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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be in Jammu and Kashmir Friday to inaugurate the 450 MW Baglihar hydroelectric project.

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Samson D'Souza, the main accused in the murder of British national Scarlett Eden Keeling, got a major reprieve as the Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday unexpectedly withdrew its plea challenging a court decision to grant him bail.

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Stressing that civic officials who do not exhibit professional competence should be 'shown the door', Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Tejender Khanna said Tuesday there was a need to oust corrupt officials and also make third--party audit of quality standards mandatory in the delivery of civil services.

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Into a decade of starting its sewage treatment division, city-based Transdot is all set to 'clean up' Kerala using its latest membrane bio-reactor (MBR) process, considered to be the most advanced waste water treatment technology.

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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has expressed grief over the lives lost in the strong quake that rocked Tibet Monday, an official statement of the Tibetan government-in-exile said here Tuesday.

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Calling for Home Minister Shivraj Patil's resignation in the 'name of morality', Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh said Tuesday that there must be a judicial probe into the shootout in Delhi's Jamia Nagar in which two alleged terrorists and a police officer were killed.

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It was a spectacular show in the sky early Tuesday morning, when a small asteroid entered the earth's atmosphere releasing a huge amount of light and energy before exploding.

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Nothing is done the way it should be in the Central Animal Facility in AIIMS, says a researcher who spent days there with the aim of learning animal care at the premier institute. Officials at the facility, however, deny the charge.

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Tata Motors could announce the rollout of its Nano car from Gujarat Tuesday, the day Chief Minister Narendra Modi celebrates his seventh year in office, according to a government official here.

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Three-year-old Bishan donated blood to save Jyoti, who was suffering from high fever and acute anaemia. Both are members of Bihar's police dog squad.

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As part of the ongoing heritage festival in the city beautiful, a walk was organised here Tuesday morning.

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At least six people died after a speeding car fell in a canal in West Bengal's Burdwan district, police said Tuesday.

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The global financial crisis will affect India indirectly and require industry and the regulators to remain ever so vigilant to weather the storm, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has said.

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After duping even senior officials of the bureaucracy into believing he was Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh's chief secretary for two years, the game is finally up for Rajiv Kumar Sarthi.

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An all-women Durga Puja celebration has entered the 15th year in Jharkhand's Dhanbad city.

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Thousands of devotees thronged puja pandals (marquees) Tuesday to make offerings on Mahashtami - the third of the five-day Durga Puja festival - and participate in the worship of pre-pubescent girls.

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Even as the national capital is changing its face for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, planners and experts here have expressed concern about flawed planning and delay in implementing an interconnected transport system.

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Life bounced back to normal in the Kashmir valley Tuesday after two days as authorities lifted the curfew restrictions imposed Sunday to thwart a proposed rally by separatists.

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Indian equities slipped into the red in early hours of trading Tuesday after opening on a strong note following interventions by the markets watchdog and a cut in minimum cash balance for banks against deposits announced by the central bank a day earlier.

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Designer Rana Gill, known for her mastery over print and colour display, is all set to showcase her 'Nirvana' collection that targets youngsters at the upcoming Wills Lifestyle India Fashion week (WIFW) here Oct 15-19.

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The Bajrang Dal is a terrorist outfit and the central government will not hesitate to ban it like it outlawed the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), says Union Minister of State for Home Shakeel Ahmad.

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A Maoist commander was gunned down early Tuesday by a joint team of the Chhattisgarh police and the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in a forest in the state's restive southern region.

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Many people in Jammu have stopped rallying around the Shri Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti, saying protests organised by it have already cost them too much economically and now it is meddling in their social affairs as well.

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India's river cleansing holy man Balbir Singh Seechewal says he still has a long way to go after being profiled in a recent edition of the US based Time magazine as a 'Hero of the Environment'.

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A top officer of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is being charged with fraud and can be dismissed from service for reportedly having faked his caste certificate to secure the job, a senior official said.

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With Durga Puja festivities peaking Wednesday, many eminent Bengalis feel its essence is being lost in the rush for commercialization and media publicity but nevertheless associate with it 'goodness' and 'magic' that make it a 'larger-than-life' celebration.

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They have churned out giant idols of Goddess Durga and her children for decades, but the artisans of Kumartuli - the potter's colony here famed for its sculptures - now fear that their craft might die with them as the younger generation is shifting to more lucrative professions.

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A popular coffee house is an unlikely venue for a job fair. The fair itself was unusual. It was exclusively for the differently abled and held for the first time in India's IT hub.

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The benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange, the Sensex, opened in the green here Tuesday on the strength of the central bank's decision to allow Indian banks to lend more and inject more money into the belaguered financial market.

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The situation in violence-hit areas of Assam remained calm Tuesday with no overnight incidents reported, the first time in four days of ethnic clashes that left 49 people dead and more than 100,000 displaced, officials said.

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The curfew that was imposed in the Kashmir valley to foil a rally by separatists was lifted from all the 10 districts Tuesday.

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Film: 'Fashion'; Music Director: Salim-Suleiman; Lyricist: Irfan Siddique, Sandeep Nath; Singers: Salim Merchant, Neha Bhasin, Sukhwinder Singh, Shruti Pathak, Robert Bob Omulo, Satya Hinduja, Mohit Chauhan; Rating: ***1/2

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Television actress Nigaar Z. Khan says cricketer Dinesh Karthik, her partner on dance reality show 'Ek Khiladi Ek Hasina', is a sweet guy and a quick learner and that she couldn't have got a better co-dancer.

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Director Sanjay Gadhvi gave Uday Chopra two of the best films of his career - 'Dhoom' and 'Dhoom 2'. But he gave the actor a miss in the recently released 'Kidnap' because he feels Uday grew 'too old' for the role.

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Malaika Arora is shocked by television actor Bhaktyaar Irani's behaviour on the grand finale of reality dance show 'Zara Nachke Dikha' and says he had an 'attitude problem from day one'.

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