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India's Andhra Pradesh state, which has the country's largest number of HIV cases, is set to become the first to make it mandatory for couples to take a HIV test before marrying, officials said on Wednesday.

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After a branch of the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra and a National Law Institute, Bihar is now all set to have a centre of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT).

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Fardeen Khan on Tuesday expressed his willingness to go in for rehabilitation for drug addiction. The offer has been made by his lawyer advocate K T Tulsi at the end of the arguments before the Bombay High Court which is hearing the actor’s plea.

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A three-day national convention on `Metallurgy and Materials Technology' would be inaugurated tomorrow by Prof P M Prasad, emeritus scientist, non-ferrous materials technology development centre.

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Trinamool Congress has called off a 48-hour bandh in West Bengal, which was to begin on Thursday. Trinamool leader Mamata Banerjee had called the strike in protest against the killing of an 18-year-old girl in the Singur area.

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Without directly reacting to the latest Kashmir solution formula proposed by Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said he welcomed "all new ideas with an open mind" and that it was time both countries work together for a new future.

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The hearing of the bail petition of controversial RJD MP Sadhu Yadav in a case of forgery and cheating was on Wednesday deferred by the Patna High Court till Thursday.

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The sister of a dead soldier tried to immolate herself Wednesday at a press conference addressed by Petroleum Minister Murli Deora, and was saved by the timely intervention of a TV journalist.

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Two young Kashmiri men were arrested on Wednesday morning from the Nagpada area in south-central Mumbai, for possessing firearms, a police official said.

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UK-based telecom giant, Vodafone, may join the race for Hutch-Essar. Talks are on with bankers and advisors on the strategy to be adopted.

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The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Chairman C Rangarajan has said the hike in interest rates will not impact the high economic growth in the face of strong fundamentals.

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A pilgrim on his way to the holy shrine of Mata Vaishnodevi died of heart attack on Wednesday, official sources said.

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Gangster Abu Salem's lawyer has approached the State Election Commission (SEC) challenging the District Magistrate's decision of not including his client's name in the voters list of the district.

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With 65-lakh pilgrims visiting the holy Vaishnodevi temple in Jammu and Kashmir this year, the shrine has recorded gold offerings worth Rs 8 crores, official sources said.

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A major fire broke out in a multi-storeyed building, housing many offices, at Strand Road here early on Wednesday morning.

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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sentenced Vikas Yadav and Amardeep Singh Gill – the co-accused in Jessica Lall murder case – to four years rigorous imprisonment each for aiding and abetment of the crime.

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The markets have recovered and are trading flat amid sharp volatility. IT, metal, FMCG, oil & gas and auto stocks have inched up.

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Former Indian cricket board president Jagmohan Dalmiya Tuesday vowed to contest his expulsion, terming it an 'illegitimate' decision that went against the principles of natural justice.

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Confectionery giant Cadbury's was asked to pay Rs 15,000 ($335) to a man who found worms and fungi in chocolate he gifted to a friend, a report said on Wednesday.

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Two days after he was convicted for murdering model Jessica Lal, Manu Sharma, son of a senior Congress leader, was on Wednesday given life sentence by the Delhi High Court, rejecting prosecution demand for death penalty.

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35 TDP legislators, including N Chandrababu Naidu were on Wednesday suspended from Andhra Pradesh Assembly for the morning session for obstructing the proceedings over the land row involving Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy.

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Soon after the special CBI court in Patna acquitted them in the disproportionate assets case, Lalu Prasad and his wife - former Rabri Devi - didn't forget to thank the Almighty and spent time with their many cows, that have also been incidentally counted among the disproportionate assets.

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Keeping abreast of global retail trends and customer demand, Paharpur-3P, the packaging solutions division of Paharpur Cooling Towers, is planning Rs.1 billion worth of investments over the next five years in new machineries and technologies.

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As Bollywood films made their most successful run ever in the US in 2006, a New York-based media company announced two new partnerships to expand North American distribution of hit films from India.

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The World Bank has approved a $154 million credit to the Indian state of Punjab to increase rural communities' access to improved and sustainable water supply and sanitation services.

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Finally, there is some clarity and a definite time schedule in the battle for Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus. The UK’s Takeover Panel on Tuesday set a deadline of January 30, ’07, for the two suitors -Tata Steel and Brazil’s Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) - to announce revised offers.

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Two members of a family died and three children sustained serious burn injuries in a fire that broke out in a jhuggi at the outskirts of the city this morning.

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First it was the love story between 2 penguins in the award-winning feature 'March of the Penguins'. This time, it's tap dancing penguins!

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Delhiites have woken up to a chilly morning with mercury sliding down below the normal temperature and a thin layer of mist enveloping the sky. The minimum temperature slid a degree below normal and reached around 8 degree Celsius in the morning, according to the Met department.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday attended early morning prayers at the Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh shrines here.

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