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Farmers in Vidarbha have suspended their Sholay style protests.Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil climbed on to a water tank to speak to the agitating farmers.

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IDBI employees have gone on a two-day strike protesting against non-implementation of wage revision settlement.Employees are observing a two-day nationwide strike beginning today, IDBI Staff Association (Delhi) said in a release.

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It's not only the big mergers and acquisitions like Tata Steel's over 11 billion dollars bid for London-based Corus for which India Inc is borrowing money -- corporates are also going for a kill with huge loans to fund their various projects.

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Militants exploded a powerful bomb at the private residence of Manipur Assembly Speaker Maniruddin Shaikh minutes after he left the house at Lilong area in Thoubal district on Wednesday.

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Seven persons were killed on Wednesday when a mini van collided with a bus between Phoolgavdi village and Bheruchowki on the Indore-Ahmedabad national highway.

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Bollywood actor Salman Khan has been summoned by the Mumbai Crime Branch for questioning in a case of alleged Bollywood nexus with the underworld, a senior police official said today.

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From Baabul to Kabul, John Abraham is on a roll this month. Fresh from the release of Baabul and with a calendar titled Body dedicated to him, John is already out promoting his next film, Kabir Khan's Kabul Express. The film has an interesting star cast including Afghani, American and Pakistani actors all of whom were at a press conference in Mumbai on Tuesday.

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The Lok Sabha on Wednesday lauded the sterling performance of ace shooter Jaspal Rana at the Doha Asian Games. "It is a matter of great pride that our ace shooter has been chosen the best sportsperson," Speaker Somnath Chatterjee said.

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Suniel Shetty, who is the one of the producers of Bhagam Bhag, has reached an out of the court settlement over the copyright violation dispute over the film. The film was alleged to be the remake of the Malayalam superhit Mannar Mathai. The producer of the Malayalam film, Mani Kappan had filed a suit at the Bombay High Court, regarding the same.

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The All India Football Federation (AIFF) seem to have finally awakened from their slumber. In a first for the supreme body for the game in the country, the AIFF signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Deutsche Futball Liga (DFL), which runs football in Germany, for mutual benefit.

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Davis Cup captain Leander Paes, 10-time grand slam winner Mahesh Bhupathi and Hyderabadi ace Sania Mirza kept India in hunt for an unprecedented three tennis gold medals by reaching the finals of the men's doubles, mixed doubles and women's singles events of the 15th Asian Games here yesterday.

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The government is proposing to set up a National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) centre in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, constituency of Congress President Sonia Gandhi.

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Police have received a complaint against cricketer Yuvraj Singh and actor Kim Sharma for beating up a woman in Gurgaon. The complainant Neelam Mahajan was invited by Yuvraj Singh for his birthday party where a scuffle took place and the woman allegedly got beaten up and abused by the cricketer and his girlfriend Kim.

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The Congress is determined to hawk the Sachar Committee report as a signal of its intent to improve access of Muslims to jobs and education, even though its plans may have been temporarily hit by the row over PM's recent remarks.

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Apart from LK Advani, look who has got a prime minister dream! After former BJP President and senior party leader Advani revealed his dream for prime ministership, the buzz is around NCP chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar now.

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A major fire swept through the first floor of Eastern Railway's commercial control office in a multi-storeyed building in central Kolkata on Tuesday night, damaging documents in the record room, Railway sources said.

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Security forces have arrested three Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of militants and recovered a huge quantity of arms and ammunition from different areas of Jammu division during last 24 hours, official sources said here on Wednesday. 

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India remained Dubai's top export destination with transaction worth DH 3.43 billion, as the emirate's total non-oil trade during the first nine months of 2006 grew by 10 per cent to DH 231 billion.

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New study published today in the open access journal BMC Medicine has found that official figures might have over-estimated the number of HIV-positive individuals in India.

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It is now confirmed that US President George W Bush will sign the bill changing America's laws and taking the Indo-US nuclear deal a major step closer towards implementation at the White House on Monday, December 18.

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The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to establish 14 lakh anganwadis by 2008 under the integrated child development scheme (ICDS) and asked state governments to extend help in implementing the programme.

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Passengers at the domestic and international airports faced a harrowing morning in the country's capital.The second day of winter fog this season forced airport authorities to shut down the runway from 6:05 am to 7:20 am (IST).

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Nation is observing the fifth anniversary of Parliament attack on Wednesday amidst a debate on the fate of main convict Mohammad Afzal Guru, who is serving a death sentence and waiting for clemency from President Kalam. Meanwhile, the families of the security personnel killed on that fateful day are requesting political parties to facilitate the speedy execution of Afzal Guru.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left for Japan on Wednesday in what is being considered as one of the important visits on his foreign policy agenda.

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