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Among the many hot topics discussed on the ‘booming’ retail sector in India, the most debated one is whether or not FDI be allowed in the sector. Given that up to 24per cent is permitted in the secondary market, does it make sense to allow the same or more in the primary market ?

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Drug prices are set for a shake-up, with Union chemicals minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday announcing caps on retail trade margins and his intention to bring local levies within the maximum retail price of medicines.

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A trust, 'Sanjeevni Health Care Insurance Trust', under the chairmanship of Punjab chief secretary had been constituted in this regard, Cooperative Societies Deputy Director Kamaldeel Singh said today.

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My Bollywood Bride, a romantic comedy that features Jason Lewis from the popular HBO series about four New York women, is an East-meets-West rendezvous, complete with song and dance.

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The government will not do anything to disturb the investment boom and expects interest rates to remain at current levels for the rest of the fiscal year ending March 2006, the Finance Minister said on Friday.

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Racking up the stakes in the face-off between the Government and the Belgaum Corporation, the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samithi (MES), on Friday, announced a satyagraha in front of the DC’s office from Saturday .

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A special court today allowed Abu Les, brother of extradited gangster Abu Salem, to meet the accused in CBI custody for 15 minutes after proper verification by the investigating agency. The permission was granted by designated judge P D Kode, who heard Abu Les' plea.

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In what may come as a surprise to most people outside Bihar, only 17% of the respondents of the opinion poll done exclusively for Times Now feel the new government will not be stable, while a clear 50% asserted that it would be, the remaining 33% not having a clear opinion on the question.

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Congress MP from Murshidabad, Adhir Chowdhury, wanted in twin murder cases, was on Saturday arrested from his South Delhi residence in a joint operation by the Delhi and West Bengal police.

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Maintaining that voters in Bihar wanted a change to make the state "crime-free," NDA chief ministerial candidate Nitish Kumar on Saturday claimed that the JD (U)-BJP combine would obtain a clear majority in the assembly elections to form the next government in the state.

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Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will soon make an offer for a complete buyout of the Hazira LNG terminal of Royal Dutchhell. ONGC has already initiated a due diligence of the assets of Shell Hazira Gas Pvt Ltd (apart from Shell, Total of France holds a 26 per cent stake in the company). 

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The Godhra inquiry commission today decided to issue summons to the Secretary of the high-powered Justice Banerjee Committee to produce vital documents and reports regarding its finding of the fire in the S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express on February 2002.

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In a major relief to the Haryana Government, the Supreme Court today gave green light to its ambitious Mansa Devi housing complex on the outskirts of Chandigarh after the state government submitted that it had excluded the forest land from the project plan notified by it five years ago.

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Dsp Jaspal Singh and ASI Amarjit Singh were sentenced to life imprisonment and four others awarded seven-year rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000 each in the Jaswant Singh Khalra disappearance case by the District and Additional Sessions Judge Bhupinder Singh here today.

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President A P J Abdul Kalam is visiting Vellore on December 1 to lay the foundation stone for the country’s first stem cell research centre at the Christian Medical College here.

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Junior doctors of a prestigious hospital here whose colleague was allegedly sodomised by a Head of a Department have claimed the victim has gone missing. 

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Dismissing the notion that Bollywood's foray into Pakistan will ruin the country's tottering movie industry, filmmaker Pooja Bhatt, has said such an association would help in reviving the Pak filmworld, besides evolving a pan-South Asian cultural identity.

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Everest Kanto Cylinder Ltd, the largest high pressure cylinder manufacturer in the country, is in the process of becoming a major global player by enhancing the capacity from 3.6 lakh cylinders to 1.5 million cylinders within the next four years.

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City Union Bank on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding with AMP Sanmar to launch insurance-linked recurring deposit scheme to its deposit holders.

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The Economic Editors` Conference 2005, organised jointly by the Press Information Bureau and the Union ministry of finance to bring together mediapersons from all over the country for interaction with ministers and top functionaries of economically-strategic .

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On the last day of polling in Bihar, the question you are asked, particularly if you are just back from there, is still the same that you would have been asked in the past many elections: is Bihar ready for a change ?

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Police were sent into a tizzy after they received a call that a bomb had been placed inside Pragati Maidan, which is hosting the India international Trade Fair. An anonymous call to the police control room claimed that a bomb had been placed in a restaurant in Pragati Maidan.

