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The State Government will seek a plan outlay of over Rs. 15,000 crores from the Centre for the 2006-2007 financial year, Minister for Finance and Industries P.G.R. Sindhia said here on Tuesday.

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Jamia Millia Islamia may have taken the bold step of making its campus smoke-free without much ado, but creating much smoke on the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus these days is a "mild attempt" that never quite took off.

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Jahnu Barua is a perplexed man these days. Nearly two decades and ten feature films later, the well-known Assamese film-maker had to once again face a bitter truth: that most regional film-makers are still unknown in this cinema-crazy country.

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Ahead of the preliminary meeting of the Bansal Committee on January 16 in the case of MPs involved in MPLAD scam, senior Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leaders will hold a meeting to decide the party's stand at the Committee's meeting.

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Alarmed over poor response from defaulters to property tax notices served on them, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has decided to auction properties of major defaulters to collect their dues.

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Icy north westerlies coupled with dense fog took 16 lives in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday as the cold wave receded slightly in some places of North India. Two more deaths were reported from Bihar. Meanwhile.

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The Mumbai Police will interrogate six associates of imprisoned don Abu Salem, who were arrested in the Uttar Pradesh capital yesterday.Police sources said here that a team of Mumbai police is expected to arrive here.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday that it was ``shameful'' that the name of the UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and his office (PMO) were being dragged into the phone tapping controversy. Action would be taken against the guilty as per the law of the land.

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Chief Election Commissioner B. B. Tandon on Tuesday directed that revenue staff and police officials in the rank of sub-inspector and above, serving in a particular station for three consecutive years or more, should be transferred.

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Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Wednesday announced a compensation of Rs 500,000 for each of the 12 families of tribals killed in police firing in Orissa's Jajpur district when he visited the trouble spot along with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.

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An alleged narcotics smuggler belonging to Uttar Pradesh was arrested with 4.5 kg of charas, from Jammu railway station, official sources said on Wednesday. The narcotic substance is believed to be taken to New Delhi for selling it there.

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The plan for modernisation of the Delhi and Mumbai airports is all set to move ahead with the empowered Group of Ministers (e-GoM) scheduled to meet here on Thursday to take a final view on the bids made for the projects.

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The finance ministry has proposed cutting Prasar Bharti’s outlay by Rs 337 crore during the year. The proposal gains significance in the backdrop of the I&B ministry’s drive to undertake a comprehensive financial restructuring of Prasar Bharti.

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Bullish on the growth of the India automobile industry, component major Bosch today said it would pump in Rs 1,800 crore by 2008 to expand its presence significantly in the booming market in the country.

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With the Government's uniform telephone call rate scheme 'IndiaOne' to start next week, state-owned BSNL is readying itself with a fresh STD rate chart for land-phones which is expected to see a sizeable reduction in tariffs.

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The three-member committee headed by Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan, entrusted with re-evaluating the bids for the privatisation and modernisation of the Mumbai and Delhi airports.

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Aparna Popat is on the threshold of making history. The 27-year-old Petroleum Sports Promotion Board star entered her ninth successive title round at the Canara Bank senior National badminton championship at the KBA Courts here on Tuesday.

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Former champion Kingfisher East Bengal made a winning start to the 10th edition of the National Football League for the ONGC Cup downing local rival Mohammedan Sporting by a late goal here at the Salt Lake Stadium on Tuesday.

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UTI Mutual Fund has launched a new scheme ‘UTI-Leadership Equity Fund’ at a function, here, on Tuesday.The Mutual Fund Product was launched by S Ramamurthy, Assistant Postmaster General (Staff). The new offer closes on January 30.

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Commercial vehicles manufacturer Ashok Leyland today said it would enter the luxury bus market with the launch of its top end vehicle `InterCentury Luxura' by the second quarter of the next fiscal.

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The Centre on Tuesday notified 8.5 per cent rate of return on Employees Provident Fund deposits for the current fiscal, leaving trade unions and Left parties fuming.

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Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Tuesday said the Communal Violence (Prevention, Control, and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill 2005 will not disturb the federal structure and it provides for adequate compensation to the victims.

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The United Progressive Alliance Government will implement all road projects including the Golden Quadrilateral, the East-West Corridor and the North-South Corridor, conceived of by the National Democratic Alliance regime.

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 The tribals of Kalinga Nagar in Orissa's Jajpur district have taken a vow not to vacate their land to make space for steel plants or other industries. The killing of 12 tribals in police firing recently has steeled their resolve to fight against displacement and loss of livelihoods.

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Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday assured agriculturalists that the United Progressive Alliance Government's concern over poor infrastructure and emphasis on boosting the farm sector would be reflected in the Budget.

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Keen on accelerating Bihar's development, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday sought cooperation from political rivals Ram Vilas Paswan and Lalu Prasad.

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A 13-year-old girl from a poor family in Bihar suffering from acute heart blockage has just got the happiest news of her life - President APJ Abdul Kalam will take care of her medical expenses.

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Should private educational institutes make provision for reservation of seats for Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe (ST) students? The Union Government endorses this view on the ground that students.

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Succumbing to pressure from Left parties and UPA allies, the government today put on hold the decision to reduce the quantity of foodgrains under the public distribution system, amounting to a subsidy of Rs 4,500 crore.

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I first played against India in 1978-79 when Bishan Singh Bedi brought over a team to play three Tests. We had heard a lot about the stars in the Indian line-up, and were looking forward to seeing them perform against what was a very good side. 

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Like every year, 1000s of flamingos that have come from Africa and the Rann of Kutch can be seen in Mumbai.However, now there are concerns that this stunning sight may not last.

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Underworld don Abu Salem's girlfriend Monica Bedi has told all those visiting her in a Hyderabad prison that she wants to become a nun.While her family claims it is a result of her depression from being in jail.

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In the first step towards faster and inexpensive travel in space, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has demonstrated the technology that propels rockets to fly at 4,560 mph three times faster than the Concorde.

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The son of notorious dacoit Dadua of Uttar Pradesh has been elected zila panchayat chairman of Chitrakoot district.Vir Singh was backed by the area’s Samajwadi Party MP Shyamacharan Gupta, who claims .

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 The show is on. After a mild scare, Aamir Khan's Rang De Basanti finally hits theatres on Friday. Even the usually unflappable Khan would have missed a few heartbeats as he waited for IAF officials to clear his movie.

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The BJP will hold a series of rallies in Punjab against the present Congress government from January 16 to March 9, the party's State President Avinash Rai Khanna said on Wednesday.

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Many public schools in Delhi have chosen to ignore the state government order for a three-day break for students of primary classes.Delhi Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely, who issued the order in view .

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DMRC chief E Sreedharan has been named one of the "top 25 newsmakers of 2005" by the US's Engineering News-Record, a premier publication on the construction industry from the McGraw-Hill stable.

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 Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi is in the dock for unpaid dues of over Rs 23 lakh to the canteen serving the offices of the Bihar Secretariat.The canteen has closed down after it ran out of funds, mainly due to outstanding bills of nearly Rs 64 lakh that have accumulated for over 12 years.

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Just as Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh's telephone tapping snowballed into an anti-Congress polarisation with Sonia Gandhi in the focus of Opposition fire, PM Manmohan Singh on Tuesday sprang to the defence of the Congress chief.

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