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Goa tourism industry, backbone of the state’s economy, is expecting a big jump in chartered flight arrivals this season. Dabolim airport has been prepared for more such landings.

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The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will soon issue a limited tender to invite companies specialising in reservoir description as a part of its strategy to look beyond its existing reservoirs in the Bombay High platform, and explore other "complex" reservoirs that abound in the area.

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Call it a paradigm shift or successful straddling of various ideological and intellectual worlds, the new NCERT history syllabus -- claiming to have stepped out of polarities with emphasis on oral tradition, contemporary accounts and case studies -- will be hotly debated for a long time.

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In an effort to decongest the already crowded Bangalore city, the state government  appealed to the IT and BPO sector to look beyond Bangalore for expansion and new units. The government invited the IT firms to set up shop in secondary cities like Mysore, Mangalore, Hubli-Dharwad and Belgaum. 

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Prisoners housed in prisons in Kerala will soon be able to talk to their relatives on telephone under a novel initiative mooted by the state government.

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Government has referred to CBI the anti-Sikh riot cases against Congress leaders Jagdish Tytler, Sajjan Kumar and Dharam Dass Shastri and asked it to examine if they should be reopened or investigated.

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Congress nominee Priya Dutt, daughter of the late actor- minister Sunil Dutt, Thursday filed her nomination for the Nov 19 Lok Sabha by-poll from the Mumbai North-West constituency.

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Firebrand BJP leader Uma Bharati on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for retaining Jaiprakash Yadav in his Council Of Ministers despite an arrest warrant being issued against him. She said the "honest man" had "lost all respect because of such inaction".

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N R Narayan Murthy. A name, which has the power to stand-alone, needs no introduction and no explanation. Responsible for making Bangalore a symbol of India's tech powerhouse, the Infosys co-founder and chairman has successfully integrated business with social welfare.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday the economic environment in the country was favourable for a growth rate of more than eight per cent.

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GMR Infrastructure has bagged three road projects worth Rs 1,500 crore on build, operate and transfer (BOT) basis.

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After announcing that its mini car would be priced at Rs 100,000, Tata Motors today said there was potential to ramp up the much-talked-about car’s production to one million units in the next four-five years.

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Visakhapatnam airport, which was scheduled to open on Thursday, remained closed following heavy rains since morning, an airport official said.

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In a bid to expand its scale of operations in the US, Mumbai-based financial industry solutions company, Infrasoft Technologies Ltd (InfrasoftTech), is all set to acquire a US-based banking and insurance solutions and service company for $7 million.

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Exports in the Information Technology sector from Andhra Pradesh grew by 40 per cent annually and had crossed Rs 4,000 crore during the first half of this year, Software Technology Parks of India Director B V Naidu said today.

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Having brought about a heart-warming change in their fortunes, India go into the second cricket One-Dayer against Sri Lanka in Mohali on Friday determined to prove that the Nagpur heroics were just the beginning of a refreshing turnaround.

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 C K Birla group flagship Hindustan Motors Ltd is planning to make inroads into the growing mini truck segment in the country.The segment is now ruled by Tata Motors through Tata 407, a household name in the light commercial segment. 

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Angry farmers blocked traffic and threw onions on the roads, protesting against the sudden crash in onion prices at the Amargol Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee yard in Karnataka.

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Private telecom firm Bharati Tele-Ventures on Thursday reported a 43 per cent year-on-year increase in net profit to Rs 521 crore during the quarter ended September 30, 2005 as against Rs 364 crore in the year ago period.

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The Tata group has plans to invest $2.5 billion (over Rs 11,000 crore) in Bangladesh. A 1,000 Mw power plant for $700 million, a 1 million-tonne-a-year fertiliser plant for $600 million and a 2.4 million-tonne steel mill for $700 million are among its proposed projects.

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Game maker Electronic Arts, known among gamers for the car racing game Need For Speed, has launched its 2006 gaming collection at BangaloreIT.

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The Reserve Bank of India has decided to fund the operations of the Codes and Standards Board of India (CSBI) for the first five years.  
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At least twelve persons were killed and over 20 injured in Kanpur, after a residential building collapsed, triggered by a series of cooking gas cylinders blasts on Wednesday night.

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A centre for Confucius studies will be set up in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) here to spread knowledge about China, its philosophy and history, among Indian students.

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Met officials warned that the depression could turn into a cyclonic storm, which could affect the coastal areas of Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.Orissa government has asked all district collectors to remain on high alert.

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Four flights, three of them international, were diverted to Bangalore early this morning after heavy rainfall flooded the runway at the Anna International Airport here.

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The Maharashtra government brought all lottery draws under tax net in a move to mop up precious revenue, while regulating the flourishing lottery trade. Distributors of other state lotteries will have to fork out a tax ranging from Rs 2,000 to Rs 5 lakh per draw depending on the prize money.

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Exit polls at the end of second phase of polling in Bihar assembly elections today projected a fractured verdict with a slight edge for NDA, compared to UPA in the 243-member house.

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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, slated to meet on Thursday, is likely to consider setting up of Rs 10,000 crore special purpose vehicle to finance infrastructure projects.

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Finance Minister P Chidambaram today warned those not planning to file income tax returns by October 31, the last date for the purpose, to do so as the Income Tax Department has adequate information of all nature of transactions which will help it to track tax evaders.

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The Karnataka government is setting up an electronic hardware park near the Bangalore international airport, over an area of 1,400 acres, and has also cleared the construction of a two-way eight-lane, 109 km peripheral ring road at a cost of Rs 1,190 crore, Chief Minister N Dharam Singh said today.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Andhra Pradesh thrice in January as the state will play host to three major events.

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Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) is joining hands with US-based WL Ross & Co to set up an international fund worth over $100 million for investment in Indian corporate restructuring and turnarounds. 

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Income Tax Department on Wednesday created ripples in the Tamil film industry by conducting raids on the residence of several leading film personalities, including music maestro A.R. Rahman and National Award winner Vikram.

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While diabetes patients are advised not to eat common poultry eggs for their high cholesterol content, a Punjab University scientist claims to have developed a variety that does no harm to diabetics.

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The UPA-Left coordination committee is holding its first meeting today after four months of boycott by Left parties.

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The government has declared a holiday for schools and colleges in Chennai, Tiruvallur and Kanchipuram districts where more rains have been forecast due to a depression in the Bay of Bengal.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is pushing for bilateral trade deals with countries in the Persian Gulf in the west to South Korea in the east by 2006, with China being the lone exception.

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External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh today declared that India would cooperate with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in fight against terrorism and extremism.

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