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Petro hike protest
DMK flip-flops over support to UPA
Day of drama: Karuna first issues veiled threat of pull-out, then says won’t rock govt boat

Chennai, May 30
In a flip-flop, DMK DMK chief M Karunanidhi addresses a protest against petrol price hike in Chennai on Wednesday. PTI supremo M Karunanidhi today made a veiled threat of pulling out of the UPA government but soon after made it clear that his party would not rock the government in view of the Presidential election.
DMK chief M Karunanidhi addresses a protest against petrol price hike in Chennai on Wednesday. PTI


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Moscow, May 30
Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand showed immense resilience to beat challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel in a tense, rapid chess tie-breaker to win the World Championship crown for the fifth time and fourth in a row here today. 

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Srinagar, May 30
In an effort to reach out to people in far-flung areas of the state, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today visited Teetwal in Kupwara district on the Line of Control (LoC).

India, Russia ink pact for multi-role transport aircraft
Bangalore, May 30
The Indo-Russian project to develop a multi-role transport aircraft (MTA) got a major boost with the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) signing a tripartite general contract with Russian partner United Aircraft Corporation-Transport Aircraft (UAC-TA) and Multi-role Transport Aircraft Ltd (MTAL) for the project.

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Chandigarh, May 30
The administration and functioning of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) has come under the High Court’s scanner.

Their numbers dwindling, govt offers Parsis help
New Delhi, May 30
Parsis, facing demographic peril, have found a close friend in the Congress-led UPA Government which is keen on helping the community improve its overall fertility rates which have been plummeting.

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The British Government today rejected an appeal by nearly 70 top university heads to review changes to the student visa regime that is likely to put off students from India and other non-EU countries from coming to the UK.In a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, the university heads noted the economic and other contributions made by international students, and said Britain stood to lose out on the highly competitive international student market unless the recent changes were reviewed.


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