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Weeratunga underlined that with the crucial decision
by the President the Congress Party "gained strength" and

New Delhi, Jan 14 (PTI) India has demanded stopping
"forthwith" the "patronage of powerful forces and
institutions" within Pakistan to the groups involved in

Kolkata, Jan 14 (PTI) The condition of 95-year-old
Communist Party of India-Marxist CPI(M) leader Jyoti Basu on
Thursday turned "very critical" and he was showing signs of

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Colombo Jan 14 (PTI) Sri Lankan President Mahinda
Rajapaksa helped the Congress-Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK)

Cold conditions continued unabated in Rajasthan with
Ganganagar being the coldest place in the state at a low of
2.4 degrees Celsius. Bikaner recorded a minimum of 3.3 deg C,

Snehesh Alex Philip and Prakash Kumar
Haridwar, Jan 14 (PTI) Braving bone-biting chill, over 10
lakh devotees Thursday took a holy dip in the freezing waters

New Delhi, Jan 14 (PTI) Intense cold conditions prevailed
in most parts of north India on Thursday even as dense fog
returned to the national capital disrupting morning flights

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Commenting on the gurdwara fire, Darshan Singh, President
of the Sri Guru Nanak Satsang temple in Blackburn, said it was

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In New Delhi, an Indian External Affair Ministry
spokesperson said India has taken up the incident with
Australia.

Despite food inflation moderating a wee bit, potatoes
rose over 70 per cent during the week ended January two,
onions and pulses over 45 per cent each and cereals by over 14