Puducherry, Jun 21 (PTI) UPA Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee today sought Puducherry Chief Minister and AINRC leader N Rangasamy\'s support for his candidature. Mukherjee contacted the Chief Minister over phone in the forenoon to seek support, official sources said, adding that Rangasamy responded positively. The AIl India NR Congress (AINRC) has a strength of 15 members in the 30 member Assembly and enjoys the support of the lone Independent V M C Sivakumar from outside.
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J&K: Infiltration along LoC, 1 killed
One Junior Commanding Officer was killed and another jawan injured after a major infiltration bid by a group of six terrorists was foiled by the Army along LoC in Machil in Kupwara district of North Kashmir.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to travel to Washington in a few months at the invitation of US President Barack Obama.
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K'taka: 28 MLAs inducted in cabinet
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday expanded his Cabinet with the induction of 28 Ministers.
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CBI officer caught taking bribe
A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official, who is also the Chief Investigating Officer probing the coal block allocation scam, was caught taking a bribe of Rs 15 lakh on Friday.
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TN: Farmers threaten mass suicides
Farmers in Coimbatore region on Friday threatened that they would resort to mass suicides if government went ahead with its plan to increase power tariff.
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Chennai: MK Stalin surrenders illegal car
DMK leader MK Stalin on Friday surrendered his illegally-imported Hummer to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Chennai.
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B'lore office blast: Police still clueless
A month after an explosion took place opposite the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Malleshwaram in Bangalore, police are yet to zero in on the person who had planted the bomb.
