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Parliament today approved a bill to amend the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 and facilitate smooth functioning of the Appellate Authority with the Rajya Sabha returning the measure by a voice vote.

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Government on Tuesday expressed hope and confidence over the passage of the Constitution Amendment Bill providing for reservation to SC and STs in private educational institutions amid reports that BJP.

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The Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark index once again turned buoyant after the overnight brief pause and rallied smartly during early trade on fairly heavy buying support from operators on the back of sustained FII inflows.

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While the second and the third day belonged to the terror in turban, Harbhajan, who made his 50th Test memorable by a seven-wicket haul, the fourth day of the final Test clearly belonged to the Jumbo.

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Spectators at a show organised by a local club featuring Usha Uthup turned restive with stones being thrown on Tuesday night, but the singer was unhurt, police said.

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The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli seeking a direction to restrain Mumbai Police from subjecting him to brain mapping and lie detector test in the Priety Jain conspiracy case.

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Cricketer Sourav Ganguly returned to Kolkata after a meeting with BCCI President Sharad Pawar in Delhi. Ganguly refused to speak to mediapersons present at the airport.He flew to Delhi on Tuesday to meet Pawar and discussed his being dropped from the Indian team.

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Former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi may shift to her new official bungalow after 'kharmas', considered to be inauspicious period, with the Nitish Kumar Government taking a lenient view of the issue though the deadline set in the eviction notice served on her expired on Tuesday.

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Amid protests and incidents of stone-throwing by angry residents, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Tuesday continued with its ongoing demolition drive across the Capital, razing 85 unauthorised constructions and sealing six properties.

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Afraid to go under the knife after being detected with a stone in his left kidney, 36-year-old Mumbai police constable Vilas Ghuge waited for 18 long years before he decided to give up medicines, injections and prayers that he had stuck to for relief.

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Shahrukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee-starrer Hindi film, "Paheli", India's official entry to this years Oscar award in foreign language category, would compete against another Indian film "Morning Raga" featuring Shabana Azmi and Perizaad Zorabian in lead roles.

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DBT pushing for Rs 1,000 cr package to boost biotech sector.DBT Secretary MK Bhan said a five-year biotech development strategy has been drawn up, and the proposals are all set to be placed before the Union Cabinet in two weeks for approval.

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 The government on Tuesday revealed that action was still pending in 43 cases involving big bull Ketan Parekh along with other brokers, banks and corporates in the stock scam of 2001-02.

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Merck & Co, known as MSD India, has entered into a collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to conduct studies on the former's investigational cervical cancer drug, Gardasil.

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It is the demolisher of imbalances, the source of all freedom and a great leveler of the knowledge society. It is bandwidth, we need more of it, and it has to be free, according to President APJ Abdul Kalam, who addressed The India Empowered Conclave.

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A thick blanket of fog affected normal life at many places in the northern region Wednesday, even as the the current spell of cold wave relented a bit in Haryana, but most Punjab towns continued to face its onslaught .

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The Assam government is not going to oppose “safe passage” for leaders of the United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa) when they come over to hold direct talks with the Centre in the near future.

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Every time you surf the Internet, you reach the destination (site/web page) through a complex address system, which involves lots of numbers, something like a phone number.

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The city police have arrested a councillor in connection with the case relating to the death of 42 persons in a stampede at a relief token distribution centre at MGR Nagar on Sunday.

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The whistleblower BSF constable of 77 Battalion, Mr S.C. Gautam, who had highlighted “corruption and serious irregularities,” including cutting of forest along the Pakistan border, was “severely beaten up” after he was taken into custody, allegedly at the behest of senior officers.

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When the first sting operation showing MPs taking money for asking questions in Parliament was aired by Aaj Tak news channel, it evoked outrage and condemnation from the entire political class.

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Putting their heads together, BPO company representatives and the city police, on Tuesday set into motion, a programme aimed at standardizing transport and security measures for the safety of employees.

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The Indian insurance industry will see inevitable consolidation fuelled by players who will not find it easy to bring in equity without help from their foreign partners, with a cap on foreign investment at 26%.

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Till three days ago, Rohan Bopanna was cooling his heels in Bangkok taking a clean break from the rigours of the circuit. In fact he flew down straight from the airport to the courts at DSOI on Monday to have his first hit in nearly 10 days.

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Two army personnel and one civilian were killed in a road accident near Amritsar on Tuesday, police said. The accident occurred when a defence truck collided with a civilian truck at Jayntipura village near Verka bypass, 10 kilometres from Amritsar, they said.

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Private equity investors Citigroup and Chrysalis Capital are in talks with India Infoline Securities (IIS) to pick up a stake in the Mumbai-based broking company.

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The feud between industrialist Nusli Wadia and former Britannia Industries CEO Sunil Alagh appears to have erupted all over again. A little over two-and-a-half years after Alagh was sacked from the Wadia-controlled Britannia.

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The Government has cleared Indian cricket team's upcoming tour of Pakistan and also approved Karachi as a Test venue. "The tour has been cleared. Karachi is also cleared for (hosting) a Test," BCCI Media Committee Chairman Rajiv Shukla said at a press conference in the Capital.

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If you thought with a new set of people taking over the Indian cricket board, the telecast rights controversy is over, then think again.With the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today stating.

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India's largest car maker Maruti Udyog Ltd is now preparing to drive deeper into the imported vehicle market. The car maker will unveil the Suzuki Sports Utility vehicle (SUV) Escudo at the forthcoming Auto Expo to test the waters for rolling out the vehicle in India.

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Indira Gandhi International airport in Delhi has installed Category 3B landing system, but its personnel are not trained to operate it.The system helps pilots land their aircraft in poor visibility as Delhi is under winter fog.

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Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Tuesday found itself dragged to court by NTPC. The state-owned generation utility moved the Bombay High Court to force India's biggest private sector oil .

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Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has said an inquiry would be conducted into allegations of "improper conduct" by some MPs in the MPLAD scam.

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Indian Foreign secretary Shyam Saran who is in Washington, is scheduled to meet US under secretary Nicholas Burns, the US state department's point person.

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The never-ending saga of the Arjun main-battle tank, initially sanctioned 31 years ago, simply goes on and on. It's almost a year now since the first five were handed over to the Army with much fanfare but they are yet to pass muster.

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In a complete turnover from his earlier stand not to oppose the framing of charges against him, Abdul Karim Telgi, key accused in the fake stamp paper case, on Tuesday retracted from his statement in a city court on the ground that he wanted to consult his counsel.

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Underworld don Abu Salem's revelations have put the CBI on the track of three new people linked with the Mumbai blasts case.While two of the suspects are abroad, the third, Riyaz Siddiqui, was arrested by the Mumbai Police for his role in the murder of builder Pradeep Jain.

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Students burnt the police in effigy in protest against "humiliation" of couples studying in parks here for allegedly indulging in immoral activities and the U P Women's Rights Commission has decided to probe the incident.

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