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Hurricane Sandy Could Paralyse Lives of Millions of People [PHOTOS]

Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast of the U.S. on Monday forcing transportation, business establishments, educational institutions and stock market to shut down and thousands of people escape to the higher grounds as more devastating storm is expected on Monday evening. Oct 29, 2012
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LIVE BLOG - Karnataka Bandh: Protester Dies During Protest Rally

Karnataka state has come to a standstill on Saturday as state-wide bandh initiated by Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) protesting the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. A protester died of cardiac arrest during the protest rally in Mysore. Gowranna (45) was an employee of reserve Bank of India Oct 6, 2012
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Fareed Zakaria Suspended by Time and CNN For Plagiarism; Apologizes for his ‘Terrible Mistake’

Time magazine and CNN has suspended an Indian-American journalist and author, Fareed Zakaria, for plagiarizing some sections of his column "The Case for Gun Control" from historian Jill Lepore's work in the New Yorker. "He wrote a shorter blog post on CNN.com on the same issue which included similar unattributed excerpts. That blog post has been removed and CNN has suspended Fareed Zakaria while this matter is under review," CNN said in a statement. Aug 11, 2012
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Assam Violence: Citizens React to Riots, Criticise Govt and Media

Assam is bleeding amid the swearing-in ceremony of Pranab Mukherjee as the new President of India. Citizens of the country have taken to Twitter to express their disappointment with the way the government has been handling the Assam violence that has taken at least 41 lives. Jul 25, 2012
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Sadananda Gowda Steps Down as Karnataka CM; Shettar Invited to Form Govt

DV Sadananda Gowda finally resigned as the chief minister of Karnataka on Wednesday after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) decided to replace him with Jagadish Shettar. The Governor of Karnataka has appointed Jagadish Shettar as the chief minister and has invited him to form the government. Jul 11, 2012