Heat wave across the country, mercury touches 47 degrees Celsius in Nagpur

NDTV Correspondent | Saturday May 26, 2012, New Delhi

Nine more people succumbed to blistering heat in Odisha as soaring mercury coupled with hot and dusty winds today scorched vast swathes of northern and eastern India where temperatures breached the 45 degrees mark at several places.

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Man kills woman, attempts suicide in a crowded station in Kolkata

Reported by Monideepa Banerjie | Saturday May 26, 2012, Kolkata

A person reportedly stabbed a woman to death, then attempted to commit suicide by stabbing himself at the crowded Sealdah station in Kolkata on Saturday evening.

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Team Anna demands probe against 15 ministers, SM Krishna threatens to sue Kejriwal

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 26, 2012, New Delhi

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has rejected allegations of corruption levelled against him by Team Anna and cautioned its members that their actions would amount to over-reaching a judicial process. In a letter to Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal, hours after he demanded a special investigation team to probe allegations of corruption against 15 ministers of the UPA government, Mr Krishna reminded that the matter referred to was sub-judice and the Supreme Court had put a stay on it. Sources close to Mr Krishna said he would file a defamation case against Mr Kejriwal if there was no satisfactory reply.

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Army did not leak confidential letter to Prime Minister: General VK Singh to NDTV

Reported by Nitin Gokhale | Friday May 25, 2012, New Delhi

Army Chief General VK Singh has said that all controversies that broke out during his tenure were 'perceived'. Speaking to NDTV General Singh said, "My tenure was eventful, all controversies were perceived. Some controversies were raised, not by me, but perceived so by some people."

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Full transcript: Army didn't leak confidential letter to the Prime Minster, says General VK Singh

NDTV Correspondent | Saturday May 26, 2012, New Delhi

In an exclusive interview to NDTV, the outgoing Army Chief General VK Singh has said neither he nor anyone from the defence services leaked his letter to the Prime Minister. He also said that all controversies that broke out during his tenure were 'perceived'.

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Petrol price hike: Mamata Banerjee takes her protest to streets of Kolkata

NDTV Correspondent with PTI inputs | Saturday May 26, 2012, Kolkata

Accompanied by thousands of her supporters, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee hit the streets of Kolkata this evening to protest against the steep petrol price hike effected on Wednesday. The West Bengal Chief Minister marched from her Assembly constituency of Jadavpur to Hazra in south Kolkata.

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Jagan Mohan Reddy grilled by the CBI for second day; questioning to continue tomorrow

NDTV Correspondent | Saturday May 26, 2012, Hyderabad

Jagan Mohan Reddy, chief of the YSR Congress, was questioned for a second day today by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with a disproportionate assets case against him. Emerging out of the Dilkusha Guest House in Hyderabad, where he was questioned for nearly eight hours, Mr Reddy said he has been called for another round of questioning tomorrow.

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Monkey delays flight from New York

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday May 26, 2012, London

An escaped monkey in a plane's cargo hold delayed a fight from New York's JFK International Airport for nearly four hours, it was reported on Saturday.

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Ram Jethmalani slams BJP in letter to Gadkari

NDTV Correspondent | Saturday May 26, 2012, New Delhi

Even as the BJP tried to present a united face at its two-day national executive meeting in Mumbai, one of its own leaders has written to party president Nitin Gadkari, criticising the BJP.

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Saudi woman confronts religious police over painted nails

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday May 26, 2012, London

A video of a Saudi woman confronting the religious police over breaking modesty rules with her painted nails has gone viral after she posted it on the YouTube, Daily Mail reported on Saturday.

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