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Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar to be given Bharat Ratna

New Delhi, Nov 16 (ANI): Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar who bid adieu to all forms of the game on Saturday will be conferred with the prestigious Bharat Ratna, according to a release by the Prime Minister's Office. That Sachin has been honoured with several awards is testimony to his extraordinary brilliance as a sportsman, and the records set by him are unmatched, and the spirit of sportsmanship displayed by him exemplary, said the release. Nov 16, 2013
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Janardhan Chandurkar's remark on Lata Mangeshkar unwarranted: Congress

New Delhi, Nov 13 (ANI): Congress leader Manish Tewari on Wednesday said that the remark of Mumbai Congress chief Janardhan Chandurkar on Lata Mangeshkar was unwarranted. He however added that everyone has the freedom to express. Chandurkar on Tuesday said that the government should take back noted singer Lata Mangeshkar's Bharat Ratna if she praises BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi again. Nov 13, 2013
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Lata Mangeshkar's Bharat Ratna not Congresss give away: Gadkari

New Delhi, Nov 13 (ANI): Reacting to a comment made by Mumbai Congress Chief, Janardhan Chandurkar over stripping Lata Mangeshkar of Padma, Bharat Ratna awards, BJP Leader, Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said that the awards were not given by Congress and they had no right on them. Nov 13, 2013
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Anti-missile Systems Projects take Backseat in DAC Meeting

A Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) meeting headed by Defence Minister A K Antony on Monday, might have cleared over ₹5000 Crore worth projects, but put a hold on projects on strategic systems such as anti-tank and anti-ship missile systems. Nov 12, 2013
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Four dead in Dhanbad coal mine

Dhanbad, Nov 11 (ANI): Over 10 miners got trapped on Monday at around 11.30 am at a coal mine in Nirsa in Dhanbad after its roof collapsed. Four people are feared dead. Rescue teams have rushed to the spot and operation is on to save the trapped miners. Senior Bharat Coking Coal Limited and Dhanbad district administration officials are at the spot. Dhanbad in Jharkhand is the coal capital of India with the entire region being a hub of coal mining. Nov 11, 2013
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Sartaz Azizs meet with Hurriyat a govts failure, presents India as weak nation: Defence Expert

New Delhi, Nov 10 (ANI): As the meeting between Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz with Hurriyat leaders is underway, Defence Expert Bharat Verma said that the meeting is a government’s failure and that it will present India as a weak nation in front of Pakistan. Further, he said that the government should not have allowed this meeting to take place at all. He also said that the meeting and Aziz’s arrival in India gives a message that Pakistan don’t give a damn about India and its policies and its sentiments and they will do whatever they desire knowing that the nation’s government is weak. Nov 10, 2013
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PM says nice things but does not implement it on grounds: Bharat Verma

New Delhi, Oct 26 (ANI): Reacting on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement that he has not become PM to redraw borders, Defence Analyst Captain (Retired) Bharat Verma said on Saturday that PM sometimes says good and nice things but does not implement them on grounds. Further, he said that India has a great army and Intelligence but the PM of the nation has failed to bring any of these into practice. Oct 26, 2013
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Bandh affects normal life in Manipur

Manipur, Oct 25 (ANI): On 15th October, the Coordinating Committee of six Manipur-based militant groups (CarCom) and the Tripura-based NLFT jointly called for an 18-hour-long shutdown. The protest was against the merger of Manipur and Tripura into Indian union on this day in 1949. However, people in Manipur condemned the protest as undemocratic, and added that they have already suffered from the frequent acts of violence carried out by militant outfits. Oct 25, 2013
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