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View Article  Sehwag leads as India beat England.

Munaf Patel bowled his heart out to grab three wickets and help wrap up the England innings for an overall lead of 143 runs and put India on course for victory on the final day of the Mohali Test. 

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View Article  Demat scam blips on NYSE radar, banks in spotlight.

New York Stock Exchange — also known as the Big Board — has turned its attention to the IPO scam in India and the role of banks in it. The bourse’s website posted a news report on the issue but left out comments made by the RBI. “The Reserve Bank of India has put on hold applications from these banks, including those which have been made for new branches,” the report says.

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View Article  New formula to make maths easy.

For Students facing difficulties with addition, multiplication and algebraic equations, there is something to cheer about. The Delhi government is launching a special training programme in schools to help pupils work out mathematical problems without resorting to pen and paper.

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View Article  Govt asks IIMs to have a Common Vision document.

The IIMs have been advised to have a Common Vision document outlining the programme of all the IIMs for the 11th Five Year Plan, Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.

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View Article  India Beats England by Nine Wickets to Lead Cricket Series 1-0.

India beat England by nine wickets on the final day of the second cricket Test in Mohali to take an unassailable 1-0 lead in their three-match series.

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View Article  LS pats Kumble on outstanding performance.

The Lok Sabha on Monday congratulated Anil Kumble on his becoming the first Indian bowler to take 500 wickets in Test cricket.

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View Article  No witch-hunt against Dalmiya: BCCI secretary.

Indian cricket board on Monday denied former chief Jagmohan Dalmiya's charge that a witch-hunt was being carried out against him and said that allegations of serious nature needed to be probed to unearth the truth.

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View Article  Earthquake rocks Andaman Islands.

A moderate intensity earthquake occurred in the Andaman Islands on Monday morning.

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View Article  Madhucon Projects bags Rs 330 cr order from NHAI.

MUMBAI: Leading civil engineering and construction company, Madhucon Projects Ltd has bagged an order worth Rs 330 crore from National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for taking up an NH project.

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View Article  Reliance Comm to merge Infocomm.

Reliance Communications Ventures Ltd, a holding firm for Reliance's telecoms business, unveiled a restructuring plan on Sunday aimed at fully owning its operating arms, including Reliance Infocomm.

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View Article  The travails of Assam's elephants.

Guwahati: In Search of Job, a small-budget documentary on the struggle and pain of the unemployed elephants of Assam, has been selected for screening at the Silver Lake Film Festival, Los Angeles, devoted to discovering cutting-edge movies, on March 23. The organisers have invited its maker, Mrinal Talukdar, to attend the festival.

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View Article  Apple Support Centre in Bangalore.

Apple Computer is reportedly setting up an online technical support centre in Bangalore, at an estimated investment of a whopping $20 million. In effect, the Bangalore facility will be the computer giant's first support centre outside of its California headquarters.

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View Article  Delhi looks to add tennis and snooker to Games.

THE PROSPECT of Andy Murray representing Scotland at the Commonwealth Games was raised yesterday when the 2010 host city, New Delhi, proposed that tennis be added to the programme in four years. The Indian city submitted their suggested programme of sports at yesterday's meeting of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) in Melbourne.

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View Article  Pune to host Youth C'wealth Games.

PUNE: Sports in the city received a boost when the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) awarded Pune the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games.


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View Article  Betting inside Press Box.

On one hand the International Cricket Council is trying to put its best foot forward to end match-fixing from the game of cricket and on the other hand at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali, betting was going on openly.

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View Article  Rabindra 'spy' Singh surfaces in Virginia.

RAW officer missing since 2004 with secrets ---- Rabindra Singh, the former joint secretary of the country's external intelligence agency, whose mysterious disappearance two years ago had created quite a stir, has been traced along with his family members.

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View Article  Kalam traces Mauritius’ Indian roots.

Tracing the footsteps of the first Indian immigrants in Mauritius, President A P J Abdul Kalam on Monday visited the “Apravasi Ghat”.

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View Article  CPI asserts it will not leave DPA.

