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• Chopper scam: Bribery trial of former Finmeccanica CEO opens June 19, 2013
  The former head of Italian aerospace and defence giant Finmeccanica , accused by prosecutors of making bribery part of the company culture, went on trial on Wednesday for his alleged role in the payment of bribes to secure a crucial 560 million euro ($670 million) helicopter contract in India. Giuseppe Orsi, who resigned in February, faces charges of fraud a […]
  Colleen Barry
• Protesters out again in Brazil’s biggest city June 19, 2013
  Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country’s biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament — people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of Government infected with corruption. That was the repeated message Tuesday night in Sao Paulo, where upward […]
  Bradley Brooks
• Goa coast put on alert following LeT threat June 19, 2013
  Following intelligence inputs about a possible terror strike by Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT), Goa was put on a high alert on Wednesday. State Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, while confirming the alert, said that “it was of a general nature.” “The alert is not particularly for Goa. It is of a general nature,” Parrikar told sources on Wednesday. The captain of por […]
  Niticentral Staff
• Nitish wins floor test with Congress help June 19, 2013
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• Yamuna crosses danger mark, threat of flood looms over Delhi June 19, 2013
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• BJP walks out of Bihar Assembly, boycotts Nitish’s trust vote June 19, 2013
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• भयानक बाढ़ से तबाह केदारनाथ धाम June 19, 2013
  केदारनाथ धाम को भी तबाह कर दिया है। इधर का नजारा देखकर दिल दहल जाता है। केदारनाथ मंदिर आधा मलबे में दब गया है। केदारघाटी में 50 लोगों की मौत हुई है। कैबिनेट मंत्री हरक सिंह… […]
  Niticentral Staff
• CBI registers fresh case in Coalgate June 19, 2013
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• One refugee created every 4.1 seconds, says UN June 19, 2013
  The Syrian civil war contributed to pushing the numbers of refugees and those displaced by conflict within their own nation to an 18-year high of 45.2 million worldwide by the end of 2012, the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday. Those are the highest numbers since 1994, when people fled genocide in Rwanda and bloodshed in former Yugoslavia. By the end of la […]
  Associated Press
• Amarnath yatra highly prone to terror strikes: J&K June 19, 2013
  Considering the security scenario in the region, Jammu and Kashmir Government has declared Amarnath pilgrimage as a ‘highly terror prone’ one. As a result of  fresh inputs from the Army on possible terror threat ,the security agencies have been given instructions to ensure safety of pilgrims. “Considering the security scenario, topography of the yatra area, […]
  Niticentral Staff