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India to help Fiji with indelible ink, vehicles for polls

New Delhi, Feb 13 (ANI): The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Fiji, Ratu Inoke Kubuabola met his Indian counterpart Salman Khurshid in order to strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries. India and Fiji held talks on bilateral, regional and multilateral issues and decided to enhance cooperation in various fields, including agriculture and health care. Both nations also signed three pacts - Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on development cooperation, water resources management and on standardisation and conformity assessment - to expand cooperation in the respective sectors. Khurshid said that India will extend possible electoral assistance to Fiji for the general elections due in September this year. Khurshid also mentioned that both sides have agreed to boost cooperation in the area of agriculture, especially in the sugar sector. Feb 13, 2014
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Chief Justice hits at Sibal's remark over 'weak accountability in judiciary'

New Delhi, Feb 13 (ANI): Chief justice of India P Sathasivam hit back at Law Minister Kapil Sibal rejecting his view over accountability process in judiciary to be exceptionally weak, said that all complaints against judges were dealt according to the existing mechanism. Sibal had made a remark saying the process of accountability within the judiciary was "exceptionally weak". Meanwhile, the chief justice said Sibal was unfortunately not having accurate and proper information about the role of judges and how the judiciary functions. Sathasivam also gave details about the procedure in place to deal with such cases against judges of Supreme Court, High Courts and other subordinate courts and employees working under them. Sathasivam said at present, no request of the government or any of its agencies were pending in the Supreme Court. Feb 13, 2014
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Security tightened along Assam-Arunachal border to maintain peace

Assam, Feb 13 (ANI): On January 29, armed people from Arunachal Pradesh raided a village in Assam's Sonitpur district and gunned down 10 people and injured many. It was believed to be a border land dispute. However, intelligence inputs reveal that assailants were provoked by Maoists or some other local militant outfit to create instability in the area. A battalion of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) is patrolling the inter-state border between Bhalakpong in Arunachal Pradesh and Bhairabkunda in Assam along India's border with Bhutan to curb the movement of militants. The forces will be deployed till the Supreme Court-appointed Commission headed by retired High Court judge Tarun Chatterjee submits it report, to define boundaries of the two states, in dispute since 1951. Feb 13, 2014
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Blasts rock TV station in Libyan capital

The Tripoli headquarters of Libya's Alassema privately owned television channel was attacked early Wednesday, with three powerful blasts heard, an AFP journalist said. Duration: 00:39 Feb 13, 2014
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Germany wins third luge gold

Germany captured their third gold in three luge events at the Winter Olympics when world champions Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt won the men's doubles. Duration: 00:42 Feb 13, 2014
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Riot police intervenes during South African election rally

South Africa's heated election campaign escalated into violence Wednesday, as Johannesburg police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades to stop armed supporters of the ruling ANC from attacking an opposition rally. Duration: 01:38 Feb 12, 2014
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Narendra Modi launches 'Chai Pe Charcha' campaign

Ahmedabad, Feb 12 (ANI): Kicking off the ‘Chai Pe Charcha' campaign, BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Wednesday talked about the need for good governance. Modi said that trust of people is broken and it needs to be restored. Feb 12, 2014
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People trying to create storm in tea cup won t succeed: Manish Tewari

New Delhi, Feb 12 (ANI): Reacting on BJP’s ‘chai par charcha’ campaign, I&B Minister Manish Tewari said that people who are trying to create storm in tea cup won’t succeed. He said that the very ideology against the people organizing the campaign is against the democracy and freedom of press of the nation. He said this in the backdrop of objection faced by a senior journalist who tried to raise their voice over the expenses of this campaign. Feb 12, 2014
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Mukesh Ambani is named in FIR on gas prices, confirms Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi, Feb 12 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday rejected earlier reports that an FIR filed over gas pricing did not mention Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and Law Minister Veerappa Moily. Kejriwal said that the FIR has named Murli Deora, Veerappa Moily, Mukesh Ambani and VK Sibal. Feb 12, 2014
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BJP calls AAP's reward to power bill defaulters election stunt

New Delhi, Feb 12 (ANI): The BJP on Wednesday termed the Delhi government’s move to reward people in Delhi who defaulted on their power bill payment when they had backed the party's call not to pay electricity bills to protest high power tariff as an election stunt. BJP leader Vijender Gupta said that the Delhi government has not reduced the power tariff and this move is to divert the minds of people. Feb 12, 2014
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