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No compromise on FDI in retail: BJP

New Delhi, Nov 30: As parliament continued to be paralysed, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday reiterated that it would not compromise on its demand for a rollback on the decision to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail.

‘We have placed Manipur on high alert’, says Chidambaram

New Delhi, Nov 30: Hours after a low intensity blasts rocked Imphal, Union Home Minister P.

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Pak rules out joint investigation into NATO attack claims

Islamabad, Nov 30: Pakistan defence sources have ruled out the possibility of a joint investigation into the November 26 NATO attack that claimed the lives of around 28 soldiers of the country.

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Law Minister Khurshid justifies government’s meeting with its lawmakers

New Delhi, Nov.

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Usher rejects ex wife’s ‘drug test’ demand over child custody

New York, Nov 30: Usher, who is currently involved in a custody battle with his estranged wife, has refused to accept her ‘drug test’ demand calling it ‘frivolous and unfounded’.

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Chinese plane flies from Japan without permission

Beijing, Nov 30: A Chinese passenger aircraft with 240 people onboard took off from an airport in Japan even when told by the control tower to wait on the runway, a media report said Wednesday.

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Japan bans shipment of rice harvested in Fukushima after high cesium level detected

Tokyo, Nov 30: The Japanese government has ordered a ban on the shipment of rice harvested in two more districts in Fukushima Prefecture after dangerously high levels of radioactive cesium were detected.

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Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson ‘knew about phone hacking at NOTW’: Ex-reporter

London, Nov 30: Former News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson knew about the routine phone hacking, a former journalist at the now-defunct British tabloid has claimed.

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Strike paralyses teaching in Punjab, Chandigarh colleges

Chandigarh, Nov 30: With hundreds of teachers in nearly 170 private colleges across Punjab and in Chandigarh going on strike Wednesday, classes were affected in these institutions.

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