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Hospitals in Mumbai are finding it hard to deal with an outbreak of water-borne diseases from the devastating floods that have killed up to 70 people in the past five days.

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Terming the recent monsoon fury in Maharashtra as a "national calamity," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said tsunami aid norms would be made applicable for relief and rehabilitation in the rain ravaged state.

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Appealing to the kin of the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots to give it a chance to heal their wounds, the centre on Friday said the recommendations of the Nanavati commission would be implemented as soon as possible.

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R L Ravichandran, former marketing head of Bajaj Auto, has joined Royal Enfield.Enfield also announced the launch of two new bikes - Bullet Electra 5S and a new variant of Thunderbird.

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Sugar major Bajaj Hindusthan Ltd on Friday said it has allotted 32,27,452 equity shares upon conversion of 10,979 Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds from the total 50 million dollar FCCBs issued earlier.

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Karur Vysya Bank and Bajaj Alliance General Insurance Co (BAGIC) today launched their co-branded new Insurance product 'KVB Suraksha'.The comprehensive insurance cover would give protection to individuals and their personal assets from the financial trauma of accidents.

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Allaying fears that foreign direct investment (FDI) will bring job cuts in the Indian retail sector, Consumer Affairs Department Secretary L Mansingh on Friday said FDI was "necessary for the growth of the organised retailing sector in India.

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Amid growing evidence that Khalistan militancy is being re-activated, intelligence agencies have warned that three Congress leaders, including Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar, and former Punjab Police chief K P S Gill may be targeted by Punjab terrorists before Independence Day.

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Terming the recent monsoon fury in Maharashtra as a "national calamity," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said tsunami aid norms would be made applicable for relief and rehabilitation in the rain ravaged state.

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The Guddali Pooja for the much-awaited ropeway project to the Chamundi Hills has been postponed. The pooja was to be held at the foot of the hills on Friday. The government has awarded the ropeway contract to a private company.

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Deadline of 24 weeks set for approval of coal and power projects.The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday approved a package of concessions for Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Ltd, previously Dabhol Power Company. 

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May offer PC, software & broadband connection for Rs 499/month.  
Microsoft Corporation India and Bharat Sanchar Nigam may join hands to offer a personal computer, software and broadband connection for Rs 499 a month in league with a hardware company, possibly HCL Infosystems. 

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Prodded by Sonia Gandhi, the cabinet tonight approved the National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill, apparently widening its ambit to include all rural families rather than only those living below the poverty line.

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The Government has set up five task forces and a 22-member expert committee to oversee the implementation of the 10-point agenda suggested by President A P J Abdul Kalam during his recent visit to the state for the overall development of the state.

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The Amitabh Bachchan of Kaun Banega Crorepati 2 (KBC2) is far more versatile than the last time around, says the producer of the TV show that reprised last week."I think his persona is now different, more versatile.

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The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that states have no right to appropriate seats as their quota in professional private colleges as well as unaided and aided minority institutions.

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As India celebrates the 58th anniversary of its independence, what is noteworthy about the remarkable change in the perception of the country from a land of tigers, snake-charmers and rope tricks to one known for its achievements in the fields of software, computer services.

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CPI (Maoist) guerrillas attacked a police station in ihar's Nalanda district in the wee hours on Friday killing two persons, including a policeman, and wounding three others.

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Indian women created history by winning their maiden title at the third Asian Boxing Championships at Taiwan on Thursday.Indian team bagged seven gold, two silver and two bronze medals to finish ahead of North Korea, who were the champions in the last two editions.

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Security forces have arrested a top Jaish-e-Mohammad ultra, wanted in connection with the terrorist attack in Ayodhya, from Poonch district, official sources said on Friday

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The Archaeological Survey of India on Friday filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Waqf Board decision declaring 17th century Mughal Monument Taj Mahal as Waqf property.

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Nasik police are bewildered after bodies of members of a family were found in a well on the outskirts of the city.The bodies of police constable Rajendra Ahir and his wife and three kids were discovered in an isolated well on the outskirts of Aadgaon in Nasik.

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Railway Minister Lalu Prasad today announced a Rupee one reduction in second class fares on passenger, mail and express trains.Lalu also announced that waiting list passengers can now use the same wait list ticket for any other train or class.

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A young clerk committed suicide in Bhubaneswar after he was allegedly humiliated by a senior officer.Twenty nine year old Pinaki Mohanty, a clerk with the Orissa Information and Public Relations Department committed suicide on Wednesday by hanging himself.

