Bharat Ratna for JP
Legendary socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan was today posthumously conferred with India's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, for his invaluable contribution to the freedom struggle and upliftment of the poor and downtrodden.

Madhuri puts a foot in her mouth and draws Nepali fire
Indian film star Madhuri Dixit arrived in Nepal for a day on Tuesday for the music launch of her latest film and ended up striking a discordant note with her assertion that Nepal was once a part of India.

Court pulls up judicial officers for terminating missing employee
Coming to the rescue of a distressed woman whose husband has been missing since 1983 while on official duty, a division bench of the Orissa High Court has pulled up three senior judicial officers for terminating the husband from Government service without taking any action to trace him.

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  Mann asks for time to reply
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  Mann dissolves executive panel
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  Pune Beat
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  Pune Notes
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