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Rebuilding of Afghanistan must go on: India
New Delhi, December 5
 India today cautioned the international community not to repeat the mistakes of the past and ensure that Afghanistan does not once again slide back to the ‘dark ages’ of the 1990s.
Bonn conference takes off: (From left) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, UN Secy-Gen Ban Ki-moon, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai at the Bonn conference on Monday. — Reuters
West signals enduring support for Afghanistan
Bonn, December 5
The United States and other nations vowed today to keep supporting Afghanistan after most foreign forces leave the country in 2014, as the nation faces an enduring
Taliban-led insurgency and possible financial collapse.
Lokpal
Bill
House
panel seeks more time
New Delhi, December 5
A day after Team Anna held a successful car and bike rally in protest
against the government demanding a strong Lokpal Bill, Abhishek Manu
Singhvi, chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee, looking into
drafting of the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill, has asked for one more week
to submit its report in Parliament.
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Having decided to put on hold its policy to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail trade, the government will formally convey its decision to the Opposition at an all-party meeting on Wednesday morning. The government’s olive branch is expected to end the two-week-old logjam in Parliament and pave the way for the smooth functioning of the two Houses.
Ignoring voices of dissent from various Sikh organisations, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was today bestowed upon the title of “Panth Rattan Fakhr-e-Qaum” by the Akal Takht in recognition of his outstanding contribution and glorious services rendered by him during his long Panthic and political career.
Leone
may have escaped her first eviction from Bigg Boss, the prime time
reality TV show on an entertainment channel this Saturday, but she has
ruffled a lot of feathers outside the celebrity home.