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Educational institutes continue to be victims of militancy in Manipur

Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Imphal, Oct 14 (ANI): Educational institutions continue to be the target of militant organizations in Manipur. Despite several appeals by students and teachers to make education a 'free zone', the ultras continue to disturb the functioning of premier educational institutes in the state. Recently, they targeted Dhana Manjuri College of Science in Imphal, and tried to extort a huge sum of money.
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Dates announced for Assembly polls in Delhi, Mizoram, MP, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan

Tuesday, 14 October 2008
New Delhi, Oct 14 (ANI): The Election Commission (EC) today announced dates for Assembly polls in five states - Delhi, Mizoram, MP, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.
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23 killed in Assam bus accident

Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Dhubri (Assam), Oct 14 (ANI): At least 23 people were killed and 44 others injured in a bus accident in lower Assam's Dhubri District in the wee hours on Tuesday.
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Musharraf enjoying retirement playing tennis, squash and bridge

Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Islamabad, Oct 14 (ANI): Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf spends most of his time in playing tennis, squash and bridge, besides meeting a lot of people. He has an extremely busy schedule throughout the day, and has several invitations for delivering lectures in foreign countries, but he is not availing them as it would give a wrong message, said Hammad Hussain, the architect of Musharraf's five-acre farm house who is considered as close to Musharraf.
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Stem cell breakthrough may hold hope for cancer cure

Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Washington, October 14 (ANI): A research team has achieved a major success in triggering a cancer-like response by disrupting a natural bioelectrical mechanism within frog embryonic stem cells.
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