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Call fresh elections in Kashmir: National Panthers Party

Jammu, Nov 8: Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) has asked Governor N.N.

NOTW hired private investigator to spy on phone hacking victims’ lawyers

London, Nov 8: The defunct British tabloid News of the World hired a private investigator who spied on two prominent lawyers representing victims of phone hacking, it has emerged.

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Pak govt’s lifting of JuD ban slammed as giving ‘license to jihad’ by Islamic ideologue

Islamabad, Nov 8: A member of the Council of Islamic Ideology in Pakistan has slammed the government for allowing the Jamaat-ud-Dawa to collect Eid donations, saying it is clearly evident that ‘such militant organisations follow the government’s agenda and function with its support’.

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Murdoch’s Oz newspapers accused of being biased against Gillard Government

Canberra, Nov 8: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s Australian newspapers have been accused of being biased against the Gillard Government and would attack the Prime Minister at any opportunity.

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Amar Singh to go to Singapore for treatment

New Delhi, Nov 8: Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, who was allowed by a Delhi court to travel abroad for treatment, said he will be visiting Singapore later this month.

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Satellite images reveal ‘lost cities’ of Libya after the fall of Gaddafi

Washington, Nov 7: A team of British archaeologists has uncovered new evidence of a lost civilization of the Sahara in Libya’s southwestern desert wastes using satellite images.

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Yeddyurappa gets bail, three weeks after arrest

Bangalore, Nov 8: Former Karnataka chief minister B.S.

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One killed as train hits jeep in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, Nov 8: One person was killed and two others were critically injured when a passenger train hit a jeep Tuesday in Odisha’s Bolangir district, police said.

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Non-planning responsible for Kashmir’s housing mess

Jammu/Srinagar, Nov 8: Haphazard expansion, chaotic living conditions and unauthorised colonies have scarred Jammu and Srinagar, the winter and summer capitals of Jammu and Kashmir respectively, with the authorities neglecting the vital task of constructing planned settlements, the response to a Right to Information (RTI) query shows.

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