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Sheila Dikshit arrives to address a press conference in New Delhi, India, on Sunday (AP)

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Ben Stokes reacts while bowling during the second Ashes cricket test match between England and Australia, in Adelaide (AP)

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Minimum temperatures above freezing point in Kashmir Valley

Dec 08, 2013 - PTI | Srinagar

In further respite from cold wave for the residents of Kashmir owing to overcast conditions, the minimum temperatures in most parts of the Valley settled above the freezing point.
Dikshit stunned as party failed to read Delhi’s mood

Dec 08, 2013 - New Delhi | PTI

“Bewakoof hain na (we are idiots, right?)”, retorted chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday when asked if her party failed to read the mood of the city which it had ruled for 15 years.

International

Hagel backs NATO force in Afghanistan post-2014

Dec 08, 2013 - AFP AFP

US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel told on Sunday to American troops that he backed a NATO force playing a role in Afghanistan after 2014, as Washington and President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai wrangle over a stalled security pact.

Business

Gold falls by Rs 285 on sustained selling

Dec 07, 2013 - PTI

Extending losses for the second straight day, gold prices on Saturday lost another Rs 285 to Rs 30,500 per ten gram in the national capital on sustained selling by stockists against falling demand.

India

AIADMK hands out ignominious defeat to DMK in Yercaud

Dec 08, 2013 - PTI

Continuing its winning streak, the ruling AIADMK on Sunday retained the Yercaud (ST) Assembly constituency, with party nominee P Saroja romping home with a massive margin of 78,116 votes against her DMK rival V Maran.

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BJP open to tieup with AAP, says Goel

Dec 07, 2013 - Age Correspondent

The BJP has admitted that if it was unable to get a majority in the Delhi Assembly elections, it would not hesitate to seek support from other parties, including the AAP, to form the government.

Newsmakers

Skeleton of 1.34m-yr-old man ancestor discovered

Dec 07, 2013 - PTI

Scientists have discovered the skeleton of a human ancestor, dating back 1.34 million years — characterised by a “robust” jaw and skull bones and a gorilla-like upper body.

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Sports

Double ton for Takawale on Day 2

Dec 08, 2013 - Age Corespondent With agency inputs

Tripura skipper Yogesh Takawale struck a double hundred while two others notched up centuries as Hyderabad bowlers were taken to task in their Ranji Trophy Group C match at the Rajiv Gandhi Internatio

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Bill sans teeth is an exercise in futility

Dec 08, 2013

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday that in a democracy the Opposition could always disrupt the ship of state and he was not one who would permit an attitude of complacency to trump the build

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Minimum temperatures above freezing point in Kashmir Valley

Dikshit stunned as party failed to read Delhi’s mood

International

Hagel backs NATO force in Afghanistan post-2014

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Gold falls by Rs 285 on sustained selling

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AIADMK hands out ignominious defeat to DMK in Yercaud

Metros

BJP open to tieup with AAP, says Goel

Newsmakers

Skeleton of 1.34m-yr-old man ancestor discovered

Sports

Double ton for Takawale on Day 2

Writer's Block

Editorial

Bill sans teeth is an exercise in futility

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