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By Paloma Ganguly and Prashant K. Nanda, New Delhi : The juggernaut of demolitions rolls on in Delhi - an issue that has involved politicians, realtors, civic authorities, petty clerks and ordinary citizens, with the media playing the role of a watchdog.

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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse arrives on Tuesday on his first foreign trip since taking power over a month ago, with the Indian government describing bilateral relations as "excellent".

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Punjab is likely to corner a lion's share of the Rs 9,000 crore investments planned in India by Emaar-MGF infrastructure group, a joint venture between Dubai-based realty major Emaar and Delhi-based MGF, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Tuesday.

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An IAF trainer aircraft 'Kiran' crashed here on Tuesday.Both the pilot and co-pilot escaped with minor injuries, IAF sources said.The trainer, belonging to IAF's testing pilot school here, was on a routine training sortie when the crash happened in Rajarajeshwarinagar area.

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The surprise arrest of Mr Sudagar Singh, an employee posted in the judicial branch of the office of the Financial Commissioner (Revenue), by the Chandigarh Administration’s Vigilance Department has kicked off a controversy in the Punjab Government.

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Life was disrupted in Assam today following a 12-hour statewide bandh called in protest against the killing of three Bodo youths and alleged molestation of girls by Haryana police personnel.

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Even as the Airports Authority of India (AAI) today upgraded the landing system at Indira Gandhi international Airport to CAT-III-B from CAT-III-A to help pilots to land aircraft even in thick fog, the Ministry .

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Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group on Monday clarified that the four companies arising from the reorganisation of the Reliance group would apply to the Sebi through stock exchanges (SEs) for listing without making an IPO.

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The Board of UltraTech Cement Ltd (UTCL), an Aditya Birla Group company, on Monday approved the merger of its subsidiary Narmada Cement Company Ltd (NCCL) with UTCL.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will enlarge the scope of its Banking Ombudsman Scheme from January 1, giving customers a forum to seek redressal for most of their common complaints against banks, including those relating to credit cards and service charges.

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Indian cricket made more news off the field than on it in 2005, with the one-day series win over Sri Lanka at home being eclipsed by the controversy surrounding former captain Sourav Ganguly who aroused passions equally for and against him.

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The finance and company affairs ministries have reconciled themselves to being mute spectators of Sebi’s move to stick to the December 31 deadline for compliance with Clause 49 of its listing agreement. But that does not mean the ministries have backed the regulator wholeheartedly.

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Public sector power major National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has said it would form a joint venture company to take over two 110 MW power plants in Bihar. It signed a memorandum of understanding.

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OBT Global, the Hyderabad-based SAP solutions provider, has announced plans to develop solutions in two more rapidly growing industry segments of retail and food-processing sector, while expanding its global support-cum-help desk centre here.

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Heavily armed criminals with personal vendetta against a Gopalganj Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader opened indiscriminate fire at the leader killing him on the spot while also killing three girls at Sonaula village in the district, the police in Patna said.

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The Madurai Electoral Registration Officer today registered cases against Tamil Nadu Backward Class Welfare Board chairman Jayaraman for allegedly attempting to include "bogus voters" during the revision of voters list in various constituencies.

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If you intend travelling by road for the remaining part of the year, we suggest you don’t. Traffic snarls are anyway high at this time of the year due to the New Year festivities, now they will be worse as two main stream political parties are holding their show of strength in the city this weekend.

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Thousands of traders across the capital were on a strike on Tuesday in protest against the ongoing demolition of illegal structures.

Commercial markets of Karol Bagh, Sadar Bazar, Chandni Chowk, Connaught Place and other part of the capital are observing a complete bandh, Confederation of All India Traders, Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal said.

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Ahead of the scheduled third round foreign secretary-level talks being held under the framework of the Indo-Pak composite dialogue on January 17-18 in the capital, a official delegation from Islamabad will arrive here early next month for discussions on opening train service in the Rajasthan-Sindh sector.

