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NIA likely to probe missing explosives
Sep 06th, 2010 - New Delhi | PRAMOD KUMARThe National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to probe the disappearance of more than 850 tons of explosives while they were being transported to Madhya Pradesh from Rajasthan.
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Indian Ocean rising faster than others
Sep 06th, 2010 - New Delhi | Rashme SehgalNewly detected rising sea levels in parts of the Indian Ocean have led Indian scientists to conclude that the Indian Ocean is rising faster than other oceans.
The Asian Age Connect
A game soiled
Politics took a vacation and criticism of the preparations for Commonwealth Games 2010 took a backseat as the Pakistan cricket team lit our mornings and our TV screens. Seven Pakistani cricketers are being investigated by the Scotland Yard for suspected spot-fixing during the Test against England at Lord’s.
Babus, beware!
It may sound incestuous but the strongest measure recommended to curb corruption in babudom is from a high-powered committee headed by former chairman of the Union Public Service Commission, P.C. Hota. They have recommended to the Prime Minister’s Office that babus chargesheeted for corruption should face immediate
CWG drug bust is a good omen
The best thing to have come out of the nabbing of a group of dope-tainted wrestlers and athletes earlier this week is the message that drug cheats will not have it easy at the forthcoming Commonwealth Games here next month. Six wrestlers and two athletes were snagged by the National Anti-Doping Agency at various camps and
Hostage crisis: Why the state is helpless
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is on firm ground when he maintains, in the context of the Naxalites who have killed abducted policemen in the state, “I do not think bargaining after holding people
