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CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat called on the AIADMK General Secretary J. Jayalalithaa at the latter's residence in Chennai on Friday. The two parties have announced an e lectoral alliance for the next general elections. Photo: S.R. Raghunathan.
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Security is my top priority, says new Maharashtra CM
Mumbai (IANS): Maharashtra Chief Minister-designate Ashok Chavan said that the security of his state, whose capital Mumbai saw a vicious terror attack last week, would be his "top priority". Chavan, the son of former union home minister S.B. ...

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