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Petrol prices to be reduced by Rs.1.60
Amid growing discontent and uproar over petrol price hike, the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have decided to reduce its price across the nation by Rs 1.60 per litre, media reports said on Thursday.The new price will come to effect from Thursday midnight.The decision to reduce the price of petrol was reportedly made after OMCs had a review meeting in Mumbai on Thursday.The drop in international crude

German hostage killed during Nigeria military raid

Kidnappers stabbed a captive German engineer to death Thursday as soldiers unaware of the hostage's presence raided a home in northern Nigeria, officials said, five months after his abduction by

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Mayawati government cheated people: Akhilesh

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Thursday accused the previous Mayawati government of corruption and alleged that it had "cheated" people. "The previous government cheated the

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Former NBA star Jack Twyman dies at 78
Basketball Hall of Famer Jack Twyman, one of the NBA's top scorers in the 1950s who became the guardian to a paralyzed teammate, has died. He was 78.

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Defining a Palestinian refugee a US complication

A simple congressional request for the United States to distinguish between Palestinians displaced by the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict and millions of their descendants poses a high-stakes

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Finally, Advani-Gadkari feud out in the open

New Delhi: The simmering feud in the BJP between Nitin Gadkari and L.K. Advani erupted in the open Thursday when Advani launched an implicit attack on the party president, saying "the mood within the

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