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The Supreme Court on Monday postponed the hearing on the PIL challenging the quashing of charges against the Europe-based Hinduja brothers in the Bofors pay-offs case for two weeks.

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Tension gripped a government school in Mumbai on Monday when it received an anonymous call saying a bomb had been planted in the premises, which turned out to be a hoax.

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 Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Ranbir Singh Mahendra said the selectors would keep an eye on Sourav Ganguly's performance and would have the final say on the future of the skipper.

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India has suggested to Pakistan for long-duration visas to promote better people-to-people contacts according to the Indian proposal, the two countries must issue visit, pilgrim, business and student visas with new guidelines.

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The astronomers who claim to have discovered the tenth planet in the solar system have another intriguing announcement: It has a moon.

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The Supreme Court reserved its judgement on the petition challenging the dissolution of the Bihar Assembly last week till October 19, which is when the first phase of polling begins.

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India's largest car-maker Maruti Udyog Ltd (MUL) today increased the prices of all its models, except Swift, by Rs 1,100 to Rs 2,400 and said it may undertake yet another price revision at the end of the year.

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Curfew was relaxed for two hours and four hours on Monday in Meghalaya's West and East Garo Hills district headquarters Tura and Williamnagar respectively as the situation was stated to be under control in both the places.

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The sister of Sarabjit Singh,on Monday appealed to External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh to take up her brother's case with Pakistani authorities during his current visit.

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Car market leader Maruti Udyog Limited today reported a 12.1 per cent rise in sales in September this year at 49,278 units against 43,949 units in the same month last year.

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Taking a major step towards confidence building, India and Pakistan today signed accords on pre-notification of ballistic missile tests and setting up of a communication link between Indian Coast Guard and Pakistan Maritime Security Agency.

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The CBI has registered a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) against Reliance Infocomm, alleging its illegal re-routing of international telephone calls.

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Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been nominated for the Nobel Peace prize by a Delhi-based social organisation.

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Corporate India is in a generous mood. Its dividend payout leaped to a new high of Rs 34,055 crore in financial year 2004-05 —up 20.6 per cent or Rs 5,822 crore over the previous year's payout of Rs 28,234 crore. 

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Akash, India's surface-to-air missile, was test fired twice at the integrated test range at Chandipur-on-sea, 15 km from here, today

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The ruling Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh on Monday made a clean sweep of the civic elections bagging the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation.

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Steel Authority of India (SAIL) is planning to invest Rs 35,000 crore in the next seven years.

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The Supreme Court today asked the parties concerned to suggest the name of an observer, preferably not a judge, for the elections to the Indian Cricket Board.

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Railway Minister Lalu Prasad has announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to next of kin of those killed in a train accident at Datia, near Jhansi, in Madhya Pradesh early today.

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An opinion poll to select five names from a list of the world's leading 100 contemporary public intellectuals has Amartya Sen and Jagdish Bhagwati along with Salman Rushdie and Sunita Narain among the nominees.

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The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has predicted that the economy will clock an impressive 7.3 per cent GDP growth for the fiscal 2005-06, riding on strong prospects of kharif production and reasonably buoyant industrial and services sector performance.

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Diabesity is the term being coined for the disease that experts say is going to be the biggest killer in the future and studies show that the generation next is already showing signs of it.

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India's first surrogate in vitro fertilisation (IVF) baby of a single parent has been born in a city clinic, raising questions about the newborn's legal status and the single father's parenthood rights.

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The Delhi High Court Monday directed the lower court conducting the trial in the Nitish Katara murder case to examine former MP D.P. Yadav's daughter, Bharti Yadav, as a prosecution witness.

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Environmentally benign, small hydro projects with a capacity between 3 and 25 MWs are poised to become the energy solution provider for the country's numerous remote and unelectrified villages.

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Residents of Pushpavanam, a tsunami-hit village in Tamil Nadu, have planted more than 1,74,422 saplings in just 24 hours.

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Mahindra & Mahindra plans to launch more utility vehicles based on the Scorpio platform. These are likely to be all new vehicles and not merely Scorpio variants.

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The Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) is on a roll: it is increasing student intake for all courses, starting next year.

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In a move to give a push to infrastructure in the backward state of Bihar, the Centre has initiated an ambitious Rs 20,000-crore road development project.

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Rahul Dravid top-scored with 66 runs and captain Shaun Pollock of South Africa was 54 not out as the World XI limited-overs side scored 281-8 today to beat a Victorian state side by 12 runs.

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Fed Bank willing to pay around Rs 300 cr.Lord Krishna Bank (LKB) is asking for over Rs 450 crore as acquisition price from Federal Bank, which is three times its book value of Rs 16.95 per share, sources say. But, Federal Bank is not willing to pay such a “high” amount

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In a bizarre incident, more than 42 students, who had assembled to attended a Gandhi Jayanti function in Rampur district in Uttar Pradesh fainted while waiting for actress-turned-politician Jayaprada, MP at a public ground on Sunday.

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In what is billed as the biggest cover ever to have been placed with the private sector, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the country’s largest oil firm, has shifted its insurance account to Bajaj Allianz General Insurance.

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BRA Bihar University vice chancellor Asheshwar Yadav on Saturday constituted a three-member inquiry committee, headed by Shachindra Kumar Singh, to probe whether Shahabuddin appeared in the LLB examination on Friday or not.

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 The armed forces have held a staggering 6,000 court martials since 2000. That, by any measure, is a disturbing picture for the services, which pride themselves, not without some justification, on maintaining the highest standards of discipline in the country.

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The way government programmes go, it could simply be the most gigantic one ever in the field of education, bigger than even the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). A firm beginning has been made, complete with a detailed proposal by the HRD ministry sent to the Planning Commission late last week, for universalising secondary education in the country.

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Gwalior-bound Bundelkhand Express jumped tracks in Madhya Pradesh on Monday, killing at least 12 passengers and injuring 100.

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The spate of acquisitions by Indian pharmaceutical companies has found an echo in frenzied fund-raising by them, both through equity as well as debt.

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Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, has dared to tread a path that no other business school in the country has walked. It is promoting itself across the country to attract students for its one-year MBA programme.

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Even as the government faces opposition to its New Pension Scheme (NPS), various States, realising that their present pension liabilities are not sustainable, are moving ahead to embrace new scheme.

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The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) yesterday demanded a white paper and a probe by a Supreme Court judge on the recent revelations that the Soviet spy agency KGB had bribed politicians, media and diplomats in the country.

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Foreign Minister K Natwar Singh arrived in Islamabad on Sunday evening for two days of talks with his Pakistan counterpart Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri starting Monday. 

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