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The Delhi police have arrested three persons who were allegedly planning terror strikes across the country, including on software parks in Bangalore and Hyderabad. Delhi’s Joint Police Commissioner (Special Cell) Karnal Singh told reporters in the national capital on Monday .

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Resuming its citywide demolition drive against unauthorised constructions after a day's break, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Monday targeted 39 properties.

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They gave him a standing ovation even before he had lifted his baton. And when he was done, a packed hall in Chennai's Music Academy persuaded Zubin Mehta to follow with two encores.

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The year seems to be ending on a sour note for makers of consumer durables. Major companies like LG, Philips and Onida have started slashing production and imports by 22-25% following a massive slump in demand in the last quarter of ’05.

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The Year 2005 was quite an eventful one.The natural calamities,which took a toll on both bussiness economy,gave a tough  time for many industries, how ever braving all the odds, most of them managed to sustain their performance.

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Essar Steel (ESL) will repay Rs 487 crore of outstanding debt to UTI by March 31. The company had earlier agreed to clear this debt by December 31. According to sources, the repayment will be done partly through refinancing and partly through internal accruals, but did not give any details.

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After hitting a couple of roadblocks, BSNL’s big-ticket 60m GSM phone connections tender will finally be out in the second week of January. Equipment manufacturers have been keenly awaiting the $4.5bn GSM tender, dubbed as the world’s largest telecom expansion deal till now.

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The Bahujan Samaj Party has expelled four MPs  three of them were involved in the 'cash for queries' scandal. They are Narendra Kushwaha, Lal Chand Kol and Raja Ram Pal. The MPs figured in a sting operation by a private TV channel.

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Gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli on Monday failed to turn up at the forensic laboratory in Bangalore to undergo brain mapping and lie detector tests in the case relating to conspiracy allegedly hatched by actress Priety Jain to murder film director Madhur Bhandarkar.

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The Traders' Association in Delhi has called for a strike today to protest against the government's demolition drive. Traders say their stores were built with the government's blessing, and it is unacceptable to tear them down now.

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The national capital got a respite from foggy conditions as a clear sky greeted Delhiites on Tuesday morning and the intense cold wave abated with the minimum temperature remaining at normal.

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Differences between LK Advani and RSS on Monday appeared to provide the backdrop to the five-day BJP national convention as the Sangh asked the party not to deviate from its ideology in a bid to reach out to a wider section of society while the outgoing party chief made no reference to Hindutva.

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Here is what we have been told: the Delhi airport has all the necessary facilities for landing and take-off in foggy conditions. Here is the truth: pilots do not trust them with the lives of so many people.

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The TADA court has allowed investigators to take Abu Salem to Bangalore for lie-detector, narco-analysis and brain mapping tests.The Mumbai police had requested for permission to take Salem out of Mumbai for the tests, which are conducted only in two Indian cities (Bangalore and Ahmedabad).

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Land-grabbing can't get more brazen than this. A gardener's two sons gained possession of a plush Carmichael Road bungalow in the absence of its NRI owner and then sold it by forging documents. Mumbai police have now launched a hunt for the duo who were assisted by a security guard of the same property.

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Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)'s reputation for sticking to deadlines may take a hit as the completion of its third line runs behind schedule.The Metro's Barakhamba-Dwarka line is slated to be launched on December 30.

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Once the bovines are moved out from the cowshed in 1, Anne Marg, the official residence of Bihar chief minister where Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi lived for more than 15 years, it will be sanitised enough to make space for a modern IT centre.

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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse is arriving in New Delhi for a four-day visit to the country.This is his first overseas trip after being elected President last month.

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The Maharashtra Relief and Rehabilitation Ministry is under the scanner for a tender that it awarded to a private company for supplying 850 tents.

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It was meant to be an important anniversary rolled into a farewell. But the five-day BJP executive and national council which began on Monday was marked by a peculiar duality.

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