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Underworld don Babloo Srivastava was notably absent at the launch of his book Adhoora Khwab (Unfulfilled dream) in Lucknow on Friday. Babloo, who is lodged in a Bareilli jail, could not attend the function that coincided with his 43rd birthday, as he was not allowed to leave jail despite a court order giving him permission to attend the event.

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Gold prices declined on the bullion market Saturday on reduced offtake by stockists against new stocks arrival, while silver surge on industrial units and coins manufacturer's buying.

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State-owned telecom giant Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) on Saturday said it has signed an agreement with Sri Lanka Telecom and NEC for submarine cable laying project between India and the island nation.

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 UPA Chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday  sought a clear verdict for the alliance in the Bihar Assembly election to pre-empt a situation marked by "confusion and horse-trading".

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Heavy rain and strong winds have killed at least 22 people in southern India this week and another 10 were feared dead, many of them washed away or electrocuted, officials said on Saturday.

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District officials in Mau have issued shoot at sight orders as fresh violence broke out in this communally sensitive town on Saturday, despite imposition of curfew and deployment of paramilitary and RAF forces.

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Launching a frontal attack on Lok Janshakti Party President Ramvilas Paswan for allegedly blocking formation of an 'anti-Lalu' government in Bihar, Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Arun Jaitley said on Saturday by doing so the LJP leader had harmed not only his party but the entire state.

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Angry at her letter to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief K S Sudarshan being 'leaked', firebrand Bharatiya Janata Pary leader Uma Bharati asserted on Saturday that the communication was in the 'interest of ideology' but denied that she had used bad language against anybody in it.

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Significant challenges in delivery of quality education to less developed and remote areas of the world could be overcome by use of digital broadcast satellites, a senior official of 'Worldspace Corporation' satellite company said here.

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THE first time Mittal Steel had bid for Krivoiroystahl, a 7m tonne state-owned steel plant in Ukraine, it virtually set off a political revolution in the former Soviet Republic. Though Mittal Steel had bid twice the amount of its competitor, favouritism played spoilsport and a third party bagged the plant.

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UTI Bank has shown a 136% growth in net profit to Rs 109.1 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, ’05, against Rs 46.2 crore in the year-earlier period. For the first half of FY06, the private bank reported a net profit of Rs 202 crore compared with Rs 117 crore for the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.

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Tasc Pharmaceuticals has raised $ 50 million by issuing foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs).According to a release issued by Tasc Pharmaceuticals to the BSE today, the bonds have a maturity of 5 years.

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Rabin Shrestha scored the second `sudden-death' goal to give Nobel Academy, Kathmandu, the win against Government Model High School, Chandigarh, in the Subroto Cup junior football tournament final at the Ambedkar Stadium here on Thursday.

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The world's top runners will be in action in the Indian capital Sunday when they compete in the Hutch Half-Marathon for the world's richest purse for the 21.097-km event  $150,000.

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National senior cricket selection committee chairman Kiran More and Indian cricket board secretary and meeting convenor S K Nair today rubbished news reports that Sachin Tendulkar had anything to do with the removal of Sourav Ganguly from the Indian cricket captaincy.

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Dengue fever seems to be spreading in the capital with 23 new cases reported till Saturday forenoon, taking the total number of affected people to 339, municipal authorities said.

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Pulling down curtains on Durga Puja celebrations in the Millennium City, the immersion ceremony of idols got off to a colourful start here on Friday.As many as 110 idols had been immersed till reports last came in.

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Normal life came to a grinding halt across Manipur on Saturday as a 17-hour strike called by a joint front of insurgent groups went underway amidst tight security. The strike by Manipur Peoples Liberation Front, is in protest against the "state's merger with the Union" on this day in 1949.

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President APJ Abdul Kalam, who is celebrating his 74th birthday on Saturday, has reached Hyderabad on a brief visit.Kalam will participate in the concluding ceremony of blindness control programme at LV Prasad Eye Institute and will deliver the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel memorial lecture at the National Police Academy.

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Transport vessels needed to cart higher Jamnagar output.Reliance Industries Ltd is planning to acquire 25 ships— a combination of chemical tankers, crude carriers, gas carriers and product tankers—at an estimated investment of over Rs 5,000 crore. 

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India Cements has raised $100 million (about Rs 450 crore) through a Global Depositary Shares (GDS) issue, primarily to extinguish some of its debt.  
 
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Come November, travellers to US will have an option to fly direct, without any stops in Europe. Air Sahara and American Airlines on Friday inked a deal to operate non-stop flights, first direct Indo-US service, between Delhi and Chicago from November 17.

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Two moderate tremors rocked Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday creating panic among survivors of last weekend's killer quake in the state that left thousands dead.

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Charges against a 20-year-old Indian American, accused of illegally selling methamphetamine, were dismissed by a US court on the grounds of mistaken identity, making him the third member of the community .

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History was made yesterday when an Indian freight train left for Pakistan with four wagons of relief supplies for the earthquake victims in a gesture that has been appreciated by Pakistani and world leaders.

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The Government plans to introduce Bills to amend the Forward Contract (Regulation) Act (FCRA) and Essential Commodities Act (ECA) in the winter session of Parliament.

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Gearing up to achieve its target of Rs 1 lakh crore of business in the next three years, Andhra Bank plans to expand presence in a big way and to roll out new products soon.

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Tata Motors Ltd today introduced the new model of its flagship car Indica in an effort to boost its sales in the hatchback market. The new model called the Indica V2 Turbo has a 1.4-litre turbocharged diesel engine .

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The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a Government petition seeking to vacate the stay granted by two High Courts against the implementation of a contingency plan aimed at overcoming resistance by Group `A' telecom .

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The NGO sector in Orissa has reacted sharply to the rules framed by the Orissa government with regard to implementation of the Right to Information Act.

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Maharashtra Revenue Minister Narayan Rane, after his meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday at 10, Janpath, announced that Shiv Sena MLAs backing him would join the Congress .

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For the first time in the last two decades, Uttar Pradesh police finally managed to shoot and injure dreaded dacoit Nirbhay Gujjar in a fierce encounter last night. But then, the badly cornered dacoit managed .

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The Manmohan Singh government has turned down a probe commission’s request for letters written during the Gujarat riots by the then President, K.R. Narayanan, to his Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

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In a direct rebuff of LK Advani and his protégé Uma Bharti, former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Friday denied that the RSS ever interfered in the activities of the BJP.

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A fire broke out in a seven-storey building, the Carmichael House, behind Mumbai's Jaslok Hospital early this morning.The fire was reportedly caused by an air conditioner short-circuit.

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It's been exactly a week since last Saturday's earthquake devastated Pakistan and parts of Jammu and Kashmir, killing over 40,000 people.Lakhs have been rendered homeless, and relief has been trickling in from across the globe.

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Thirteen people, including 10 Indians and three Ukrainians, have gone missing after the ship that they were traveling on mysteriously disappeared in the Indian Ocean.

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Congress President Sonia Gandhi will conduct six election rallies on the first leg of her campaign visit to Bihar beginning today .Congress spokesperson Jayanti Natrajan said in Patna that the Congress president would address rallies in Gaya and Patna.

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