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KrishnaMenons Blue plaque unveiled in London
 London:   Former Indian  Defence Minister and statesman  V.K. Krishna Menon has been honoured in London by British Government. A blue plaque in his honour was unveiled yesterday by former Cabinet Minister Tony Benn. today on 17 July  in London. The function was at 30 Langdon Park Road in Highgate, the house he lived in his student days. He is the third Indian honoured in this way by the British. Tonny Ben exp

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Krishna Menon makes a come back in London in a big way
 London: Former Defence Minister and statesman  V.K. Krishna Menon is to be commemorated with an English  Heritage blue plaque today on 17 July  in London. The function is at 30 Langdon Park Road in Highgate, the house where &nbs

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Home Office Plans to increase the penalty for employing illegal workers to 20,000
London:Measures to toughen  penalties against rogue businesses employing illegal migrants have been  unveiled by the government. The government also announced measures  cutting red tape for legitimate employers . These proposals are p

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Ottavio Quattrocchi dies in Italy, But the Scandal alive in Delhi
The  Bofors scam accused Italian businessman  Ottavio Quattrocchi died after a heart attack in Milan. He was 72.   Quattrocchi,who is more popular in India than Italy , was accused of being the middleman in the Bofors scandal which hi

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Coalition government pledge audit set to be published
David Cameron and Nick Clegg are set to publish a dossier detailing progress on hundreds of pledges made by the coalition government. The document is expected to show that the vast majority of aims have been met but acknowledge some have been miss

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Birmingham prison: 'More sex offender space needed'
The justice minister has been urged to provide extra space at HMP Birmingham to cope with the rising number of sex offenders being sent there. The Independent Monitoring Board said the jail was struggling to cope with more historical sex offence

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Private firms 'to take on probation services'
An overhaul of the probation service in England and Wales will see low risk offenders supervised by the private sector, the government is to announce. Justice Secretary Chris Grayling will unveil plans to let security firms and voluntary groups m

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