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SAP, the world’s third-biggest software company, is cutting its recruitment of Indian experts because they are too expensive and is instead looking towards China, its CEO Henning Kagermann said in an interview.

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Consumers who have been fearing a hike in their fuel bills can now breathe easy. The new pricing policy, expected to be taken to the Cabinet shortly, may end up lowering retail prices of petrol and diesel as these auto fuels move to export parity prices.

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Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd reported on Tuesday a fall of 11 per cent in its third-quarter net profit to Rs 25.45 crore in the quarter ended December 31, 2005 as compared to Rs 28.65 crore for the same quarter in the corresponding previous year.

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Owing to shortage of medical officers (MOs), Bhim Sain Sachhar Hospital, the only government hospital in the district, is crying for immediate attention.

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“I spoke the truth and this is what I got in return”, were the of  repeated words of 35-year-old former Punjab Technical University (PTU) clerk, Rajinder Kumar Sharma, father of a four-year-old child.

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PATNA, JANUARY 30: Worried by the increase in the abduction of schoolchildren in the state, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today directed the state police to constitute a ‘special school task force’ to patrol school areas during morning hours as most kidnappings happen while children are on their way to school.

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Continuing with quickfire violations of the Civil Aviation Rules (CAR), Air-India once again finds itself at the wrong end of the stick for allegedly allowing a 747-400 commander to operate a Frankfurt-Chicago flight safety.

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday called for the social boycott of the medicos and their ‘godfathers’ who were involved in the recent violence and strike in King George’s Medical University.

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The Directors of Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) are meeting in Delhi in the wake of plans to expand their operations beyond India.

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Tehran linked its energy dialogue to India’s nuclear diplomacy asking New Delhi to “compensate (its) past default (voting against Iran) by supporting Iran in the next meeting of the IAEA board of governors in November.”

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West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi has taken over additional charge as the Governor of Bihar.

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Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan underwent a checkup at Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai late Monday night.

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The Supreme Court on Monday directed Ten Sports to share with Doordarshan its feed for live telecast of five India-Pakistan one-day international cricket matches next month. It directed Prasar Bharati .

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LUCKNOW: Rejecting the model nikahnama passed by the three-day convention of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board in Taj-ul Masajid, in May 2005, its breakaway group — the All-India Muslim Women Personal Law Board (AIMWPLB)— now prepares to float Sharayat Nikahnama- a parallel women-friendly nikahnama.

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The Border Security Force (BSF) has ordered a departmental inquiry, to be headed by a senior Commandant, into the incident at the Kamakhya temple involving jawans of the 128 battalion.

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A conversation between the Dhaka-based Naved Gul, and his handlers in Pakistan, intercepted by Research and Analysis Wing intelligence personnel, links him to the December 2005 attack on the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore.

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Bengal roared back into the Ranji Trophy final with a timely all-round effort against Uttar Pradesh at the K. D. Singh Babu Stadium here on Monday. Things went Bengal's way on the second day as it restricted UP to 387 .

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appears to be the biggest loser in the recent Cabinet expansion. That the expansion carries the ‘10 Janpath’ Sonia Gandhi’s residence  mark is hardly a secret.

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The Congress continues to gain at the cost of the Shiv Sena, which is all set to concede a Rajya Sabha seat to the ruling party, making the newly-appointed energy minister Sushil Kumar Shinde’s entry into Parliament a hassle-free exercise.

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MUMBAI: IT company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Tuesday said it plans to develop a new facility in three phases at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

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On his first day as the Union power minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde declared that he was not completely opposed to giving free power to farmers and the poor. However, he feels that such freebies should be accompanied .

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Strong undercurrent helped the Bombay Stock Exchange's 30-share sensitive index (Sensex) to recover overnight's losses and cross 9,900-mark once again at opening session following hectic buying by foreign funds as well as local operators.

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Former minister and Congress leader M Shivanna urged former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda to take political retirement as his desire to see his son Kumaraswamy as chief minister was fulfilled.

