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The Government has been extending all possible help to the naxal-affected states which includes rising up of additional battalions with a higher funding from the Centre to fight the menace, Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal announced in the Lok Sabha on Monday.

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The trial of the Ayodhya attack case, in which five persons are charge sheeted, was transferred to a Sessions Court in Faizabad on Monday. Chief Judicial Magistrate R V Singh, in whose court the chargesheet .

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Shareholders of NYSE-listed Wipro including its chairman Azim Premji with his 81 per cent holding, can expect rich windfall as the soap-to-software maker is considering "generous" dividend payouts from its approximate $1 billion cash reserves.

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Asserting that insurance and pension reforms were underway, economic affairs secretary Ashok Jha today said there was a tremendous need for consolidation to enable banks gain financial muscle and absorb risks in the years to come.

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The death toll in Sunday's river disaster in Andhra Pradesh rose to 14 with the recovery of seven more bodies of school children since Sunday night. Three children are still missing in the mishap that occurred in Munneru rivulet in Krishna district of the state.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday assured full support to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in her Government's flood relief efforts. Dr. Singh spoke to Ms. Jayalalithaa over phone and enquired .

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South Africa have lost four wickets to India in the fifth and final one-day international at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium.After 41 overs, South Africa were 160 for 4 with Jacques Kallis (73) and Justin Kemp at the crease.

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Three members of a family have been found dead in a house in Khajuri Khas, in East Delhi. While the police is investigating the case, it is still not clear whether the deaths were murder or suicide.

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MLA from Imamganj, Udai Narain Chaudhary, will be NDA's candidate for speaker of the 243-member Bihar Assembly, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced today. As per convention, the post of deputy speaker will go to a member of the opposition.

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United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi said today that there was a need to make the National Cadet Corps (NCC) more attractive for the youth.Delivering the NCC Day Lecture on its 57th raising day the UPA Chairperson said although the corps had a strong base of about 13 lakh students.

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The historical procession, believed to be the first of its kind since the Partition, carrying a golden palki (palanquin) from India to Nankana Sahib, Pakistan, crossed its way through Haryana today.

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India is set to significantly increase its coal imports to match its growing domestic requirement for power generation, a top official said on Monday. We started coal imports last year to meet the requirement for power generation.

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AsianPaints on Monday said it was looking to acquire companies in the middle East and South East Asia as part of its international expansion plan.

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America’s loss is turning out to be India’s gain. Within days of announcing 30,000 job-cuts in the US, automobile giant General Motors Corp will this week unveil plans to increase its workforce in India by nearly 30%.

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Sania Mirza, the Uberoi sisters and Sunita Rao will battle it out for the $1,75,000 WTA Tier III tennis tournament to be held here from February 13 to 19, Karnataka Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh announced on Monday.

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National champion Surya Shekhar Ganguly stole the opening day honours as he crashed through the defenses of United States champion Hikaru Nakamura in the Chess World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysky, Russia.

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The Coimbatore-based, all business class start-up airline, Paramount Airways has quietly sealed its first round of venture funding with Kotak Venture Fund investing around $14 million.

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Chairman of United Breweries group Vijay Mallya on Monday said that his company was keen to enter into the alcohol retail sector."We are planning to foray into the alcohol retailing sector as there are good .

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Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar has questioned exploration major Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)'s diversification into power and petrochemicals, saying it should focus on the search for new oil and gas reserves.

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A  Batch of 20 scouts from various schools in Jammu and Kashmir, who returned from Hyderabad after participating in the 14th International Children's Film Festival, have been honoured at a function here.

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The sensex crossed the 9000-mark after starting at 8970.28 in early trading at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), on Monday, according to a private news channel. The BSE 30-share sensitive index started the day on a new high of 8905.68 as against last Saturday's close of 8889.03 and shot up to a record high of 8970.28 by 10:10 am.

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Dawood Ibrahim, India's most wanted criminal, is working closely with the Al-Qaeda and other Islamic terrorist groups like the Lashker-e-Taiba, says a prominent US magazine in a report on the synchronisation of organised crime and terrorism.

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The trial in the Sankararaman murder case, in which Kanchi Seer Jayendra Saraswathi and his junior Vijayendra Saraswathi are the main accused, was adjourned to December 12 by a sessions court in Pondicherry on Monday.

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The Delhi-Bhopal Shatabdi Express has been held up in Jhansi following a bomb scare in the train, according to a private news channel. Authorities have reached the spot and thorough frisking of the train is on.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday sanctioned Rs 500 crore for taking up immediate relief works in flood-affected areas of Tamil Nadu. An official release here said the amount has been sanctioned pending .

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The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) investigating the Pradeep Jain murder case is busy scanning through records of telephone conversations between the killers and gangster Abu Salem to gather 'material evidence' in the contract killing case.

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The chairman of Wipro Ltd., a top Indian software exporter, says he is opposed to unionization of the information technology sector, according to a news report published Monday.

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The State government decision to allow the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to defer the payment of Rs 25 crore to the Government has helped the KSRTC to avert a fuel crisis.Every month the IOC pays Rs 25 crore as commercial tax to the Government.

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Trade unions Left, right and centre on Monday decided to get together to fight “anti-worker” policies of the Manmohan Singh government. Alleging that the UPA was toeing the Vajpayee regime’s line on economic issues, the trade unions are ready to set aside political differences for a “united” struggle.

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India is fast becoming home to a large number of children affected with HIV/AIDS, but there is hope of a longer life for them, according to a study published in this week’s issue of Lancet, the reputed medical journal.

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 Ranbaxy laboratories on Sunday said it had started exporting generic version of Tamiflu, used for treating bird flu, to a South East Asian country. “We have been preparing for production of the generic .

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President APJ Abdul Kalam who was visiting quake-hit areas in Uri on Sunday said he would go back to teaching once his term was over in 2007. President Kalam was interacting with students of the Government Higher Secondary School in Uri.

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Madhya Pradesh BJP Legislature Party will meet in Bhopal tomorrow to formally elect State Party President Shivraj Singh Chauhan as its leader, paving the way for him to become the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister. He succeeds Mr Babu Lal Gaur.

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Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil interacted with flood-affected people accommodated at the Surya Nagar relief camp in Madurai, on Sunday.Patil, accompanied by the Union Minister of State for Home S Raghupathy.

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Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday night hit back at his estranged cousin Raj's revolt against his leadership saying he wondered if his (Raj's) remarks were drafted by expelled party leader and Congressman Narayan Rane.

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The Nitish Kumar government has allocated houses to all the ministers even before finalising their portfolios.This is being seen as an attempt to prevent a rush for ministerial bungalows.

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A day after Shivraj Singh was named the new Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Uma Bharti remained incommunicado.The official residence of former chief minister Uma Bharti wore a deserted look on Sunday.

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Earlier this week, the body of Maniappan Kutty the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) driver executed by the Taliban in Afghanistan was flown back to India.

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Delhi University is the mecca for higher education. However, when it comes to HIV/AIDS awareness, a majority of DU students had alarmingly little information about testing facilities, counselling and other initiatives to spread AIDS awareness.

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The Delhi blasts brought in its wake stories of confusion over the bodies, with more DNA tests now coming in.In one incident, a Hindu father found that his son had been buried by a Muslim family.

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The Shiv Sena succession feud is now at its peak with its working president Uddhav Thackeray showing no signs of relenting.Though Uddhav said he was ready for a dialogue, he mocked Raj by comparing him to the Sena's latest punching bag - Narayan Rane.

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