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NEW DELHI: The Government on Wednesday decided to give international airport status to Calicut airport in Kerala.

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India says it is close to conquering leprosy, a disease that once afflicted millions of people in the country. India's efforts to defeat the disfiguring disease are part of a global campaign launched by the World Health Organization in 1991.

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President A P J Abdul Kalam and his Singapore counterpart S R Nathan today held talks on the matters of mutual interest, with the growing bilateral relations between the two countries dominating the discussions.

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The Department of Post is introducing a new 'Speed Post Gold' service from today to ensure delivery of articles before lunch on the next working day.

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The handheld provides users with a total sensory experience - from the innovative metallic finishes and chemically etched keypad created from a single sheet of nickel-plated copper alloy.

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Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said the economy will achieve at least 7.5% growth rate in GDP in the current fiscal, and indicated that it could be higher. He claimed the successively high growth rates showed Indians have now accepted the mantra of hard work and efficiency as the road to growth and prosperity.

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The government has favoured the merger of telecom PSUs BSNL and MTNL and the modalities are being worked out based on the suggestions submitted to it by an expert committee three months ago, minister of state for communication and IT Shakeel Ahmad said on Wednesday.

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NEW DELHI: MCD's bulldozers on Wednesday hit the upmarket fashion station of the capital -- MG Road -- following Delhi High Court's orders that malls and shopping complexes in 'lal dora' areas, that were unauthorised, should be targeted.

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Centre and all states and union territories seeking complete prohibition on child labour in all its forms across the country.

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Mumbai police are now using the Geographical Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS).The satellite tracking system has long been in use across the globe. But Mumbai cops have become the first force in the country to use the technology.

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India and Pakistan have agreed to begin the Khokhrapar-Munabao train service along the Indo-Pak border in Rajasthan from February 18.

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NEW DELHI: Before setting out on a new march aimed at garnering support for a new political party she intends to set up as a parallel to BJP, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti on Wednesday held an anti-UPA protest in Delhi over farm issues and sanctioning of FDI in retail.

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The Karnataka High Court today ordered issue of emergent notices to the Legislative Assembly Speaker Krishna and 38 JD-S rebel MLAs on a petition challenging the Presiding Officer's decision recognising H D Kumaraswamy, Chief Minister-designate, as leader of the party's Legislature Party.

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NEW DELHI: No flights could take off or land here Wednesday as Airports Authority of India (AAI) employees struck work to protest the award of contracts for modernising the Mumbai and Delhi airports to private parties.

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HDFC Ltd has hiked home loan rates by 0.5 per cent across the board with effect from today.HDFC Ltd has also increased deposit rates by 0.25-0.5 per cent, an HDFC Ltd official said.

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NEW DELHI: Relenting on its rigid stance, government on Wednesday gave its nod to Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) to go global after amending their Memoranda of Associations and in a quid pro quo they decided to enhance intake of students, a condition set by the government.

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Apollo is planning to invest about Rs 200cr in each project.Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) may join hands with Apollo Hospitals to set up two-three super-specialty hospitals in Mumbai. 

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Flight operations at the N S C Bose international airport here was disrupted today with air traffic controllers (ATCs) issuing a notice that flights could not be operated after Airport Authority of India (AAI) employees joined the country-wide agitation against 'privatisation' of New Delhi and Mumbai airports.

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India failed to get any place in the nominations for the 78th Academy Awards which were announced on Tuesday, with both Paheli,  which was the official entry in the Foreign Language category, and Morning Raga, which had been entered independently, not figuring in the list.

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India and the US will hold a high-level dialogue on democracy, human rights promotion and trafficking in people here today as part of the on-going cooperation between the two countries in these areas.

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Gujarat is facing its worst LPG crisis. In its wake, the state has asked oil companies to give just 10 cylinders per family in a year.

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It's a thought that must have crossed many a mind in our cricket-crazed nation. How much is Team India worth? According to a joint analysis by Ernst & Young and The Economic Times, the boys in blue are worth Rs 1,200-1,500 crore. And the value of BCCI itself comes to Rs 1,500-1,800 crore.

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Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata will be the first executive in corporate India to get a director identification number (DIN) under a surveillance system the government will introduce in a few days to have a penetrating gaze on the deeds of directors.

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HYDERABAD: In the film Parineeta , Shekhar, played by Saif Ali Khan, and Lolita, portrayed by Vidya Balan, just exchange garlands and wedding vows.

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NEW DELHI: Lakhs of trainees, recruited as apprentices every year and paid monthly stipends, cannot claim to be employees and their employers are not obliged to contribute provident fund for them, the Supreme Court has ruled.

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BHUBANESWAR: Several tribal leaders on Wednesday urged Orissa Governor Rameshwar Thakur to take the initiative to resolve the deadlock in Kalinga Nagar and end the 30-day-old blockade on the Daitari-Paradip highway.

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MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Over 2,500 workers at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport went on a flash strike, even as the Airports Authority of India Employees Joint Forum announced an indefinite stir from Wednesday against privatisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports.

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Mumbai, Feb. 1 (PTI): The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday said that the final guidelines for securitisation of standard assets will be released on Thursday.

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MUMBAI: After trailing for years, the Indian cellular sector has finally caught up with its Chinese counterpart in terms of mobile subscriptions, at least for December ’05.

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SRINAGAR, JANUARY 31: Call it survival instinct or an acceptance of life’s realities—the people of Kashmir have woken up to the fact that they need not lose to violence all they have strived for in their lifetime. So there is now a pragmatic effort among the people to secure their futures—and the road leads to the offices of insurers in the Valley.

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Even as employees of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) decided to go on strike from tomorrow in a bid to paralyse the airports, the government today went ahead with the modernisation programme awarding the contract for the Delhi and Mumbai airports to the consortiums of GMR-Fraport and GVK-South Africa, respectively.

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GUY DOLLÉ, the chief executive of Arcelor, yesterday told British investors that Mittal Steel’s bid significantly undervalued the prospects of the European steel group and urged them to reject the unsolicited $23 billion (£13 billion) offer.

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Patna, Jan. 31: Another schoolboy went missing from Jehanabad even as chief minister Nitish Kumar asked his police force to form a School Task Force (STF) that would keep an eagle eye on the schools and ensure the safety of students.

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BHOPAL, JANUARY 31: Basant Panchami, the spring festival has brought tension this year to the disputed Bhojshala shrine in Madhya Pradesh, where both Hindus and Muslims worship.

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KOLKATA: With the arrest of two persons, including a Pakistani, police on Tuesday claimed to have busted an espionage network supplying defence documents to Pakistan. A search is on for two others, both Indians, reported to be part of the network.

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SINGAPORE, JANUARY 31 : President and scientist, APJ Abdul Kalam, clearly had science at the top of his agenda as he landed here this evening as part of the three-nation tour of Singapore, the Philippines and South Korea.

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