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Saturday, December 10

Low-cost ICICI ATMs for rural areas
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 05:29 PM IST
As part of its rural initiative, ICICI Bank is developing a low cost ATM to cater to the villages in India.The Bank, with the help of technology partners, is in the process of developing an ATM which may cost .
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Bollywood's a fragmented industry!
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 05:12 PM IST
Watch Bollywood movies but don't buy the stocks of companies that produce them this is the message of a report in America's business bible The Wall Street Journal.
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Amritsar-Lahore bus trial run begins on Sunday
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 05:07 PM IST
The trial run of Amritsar-Lahore bus service would be held on Sunday, paving the way for a third bus service between India and Pakistan.A bus from Amritsar would arrive in Lahore through the Wagah border covering a distance of about 45 km. Pakistan will hold the trial run of its bus on December 13.
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Jayaprada paid Rs 40 lakh for dance recital
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 05:03 PM IST
The reported favouritism shown to Samajwadi Member of Parliament Jayaprada during the Lucknow Mahotsav by paying her more than 13 times than renowned Hindustani vocalist Pandit Jasraj threatens to snowball into a political controversy.
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Power cuts in Punjab, Haryana
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 04:47 PM IST
Power supply in the northern region has been adversely affected with the Northern Grid facing a shortage of 5000 Mega Watt (MW). As a result, Haryana has announced scheduled power cuts and a compulsory weekly .
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Now woman power to drive wheels of tourism
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 04:42 PM IST
Nine women got together here on Friday to make history of sorts, becoming the Capital's first women cab service providers and tourist guides. Described as the new face of "Incredible India"
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India moving closer to China’
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 04:10 PM IST
If you ever had any doubt about India’s growth capability, then it’s time you dumped the notion, hook, line and sinker. While India’s economic growth is reaching new heights, Gujarat is the state to watch out for.
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Reform power to grow: finmin
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 04:08 PM IST
India's economy can grow at an annual rate of more than 8 per cent if the crucial coal and power sectors step up output, the finance minister said. "We can achieve more than 8 per cent growth if we address the issues in .
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Tigers want urgent talks to defuse
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 04:00 PM IST
Blaming the military for the spike in violence in Sri Lanka’s troubled northern and eastern regions, the Tamil Tiger rebels on Saturday asked peacebroker Norway to arrange urgent talks with the Government to defuse possibility of a war.
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Indiagames in pact with Electronic arts
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 03:48 PM IST
Indiagames, one of the country’s top global game developers, has signed an exclusive multi-year licensing agreement with Electronic Arts, the world’s leading interactive entertainment company, to bring in the 20-year-old gaming goliath’s .
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Reliance Info cuts IPLC tariffs by 60%
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 03:21 PM IST
Reliance Infocomm is reducing international private leased circuit tariffs (IPLC) by 50%-60% in a move that will benefit heavy bandwidth users such as IT-enabled services, banks and others.
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Gates 2005: Rural kiosks to R&D labs
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 02:58 PM IST
America is at war and Bill Gates, worth $39 billion in packaged software, wants it to merge with China and India. ‘‘Roll the three together and we’d have a heck of a country,’’ Microsoft’s Chairman and Chief Software Architect said .
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Being in Williams is different: Narain
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 02:53 PM IST
It was a good day in office for speed king, Narain Karthikeyan who tested for the first time with F-1 team Williams Cosworth along with Nico Rosberg at Jerez, in Spain, on Wednesday.
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India wins bid to host 2009 World badminton Championship
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 02:49 PM IST
India today won the bid to host the 2009 World Badminton Championship, after the the council of the game's governing body unanimously decided in New Delhi's favour. Denmark and Macau, who were also keen to bid .
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UTI Dynamic Fund declares 50% dividend
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 02:06 PM IST
UTI Mutual Fund has announced a tax-free dividend of 50 per cent under its UTI Dynamic Equity Fund, for which the record date is December 27. UTI Mutual Fund has announced a tax-free dividend of 50 per cent .
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Opt for floating rates on home loans: Canara Bank
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 01:26 PM IST
Canara Bank is persuading housing loan customers to opt for floating rates instead of fixed rates.Speaking to reporters after launching the bank's housing loan festival, the Chairman and Managing Director, Mr M.B.N.
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Numeric to market Panasonic SLA batteries
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 01:24 PM IST
Panasonic Industrial Asia Pte Ltd (a member of Panasonic - Japan) has appointed Numeric Power Systems as national distributor for its SLA batteries.
