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Financially-burdened public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has initiated legal action and arbitration proceedings to recover arrears running over Rs 175 crore from defaulting agencies.

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“We have a good infrastructure. All the boys have slipped out easily. If needed can do the job again." This telephonic message from a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) mole and Johnson & Johnson salesman Tariq Ahmed Dar to Pakistan-based LeT commander Abu Al Qama proved to be his doom.

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Bollywood blockbusters Black, Paheli and Veer Zaara are among the foreign films which qualified for nominations at the prestigious Golden Globe awards, which precedes the Oscars.

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WITH the sensex managing to settle above the 9000-mark last week, the market could see a further upside in the coming days. But the ride may not be smooth as bouts of selling may emerge as the index tries to inch up.

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India's largest CDMA mobile services provider, Reliance Infocomm, said on Monday it had signed a connectivity deal with China's top mainland fixed-line carrier China Telecom.

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Denying he was charting out succession plans for his two sons, Bajaj Auto chairman Rahul Bajaj on Monday said work was being divided between the two brothers Rajiv and Sanjiv  for operational efficiencies.

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While Mini, the youngest daughter of the Kanoria family, who was abducted from Vidyasagar Setu last evening, returned to her parental home in Howrah this evening, her family and police seem divided over Mini’s role in the incident.

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The drop in the interest rate of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) from 9.5% to 8.5% for ‘05-06 has several implications for investors. All existing investors will be impacted by the change but for a complete analysis, this has to be considered from two different angles.

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And you thought you’d done your bit by casting your vote. Turns out your elected representative may well have to be, well, coaxed into doing their job. A sting operation by a television news channel has caught 11 MPs taking bribe purportedly for asking questions in Parliament.

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Indicating that India is pushing to quickly meet commitments made in the Indo-US nuclear deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that the exercise for separating civilian and military nuclear facilities is at a ‘‘fairly advanced stage’’.

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Competitive hockey's enduring romance, an India-Pakistan tie, came alive in all its incandescence as Sandeep Singh struck two superb goals off penalty corners to notch up a memorable victory in the Champions Trophy on Sunday.

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 Four persons caught in the gushing waters of the Amaravathy river for nearly 10 hours were rescued by the Indian Air Force on Sunday morning at Perumalpudur, 17 km from here.

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Myanmar, under fire over its slow progress on democracy and human rights, has agreed to allow an ASEAN envoy to visit the secretive country, a senior Southeast Asian official said on Monday.

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The Malaysian capital is all decked up as the city hosts a series of international meetings and summits from Monday. Top floors of skyscrapers are lit up. Electronic trees have been put up at pathways.

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The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin in the United States (AAPI) is negotiating an agreement with the Indian government under which it would help improve medicare facilities in rural areas of the country.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today made two important averments with regard to the Pathak Inquiry Authority on the Volcker issue: that his government will not tinker.

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India's top utility vehicles maker, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. , said om Monday it had bought 88.41 percent of Plexion Technologies (India) Ltd., an engineering services firm.

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With a capital adequacy ratio of 11.40 per cent and "enough headroom" for raising Tier-II capital, Bank of India does not see any need to go to the capital market for raising funds.

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Contrary to Department of Telecom, Ministry of Finance has strongly recommended that all issues concerning spectrum allocation and related financial matters be referred for the consideration of Group of Ministers.

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Bajaj Auto Finance Ltd. said on Monday its board had approved raising up to Rs 950 crore through equity shares, debentures and warrants.The board also approved a preferential issue of up to 8 mn shares or warrants to Bajaj Auto Ltd. and a few other financial investors.

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India Inc is clearly uncomfortable with the ‘double taxation’ of dividend distribution tax (DDT) and its cascading effect in the case of an investment company.

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The Trinamul Congress supremo, Miss Mamata Banerjee, accused Mr Jyoti Basu, of trying to influence police by appealing to them at the recent meeting to fulfil his wish of seeing the CPI-M return to power once more while he is alive.

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The Opposition Congress has demanded a CBI probe and immediate resignation of the ruling Left Chief Minister Manik Sarkar for his alleged involvement in the killing of an adolescent .

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The second International Congress on Kerala Studies organised by the CPI(M) drew to a close today with top comrades reiterating their known positions on almost all core areas.

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A 27-year-old doctor, pursuing his post-graduation in anatomy at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, was found dead under highly mysterious circumstances .

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Floating the first "global health bonds" that are expected to raise $ 4 billion, the Global Alliance of Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) will provide an opportunity to individuals .

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Monday's conclave of the Chief Ministers of Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled States is expected to clear a roadmap for their joining the Value Added Tax regime.

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A sting operation by a television news channel has caught 11 MPs taking bribe for asking questions in the Parliament. The MPs canned on camera belong to the Congress, BJP, RJD and BSP.

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The first Amritsar-Lahore bus is all set to return to Amritsar from Pakistan through the Wagah border.The bus is scheduled to start operating on 27 December, and had crossed over to Lahore as part of a trial run on Sunday.

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Karnataka Chief Minister Dharam Singh has asked the state's Chief Secretary to initiate steps for renaming capital Bangalore as Bengaluru.Bengaluru is the original Kannada form of the capital's name.

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Chief ministers of the BJP-ruled states are meeting in the capital to discuss issues like the value added tax (VAT), naxal violence and illegal migrants. These states are likely to switch over to the VAT regime before the end of the year.

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A Special CBI court in Hyderabad is hearing Monica Bedi's bail petition in connection with the fake passport case, as her judicial custody ends. The former Bollywood actress' lawyers have sought to reopen her bail petition on the basis of new evidence.

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ASEAN leaders are scheduled to attend a series of meetings as the forum's 11th Summit begins in Kuala Lumpur today.During the Summit, the participants will consider the possibility of creating the world's largest free trade zone.

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