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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Raj Thackeray was on Wednesday arrested from his house on charges of inciting hatred among ethnic groups, the police said. Also arrested around the same time elsewhere in the city was Abu Asim Azmi, the state president of the Samajwadi Party who also faces the same charges.
North Indian migrants flee from Nasik
The railway police has beefed up security at these stations, where large number of North Indians have been queing up for trains proceeding towards Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Second narco test on LeT suspect held
Lashkar-e-Toiba suspect Riyazuddin Naser underwent a narco-analysis test for the second time at a city hospital today.

US lobbying firm expands its India practice
With India being one of the world's biggest markets for the global defence industry, a top US lobbying firm headed by former defence secretary William S. Cohen has announced an expansion of its India practice.

US keen on making n-deal operational

Cold wave intensifies in Kashmir Valley
The hill resort of Pahalgam in South Kashmir witnessed the coldest night of the season as minimum temperature dipped to minus 16.2 degrees Celsius, met office said.

Left: People walking through a snow covered street in Bhadarwah (Doda) where the ground floors of the houses were covered following a heavy snowfall. Right: A local resident stumbles while ducking from the branches of a tree at snow covered Kupwara district in Kashmir.

Three Indians shortlisted for Commonwealth Writers' Prize
The three Indians shortlisted for the Best Book Award are David Davidar (The Solitude of Emperors), Usha K R (Girl and a River) and Indra Sinha (Animal's People). Of the three, one lives in India, while another lives in Canada. Indra Sinha lives in France and his book "Animal's People" was also shortlisted for the Man Booker 2007.

Air India public inquiry resumes on Thursday

Canada tops in violation of copyright law: study

Pakistan launches Hatf III missile
Pakistan on Wednesday successfully launched a short-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile, the Hatf III (Ghaznavi), which has a range of 290 km.

Hindu groups to stage mock cow slaughter outside British parliament

'Indian Story' in Chicago to highlight Indian firms in US
The significant contributions made by Indian companies to the US economy will be showcased in a new initiative to be unveiled next week by India's Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath in Chicago.

ULFA accuses govt of derailing peace process

Tamil Tigers shell church, kill 6 soldiers

Obama surges ahead of Clinton in Potomac
With a clean sweep of the 'Potomac primaries' - in Maryland, Virginia and the national capital - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama surged ahead of party frontrunner Hillary Clinton.

Australian PM says 'sorry' to Aborigines
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday offered an historic, unconditional apology to its vast indigenous population for the wrongs committed by the state in the past.

Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta (R) with his Singapore counterpart Rear Admiral Chew Men Leong durig their meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday. PTI

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READERCONNECT Valentine's Day Special
Since February 14 is Valentine's Day, I thought of sending a picture of what I've made for the occasion- Lemon Tea Cakes, cut into hearts, decorated with icing. - Namratha Sudarshan in Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

Search for excellence outside academics

Hosted jointly by Air India and Deccan Herald, the Rank Award is for students while the Bolt award is for teachers.

"BENAZIR BHUTTO: Reconciliation, Islam, Democracy & the West"
Benazir Bhutto was Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996. She completed writing the book shortly before she was assassinated in Rawalpindi on Dec 27, 2007.
Kargil was a humiliating moment for Pak army Pakistan's decision to withdraw troops from Kargil on the advice of the USA left Sharif "weakened and embarrassed," Bhutto wrote... ISI tried to wreck relationship between Rajiv and Benazir "Rajiv and I negotiated a remarkable treaty committing our nations not to attack each other's nuclear facilities. This was the first nuclear confidence-building treaty...'' Shimla Accord was a 'triumph' for Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Musharraf told Bhutto cases against her politically motivated Bhutto also claimed that Musharraf "readily acknowledged" that charges brought against her family had been "politically motivated and designed to destroy my reputation". Extremists made 'inroads' into Pak govt structure: Bhutto "Since the overthrow of my government, the militants have made many inroads into the very structure of governance of Pakistan...," the former Prime Minister said in her last book... Benazir laid foundation for dialogue with India: PPP "Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto was castigated and called a security threat by the establishment for launching the dialogue process with India," Sherry Rehman, a spokesperson of the Pakistan People's Party, said.