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Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) chief Chandrasekhara Rao today said it was time to decide whether the party should continue as a UPA partner.The statement came after Rao met UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, and asked the Congress to rethink it decision to ban Naxal outfits in Andhra Pradesh.

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Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit may have managed to douse the anger of the Capital’s citizens at the recent power tariff hike by agreeing to roll it back, but a larger problem of the credibility of private sector players remains.

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Bank of Baroda (BoB) is planning to open 100 moneyplexes across the country in the current fiscal to provide the entire range of its retail products under one roof.

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Infosys Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Patni Computers, in releases issued to the BSE today, announced that they have signed a five-year, global deal to develop, support and enhance a wide spectrum of applications for ABN Amro Bank.
 

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Time has come to critically examine the Indian Police Act, 1861 as to what extent it is meeting the requirement of the present day policing and the need for a new police act," Home Minister Shivraj Patil told the first-ever National Conference of Superintendents of Police.

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Bihar Governor Buta Singh today ordered immediate suspension of absentee doctors in flood-hit areas of Muzaffarpur district.He has also asked the District Magistrate to depute private medicos in health centres going without a doctor.

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Prime Minister Manmohan is scheduled to arrive on Friday afternoon for a two-day visit to the state capital.The Prime Minister will address the general body of the KPCC at Indiria Bhavan in the evening.

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C S Verma Thursday assumed charge as the new Director (Finance) of state-run engineering major Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. Prior to joining Bhel, Verma served as Director (Finance) on the Board of public sector telecom company ITI for more than three years, a BHEL release said.

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Power and jelly-filled telecom cables manufacturer, GR Cables Ltd Thursday had bagged an order worth Rs 93 lakh for Polyethylene insulated jelly filled (PIJF) and switch board cables.

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Domestic air fares are set to go up with state oil firms raising the jet fuel price by 5 per cent in line with the spike in international oil prices, which touched $71 a barrel yesterday.  
 
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The Central Excise and Customs Department today issued a showcause notice to Reliance Industries Ltd, asking the company to explain why action should not be taken against it for unpaid duty amounting to Rs 9,500 crore.

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Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) today reported a 44% increase in tractor sales at 5,688 units in August 2005 as against 3,939 units sold in August 2004. 
 
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With the ten-day Ganesh Chaturthi beginning next week, students of a blind school in Mumbai are gearing up for what is one of Maharashtra's biggest community festival.

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Rahul Bajaj has reached an 'in-principle' agreement with his brother Sishir Bajaj on division of the Bajaj empire, but the mercurial chairman of the two-wheeler major said the settlement had been delayed due to tax implications.

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On July 4, 2005, T Srinivas, a resident of Hyderabad, who travelled by Manmad-Kacheguda Express, alighted the train leaving behind his laptop computer worth Rs 1.75 lakh.

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MDMK general secretary Vaiko on Wednesday came out strongly against compartmentalised reservations for backward classes and most backward classes within the 33 per cent reservation of seats for women in Parliament and State Assemblies.   more »

India has conveyed its deep sympathies to the US over the loss of lives and enormous damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh on Wednesday sent separate messages to US President George W Bush .

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While most betting and gambling in Gujarat ended with the Janmashtami celebrations last week-end, the present uncertainties of Gujarat politics is proving to be an irresistible issue for the die-hard gambler.

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The Delhi High court on Thursday issued notices to Bollywood actors Aamir Khan, Rani Mukherjee and the Producers, Director, Story writer and Distributor of the film Mangal Pandey - The Rising on a petition filed by the descendants of the revolutionary seeking a stop on the screening of the film.

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Officials from the Maharashtra Housing and Development Authority (MHADA) have started evicting what they claim are illegal occupants of transit camps across the Mumbai city.This is being done to make space for the over 1500 families living in endangered buildings who will be moved out within the next seven days.

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In a crucial order the Rajasthan High Court has banned service and worship at five Sati temples in the state's Jhunjhunu district. Earlier the district court in Jhunjhunu had permitted worship at these temples which women activists claim amounted to a glorification of the practice of Sati.

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A delegation led by the Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss will survey some of the worst-affected districts in eastern Uttar Pradesh hit by encephalitis

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Indian troops have gunned down nine Islamic militants who snuck across the heavily militarised border dividing disputed Himalayan Kashmir between India and Pakistan, the army said on Thursday.

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Rahul Gandhi has at last come out of his mom’s shadow to tread his own path. Those who are in the know of the happenings at 10 Janpath confirm that he has got past Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s power portals to set up house at 12 Tughlak Lane.

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An alleged criminal wanted in connection with a murder was on Thursday killed in an encounter with the Delhi police. A police constable was also injured in the incident.

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Master batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who was included in the Indian team for the two-Test series against Zimbabwe subject to fitness, has opted out of the tour. According to physiotherapist John Gloster, Tendulkar does not feel fit and confident enough to return to Test cricket.

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A treasure trove of hundreds of gold coins and other artefacts have been recovered from a secret chamber in late Priyamvada Birla's house here. The discovery was made by special officers appointed by the Calcutta High Court to make an inventory of her personal belongings.

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Two NRIs  steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal and ready made meals manufacturer Sir Ghulam Noon on Thursday found their way into the 'Asian Power List' prepared by Institute of Asian Professionals here.

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 Former Indian skipper Mohammed Azharuddin is in the cross-hairs of a hired mafia assassin who is stalking the cricketer to execute a ‘‘supari’’ given by crime don Chhota Shakeel, police say.

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A Dalit panchayat is meeting today to protest against the Gohana incident.On Wednesday, close to 60 dalit houses were torched in Gohana town in Sonepat district of Haryana.The police has registered FIRs against 23 people and arrested four others.

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There may be a nationwide alert out on RJD MP Shahabuddin but the Bihar police haven't bothered to inform their state counterparts.So the notorious Parliamentarian keeps popping up at various places across the country, openly flouting the law.

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The Hurriyat Conference will meet in Srinagar to discuss the agenda of talks with the Centre and to decide on the delegation that will be led by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq to Delhi.On Wednesday Prime Minister Manmohan Singh invited the Hurriyat to Delhi for talks on September 5.

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India's Foreign secretary Shyam Saran will meet his counterpart in Islamabad today to set the stage for the New York meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf.

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Sania Mirza is through to the third round of the US Open with a hard fought three-set win over Italian Maria Elena Camerin 6-4 1-6 6-4. Sania now needs to beat Maria Bartoli, ranked one place below her to set up a potential fourth round clash against Maria Sharapova.

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