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In a rare step, the Centre today told the Supreme Court that it has decided to make public the reports of Governor Buta Singh that led to the controversial Presidential proclamation dissolving the Bihar Assembly.

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Winds of change are blowing over the Hinduja House, the Hinduja family bastion in London. Next-generation Hindujas Remi, Sanjay, Ajay, Dheeraj and Vinoo are set to take over the reins of the family’s businesses ranging from banking, oil and media to information technology, health care and transport.

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Ballarpur Industries today reported a 25% increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 168.88 crore for the year ended June 30, 2005 as against Rs 135.04 crore in FY04.According to a release issued by the company to the BSE today, total income increased to Rs 1,800.42 crore for the year ended June 30, 2005 from Rs 1,791.16 crore in FY04.

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The board of directors of Dhampur Sugar Mills, which met today, approved plans to raise up to $55 million from the overseas markets, and a capital expenditure plan of Rs 425 crore.

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Lason India has tied up with JSW Foundation to launch a business process outsourcing (BPO)  facility in a township in Bellary district of Karnataka.Lason India will set up a 20-seater centre at Jindal township to be managed by the spouses and relatives of the employees of JSW Steel, an O.P. Jindal group company.

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Trent today acquired 76% stake in books and music retailer Landmark and its subsidiary firms for Rs 103.6 crore."We are happy to be partnering in the growth strategy of Landmark. It has one of the finest retail concepts in India, and we see significant synergies in the partnership," Noel Tata, MD of Trent, said.

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The Indians would be happy to get moving in the tri-series with a facile win against Zimbabwe though from the days of our Test experience here, the wicket seems to have slowed down.

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A light intensity tremor rocked some parts of Maharashtra on Tuesday around 2:23 pm with the epicentre at Satara, according to Meteorological centre.The tremor, 4.1 on the Richter scale, was recorded by the Met office and felt at Pune, Karad and Mumbai, the Met officials said.

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A truck carrying 95 kg of poppy husk was impounded by police on Jammu-Srinagar Highway in Udhampur today and the driver arrested, police said.The truck, on its way from Sringar to Jammu, was intercepted at a check point on the highway in Kud, 100 km from here, police said adding the contraband was seized during search.

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A RSS leader was gunned down today by suspected ULFA militants while the ultra involved in the incident was killed by security forces in Assam's Nalbari town, army sources said.

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The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking review of its April five order upholding the life sentence for two consecutive terms awarded to Swamy Premananda of Tiruchirapally in Tamil Nadu for raping 13 women and murdering a person in his ashram.

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For the first time, Delhi police have inducted woman constables on beats in specific areas of the city, mainly to fight crimes against women. "They will talk to women and will try to fill the communication gap that exists.

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India's home secretary V. K. Duggal, who led the Indian side, and Pakistan's interior secretary Syed Kamal Shah, who headed the Pakistani delegation, were in the process of finalizing a joint statement which will deal with issues like combating terrorism and drug trafficking besides reflecting the desire of the two countries on release of prisoners.

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What exactly was the purpose of Shiv Sena leader Raj Thackeray’s meeting with Mumbai Police Commissioner A N Roy, yesterday? Raj claims it was merely a courtesy visit, while Roy is unwilling to comment .

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Further tightening the noose around controversial RJD MP Md Shahabuddin, the Bihar administration on Tuesday said it would sound a nation-wide alert for execution of non-bailable warrants of arrest pending against him.

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An earthquake of 4.1 magnitude shook parts of Maharashtra on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, the Meteorological Office said.

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The Graham Stewart Staines case took a fresh twist on Monday with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filing a special leave petition before the Supreme Court, challenging the Orissa High Court's order which had reduced the accused Dara Singh's punishment to life imprisonment. The sessions court of Bhubaneshwar had sentenced him to capital punishment.

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Top commercial bank State Bank of India has plans to acquire a few banks abroad, its chief said on Tuesday. "Since we cannot acquire banks domestically, we have decided to globalise our operations,"

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Special Judicial Magistrate, V K Singh fixed September 30 for further hearing of the matter after the CBI and defence counsels informed the court that because of the strike they would prefer to stay away from judicial work and sought a fresh date.

