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The Delhi Police has arrested a man who was reportedly responsible for a series of fires, which took place at various railway stations in the capital.30-year-old Akbar Salim Sheikh started his career in the world of crime with pickpocketing.

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Thirteen members of a family were charred to death in Karnataka's Kogganur village, about 10 km away from Davanagere.The mishap occurred when the vehicle in which they were travelling caught fire after it collided with a truck at Kogganur early this morning.

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Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed will represent India at the SAARC Ministerial meeting in Dhaka later this week, official sources said today.Ahamed will be going in place of K Natwar Singh who was yesterday divested of the External Affairs Ministry portfolio.

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Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren Limited on Tuesday said it had raised $75 million through its foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCB) offerings. The zero coupon bonds having a tenure of five-years are convertible.

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 India captain Rahul Dravid will be rested for Wednesday's sixth one-dayer against Sri Lanka due to a hamstring injury suffered in the previous game, coach Greg Chappell said.

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West Bengal and Mizoram set up an intriguing clash in Cluster VIII after both teams warmed up for the derby with easy wins at the Chandrasekharan Nair stadium on Monday.

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The Indian women team would play its first match ever at Lord's, the mecca of cricket, when they take on hosts England in a one-day international match next year.

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Six Indian companies from pharma and engineering field are ready to acquire and pump in foreign direct investments (FDI) in UK and Europe markets, in collabaration with the Export Import Bank of India (Exim Bank).

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Consumers around the world are suffering from ‘mobile service fatigue’ claims a survey of 6,800 mobile users. The findings are from SmartTrust’s Mobile Trends Guide 2005/06, which shows that consumers are not able .

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The Nasdaq-listed Syntel Inc, an information technology company, will commence construction work on its proposed campus facility at Siruseri on the Old Mahabalipuram Road in the first quarter of 2006.

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President APJ Abdul Kalam on Monday urged public sector and private companies engaged in research to create at least 1,000 well paying jobs a year to attract youngsters to a career in science.

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After a day of several false starts and an unsavory drama played out on TV news channels, Natwar Singh formally stepped down as External Affairs Minister on Monday evening. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh .

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The north-east monsoon remained active with rains in many parts of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry on Monday, even as the weather office in Chennai forecast heavy rains for Tuesday and Wednesday.

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A southern Indian state is looking to set up a small town for Japanese investors, designed to cater to the specific social and cultural needs of the expatriate community, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

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Andleeb Sehgal, close friend of former external affairs minister K Natwar Singh’s son Jagat, was questioned for the second consecutive day on Monday by enforcement directorate sleuths in connection .

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Andleeb Sehgal, close friend of former external affairs minister K Natwar Singh’s son Jagat, was questioned for the second consecutive day on Monday by enforcement directorate sleuths in connection .

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The role of state governments and state pollution control boards is expected to be curtailed after the amendments in the process of environmental clearance under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has objected to the Rural Electrification Corporation’s (REC) proposal to raise a syndicated loan of $100 million through external commercial borrowing (ECB).

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Militants on Tuesday shot dead two relatives of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) legislator Tassadique Hussain in Rajouri district, official sources said. A group of militants swooped over village Larkuti in Rajouri district and barged into the house of Hussain's brother Mohammad Ashraf.

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A local court has extended the judicial custody of bar girl Tarannum Khan and two alleged bookies, held on charges of cricket betting, till November 21. The court also rejected the bail plea of the bookies, Pradip Parmar and Milind Dhiraj Nandu.

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Justice Raghunandan Swarup Pathak, former chief ustice of India and former judge of International Court of Justice (ICJ), heading a judicial commission to identify those who benefited from Iraq's oil-forfood scam.

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Congress has sent a letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations requesting him to make available to it all relevant materials and documents on the basis of which adverse references have been made against it in the Volcker committee report.

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Goa Director General of Police (DGP) Neeraj Kumar on Monday said that the state has to take pro-active steps and gear up to avoid any terrorist attack in the state."Goa, being a tourist destination, could be on terrorist's target," Kumar said here after taking over the charge (as DGP) .

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In a shocking incident, three brothers, enraged over their sister's marriage against their wishes, allegedly threw her and their mother in river Gomti near Sandila in the district on Monday.

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A major tragedy was averted on Tuesday with the detection and subsequent diffusion of a 12-kg Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on the Doda-Udhampur road, a defence spokesman said on Tuesday.

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THE Government on Monday notified the increase in foreign direct investment cap in telecom services to 74 per cent from 49 per cent, and said that FDI up to 49 per cent would continue to be on automatic route.

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Indian Airlines carried more than 29,000 revenue-paying passengers for the first time this year on November 6.In a statement, the airline has said that it carried 29,136 revenue-passengers surpassing its earlier best carriage of 28,730 revenue paying passengers achieved on May 15 this year.

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Syntel Inc, the US-based information technology company with development centres here, plans to acquire land in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra as a prelude to expanding its operations.

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As the Indo-US joint air exercises got underway at Kalaikunda air base from 8 a.m. today, the CPI-M leadership, which had summoned its party faithful to surround the air base, stood dismayed to find .

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Nobody from either side of the LoC crossed over on Day One of the opening of relief point at Chakan-da-Bagh in Poonch even as officials said relief points at Kaman and Teetwal would be operational from November 9 and 12.

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The crisis in the Telangana Rashtra Samiti deepened with several influential legislators who raised the banner of revolt against the party leadership refusing to withdraw their allegations.

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Pakistan’s plan to acquire F-16 fighter aircraft from the US will have an impact on India but it is equipped to face any challenge, Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi said today.

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In a move signalling the first signs of strain between him and the Maran family, DMK president M. Karunanidhi announced his family's decision to divest his wife's holding of 20 per cent in Sun Network, run by the family of Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran.

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Rashtriya Janata Dal’s controversial MP from Siwan, Mohammed Shahabuddin, was remanded to 14 days judicial custody after he was produced at the residence of the judicial magistrate Trilokinath Dubey here on Monday.

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The Congress government in Andhra Pradesh today received a setback with the Andhra Pradesh High Court quashing an Ordinance providing for five per cent reservations for Muslims in jobs and educational institutions.

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The Pro-Vice Chancellor of Allahabad Agriculture Institute (deemed university), mired in controversy over running of unauthorized courses, was arrested on Tuesday and later .

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The Uttaranchal High Court's order to close one of the tunnels of the Tehri Dam on the river Bhagirathi has caused water levels to rise.This in turn has submerged the old Tehri city.

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It's the migration season in the Western Orissa district of Bolangir. Thousand of people are leaving everyday for Andhra Pradesh, Chhatisgarh and Maharashtra to take up contract jobs as daily wagers.

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The exodus of MLAs from the Shiv Sena continues. Three days after the Sena lost three of its MLAs to expelled leader Narayan Rane, the party may be headed for another setback.

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The Left leaders will meet in New Delhi today to decide their future strategy on the Natwar-Volcker controversy.Yesterday, Left leaders claimed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had succumbed to pressure from the US.

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Dreaded dacoit Nirbhay Gujjar was killed in an encounter in Uttar Pradesh on Monday evening.His fondness for his mobile phone and publicity finally proved costly for him.

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