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Planning Commission reduced poverty line to Rs 28.65 per capita daily consumption in cities and Rs 22.42 in rural areas, scaling down India's poverty ratio to 29.8 per cent in 2009-10.

Police said that a group of heavily armed Maoists triggered blast at the railway track near Narganju rail station.

Hillary Clinton said if there are insurgents who have no interest in reconciliation, they will continue to face military pressure.

P Chidambaram said that the Centre was against selection of DGP of a state by UPSC as directed by the SC in 2006.

Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said that the government would not defend the airline if action is taken against it.

Official source said that the investors can put money in top 100 companies listed in BSE and NSE under the scheme.

'John Carter' is expected to lose about $ 200 million making it the biggest Hollywood loser.

THALASSERY: The municipal authorities dumped several lorry loads of garbage from the municipality at the Pettippalam trenching gro..

RAMESWARAM/DHANUSHKODI/THALAI MANNAR: When long distance adventure swimmer S P Muraleedharan touched the soil of Dhanushkodi at 4...

Market share for Symbian decreased to 2.4 per cent from 12.4 per cent a year earlier, according to Kantar.

KOCHI: The governing council of the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS) has been constituted. The Governor h..

NAMAKKAL: The bulk LPG tanker operators and the oil marketing companies have arrived at a mutual agreement on the transportation c..

CHENNAI: Business at the Koyambedu wholesale market came to a grinding halt for about 24 hours as traders downed shutters urging I..

Raja won from Kunda seat in 1993 and if his affidavit is to be correct he should have been 19 years at that time, which is not the permissible age for contesting polls.

KHAMMAM: Eight students died and 26 others injured when a school bus fell into Tungaram stream on the Kothagudem-Khammam highway i..

To celebrate the diversity of British food and enlighten Hyderabadis (and Indians) about the same, the British High Commission, in..