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The board of directors of Bajaj Hindusthan, which met today, approved a proposal to acquire 55% equity stake in Pratappur Sugar and Industries (PSIL).The company will acquire 19,80,000 equity shares from existing promoters at Rs 55 per share, according to a release issued by Bajaj Hindustan to the BSE today.

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Claiming that the Congress-led coalition at the Centre was becoming "increasingly unstable", former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today asked BJP MPs to be prepared for mid-term polls and remain in constant touch with their constituents.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Monday the Indian economy would post a healthy growth of seven per cent in the current fiscal if the industry and services sectors continue to maintain high growth momentum.

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Punjab government's Empowered Committee on Industries on Monday approved 20 new mega projects worth Rs 7,500 crore with the potential to generate employment for about 53,000 people.

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The Punjab government is to move an application in the High Court on the arrest of the Indian Express journalist Gautam Dheer.They will be seeking permission to inquire into the circumstances of his arrest.

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The NDA and the BJP Parliamentary Party on Tuesday decided to "vociferously" demand Finance Minister P Chidambaram's resignation in both Houses of Parliament over the issue of assigning an Income Tax department case to his lawyer wife.

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The Indian police have arrested a French duo in Rishikesh for their alleged Pakistani connection. Latra Nicolas and his friend Klassi Mori came to India last month and were arrested shortly after photographs showed them posing rather joyfully with guns.

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker has a strange problem on his hands these days. He has to deal with the case of an MLA, who has admitted to submitting inflated medical bills for his surgery.

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Hyderabad's policemen are going back to school. They are now stopping autorickshaws, which carry more than six students. This means the policemen have to then ferry the children to their classrooms.

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Fixed telecom operators like Tata Teleservices, whose fixed wireless phone service has been labelled as limited mobile service by the Department of Telecom, might petition Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to save about 50 lakh consumers from paying higher tariffs.

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In its bid to offer congestion-free network, mobile service provider Airtel has installed its third switch in Mumbai to absorb the growing voice and data traffic.

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Pakistan on Monday announced it would provide consular access to Sarabjit Singh, sentenced to death for his alleged involvement in bomb blasts in Lahore and Multan on Tuesday.

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Asia’s longest road bridge, the Mahatma Gandhi Setu, is under threat from the Ganga and Gandak rivers.Scientists say the two rivers have radically altered their course over the years and now meet near the Setu, exerting pressure on the pillars.

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“Rahul, Rahul, Rahul." He heard the cry but didn’t respond. They switched to "Mr Gandhi" then. He heard that one too, but still no response. The Great Rahul Chase wasn’t getting anywhere.

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 Is it the end of days for Gurgaon as 'the mall'destination? If the rate at which developers are announcing projects in Delhi is any indication, then it certainly looks so.

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These are some of Bollywood's all-time favourite queens. And they all have one thing in common: tragic personal lives. Madhubala will always be Hindi Cinema’s most beautiful woman. She was the queen of the industry.

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 Lakshmi Mittal, the world’s richest Indian, may be the proud owner of the world’s most expensive house but his failure to live in it 18 months after spending an eye-popping £70 million on the mansion, its jewelled swimming pool, Turkish baths and 20-car garage may cost him dearly.

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Four persons, two women and two children, were killed and five others injured when a pick-up van plunged into a tank near Sarapada in Orissa's Cuttack district, police said on Monday.

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The Opposition pushed Finance Minister P Chidambaram on the defensive today over his wife Nalini Chidambaram's appearance in a case on behalf of the Income Tax Department.

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav's government has completed two years in office. To celebrate the occasion, Mulayam Singh has compiled his achievements into a book.

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A three-member bench of the Supreme Court will hear a crucial PIL on Bihar, challenging the dissolution of the state assembly.The petition moved by at least four Bihar MLAs, has asked for a stay in Bihar elections .

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returned to Delhi last evening after a two-day historic visit to Afghanistan.The highlight of his visit was laying the foundation stone of Afghanistan's new Parliament, a symbolic gesture to cement India's partnership with the world's youngest democracy.

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Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has convened a Congress Legislature Party meeting to discuss the power crisis in the Capital.There have been stiff protests by Delhi's residents against higher power bills and demands have also been pouring in from Dikshit's own legislators.

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Sania Mirza is through to the second round of the US Open, though it wasn't a very convincing three set win over world number 65 Mashona Washington who was ranked 23 places below her.

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