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Tatas to focus on telecom, biotech: Irani
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 01:17 PM IST
The Tata group, comprising around 30 operating companies - including 12 major ones such as Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Power, Tata Chemicals, VSNL and Tata Teleservices .
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Well-balanced Indians face strong Spain
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 12:50 PM IST
India open their campaign against Spain in the Champions Trophy Hockey tournament at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium here on Saturday. And the hosts would surely be looking for a better start than they had in the previous edition.
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Mahajan's remarks leave BJP red-faced
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 12:47 PM IST
The Bharatiya Janata party leadership is trying its best to do damage control after its party leader Pramod Mahajan told media persons in Mumbai on Thursday that students from Bihar studying in various.
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Subhas Bhowmick granted bail
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 12:41 PM IST
Former East Bengal coach Subhas bhowmick, who was arrested by the CBI for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs. 1.5 lakhs, was today granted bail by a city court on health grounds.
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Sonia spends 60th birthday with Kashmir quake victims
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 12:37 PM IST
Sonia Gandhi, the chairperson of India's ruling coalition, spent her 60 birthday Friday interacting with the people of a village in Jammu and Kashmir close to the Pakistan border that was devastated in the Oct 8 quake.
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SC suggests framing of guidelines for appointment of judges
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 12:34 PM IST
The Supreme Court on Friday suggested framing of clear guidelines to ensure that there were no delays in the appointment of judges to various High Courts.A bench comprising Chief Justice Y S Sabharwal.
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Govt rules out JPC probe on Volcker, Oppn cries foul
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 12:31 PM IST
The Manmohan Singh government today turned down a charged up Opposition’s demand to set up a joint-parliamentary committee (JPC) on the Volcker committee report, which has named former Union minister .
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Conflict over dead body in Amritsar
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 12:26 PM IST
A dead body found on the railway track of Amritsar's Aangarh area has become a point of conflict between the Punjab police and the Punjab Railway Police. Both parties have been passing the responsibility of the unclaimed body onto each other's shoulders.
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Gujarat's polluting factories face closure
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 12:16 PM IST
In Vatva industrial estate in Ahmedabad, 680 factories, mostly manufacturing dye and dyestuff for the textile industry, had to close their shutters from Wednesday.
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Further setback for dismissed IAF officer
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 12:14 PM IST
A day after former Indian Air Force officer Anjali Gupta was dismissed from service, she received a further setback.A court of inquiry unanimously concluded that Gupta had failed to prove her complaint.
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Shahabuddin's bail plea rejected
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 12:04 PM IST
A Siwan court has rejected RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin's bail plea in a case of recovery of foreign-make arms from his Pratappur house during raids on April 24.
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Eye on polls: CPI(M) sheds anti-investment image
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 12:01 PM IST
The CPI (M) had for long opposed foreign investments and development initiatives of the Congress led government in Kerala.But the party is now on an image makeover trip ahead of the assembly polls.
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Vijay Shanker to be new CBI Director
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 11:58 AM IST
The government has appointed Vijay Shanker as the new CBI Director following the retirement of incumbent U S Misra on December 6.The name of Shanker, a 1969 batch IPS officer of UP cadre, was cleared by the Appointments Committee of the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday.
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Govt package for Vidarbha farmers
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 11:53 AM IST
The Maharashtra government has finally woken up to the growing agricultural crisis in the Vidarbha region.But it is yet to address important issues related to the cost of production in cotton cultivation.
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Rival Assam militants seek peace
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 11:51 AM IST
After gruesome attacks on each other Karbi and Dimasa tribes in Assam say they are ready for peace talks. Clashes between Karbi militants of United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) and members of Dima Halam Daoga (DHD) left at least 100 people dead in the past two months.
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Storm lashes Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 11:48 AM IST
The coastal districts of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Pondicherry experienced intermittent squalls on Friday night as a cyclonic storm moved from the Bay of Bengal to the region.
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All the Pawar men to watch Delhi match
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 11:45 AM IST
Apart from the usual quota for its officials, the Indian cricket board has bought 300 extra tickets of Rs 15,000 denomination for its officials to watch the second India-Sri Lanka Test starting on Saturday.
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AASU floats Asom Sena to protect locals
by
anshul
on Sat 10 Dec 2005 11:40 AM IST
Ahead of next year's Assembly elections in Assam, All Assam Students' Union (AASU) has floated "Asom Sena" on the plank of protecting the rights of the indigenous people.
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