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Seven Shiv Sainiks were arrested for allegedly attacking the office of TV channel Zee on Feb 8, police said on Friday. Seven persons were arrested last night in connection with the incident and they would be produced .

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The Supreme Court has ruled that government service is a status and not a contract. The hallmark of the status is that the rights and duties are imposed by the public law and not by a mere agreement between the parties.

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The suspended Samajwadi Party Member of Parliament, Raj Babbar, on Thursday said he was forming a Samajwadi Manch against "criminalisation of politics''. Speaking to The Hindu here, the actor-turned politician said.

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Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Pramod Mahajan on Thursday said that a non-Congress government in Assam was not possible without the support of his party.

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Accusing the United Progressive Alliance Government of lacking a clear-cut view on policy matters, including Iran, BJP president Rajnath Singh on Thursday sought an all-party meeting on the Iran issue.

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Despite an official announcement that some 5,000 soldiers have been pulled out of Jammu and Kashmir, there has been no reduction in the number of troops committed to counter-terrorism duties, highly placed sources have told The Hindu .

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Two students of a madrassa in downtown Srinagar city have died and and six others were taken seriously ill due to a suspected gas leak from a room heater, official sources said on Friday.

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Facing severe criticism from political parties including NDA allies for raising basic telecom tariffs, the national telecom regulator announced a review of interconnect user charge regime on Saturday.

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Last February 14, Shiv Sena activist Arvind Gawde, under the leadership of Raj Thackeray in the party’s youth wing, rampaged card shops, raided hotels and burnt cards outside colleges in South Mumbai.

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Having achieved great strides in space technology, India has three more major space missions lined up for the next three years, Space Advisory Committee Chairman UR Rao on Thursday said.

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Ticket sales for the Thar Express between Pakistan and India through Khokrapar-Munabao have begun.People were queuing up in Jodhpur to make sure they have the ticket to ride.

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Come Valentine's Day and the romance merchandising industry automatically shifts into high gear. Gift shops, restaurants and chocolate boutiques all put together their most attractive packages for the season.

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There were more worries for the Indian think tank as Harbhajan Singh looked set to miss the second one-day international against Pakistan here on Saturday.

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Television actress and model Kuljeet Randhawa (25) committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan of her apartment at Juhu in suburban Mumbai. According to the police, Randhawa was found hanging .

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The CPI(M) politburo, though differing widely on the question of the continuance of the support to the UPA government, today rejected the Samajwadi Party leader’s, Mr Mulayum Singh, proposal for bringing .

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India has never proposed or indicated to the US that it would put its Fast Breeder Reactors (FBRs) programme under the civilian list of nuclear facilities since the two countries are engaged in negotiations on implementation of the July 18 Indo-US Nuclear Agreement.

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A leading B School IMT Ghaziabad inaugurated its annual IT symposium, WIZEBYTE 2k6 on Thursday. The two day non-stop festival was presided by Mahendra Swaroop CEO, Times Internet, Pradeep Gupta, Chairman.

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PARIS, Feb 10: Australian Open champion Amelie Mauresmo beat Vera Dushevina of Russia 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday to move into the Gaz de France quarterfinals.

The top-seeded Frenchwoman will meet defending champion Dinara Safina in a replay of last year's final. The Russian beat France's Virginie Razzano 6-4, 6-3 in the second round Wednesday.

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NEW DELHI: Another foreign computer major is planning a manufacturing base in India. Singapore-headquartered, eSys Information Technologies has approached the Haryana government to set up a PC manufacturing unit in Gurgaon near Delhi’s international airport.

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NEW DELHI: The government is going to basics with its drive to secure the skies.

In addition to seeking a home ministry security clearance and flight safety records, India has now made it mandatory for all expatriate pilots to also clear a linguistic examination to test their spoken English skills.

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An extended work-stay in Afghanistan cost him his life, say the relatives of K Bharath Kumar (41), an engineer from Bangalore... 
 
An extended work-stay in Afghanistan cost him his life, say the relatives of K Bharath Kumar (41), an engineer from Bangalore who was killed in a bomb blast by Taliban at Kandahar in Afghanistan on Tuesday.

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Before seeking the vote of confidence, the leaders of the JD (S)-BJP coalition had given indication that the expansion might take place on Sunday 
 
   
The expansion of the H D Kumaraswamy Ministry is likely to be held either on February 15 or 16.

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In a major bonanza for customers, state owned BSNL and MTNL today announced a maximum tariff of Rs one per minute for calls anywhere in the country under the much publicised One-India plan, effective from March 1.

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New Delhi: The much-awaited Special Economic Zones Act 2005 would come into effect from Friday with the requisite SEZ rules providing for simplification of procedures, single window clearance, easy compliance procedures and documentation and the number of services to be rendered from SEZs and areas governing SEZ all having been put in place.

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"We will be airborne anytime between July 1 and August 5 this year.

We have decided to start the airline with purchased aircraft instead of leased aircraft as was planned earlier," the airline's newly appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, Bruce Ashby, told Business Line.

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Some weeks back, UTV had got Aamir Khan to do an exclusive chat with his worldwide fans on the BBC Asian Network to promote his recent hit, 'Rang De Basanti'.

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KOLKATA: You have a cellphone, right? Store all your telephone numbers at least in the SIM card. Especially after what a considerable number of cellphone users faced in Kolkata on Wednesday and Thursday, don’t take this lightly.

