NEW DELHI: The LTTE, which is almost on the verge of a wipe out, is trying to regroup and planning to launch spectacular strikes on high-profile targets like Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, home minister P Chidambaram and Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi.

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The rescue and recovery effort will continue on Christmas Island after Wednesday’s boat crash that left dozens of people dead.

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All 22 killed in small plane crash in Nepal

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MANGALORE: Vice-Chancellor of Mangalore University T.C. Shivashankara Murthy said on Wednesday that degree colleges affiliated to it cannot admit more students than the intake fixed by the university for postgraduate courses. The colleges could admit 10 per cent more students than the intake for the undergraduate courses after getting permission from the university, he said.

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Udupi: Udupi-Chikmagalur MP D.V. Sadananda Gowda said on Wednesday that the results of the zilla and taluk panchayat elections will have a bearing on the national politics. Mr. Gowda said that when compared to the States governed by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), the States ruled by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had a better track record. The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government was marred by 2G spectrum scam, Adarsh Housing scam and Commonwealth Games scam.

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PADUBIDRI : Kids attending an anganavdi which is functioning in a private building inthe heart of the town of Padubidri, are virtually confined to the four walls of the building,as if they have been placed under house arrest, courtesy the deplorable conditionsprevailing outside the building.Years ago, following lack of space for a local anganavdi, the local Mahila Mandalimembers had allowed the Anganavdi to function from their building behind the Padubidri Society. A Balavana had also been constructed and handed over by the mandali. But the building is today crying for attention due to the neglect of the local gram panchayat.If the kids attending the anganavadi have to enter the building they have to walk amidst the bushes and shrubs that have grown in the area trying to avoid some thorny bushes.

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Qatar instrumental in new space discovery

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MUMBAI: Close on the heels of Union home minister P Chidambaram’s controversial statement on migrants, the Shiv Sena has demanded a permit system in Mumbai and Delhi to check the flow of migrant labourers into the two metro cities. In an editorial on Tuesday, Saamna said Chidambaram should take stringent measures as home minister to curb the influx of migrants into the two cities.

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday on a three-day visit which he said was to promote friendship and expand cooperation between the two countries that have seen comprehensive and rapid progress. Immediately after his arrival, Mr. Wen said, “My current visit is aimed at promoting friendship, expanding cooperation, building on our past achievements and opening up new dimensions for mutual benefit and common development of the two countries.”

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Inauguration Of Special Annual Camp In The Kodi Beary’s First Grade College Kodi

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JODHPUR: While it’s splitsville for Liz Hurley and Arun Nayar after three rocky years of marriage, Hollywood’s celebrity couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have decided to cement their bond further. Like Liz and Arun, who tied the knot according to Hindu customs in Jodhpur, the Brangelina couple, too, are looking to take the ’pheras’ in this historic Rajputana city. British news portals have reported that the Hollywood royalty is planning a Hindu wedding in the New Year under the supervision of their spiritual guru, Ram Lal Siyag. Siyag, 84, the founder-patron of Jodhpur-based Adhyatma Vigyan Satsang Kendra, neither confirmed nor denied the news.

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Udupi: The students Yakshagana festival titled Kishore Yaksha Sambhrama got off to a colourful start with a lively performance of the Yakshagana episode “Babruvahana Kalaga” at Rajangana here on Tuesday. This 18-day festival, organised by the Karnataka Yakshagana Bayalata Academy, Yaksha Shikshana Trust and Paryaya Shiroor Math, began on Tuesday, will culminate on January 3.

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Udupi: The Karate Budokan International will be organising the fifth State-level Karate Championship 2010 at Rajangana here on December 18 and 19. Organising Committee general secretary Nityananda Kemmannu told presspersons that over 500 Karate students would be participating in the 150 categories of Karate competitions during the championship.

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Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) on Tuesday hiked petrol prices by about Rs. 2.96 a litre effective midnight tonight, and other state-owned oil companies Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) will follow suit on Wednesday. The Oil Ministry on Tuesday gave the three companies a go-ahead to raise petrol prices after international crude oil prices touched $90 per barrel.

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DUBAI - Car windows were smashed and some people were injured in a clash involving a group of illegal Indonesian workers in the Saudi city of Jeddah on Monday, the Arab News daily reported on Tuesday. The incident puts new focus on Indonesian workers in the kingdom following the furore over the reports of torture of Indonesian housemaids.

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Colombo: The assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was a big mistake by the LTTE, former Tamil Tiger commander Karuna Amman has said. Vinyagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman, who is also the deputy minister of resettlement in the Sri Lankan government, today told a top panel looking into events during the ethnic war, that he received arms training in India in early 1980s when he was with the LTTE.

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A group of children who were held hostage by a 17-year-old at a nursery school in eastern France have been released unharmed. The teenager, who was armed with at least one sword, was detained by police just before 1pm local time after the arrival of a specialist unit of the national force, accompanied by two psychiatrists. He had taken 20 children hostage at the Charles Fourier pre-school in Besancon at 9am (8am GMT) but released most of them about an hour later.

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Dubai: For those who would like to spend a night at the world’s tallest tower, an online company in the UAE is offering a lucrative deal. An overnight stay at a fully furnished apartment in Burj Khalifa can now be hired for as much as $ 285 and the deal announced by a Dubai-based firm comes with groceries, if needed.

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Dubai A new Chinese-made vehicle is now on the UAE car market. Distributed exclusively by Swaidan Trading Company, a member of the Al Naboodah Group, Florid will be the first passenger car from the Great Wall Motors in the UAE. It caters to consumers who are looking for a low-budget car. Priced at only Dh32,500, the low-budget vehicle comes with a 100,000 km warranty.

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