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To interpret the outcome of the recent India-Pakistan hockey series as a vindication of the collective judgment of the selection committee is over optimistic. True, the team resisted defeat in a land where a reverse for the host against India is indigestible, whatever be the status of the competition.

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Indian football received a shot in the arm on Monday with sportswear major Nike signing a seven-year deal ahead of the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) 2007 Asian Cup Group `A' qualifier against Yemen slated for March 1.

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Nearly 20,000 volunteers of the Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK), including 5,000 women, were "secured" by police in different parts of the state today for organising a 'jail bharo' agitation.

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Taking a tough stand against the ongoing strike by lawyers of Tis Hazari Courts against shifting of certain courts to the new District Court complex at Rohini in North-West of the Capital, the Delhi High Court today.

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  For the first time ever, a cess is likely to be introduced to part fund the oil subsidy bill. Budget ‘06-07 is likely to impose an additional crude cess of around Rs 3,000 per tonne on oil producers, ONGC and OIL, to fund the subsidy bill of the petroleum sector.

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The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) to file an affidavit in two weeks giving an overall view on the legal row with the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) regarding Gas Sales and Purchase Agreement.

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has won a trust vote in the state assembly. The vote came after the Allahabad High Court ruled that a petition by Bahujan Samajwadi Party against defection of 40 legislators to Samajwadi Party was valid.

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The government has indicated that there could be a reinvestigation into the Jessica Lall case, but has ruled out a retrial."As per the law, no person should be tried twice in any case," .

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A Jodhpur Court today slapped charges of illegal poaching of two blackbucks against filmstar Salman Khan. Four others actors Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam and Sonali Bendre were also accused of abetting and encouraging the killing of the protected animal.

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Underscoring the fact that the India-US nuclear deal would help meet its energy needs to power a 10% growth rate, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today told Parliament that India would put “roughly 65 per cent of its total installed thermal nuclear power capacity under safeguards.”

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday served a show-cause notice to former BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya seeking explanation on the irregularities related to PILCOM (Wills World Cup 1996) accounts.

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A feature of the current Indian side has been how the youngsters have put their arms up to be counted in times of strife. Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla and fast bowler V.R.V. Singh may not play in the first Test, but they are part of a future that looks promising.

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India and England will be going head-to-head for second place in the LG ICC Test Championship table when their three-match Test series starts on Wednesday in Nagpur.

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Dr K Kasturirangan, Raja Sabha member and Director of National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, has become an Honorary Fellow of the Cardiff University, the United Kingdom.

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Actor Amitabh Bachchan is well-known, not only in India but also in the international scenario. He has his fan following everywhere in the world and Paris is not an exception.

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Actor Aamir Khan has sued Filmfare for Rs.21 crore for using his photograph without his permission and attributing false quotes to him. The legal notice was sent to the publishers of the magazine Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd on February 22.

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court directed the Centre to set up an expert committee to examine whether there were chemical contents in the soft drinks that are hazardous to health.

Making it clear that the committee will not restrict itself to determining the pesticide content in softdrinks, a bench comprising Justice Ruma Pal and Justice Dalveer Bhandari said it would go into the broader question of examining chemical contents harmful to health.

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MUMBAI: Hoax bomb calls to the airport come from all kinds of people but the one that held up Alitalia Flight AZ771 to Milan early on Monday morning turned out to be the handiwork of a lovelorn 16-year-old.

Thanks to his shenanigans, the flight, which was scheduled to leave at 2.20 am on Monday, finally left at 4.30 am.

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The opposition BJP on Tuesday decided to aggressively raise in both Houses of Parliament issues pertaining to corruption, minority issue and violation of democratic norms by the UPA government.

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On the eve of the Union Budget, share prices moved up on buying by funds in anticipation of continuation of economic reforms and tax sops for routing small savings into the capital markets, dealers said.

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A hospital in Guntur has given up on efforts to separate conjoined twins and returned them to an orphanage.The General Hospital said a surgery on them was extremely risky.

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THE IT industry is hoping that the key sectoral issues pertaining to Fringe Benefit Tax, BPO taxation and the current CENVAT overflow arising out of nil excise duty on finished hardware products are addressed in the Union Budget on Tuesday.

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The war of letters between the Tata Group and Aditya Birla Group over Idea Cellular continued today with the former shooting off another one to the Department of Telecom blaming the Birlas of breaching a waiver agreement between the two sides signed in 2004.

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National Conference legislators in Jammu and Kashmir protested the recent killing of four teenagers allegedly by security forces in Handwara.The legislators in Jammu boycotted the Governor's address to the joint session of the J&K legislature and held a protest rally in front of the legislative complex.

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The strike by 2,500 resident doctors across Mumbai has entered its second day.The KEM hospital campus has put up a notice, notifying doctors that strict action will be taken against those who fail to report to work.

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Tessolve Services, which provides solutions for test development, failure analysis and reliability tests for semi-conductor companies, plans to set up a testing, assembling, packaging and prototyping facility in India.

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The Economic Survey has called for removing the problem of multiple bids by individuals seeking to profit from the retail investor quota by considering a pure auction for price discovery at initial public offers.

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Sania Mirza just about managed to retain the 36th place in the latest WTA rankings despite her early exit in last week's Dubai Open tennis tournament. The Indian, who played with an injured right elbow.

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  Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) expects to end the current financial year with a record performance. As of February 15, the corporation had sold 24.6 per cent more number of policies. The corporation's best growth ever has been 27.50 per cent.

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Finance Minister P Chidambaram is expected to announce measures to boost infrastructure and power sectors to further spur economic growth in Budget 2006-07. He is likely to rationalise the corporate and personal tax regime and cut down the excise duty on a host of industrial goods.

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 Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly has decided to play East Zone’s Deodhar trophy match against West Zone in Gwalior on February 28.Ganguly, had earlier informed the Cricket Assocication of Bengal that he wouldn’t be available for the first two matches (Feb 25 & Feb 28).

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A patient with a respiratory disorder dies at KEM Hospital on Sunday. When doctor Rohan Ainchwar breaks the news to his relatives, he is roughed up.Another patient’s relative at Bandra Bhabha Hospital walks into the labour room with her slippers on.

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