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The Anil Ambani group has plans to amend certain clauses in two crucial agreements with Reliance Industries in order to prevent RIL from entering the airport and airport-related business and to secure a greater share of gas from existing and future discoveries of RIL.

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HYDERABAD: In a stunning coup, Hyderabad beat IT heavyweight Bangalore to bag the Fab City project, which will host India’s first major silicon chip manufacturing facility.

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State Bank of India (SBI) intends to go for more overseas acquisitions and set up about 60 new overseas offices within two years. SBI managing director TS Bhattacharya said the bank is looking for acquiring small banks .

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The 12th International Broadcasting Conference’s inaugural function on Thursday morning left many wondering whether they were witness to 'autonomy' at its best or was it sheer one-upsmanship at display .

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IBM said on Thursday that its India operations grew by about 55 per cent in 2005 even as the company consolidated its position in the market segments of external storage, services and server market.

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Raipur, Feb. 10. (PTI): Eight CISF jawans were killed and nine injured when a large number of heavily-armed Naxalites attacked an explosive depot of the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) in Dhantewada district of Chhattisgarh in the small hours today, police said."

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NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 9: The National Advisory Council headed by Sonia Gandhi has asked the government to set up a national mission for achieving energy security in rural India by using biomass to generate power. The 10-year mission, expected to cost Rs 1,350 crore in the first four years, would be in line with the UPA government’s commitment in the National Common Minimum Programme ‘‘to enhance the country’s energy security particularly in the area of oil’’.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today assured Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of all possible central assistance for the development of the backward state.

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DHAKA, FEBRUARY 9: Talks between the Bangladesh government and Indian industrial giant Tata on its proposed $2.5 billion investment in the country have failed to make any headway and the company now plans to send a revised investment proposal within 15 days to break the deadlock.

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Thousands of Shia Muslims today took out religious processions across the country on the occasion of Muharram, which passed off peacefully barring Srinagar where 25 people were arrested for defying prohibitory orders.

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NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 9: Based on the feedback from other ministries, the finance ministry is weighing the option of sacrificing on the fiscal deficit target as mandated by the fiscal responsibility Act.

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In Mumbai, Assistant Police Inspector Bhausahib Gaikar, was caught on camera by the NDTV team, misusing his position to extract bribe from an accused.

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NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 9: While all major automobile manufacturers registered impressive growth in January, market leader Maruti Udyog Ltd’s decline in exports has created a flutter in the industry.

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Delhi police have arrested two alleged terrorists belonging to the al Badr militant outfit from North West part of the capital. Irshad and Nawab both hailing from Kashmir, were arrested from Makarba Chowk in North West Delhi at around 6:30 pm last evening.

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MUMBAI, FEBRUARY 9: The bitter fracas between the Ambani brothers refuses to die down. This time the Anil D Ambani Group (ADAG) has raised its voice against the gas supply, non-compete and brand agreements signed between Mukesh Ambani controlled Reliance Industries and the four ADAG companies.

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BANGALORE, FEB 9: Missing from the group of Janata Dal (Secular) MLAs who voted for Karnataka’s new Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy in the confidence motion in the Assembly yesterday was his elder brother Revanna.

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NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 9: Suspended Samajwadi Party MP from Agra Raj Babbar has decided to launch a ‘‘Samajwadi Manch’’ to carry forward his battle for a ‘‘criminal-free and corruption-free polity’’ and to re-unite all socialist leaders.

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BHOPAL, FEBRUARY 9: Gearing up for its annual battle against Valentine’s Day, the Bajrang Dal here is sharpening all the weapons in its moral policing arsenal. Friday sees a ‘Shastra Pujan’ (worship of weapons)—a ritual associated with Dussehra; Sunday has a ‘Chetavni (warning) Rally’; and to crown it all there’s a ‘Janjagran’ (consciousness raising) event on the day itself.

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NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW, FEBRUARY 9: Even as BJP president Rajnath Singh today ruled out any discussion with expelled leader Uma Bharati, the former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister has been doing virtually everything a party leader would do.

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Angered by the pestering of her hungry son, a woman in a West Bengal village beheaded the six-year-old and then tried to hide the severed head in a haystack.

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The much-awaited OneIndia tariff plan by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) - Re 1 per minute for fixed line calls to anywhere in India - has finally been announced, said TV reports.

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This is a turnaround Maharashtra could have done without. Once at the vanguard of industrial development, the state has come perilously close to being designated a "failed state".

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Armed with garbage, around 40 environmental activists and students on Thursday staged a peaceful protest outside the French embassy here against the scrapping of the French warship Clemenceau in India.

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Several flights to Delhi were delayed and diverted to various places due to sudden fog which engulfed the airport this morning. The flights have been diverted to places like Ahmedabad, Nagpur and Hyderabad, airport sources said.

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President A P J Abdul Kalam says he would like to be remembered as a ‘‘good fellow’’. Talking to mediapersons aboard a special Air-India flipght on his return from a three-nation nine-day tour of East Asia.

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The problems for RJD MP Shahabuddin seem to be far from over as the police in Jammu and Kashmir are likely to question him for his alleged links with pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen.

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The TTD proposes to put in place a full-fledged crowd management module to cope with the increasing pilgrim inflow into the temple of Lord Venkateswara.

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The "tactical line" to be adopted by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for the upcoming Assembly elections in four States and one Union Territory, keeping in mind the recent contentious decisions .

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