After a two-week campaign on social networking sites, hacktivists belonging to Anonymous, a global hacker collective, came out on the streets in several Indian cities to protest against "web censorship in the country". full story ![]()
Describing Union Budget as `damp squib` Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalaithaa said it was full of rhetoric and lacked any tangible steps to tackle the crisis confronting the country`s economy.
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Labour leader Ed Miliband was last night warned by backbenchers to ‘wake up’ to the threat from UKIP and sack underperforming members of his Shadow Cabinet, or face the consequences at the General Election.
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