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Jharkhand to shut down its killer mines

A day after HT exposed how iron ore dust from West Singhbhum’s mines and crusher units was choking and killing locals, the Jharkhand government swung into action. About 40 mining companies and 200 crushers — mostly illegal  — operate in the area, 160 km south west of Ranchi. B Vijay Murty reports.

Headley to plead guilty, may have struck deal

As David Coleman Headley (49), the LeT operative accused of scouting potential sites for terrorist attacks in India, prepared to plead guilty in a Chicago court on Thursday, the security establishment in Delhi hinted that the duration of his sentence would be the acid test to determine whether he indeed had links with a US intelligence agency. Anirudh Bhattacharyya and Aloke Tikku report.

Red dust brings early death to West Singbhum

Pollution caused by mining of iron ore is destroying the lungs of young and old. All of them work for the crusher units — mostly illegal outfits — that operate in this backward area where the only industry is mining and allied activities. B. Vijay Murty reports.
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7700 couples tie the knot as part of TTD kalyanamastu

Seven thousand seven hundred couples tied the knot across Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday as part of the "kalyanmastu" programme being conducted by the Tirumala Tirupati Devstaham (TTD).
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    Bachchan as face of Kerala? Left says no

    The CPI-M central leadership has shot down a proposal of the Kerala tourism department to have Amitabh Bachchan as its brand ambassador. Reason: The actor already promotes Gujarat, ruled by BJP’s Narendra Modi.
      West

      Family grapples with grief, shock

      The gloom in the Mehta household on Thursday was in sharp contrast to its mood just a day earlier. The exams of Hemani Mehta (14), who was shot by her neighbour Harish Marolia (65), and her brother Vatsal had ended and the family was planning a brief vacation.
        East

        2 CRPF jawans killed in blast

        Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed and another three seriously injured in a blast triggered by the Maoists on Thursday in the forested area of Bijapur in south Chhattisgarh.
          South

          Maoist couple surrenders in Andhra

          A Maoist couple, who were active in adjoining Maharashtra, on Thursday surrendered before the police in Andhra Pradesh's Warangal district.

            North East

            Surrender policy to bring militants to mainstream: Governor

            Arunachal government is actively considering a surrender policy for militants, even as 51 activists of various underground organisations surrendered in Tirap district in the past one year, Governor General (Retd) J J Singh said in his address at the assembly today.
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              India, Russia set up a USD 600 million aircraft Joint Venture

              India and Russia are to invest USD 600 million to set up a joint venture (JV) to produce a medium lift transport aircraft for their armed forces.
                Europe

                Kidnapped Red Cross worker freed in Darfur

                The International Committee for the Red Cross says a French aid worker kidnapped in Darfur in October has been freed.
                  Rest Of Asia

                  Japan refuses to compensate victims of colonial rule

                  Japan has refused compensation for South Koreans who suffered during its colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula 1910-1945, Prensa Latina reported.

                    America

                    'Bin Laden won’t be caught alive'

                    Al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden “will never appear in an American courtroom,” Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. told lawmakers at a hearing on Tuesday.
                      Africa

                      Lady Naipaul a liar, says ex-Mrs Mandela

                      Winnie Mandela has labelled writer Nadira Naipaul "a liar and a fraud" following a controversy over an article written by her in which the estranged wife of South Africa's apartheid icon Nelson Mandela was critical of him.
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                        Gunman kills US store clerk working final shift

                        Indian-born Gurpreet Singh was working his final shift as a 7-Eleven clerk, before moving on next week to full-time job at a hospital, when he was gunned down during a robbery.
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