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Amid the ongoing controversy over BHEL disinvestment, Government on Tuesday made public its decision to call off strategic sale of stakes in 13 other profit making PSUs like HPCL, Nalco, Shipping Corporation and National Fertilisers.

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A group of dance bar owners have challenged the Maharashtra government's ban on the bars in the Bombay High Court. Aahar, a group of dance bar owners, in its petition, pointed out that the implementation of the Mumbai Police (Amendment) Bill, 2005, has rendered around 10 lakh persons 'unemployed', Manjit Singh Abrol, representing Aahar said.

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today said her government will file a review petition in the Supreme Court to regain control over admissions in private colleges.

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In a heart wrenching incident in Bhopal, a battered housewife after years of physical torture and harassment murdered her husband. On Sunday morning, sixty-five-year old Suraiya Bibi was allegedly beaten up and abused by her husband. 

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A  Ferry carrying 23 persons, mostly women, capsized with many of them feared drowned in the Repalle bank canal in Guntur district of Andhra Pradsh Tuesday morning, police said.

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A group of Bharatiya Janata Party legislators opposed to Chief Minister Narendra Modi called on his rival Keshubai Patel in Gujarat. Modi and Patel remain deeply divided within the BJP.

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President A P J Adbul Kalam on Monday inaugurated pharma giant Ranbaxy Laboratories' third research and development centre. The R&D centre will focus on new drug discovery, development of functions of medicinal chemistry, analytical development, pharmacology, molecular technology and treatment of infectious diseases.

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Sharing of broadcast feed will be on the basis of certain commercial considerations.Television channels not willing to share broadcast feed with Prasar Bharati for events of national importance will not be allowed to beam to India. 

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The board of directors of Videocon Industries, which met on August 13, cleared a proposal to merger Electrolux Kelvinator with the company. This was stated in a press release issued by Videocon to the BSE today.

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Ind Swift Laboratories has raised $10.625 million through the issue of 25 lakh global depository receipts (GDRs).According to a release issued by the company to the BSE today, each GDR represents one underlying equity share of Rs 10 each.

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Four kidnappers were killed in an encounter while trying to flee after handing over the abducted schoolboy to another gang in Bihars Purnea district even as the country celebrates Independence Day on Monday, police said.

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India will play their second match in the Rabo Cup tournament in Amsterdam today.But their opponents, world champions Germany will certainly be the favourites.India began their campaign on a dismal note with a 1-0 loss to Champions Trophy winners Spain.

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Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) has claimed that employees of a Gurgaon-based call centre are illegally selling personal information of thousands of Australians for as little as 10 Australian dollars or Rs 335 per person.

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Discus thrower Neelam Jaswant Singh had probably never faced so many cameras in her life, not even after her medal-winning performances in the Asiad and Commonwealth Games.

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Maharashtra Revenue Minister Narayan Rane today came out in support of Sena leader, Raj Thackeray.He however, said that Raj Thackeray's remarks on 'incompetent' leaders' in the saffron party were too late to save the 'sinking ship' of the Shiv Sena.

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The tiger count in the Sunderbans last year had tossed up a figure 274  a good 29 more than the previous count. Today, nobody buys that. " Less than 100 is a closer figure,” says an official with a renowned international wildlife organisation, who took part in the 2004 census.

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The Indians are the unchallenged choking champions of one-day cricket. But is this a general feeling in the team or are some specific individuals more susceptible to stage fright than others ?

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Ever wondered about the credentials of “news agencies’’ in Kashmir through which militant outfits make claims or counter-claims about an attack ?These there are five of them in the state  are to militant outfits what the Al-Jazeera news channel is to the Al-Qaida.

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Latest data released by the Office of Textiles Export of America (OTEXA), on Friday, showed that textile exports to the US, the largest market for India, grew by 24.18 per cent in January-June 2005 at 1169.28 million square metres against 941.53 million square metres in the first six months of the last year.

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VSNL slashed prices after Tata group's submarine cable was in place. Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) has reduced international bandwidth prices between India and the US by a whopping 48 per cent in the last six months. 

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Chennai-based multi-speciality healthcare group Apollo Hospital is close to acquiring businesses, possibly a mutli-speciality hospital and pathological labs, in regions where the group does not have a presence at present.

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Kalam tells Oil PSU to diversify into renewable energy sector to emerge as a global energy giant. The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) along with steel tycoon LN Mittal has bid for acquiring oil and gas company Petrokazakhstan in Kazakhstan. 

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Around 70 per cent of the foreign companies operating in India are reportedly making profits and 84 per cent have a “positive” assessment of India. However, investors have highlighted the need of building brand India so as to attract more investors riding on its brand equity, stated a study by FICCI. 

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NRI steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has no immediate plans to reduce his stake in Mittal Steel Group, rated as the world's largest steel company, a spokesman said on Tuesday.

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Earning in millions. Millions of dollars, to be precise. That’s what India’s top corporate head honchos are taking home today. A survey of India Inc’s compensation packages for its top bosses by ET for ’04-05 reveals that topline managers are taking home pay cheques running into several crores of rupees, in effect, making them dollar-equivalent millionaires.

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A lawyer has been arrested here for allegedly selling fake certificates of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Delhi University and private computer training courses.

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Nine persons, including three policemen, were injured when the police resorted to a mild lathicharge as the march by a group of Yuvajana Vedi activists to the Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Limited factory in Plaachimada turned violent on Monday.

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Hope springs eternal at Wagah every I-Day. This year too, a dedicated band of believers in Indo-Pak friendship gathered at the border to light candles of peace at this joint border checkpost at midnight.

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One of Kolkata's enduring symbols, its thousands of hand-pulled rickshaws meandering their way through the city's alleys and lanes, is all set to become history.

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Siachen, the final frontier, is the highest war zone in the world. Life here is frozen and shattered only by shells. The army's closest neighbours are the Ladakhis of the Nubra Valley, who lead equally harsh lives as the soldiers.

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday announced that it would distribute Rs.520 million ($12 million) among players.

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Though Rani Mukherjee has only a cameo in the period film Mangal Pandey - The Rising, the talented actress says she fell in love with the character of the prostitute she portrays in the film.

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A slight intensity earthquake shook the India-Pakistan border region in Jammu and Kashmir shortly after midnight on Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department said.

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In a major Naxalite strike, a senior ruling Congress legislator C Narsi Reddy and eight others were killed in Mahabubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh on Monday.

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Asserting that the time had come for India to make history, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday pledged to work towards an economically powerful India where everyone can share the fruits of development amid peace and harmony.

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A number of patients are still battling with leptospirosis in Mumbai. The pressure is growing on the city's municipal hospitals as the local hospitals do not have the requisite equipment to deal with the disease.

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A day after the Independence Day blast, unidentified militants today hurled a grenade on a patrol party of security forces in high security zone near the Exchange road in Lal Chowk area in Srinagar.

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With elections in Bihar just a couple of months away, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has clarified that he is willing to partner with the Lok Janshakti Party for the assembly elections.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is visiting Karnataka today and will conduct an aerial survey of flood-affected villages in the state.

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Govinda's wife and two children were last night brought to Mumbai's Leelavati Hospital for treatment after their miraculous escape in a car accident.

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The Shiv Sena has barely recovered from the exit of Narayan Rane and now Raj Thackeray has gone on the offensive speaking out against inefficient people in the party.

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