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The BCCI's five-man selection panel will meet later today in Mumbai to name the captain for India's tour of Zimbabwe which will begin later this month.However, the meeting could just be a formality since Sourav Ganguly is expected to earn back the captaincy.

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All savings, including mutual fund schemes, fixed deposits, and small savings schemes, could come under the proposed taxation method of exempt-exempt-tax (EET).

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The Singapore-based Colgate-Palmolive (Asia) Pte has proposed to acquire a 12 per cent stake in Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd from parent Colgate-Palmolive Company USA.

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Internet gateway and services provider Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) has offered to set up a branching unit on its Tata Indicom Chennai-Singapore (TIC) submarine cable system for the state-owned telecom company, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL).

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India has enough oil trapped in shale and coal deposits in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh to produce 140 million tonnes (mt) of oil per year for 100 years.

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In an exercise that will culminate in the creation of the world’s second-largest liquor company, the Vijay Mallya-controlled United Breweries (UB) group is set to announce an open offer to existing shareholders of Herbertsons before delisting the company from the stock exchanges. 

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 In what’s billed as the first major recall in the car industry’s big volume B-segment, market leader Maruti is calling back roughly 500 Zens. The company said these cars’ engine assemblies have been diagnosed with coolant leakage.

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After the flood, comes the epidemic. With 66 deaths and around 4,000 admitted to various hospitals, the country’s financial capital, Mumbai, was officially notified as a leptospirosis-hit city on Thursday.

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The size of Business Intelligence software market in India has grown to 10.55 million US dollars with SAS leading the pack, cornering a share of 23 per cent in 2004, according to research firm IDC.

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Indian Overseas Bank on Thursday signed an agreement with Principal PNB Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd to distribute the latter's mutual fund products through the bank's 1,400-odd branches across the country.

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Shifting its focus from home appliance goods and electronics to healthcare equipments, the electronics giant Philips, has partnered with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Apollo Hospitals and a civil society group to deliver quality healthcare in rural areas.

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A group of physically challenged people in Gwalior are successfully running an organisation, which has been able to look after the needs of hundreds of disabled people.

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ICICI Bank will divest its entire stake in Federal Bank and South Indian Bank (SIB) within the next two years, according to K.V. Kamath, Managing Director and CEO.

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The Petroleum Minister, Mani Shankar Aiyar, today indicated that to cut losses of the state-owned oil companies, some burden would have to be shared by all stakeholders, which includes the consumers.

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Three people who were acquitted recently in the high profile Ghatkopar bus blast case surrendered before the Bombay High Court today.Dr Abdul Mateen, Altaf Sheikh and Imran Rehman Khan had been accused of plotting the Ghatkopar bomb blast.

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Has Brand Bangalore suffered a dent because of some key factors that make daily life hard in the city? If the receding job pull is any indication, here’s a sample.

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The four year long wait is over for the fans of Aamir Khan. And for them ‘Mangal Pandey’ would be well worth the wait. He has excelled as always as Ketan Mehta’s ‘Mangal Pandey’. 
 

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The Union Cabinet tonight cleared the ambitious National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill.The bill will be introduced in Parliament on Tuesday. Information and Broadcasting Minister S Jaipal Reddy told reporters that the cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, cleared amendments to the 2004 bill.

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The Supreme Court is expected to deliver its judgement on the issue of admission to engineering, medical and other professional courses in private unaided institutions in the country. The apex court reserved its verdict on a batch of more than 100 petitions after the High Court gave conflicting interpretations to the earlier judgement of the apex court.

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Naxalites blew up the Chabilapur police station in Bihar's Nalanda district in the early hours today killing one police personnel and wounding two others, police sources said. Around 50 activists of banned CPI (Maoist) swooped down the police station just past midnight and blasted the building when the policemen were asleep, they said.

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In an unprecedented move, the treasury bench in Orissa passed a motion on Thursday slapping a fine of Rs 20,000 each on three Congress MLA for damaging the Speaker's microphone.While the Opposition has dubbed it as undemocratic and illegal, the Speaker believes this is the only way to deal with unruly behaviour in the House.

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Last week, Home Minister Shivraj Patil held meetings with delegations of political parties to forge a consensus on the women's reservation bill.But with no consensus emerging out of those meetings, the Home Minister has now called for a meeting of all women MPs.

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Forty people including many children have died in Mumbai after the outbreak of several water-borne diseases like suspected Leptospirosis, Dengue, Malaria and Gastric diseases.Another 800 people have been admitted in the city's 16 municipal hospitals.

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