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NATO
choppers fly into Pak, fire on troops
Miranshah (Pak), May 17
NATO helicopters from Afghanistan intruded into northwest Pakistan
today, wounding two soldiers, officials said, prompting a protest from
the military already seething over the secret US operation to kill Osama
bin Laden. The Pakistan army said
it had lodged a “strong protest” and sought a flag meeting with NATO
commanders over the incursion in Pakistan’s North Waziristan near the
Afghan border, which has been repeatedly targeted by US drone aircraft.
India,
US to hold security dialogue
New Delhi, May 17
Within a month of the killing of Osama bin Laden, India and the United
States are set to hold their first-ever homeland security dialogue here
on May 27. The Indian side would be
led by Home Minister P Chidambaram while the American team would be
headed by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.
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One-rupee
sanitary napkin for rural girls
New Delhi, May 17
Rural adolescent girls can now demand one sanitary napkin for one rupee.
The Health Ministry has approved a new scheme for easy access to
sanitary napkins as part of the menstrual hygiene promotion programme
for adolescent girls aged 10 to 19 years in villages. This scheme aims
to spread hygiene awareness among girls. The scheme will work simply. The girls will henceforth get a pack of six sanitary napkins under the National Rural Health Mission’s brand called “Freedays”. A pack of six napkins will cost Rs 6 (Re 1 per piece), and will be distributed by Accredited Social Health Activists
(ASHAs).
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Yeddyurappa in Delhi with his 121
MLAs, to meet President today
May 17, 2011
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Karnataka crisis deepens as
Governor pushes for President’s Rule
May 16, 2011
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Petrol punch after polls
May 15, 2011
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BJP pulls out
ministers from Punjab Cabinet
May 14, 2011
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BJP pulls out
ministers from Punjab Cabinet
May 13, 2011
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India names 50 most wanted hiding in Pak
May 12, 2011
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Obama
was ready for face-off with Pak
May 11, 2011
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SC stays HC ruling on Ayodhya title suit
May 10, 2011
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CBI, ED to probe CWG contract
May 9, 2011
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CBI
set to grill 2 Punjab ministers
May 8, 2011
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The Centre is considering filing a review petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court which had, in March this year, ruled that Panjab University, Chandigarh, is neither a Central University nor a centrally-funded varsity.
Mumbai, May 17