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The Bombay High Court order declaring the sale of mill lands in Mumbai illegal has shaken the real estate market in the city. But Mumbai’s corporate players say there’s no cause for worry. Asked if sharing mill land with MHADA transit camps and low cost housing (likely to come up on mill land) would hamper investors.

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IT major Wipro Ltd., the country’s third largest software exporter on Wednesday reported 16.1 percent growth in its consolidated net profit at Rs 478 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, 2005.

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HCL Infosystems Ltd today said its profit after tax (PAT) jumped 44 per cent to Rs 62.1 crore during the first quarter ended September 30, 2005 as against Rs 43.2 crore in the year-ago period.

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This stage is set for a royal street fight here Thursday with fiery Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee vowing to interrupt the movement of Indonesia's Salim Group boss when he arrives for an investment deal.The mighty machinery of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), which tom-toms Kolkata as the newest investment destination, is taking up the gauntlet thrown by Banerjee.

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The Communist Party of India (CPI) said today that there was no other alternative to the UPA Government now. The party supports the Government from outside."The UPA Government will last its full term. It will continue in office as there is no other alternative now," CPI general secretary A B Bardhan said.

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The Election Commission has orderedsuspension of presiding officers at three polling stations and repolling in seven booths in Bihar's naxalite-hit Imamganj assembly constituency, its special observer K J Rao said today.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called on President APJ Abdul Kalam and discussed the law and order situation in states and the relief work in the quake-hit Jammu and Kashmir.

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After Andhra Pradesh, it is the turn of political parties in Tamil Nadu to rake up the issue of reservations for minorities.Taking the lead, six months before the state goes to poll, is DMK chief M. Karunanidhi.

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An uneasy calm prevailed in this curfew-bound town with security men patrolling the streets and lanes to keep a tight grip on the situation even as no untoward incident was reported from any part of the district.

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Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), which recently acquired the Paradip-based fertiliser unit from the Oswals, aimed to make the unit pollution free."Our aim is to bring down the pollution level to zero," IFFCO chairman Surinder Kumar Jhakar said.

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Corruption is one barrier that India still finds impossible to overcome. Ranked the 88th most corrupt country of a total of 159 surveyed by Transparency International, even the tiny island nation of Sri Lanka .

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An airman allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in an Indian Air Force installation in Southwest Delhi on Wednesday. Shri Walson (19), hailing from Kerala, shot himself in the head at Air Force premises in Subroto Park where he was posted, police said.

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Determined to oust Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Babulal Gaur, BJP's fiery sanyasin Uma Bharti is awaiting a response from party leadership on her demand for change of guard before chalking out her future plans.

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The Supreme Court will closely scrutinize documents sent by the Patna High Court relating to the promotion of designated CBI Judge Yogendra Prasad and the appointment of Munni Lal Paswan in his place to try .

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Indian Kashmiris rejoiced on Wednesday as New Delhi offered free telephone links so they can call relatives across the de facto border in Pakistan in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake.

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The disappearance of a 20-year-old student of an engineering college in Thiruvananthapuram has left the city police baffled.Shayamal Mondal, a seventh semester student of applied electronics, went missing five days ago and the authorities are still clueless about his whereabouts.

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Two persons who were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the murder of a senior judge Vijay Singh will be produced in a local court today. Ravdeep Kaur, a doctor running a private clinic in the region .

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Akash, six-year-old son of a Delhi-based businessman who was kidnapped from Danapur, was rescued from Ranchi after 11 days in captivity, following the arrest of a relative.

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Sourav Ganguly’s smiling face, when he arrived at the Mumbai airport from Kolkata, suggested enough that the pain in his elbow had disappeared. It was only a matter of formality for BCCI Executive Secretary .

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The India aviation story will be a driver for the global aviation industry, said International Air Transport Association (IATA) director general Giovani Bisignani. With the US aviation industry in crisis, a majority .

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Concern about India's poorly performing agricultural sector has prompted Manmohan Singh, prime minister, to intervene on behalf of a ground-breaking private sector project to link Indian farmers with US and European consumers.

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The Ruias-owned Essar Teleholdings Limited has acquired the entire 3.16% stake in Hutchison Essar Telecom from Max Telecom Ventures Limited for Rs 657 crore (Rs 607 per share) in an all cash deal.

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The joint exercises of Indian and Russian navies began Tuesday, though Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his Russian counterpart Sergei Ivanov had to skip the inaugural ceremony since water logging at the airport prevented them from landing at the port city Visakhapatnam.

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Bangalore, dhns: Maharashtra Governor S M Krishna on Tuesday got a taste of Bangalore’s dreaded traffic snarls. It took the former chief minister around 70 minutes from his Sadashivnagar residence to reach a media interaction venue at The Oberoi on MG Road.

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Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has suggested a series of steps for the effective implementation of the Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005. In a letter to the chief ministers of all states, the Prime Minister emphasised that Panchayati Raj Institutions should be geared up for this purpose and training provided to all concerned agencies.

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Police on Tuesday lodged FIRs against controversial independent MLA Mukhtar Ansari and BJP Member of Legislative Council Ramji Singh for inciting communal riots here even as an uneasy calm prevailed .

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A London-Singapore Qantas flight, made an emergency landing at NSC Bose Airport this afternoon after a smoke alarm lit up on its cockpit panel. The flight had 389 passengers and crew on board.

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The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Tuesday condemned the killing of Jammu and Kashmir Minister Ghulam Nabi Lone and the bid on party MLA Mohammed Yusuf Tarigami by militants in Srinagar. At a time when the people of Jammu and Kashmir are suffering from the tragedy of the earthquake and the CPI(M).

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The Indian cricket team will reach Bangalore today, to attend a three-day conditioning camp ahead of the seven-match one-day series against Sri Lanka.Sourav Ganguly will remain absent from the camp, as he is off to Rajkot to play in the Duleep Trophy match.

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Home Secretary V K Duggal is visiting Srinagar to review the security arrangements in the state, and meet police and senior officials. The decision to send Duggal to the state was taken at a meeting called by Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil.

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A one-month old baby went missing from Delhi's Sucheta Kriplani Hospital on Tuesday afternoon.The baby, Jyoti, was with her mother who had come to the hospital for a medical check-up.

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Justice Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal will be the new Chief Justice of India (CJI), taking over from Justice R C Lahoti who retires from the post on October 31.Hours after his appointment was announced, Justice Sabharwal said his top priority is to dispose off corruption cases involving people in high places.

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Strong aftershocks hit Jammu and Kashmir today, triggering panic amongst the people. Residents of Jammu and Kashmir spent a sleepless night as a series of moderate intensity aftershocks jolted the region early today, in a chilling reminder of the October 8 killer quake.

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Mumbai's law keepers are fast becoming the city's biggest law breakers.Barely 24 hours after a constable was charged with raping a minor girl at the Sahar Airport came the reports of another rape committed by a policeman in Navi Mumbai.

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The Indian government has allowed phone links between Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) for a fortnight, beginning today.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has given special directions for the establishment for this facility, which will be available to people free of cost.

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