ostensibly arranging for the ransom ... Mangalore police commissioner R ... ....(size: 2.2Kb)
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The Telegraph India
23 Dec 2013
Jorhat, Dec. 22. Hundreds of onlookers have made life difficult for the forest department and have put the lives of two rhinos, which have strayed out of Kaziranga National Park, in danger. The two rhinos believed to be a mother and calf had strayed out of Kaziranga about a month back and are at present taking shelter at Majuli island and adjacent Lakhimpur district respectively ... However, there is no news of the smaller rhino ... ....(size: 2.6Kb)
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DNA India
23 Dec 2013
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Yadav’s bail in the fodder scam case couldn’t have come at a more opportune time than this. His exit from the Birsa Munda jail in Ranchi has come as a spoilsport for none other than Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, who had allegedly been trying to orchestrate a split in RJD ever since Lalu’s arrest, and get some of his MLAs in the JD (U) fold ... ....(size: 2.2Kb)
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The Telegraph India
23 Dec 2013
A close associate of a notorious gangster was arrested from Vaishali district on Sunday even as a CID team quizzed Hanif Hingora, a Surat-based industrialist and real estate magnate. Sources said a CID team questioned Hanif, father of Sohail Hingora, about the kidnapping of his 22-year-old son near his industrial unit in Daman on October 29 and his subsequent release in Saran district on November 30 after payment of huge ransom....(size: 2.8Kb)
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School lessons now in Mog OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Agartala, Dec. 22: Tripuras Left Front government ...
The Telegraph India23 Dec 2013
Agartala, Dec. 22. Tripuras Left Front government will introduce Mog language as a medium of instruction as part of a decision to preserve and protect the language and culture of fringe indigenous communities. The language will be introduced for Mog students in 37 schools in Jolaibari and Bagafa block areas of Belonia subdivision and Sabroom and Karbook subdivisions of the state ... It is a good beginning ... ....(size: 3.2Kb)
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The Telegraph India
23 Dec 2013
Lucknow, Dec. 22. Rahul Gandhi today asked chief minister Akhilesh Yadav to improve the “terrible” condition of riot shelters as he rounded off a hectic trip to the heartland to try and convince victims still holed up in camps to return home ... Rahul said the condition in the relief camps was “terrible”. “Children are dying ... Some reports claimed at least 31 children had died in one camp ... ....(size: 3.4Kb)
