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Chhattisgarh rail corridor project report finalised

Raipur, Feb 14 A working group set up last week in Chhattisgarh to prepare a report about a Rs. 40,000 crore industrial rail corridor project has finalised its report, top official sources said Tuesday.

Centre unlikely to accede to Garoland, says G.K. Pillai

Shillong, Feb 14 The central government was unlikely to accede to the Garo National Liberation Army's (GNLA) demand for a separate state for Garo tribals in western part of Meghalaya, former union home secretary G.K. Pillai said Tuesday.

Moral police finally bow to Valentine's Day

New Delhi, Feb 14 Love, as they say, always wins. A Shiv Sena leader here admitted his group was not protesting against Valentine's Day any more - because no one is listening.

Indian, Israeli experts tap sun for hybrid power plants

New Delhi, Feb 14 The success of hybrid cars is inspiring yet another way of going green but on a more ambitious scale -- harnessing solar energy to drive hybrid power plants under an India-Israel project.

Israeli diplomat's wife stable (Lead)

New Delhi, Feb 14 The Israeli diplomat's wife who was injured in a terror attack here is conscious and recovering, doctors said Tuesday.

Higher tax on properties near Metro lines suggested

New Delhi, Feb 14 The people residing in close proximity to Metro lines may have to shell out more by way of property tax if the urban development ministry suggestion to state governments is implemented.

Khurshid bows to 'wisdom' of Election Commission

New Delhi, Feb 14 In a bid to end the row with the Election Commission, Law Minister Salman Khurshid has said he bowed to the "wisdom" of the poll panel and regretted his statement regarding sub-quota to backward sections of minorities in Uttar Pradesh.

Karnataka minister V.S. Acharya dead

Bangalore, Feb 14 Karnataka Higher Education Minister V.S. Acharya died here Tuesday following massive heart attack. He was 71.

Two people could be involved in magnetic bomb blast

New Delhi, Feb 14 Two people could have been involved in executing the blast on the Israeli embassy car, one to plant the bomb and the other to trigger it, sources involved in the investigation said Tuesday while admitting that they still have no clue about the explosives used.

India to build new railway track to link with Bangladesh

Agartala, Feb 14 The Indian government will soon start work on a new rail link to Bangladesh that would ease surface transport in the mountainous northeastern states, a railway official said here Tuesday.