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Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Friday said the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will examine the issue of domestic airlines tying up with foreign carriers and setting up companies abroad to start international operations.

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Andhra Pradesh is taking steps to prevent Bihar-type attacks by Maoist guerrillas. Nevertheless, the police here are confident that a Jehanabad-type attack is not possible in this southern state.

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In a minor reallocation of portfolios of his one-and-a-half year old Cabinet, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday gave the charge of the Parliamentary Affairs and Information and Broadcasting Ministries to Mr PR Dasmunshi while keeping the External Affairs and Coal portfolios with himself.

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Eight men from Chhota Shakeel’s gang were sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday, for the murder of builder-turned-scribe Ali Nanjiani, three years ago.

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has moved the United States government to extradite don Abu Salem’s first wife, Samira Jumani. She is wanted for cases involving ‘criminal conspiracy, fraud and dishonestly inducing delivery of property, forgery, using forged document.

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In the presence of a high-level Chinese People’s Army delegation, Indian Armed Forces yesterday conducted the largest ever war games in recent times in the Thar desert showcasing its prowess for short high intensity wars in a digitised battlefield.

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The Delhi Jal Board has now been made responsible by the High Court to clean up the sewage system in the national capital region.Some of the areas surrounding the Yamuna, which are contributing to its pollution, will also come under the scanner.

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Jaya Bachchan is fighting to save her Rajya Sabha seat after a complaint was filed against her for holding the post of Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Film Development Council.The post confers cabinet rank perks.

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Priya Dutt, daughter of late union minister, Sunil Dutt will fight to save her father's legacy as she contests the Mumbai North-West constituency. Sunil Dutt had carefully nurtured the constituency winning five times from the same seat.

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Angry resident doctors at the capital's Ram Manohar Lohia hospital said late last night that they would organise a nationwide strike, if serious action were not taken against Dr A K Khare by noon.

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A Delhi court has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Sathya Raj, the Delhi Police sub inspector who was sacked after NDTV caught him on camera taking a bribe.The former cop had demanded money from a south Delhi .

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In Vidarbh in Maharashtra, about 168 cotton farmers have committed suicide this year alone due to extreme poverty and debt.And now, the hand of poverty is claiming the lives of their children too.

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The Malvan assembly seat in Maharashtra is witnessing the big battle between Congress candidate Narayan Rane and Shiv Sena nominee Parshuram Uparkar today.

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Underworld don Abu Salem's wife Monica Bedi will be produced in a Hyderabad court today after her CBI custody ends. Her lawyers are likely to apply for her bail almost immediately if she is sent to judicial custody.

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If the stakes were high ahead of the first India-South Africa one-dayer in Hyderabad, then they just got a little bit higher for the second match in Bangalore on Saturday.

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The Supreme Court on Friday conveyed its displeasure to Attorney-General Milon K. Banerjee over the delay in appointment of judges to the Madras High Court. On August 25, the apex court collegium cleared 17 names.

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As a part of the electoral reforms set in motion by the Election Commission, the district administration of this politically sensitive coastal district today launched a drive to disfranchise more than 2,000 persons facing non-bailable warrants for more than six months period.

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A Siliguri court issued a bailable arrest warrant against urban development minister Mr Asok Bhattacharya and today, the Garbeta second court in Midnapore West framed charges of hooliganism against the minister of state for labour, Mr Susanta Ghosh.

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Polling began this morning in 41 of the 243 constituencies in the fourth and final phase of the long-drawn Assembly elections, Bihar’s second this year, amid heavy security.

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People sprawled on the floor, long queues outside toilets, passengers hankering for food, children crying in exasperation. This alarmist scenario threatens to become a reality at the Delhi airport very soon.

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India looks set to go against Iran once again on November 24 at the IAEA as the prospect of a vote is looking increasingly difficult to avert. The decision, taken at the highest levels of the Indian government, comes even as the Left parties upped the ante, even leveraging its support to UPA on the issue.

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Ashok Sarawgi, one of the lawyers representing Abu Salem in the TADA court, has claimed that his client is ready to become an approver if the CBI allows him to do so, in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.

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Breaking ice, RSS Chief K S Sudarshan met BJP President L K Advani and re-opened the clogged communication channels between the two organisations in the run up to the change of leadership in the saffron party next month.

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