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Poor people falling dead like worms after drinking spurious liquor
The last two days in Kerala have been witnessing pathetic scenes with the death by now of 23 persons after drinking spurious liquor in the Malabar area.
The pity is that all of them are poor people.

The suppliers wanted to give them a brew which would be heady instantly. For that they may mix the drink with methyl alcohol or chemicals like di
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Nitish Kumar not contesting Assembly elections; He is member in Council
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is not contesting the Assembly elections to be held next month as he does not want to quit the Vidhan Parishad, the upper house, in which he is a member.

Bihar legislature is bicameral with Assembly and Council.

Nitish Kumar had contested Assembly elections o
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Sonia Gandhi elected Congress President for fourth time
New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi was elected as the Congress president for a record fourth consecutive term. This time also it is was uncontested.

Oscar Fernandez was the Returning Officer to whom nominations could be filed on Thursday till 3 pm.

Scrutiny was held on Friday and if there was no one els
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No ad hoc committee for Youth Congress; co-ordinators would be named for districts
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New Delhi : Ensuing panchayat elections in Kerala are holding back the election of Youth Congress leadership in the state, but the central leadership would directly control the activities until then.
There would be no ad hoc committees in place of elected panel. The central lead
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Youth Congress election after panchayat polls
New Delhi: Youth Congress election in Kerala has been adjourned to be held after the panchayat elections.

AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Saturday held discussions with senior leaders from Kerala A.K. Antony, Vayalar Ravi, Oommen Chandy and Ramesh Chennithala to elicit their opinion.

It
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Hung Parliament in Australia; negotiations continue
CANBERRA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Negotiations between Australia's major political parties and the independent Members of Parliament (MPs), who could decide the eventual winner of the 2010 general election, are expected to begin on Monday.

Voters have likely delivered Australia its first hung parlia
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Julia Gillard or Tony Abbott in Australia?
The election campaign in Australia has reached its final day with the two main parties neck and neck.

An opinion poll suggested the governing Labor Party had lost its narrow lead to be tied with the opposition coalition.

Julia Gillard, Australia's first female prime minister, is facing a figh
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