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In BRT Hills, amid dense forests inhabited by tigers and elephants, watching the endemic Malabar parakeet comes along with being stung by leeches and accompanied by the 'ghost' of the brigand who ruled these lush jungles and terrorised Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

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Terming MF Hussain's alleged depiction of Hindu deities in the nude as an "insult to the nation", the BJP has demanded the painter be immediately arrested and prosecuted for creating "disaffection" among communities.

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Mumbai, February 9: Although Diwali is still far away, several producers have already started planning their projects in such a way that the release date falls in the Diwali week.

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Mumbai, February 9: Justifying last night's attack by Shiv Sena workers on the office of TV channel Zee here, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray today congratulated them for remaining ‘vigilant’.

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TIRUCHIRAPPALLI: The BSNL will commission a call centre for the Tamilnadu Circle (barring Chennai) in this city, where the needs/grievances of all BSNL, cell One Internet, B-fone, Broadband, hotline and ISDN subscribers would be attended over phone.

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After Raincoat and Chokher Bali Aishwarya has continued her adventure with deglamourised and realistic roles with Provoked. 
 
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MUMBAI: It has been a decent run for the ET500 companies with a growth in market cap by 25% compared to the last edition. Infosys has once again bagged the number one spot after leading in the June ‘05 edition of ET500 as well.

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NEW DELHI: The government may have to increase auto fuel prices while leaving prices of cooking fuel untouched to keep the larger vote bank happy in view of the forthcoming state elections. With losses on sale of cooking fuel increasing, the government may have little option but to hike auto fuel prices, to reduce losses of oil companies.

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NEW DELHI: After a few hiccups over safety, India's fastest train is now all set to run between Delhi and Agra at a breathtaking 150 km per hour this coming week, reducing travel time to less than two hours.

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NEW DELHI: The Government has issued fresh guidelines, tightening phone-tapping norms in the wake of the allegations by Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh that private persons bugged his phone for months on the basis of forged police authorisation papers.

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SHRAVANABELAGOLA (HASSAN DISTRICT): It was a sight for the gods to behold as the visual splendour of the Mahamastakabhisheka unfolded to a sea of humanity, which danced in rapture at the changing colours of Gomateshwara atop the Vindhyagiri Hill to give a spectacular start to the first grand anointment of the new millennium.

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Paris: After her average Australian Open campaign, Sania Mirza finally found her rhythm as the Indian tennis ace upset World No 16 and sixth seed Italian Flavia Pennetta 6-2, 7-6 (5) to storm into the second round of the $600,000 WTA Open Gaz de France tournament here on Tuesday.

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MUMBAI: India's number one golfer, Simarjeet Singh, teaming up with Chirag Kumar for India A, thwarted a spirited Singapore challenge to win the International Strokeplay team title at the Royal Challenge 105th all India amateur golf on Wednesday.

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Rawalpindi: Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has played down the incident in the first one-dayer in Peshawar in which he was given out obstructing the field on an appeal by the Indian fielders.

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The Computer Society of India (CSI) is a national level organisation of and for information technology professionals. Tushar Pawar of Business Standard spoke to Shrikant Karode, national secretary, CSI, and member, advisory committee, Nashik chapter, on the growth prospects for the sector in Nashik and why it is still lagging behind.

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MUMBAI, FEB 8:  The market rally came to a halt after setting historic records for two consecutive days. Markets witnessed correction, as investors sold at higher level to book profits.

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Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India has directed banks to give priority to exporters in granting foreign currency loans over non-export borrowers.

This is one of the recommendations of the RBI's Working Group set up to review export credit, which was released on Tuesday.

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Bangalore: India needs a flexible chip manufacturing facility, according to Suhas Patil, semiconductor visionary, who was speaking at a summit organised by India Semiconductor Association (ISA).

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NEW DELHI: The Centre's tax collections in 2005-06 at about Rs. 2,63,570 crore till January this year has witnessed a 20 per cent rise with the current buoyancy in the economy and boom in trade and industry, expectations are that the budgeted target for revenue mop-up for the current fiscal will be met. 

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A report of a committee on the pricing of petroleum products, expected next week, will be reflected in policy directions in the union budget to be presented later this month, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora said on Wednesday.

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Mumbai: The listing of four companies owned by Anil Dhirubhai Ambani on the stock markets by March 10 is going to fuel discussion on the valuation of these companies. Traders and brokers expect initial valuation to be quite inconsistent but shy away from discussing it further. However, unlocking of great value is also being talked about for the shareholders.

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Bhandara, Nagpur: She used to be a fan of Salman Khan, but Pranjali Kesalkar (12), who was hit by the star’s car on Tuesday, told Mid Day yesterday, “My face, head and neck have been hurting all day. I couldn’t even go to school. I hate Salman.”

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In a major success, a top Lashar-e-Taiba terrorist was arrested by security forces from Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir.

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New Delhi: The Government remained committed to implementing the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project, said Petroleum Minister Murli Deora on Wednesday. He said the dialogue on this issue would be taken forward when the Pakistan Petroleum Minister arrived here on February 17.

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In a latest development in the investigations of 2002 Godhara riots in Gujarat, the Narendra Modi-Government on Wednesday announced to reopen all 1242 cases related communal violence that followed the February 2002 Godhra train carnage.

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Yuvraj Singh has started the ODI series in the same way he ended the Test series. It's raining runs with Yuvraj's willow at the moment and Team India should cash in on it if they want to square the series on Saturday which really is their first hurdle.

 
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NEW DELHI: India finally plans to lift the visiting white man’s burden.

An order issued by PM Manmohan Singh will put an end to the double-tariff regime seen by foreign tourists and even expatriates as an act of hurting discrimination.

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MUMBAI: Television actress Kuljeet Randhawa, allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her apartment in suburban Juhu, police said on Thursday.

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MUMBAI: Yesteryear actress Nadira died after prolonged illness at a hospital on early Thursday morning. She was 73.

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BANGALORE: The next Silicon Valley is likely to come from India or China rather than from Boston or North Carolina, says Ray Lane, partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, top venture capitalist (VC) firm. He was formerly the president and COO, Oracle Corp who took the software firm from $1 billion to $10 billion during his eightyear stint from 1992 to 2000.

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NEW DELHI: In the wake of the Delhi High Court's ruling that private hospitals should provide free treatment to the poor, the Delhi government has set up a cell to closely monitor the working of these hospitals.

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NEW DELHI: At least 863 wild birds have died from wetlands pollution or poisoning by humans in four places across the country in about a month, say experts.

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KOLKATA: Losing out on the economic front FDI in retail and airport privatisation, and also on the Iran issue, the Left may step up the ante against the Congress-led UPA government, but won't go to the extent of threatening the UPA government's stability.

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BANGALORE: The BJP-JD(S) ministry, headed by H D Kumaraswamy, in Karnataka late Wednesday night won a vote of confidence in the state assembly, giving it a shot in the arm five days after assuming office.

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NEW DELHI: Indian remote sensing satellite (IRS) has shown the potential for mapping the stress field of the earth's crust that will help to predict areas where powerful earthquakes are most likely, a leading geologist has said.

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NEW DELHI: The civil aviation ministry has initiated the process of handing over the Delhi and Mumbai airports for revamp to two private consortiums following the payment of Rs 5 billion ($110 million) each as bank guarantees.

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