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Latest news, updated at 6:00 pm 70 killed in Kolkata hospital fire...more Lokpal report recommends constitutional status for ombudsman...more Pak army believes NATO attack pre-planned: reports...more  8 Pak hockey players join India league...more  Srinagar-Jammu National Highway closed ...more

Parliamentary panel rebuffs UID project
Wants govt to review Bill, bring in modified draft
New Delhi, December 8
The Prime Minister’s pet project on providing unique identity to people suffered a setback today with the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, headed by BJP’s Yashwant Sinha, submitting an adverse report and suggesting that the Government should review the UID Bill and introduce a modified draft.

Sehwag scores 219  breaks world record for ODI 1 With his score of 219, Sehwag has emerged as the highest-scorer in ODIs 2 The opener has become only the world’s second cricketer to score a double century in ODIs after Sachin Tendulkar, who had scored an unbeaten 200 against SA in Gwalior in 2010

2 MPs involved in scuffle in Parliament
New Delhi, December 8
Indian democracy today hit a new low when two of its senior MPs, representing the country’s key political parties, were involved in a scuffle following a heated argument in Parliament. The embarrassing incident followed a Parliamentary Standing Committee meeting on the UID during which Rashid Alvi of the Congress accused BJP’s SS Ahluwalia of leaking papers pertaining to some issue on the basis of a call that he (Alvi) claimed to have received from a journalist on his mobile phone.

sexual harassment at workplace draft bill
House committee, govt differ on inclusion of domestic workers
New Delhi, December 8
Four million domestic workers of India got a shot in the arm today with the parliamentary committee examining the draft Bill on protection of women from sexual harassment at workplace negating the government stand of excluding them from the law’s ambit.

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Emotions, despair run high at climate talks
With only a day to go before the climate change talks conclude, emotions are running high and tempers are flaring among negotiators and ministers of different countries gathered here to decide on the next steps to tackle the global crisis.

US denies delaying global climate deal

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Dev Anand to be cremated in London tomorrow
I am heartbroken, very depressed and have lost a beautiful father, a beautiful friend - my best friend,” says Dev Anand's son, Sunil, who was in the same London hotel as his father when he passed away last Saturday night at about 10 pm.

In Punjab, BSNL all dressed up but nowhere to go High-speed broadband project drags on, less than 100 connections added in nine months Chandigarh, December 8 It’s a classic case of taxpayers’ money going down the drain. Despite over Rs 150 crore being spent on it, BSNL’s ambitious state-of -the-art scheme ‘Fibre to the Home’ (FTTH) — which allows high-speed broadband access and a host of other features — remains a non-starter in the Punjab circle.