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BANGALORE: A supected Lashkar-e-Taiba militant, instrumental in organising funds for terrorist activities in Bangalore, has been arrested, police said on Tuesday.

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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday declared Kalyan Singh as its chief ministerial candidate in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections due next year. "Kalyan Singh has been the best Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

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As modernisation bid on the runway, the Government on Tuesday invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) to stop the airport employees from going on a strike.

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The hostile reactions of the French and Luxembourg governments to the bid by Mittal Steel to buy out European consortium Arcelor has once again exposed the double standards practised by European Union politicians and governments.

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Two persons, including a police jawan, were killed and two injured in a naxalite attack near Bhangiya-Majhipara bridge in Chatra district, police said on Tuesday.

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The Tata Group announced on Monday that it would invest Rs 1,000 crore in the defence sector for research and development and infrastructure upgradation.The Group, which has various companies involved in the defence sector like Tata Motors, TCS, Tata Power Strategic Electronics Division.

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India’s new oil minister is likely to adopt a less strident approach to an Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project that could threaten the country’s relationship with the US.Manmohan Singh, the prime minister, removed Mani Shankar Aiyar, the controversial minister of petroleum.

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You don't have to be nice to a brother you aren't talking to. Or do you? Anil Ambani, for one, doesn't believe in Bollywood values. If it's war, it's war: hit the mattress and look after the boys.Anil has drawn up a list of Reliance Infocomm employees who he wants to keep at any cost.

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There is intense speculation in the market that Holcim is very close to buying out the 24% stake owned by the Sekhsaria-Neotia family in Gujarat Ambuja Cement (GACL). Industry sources said that talks have almost reached the final stage and an announcement may be made this week.

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Union Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and his wife Rabri Devi are likely to vacate the chief ministerial residence in Bihar on February 2. The couple have apparently decided to shift to their new allotted residence at 10, Circular Road after consulting astrologers.

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India and Pakistan are to sign an agreement on Tuesday for commencement of the Khokhrapar-Monabao rail route linking Sindh with Rajasthan. A 12-member Indian delegation led by General Manager, Indian Railways.

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is all set to send Letters Rogatory (LRs) to Swiss authorities in a bid to trace the trail of money deposited in two London bank accounts of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, a key accused in the Bofors pay-offs case.

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Mumbai's glamorous but edgy landscape finds an echo across the sea in Karachi - making them cultural twins on the subcontinent.Be it film, fashion or lifestyle – the similarity in taste and interest are many.

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Air India (AI) on Monday signed a $429-million (Rs 1,888.46 crore) interim financing agreement with a consortium of banks for funding the purchase of new aircraft for itself and its 100 per cent subsidiary Air India Express.

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A significant all-cash overseas deal worth about Rs 290 crore, the board of directors of Apollo Tyres Ltd (ATL) on Monday approved the acquisition of the Durban-headquartered Dunlop Tyres International (Pty) Ltd (Dunlop South Africa).

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Prime Minister's Office has announced more portfolios in the cabinet reshuffle brought about by the Manmohan Singh government.Jairam Ramesh, a key member of the Congress' economic think-tank, was inducted as a minister of state. He has been given the portfolio of Commerce.

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The Delhi High Court is scheduled to deliver its judgment on nursery school admissions on Tuesday. A division bench of the court had given an ultimatum to unaided public schools in December last year, asking them to stop conducting interviews for admission.

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The forthcoming Union Budget may see the FM trying to kill two birds with one stone by encouraging retail investors to turn to mutual funds. On the one hand, this would help small investors cash in on the stock market boom without facing undue risk.

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Abdul Karim Telgi, the man accused of being the kingpin in a multi-crore fake stamp paper scam, is expected to make a confession in one of the cases registered against him. Telgi would not personally appear before the special court, but is likely to confess through video conferencing.

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Insisting that the government faced "no threat" from its Left allies over Iran issue, new Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma on Monday said India had its "suggestions" and wanted its resolution through a consensus.

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