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Arvind Kejriwal set for straight fight against Sheila Dikshit
16 Nov 2013
The AAP leader has refused to shift to another constituency despite persuasions from his own party members, saying it would be going back on AAP's stance if he filed a nomination from elsewhere
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Tendulkar blasts a masterly 74
15 Nov 2013
Sachin Tendulkar will remain India’s most loved sportsperson and perhaps the most prolific batsman in the history of cricket
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Azim Premji is top Indian philanthropist with Rs8,000 cr donation in 2013
14 Nov 2013
Education, which garnered Rs12,200 crore, ranked as the most important area for Indian philanthropists
SC sets up 3-member committee to probe allegations of sexual harassment against former SC judge
13 Nov 2013
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Sachin’s last Test on Thursday sees unequalled hoopla
13 Nov 2013
The media hype surrounding the impending retirement of Sachin Tendulkar is unprecedented in the annals of cricket thanks largely to the Indian media’s penchant for hyperbole rather than analysis, says Jagdeep Worah
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Anand, Carlsen settle for quick draws in early games
By By Jagdeep Worah | 12 Nov 2013
Some commentators have accused world champ Anand of not pushing hard enough with White - but these are early days in a historic chess match, says Jagdeep Worah
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Arafat may have been poisoned with polonium: Swiss forensic report
08 Nov 2013
The late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned with radioactive polonium, a Swiss forensic report suggests
Uninor CEO Yogesh Malik quits
07 Nov 2013
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Sweden to celebrate centenary of Tagore's Nobel Prize in India
07 Nov 2013
Tagore, the first Indian and first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, is the only poet in the world whose works have been adopted as the national anthems of two countries
Musharraf gets bail again in Red Mosque case
05 Nov 2013
Jignesh Shah quits MCX board
01 Nov 2013
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Putin emerges most powerful in global power elite list
31 Oct 2013
Russian leader Vladimir Putin pipped US president Barack Obama to the top position on the list of the World's Most Powerful People 2013
Modi, Manmohan cross swords over Sardar Patel
30 Oct 2013
Pankaj Razdan appointed CEO & MD, Birla Sun Life
29 Oct 2013
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