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With Akalis and various human rights organisations gunning for the Punjab Director-General of Police, Mr S.S. Virk, over his revelation that rehabilitation of some of the Punjab militants had the sanction and blessing.

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A bandh called by separatist organisations and trade unions in Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir brought life to a standstill on Friday. The protests come a day after four youth were killed during a search operation by security forces.

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Declaring 2006 as the "year of passenger service with a smile", Railway Minister Lalu Prasad announced a series of measures for better passenger amenities, including steps to shrink queues at booking counters and providing modern facilities in trains.

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The Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE) benchmark index was down in the afternoon by 34 points to 10,209 as compared to its last close.Banking scrips were the major gainers in the afternoon session today and were led by Canara Bank with a 5.88 per cent rise.

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Indian sugar futures fell marginally on Friday on good supplies while wheat continued to move up on a supply squeeze and soya oil rose slightly on local factors.

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State Bank of India (SBI) on Friday said that it is planning to raise funds through issue of domestic bonds in the next financial year.The bank is looking to raise a good amount through domestic bonds in the next fiscal, A K Purwar, Chairman of the bank said here.

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he RJD-Congress combine stepped up its attacks on Bihar's NDA government, dubbing it as an "utter failure" on all fronts, and sought the resignation of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

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A Special Court in Mumbai has convicted nine people for their role in the arson attack on Best Bakery during riots in Gujarat in 2002.All of them were given life sentence but the court also acquitted seven others in the case.

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Their plan was perfect. To blow up a train in the middle of Mumbai, during rush hour when hundreds of people would be milling around, was a surefire way of fomenting terror. But a small matter of timing

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The Orissa Government, has agreed to hold dialogue with the Bisthapan Virodhi Jan Manch (BVJM), spearheading the 53-day stir against tribal displacement in this developing steel hub in Jajpur district.

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The chairman of Senior Media Ltd, which runs a local news channel and a magazine, was arrested on Thursday for publishing cartoons depicting Prophet Muhammad in the latest issue of the periodical.

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The auctioning of two properties belonging to fake stamp paper racket kingpin Abdul Kareem Lala Telgi turned out to be a damp squib yet again on Thursday morning.

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The Rs 9,000 crore RPG Group on Wednesday announced three new initiatives including expansion of its Budge Budge power plant and setting up of an international management institute at an investment of over Rs 1,200 crore.

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Cisco Systems and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) have signed an MoU to provide the Cisco Networking Academy Programme in non-profit educational institutions across Andhra Pradesh.

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India’s two top business houses appear headed for a showdown over their joint holding in Idea Cellular, with the AV Birla group urging the government to direct the Tatas to expeditiously reduce their stake .

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The opposition forced adjournment of Parliament on Thursday over reports of government pressure on CBI in the Babri Masjid case.According to reports, the government urged CBI to do more against BJP leader LK Advani in the case.

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The Union Cabinet today issued oil bonds worth 5,750 crore to help restore the financial health of public sector oil marketing companies such as IOC, ONGC, HPCL and BPCL.  
 

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People of five villages of Rajasthan have built their own small railway station without any help from the Indian Railways.Since 1994, locals of Balwantpura have been demanding their own station but the railways could not find the funds for it.

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Setting a rare precedent, the CPI(M) high command has decided to abide by the Election Commission’s (EC) guideline on not defacing walls and other public property during the campaign for this year’s Assembly polls.

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The Rail Budget 2006-07 will be presented in Parliament on Friday keeping the interests of all sections in mind, Railway minister Lalu Prasad said. "There is something for every section".

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While some tough negotiations were underway in South Block to seal the civilian nuclear energy cooperation agreement with the US, New Delhi was at the same time giving a message to Tehran today that it was committed to the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline.

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The Left parties have supported the government on the issue of the PMO’s letter to the CBI in the case against L K Advani following the demolition of the Babri masjid.

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An earthquake of moderate intensity shook the India-Bhutan border region in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday morning, the Meteorological Department said. The quake, which occurred at 1:35 am, measured 5.7 on the Richter scale.

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