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All parties to be consulted on Women's Bill: Govt to Yadavs
A breakthrough on the Women's Reservation Bill was made after Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lalu Prasad and Sharad Yadav met Pranab Mukherjee. The govt has assured them the Bill would be brought in Lok Sabha only after consultations with all parties.
India 'close friend' but Pakistan 'conjoined twin', says Afghanistan In remarks apparently aimed at assuaging Pak concerns about the Indian presence in Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai said his country would never allow its soil to be used for activities directed against any of its neighbours.
UN to review climate panel after errors in reports The United Nations has launched an independent review of the functioning of its top climate change body IPCC, headed by Rajendra Pachauri, which has come under much criticism in recent months.
India to sign nuclear, Gorshkov deals with Russia India and Russia will on Friday tighten their ties by signing a slew of agreements, including an umbrella civil nuclear pact and another accord fixing the cost of the refurbished aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov at $2.35 billion
'Mukesh Ambani, Mittal among world's richest' Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani ranked fourth with $29 billion and steel czar Lakshmi Mittal ranked fifth with $28.7 billion on the Forbes list of billionaires.
Not sure how long marriage will last: Carla Bruni Adding fuel to speculation about their extra-marital affairs, French First Lady Carla Bruni has claimed that she isn't sure how long her marriage to President Nicolas Sarkozy would last.
'Jihad Jane' new face of terror in US The "war on terror" just got a little more complicated with the indictment of Colleen LaRose, 46, an average white American housewife, on charges of trying to recruit Islamic fighters and plotting assassination of Swedish cartoonist.
India has only 129 policemen per 1 lakh people The govt has admitted that shortage of manpower had made it difficult to safeguard "all public places". Maharashtra presents a dismal picture with the highest number of police vacancies (49,252).
Massive fire breaks out in central London A fire broke out today in a restaurant and office block in Shoreditch in central London and at least 100 firefighters and 25 fire brigades are engaged in tackling the fire. No casualties have been reported.
At IIMs, it's India calling now With the global economy rebounding, students across IIMs this year got good international offers, unlike last year. However, a significant number of students opted for domestic offers over international ones.
