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PM calls for reorientation of country's strategic thinking

Gurgaon , May 23 India faces an entire spectrum of security challenges and there is need for reorientation of the country's strategic thinking and reappraisal of its higher defence organisations, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Thursday.

Delhi sizzles as mercury soars

New Delhi , May 23 The heat wave continued unabated in the Indian capital Thursday with the minimum temperature settling five notches above average at 31.4 degrees Celsius and the maximum expected to hover around the 45 degrees Celsius mark.

LeT militant killed in Srinagar, three policemen injured

Srinagar , May 23 Security forces killed a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant in a gunfight in the heart of Jammu and Kashmir capital Srinagar Thursday morning, police said.

Ghaziabad trader, six of family murdered, valuables looted (Lead)

Ghaziabad , May 22 A businessman and six members of his family, including his three grand-children, were murdered in their house here Wednesday and cash and valuables worth over Rs.1 crore looted, police said.

Japan to help raise institute of design in Haryana

Chandigarh , May 22 The country's second National Institute of Design will come up in Haryana's Kurukshetra district and Japan will provide technological assistance for the same, a minister said Wednesday.

Two held in Kolkata with fake currency

Kolkata , May 23 Two people have been arrested and fake Indian currency notes (FICN) with a face value of nearly Rs.4 lakh seized from them, police here said Thursday.

New mango named Nirbhaya after gang-rape victim

Lucknow , May 23 A new variety of mango, harvested at Uttar Pradesh's famous mango centre Malihabad, has been named Nirbhaya after the 23-year-old Delhi girl who was brutally gang-raped Dec 16 last year and died of her injuries two weeks later.

Firemen still battling Coca Cola yard blaze

Gurgaon , May 22 Firemen were still trying to douse a fire that broke out in the stock yard of Coca Cola company here in Udyog Vihar a day before, an official said Wednesday.

Manmohan, Sonia praise one another (Lead)

New Delhi , May 22 On the ninth anniversary of the UPA government Wednesday, its two key figures - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi - praised one another.

Government taking corrective steps, says PM

New Delhi , May 22 Attempting to dispel the public perception about lack of governance and charges of policy paralysis, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said his government is taking corrective steps to set things right.