Chennai: The CPI on Monday rubbished reports that it might leave the DMK-led Democratic Progressive Alliance in Tamil Nadu and said these were canards spread by vested interests.

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View Article  Zaheera breaks down in tears in courtroom.

MUMBAI: Prime witness in the Best Bakery case Zaheera Sheikh, who surrendered before a Mumbai court on Friday in keeping with the Supreme Court order sentencing her to one year jail term, on Monday broke down in tears in the courtroom.

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View Article  Jessica Lal case inspires a film.

MUMBAI: Capitalising on the widespread outrage over the outcome of the Jessica Lal murder trial, a film-maker has used the case in his film.

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View Article  Jessica case: Delhi Police files appeal.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Monday challenged acquittal of all nine accused in the Jessica Lal murder case in the Delhi High Court.

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View Article  Become a millionaire this March!

MUMBAI: Remit2India.com, the leading online money transfer solution has launched an exciting new offer March Money Mania, which has guaranteed cash prizes for every one one. What’s more, customers also stand to walk away with whopping Rs. One Lakh in cash!

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View Article  Markets hold firm, Sensex scales new peak above 10,800 mark.

Mphasis BFL jumped 6.73% to Rs 191.85 following the announcement that the company has been named in the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) 2006 Global Outsourcing 100 List.

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View Article  Chidambaram: pump in credit to farm sector

"If the Indian economy aims at achieving a 10 per cent growth or sustain the 8 per cent growth in the next 8-10 years, the farm sector must contribute to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at 4 per cent annually.

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View Article  Goa terrorist involved in hawala deal

A Mumbai-based hawala dealer gave him Rs 1.5 lakh sent from Pakistan in three installments of Rs 50,000 each, confessed Tariq Jalal (28), the alleged terrorist who was arrested in Goa on Saturday.

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View Article  Untimely rains damage crops in Rajasthan.

JAIPUR: Untimely rains and hailstorm in various parts of Rajasthan have inflicted heavy damage on Rabi crops that were ready for harvesting.

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View Article  Documentary on Assam elephants for Hollywood festival

A small-budget documentary film 'In search of a Job' on the struggle and pain of unemployed elephants of Assam has been selected for screening at Hollywood's Silver Lake Film Festival in Los Angeles.

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View Article  M&M plans capacity expansion

Utility vehicle and tractor manufacturer Mahindra and Mahindra on Monday said it will invest Rs 100 crore on capacity expansion and hoped exports to chip in as much as 20 per cent to overall revenues in next three years from the current levels of four-five per cent.

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View Article  RBI okay for Warburg, Kotak Mahindra deal to set the pace

The approval granted to Warburg Pincus to hold more than 5% in Kotak Mahindra Bank is likely to be a precedent for future stake sale deals in local private sector banks. The RBI had recently allowed Warburg to hike its stake in Kotak Mahindra up to 10%.

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View Article  Bihar on road to recovery, CM tells industry

Too proud to beg for investment but determined to sell Bihar as a state where return on investment would be assured, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar told the Associated Chamber of Commerce (Assocham) .

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View Article  Infosys confident of crossing USD 2 bn revenue in ‘05-06

It took 23 years for Nasdaq- listed Infosys Technologies to achieve the symbolic $1 billion revenue, but the company is confident of crossing the $2 billion mark in just two years.

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View Article  India paying lobbyists for N-deal

India is not solely depending on diplomacy to win the US Congress' backing for its civilian nuclear cooperation deal with Washington but also taking the help of lobbyists, a media report said.

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View Article  Excluded PFs may come under PFRDA purview

The government is likely to bring all existing excluded provident fund trusts and their voluntary schemes under the aegis of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority, once it becomes fully operational.

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View Article  Mumbai rape accused to be produced in court

bhishek Kasliwal, accused of raping a 52-year-old woman in Mumbai will be produced in court today. Twenty-six-year-old Abhishek is the son of the owner of Shriram Mills located in Worli, in south Mumbai.

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View Article  Anil ups Reliance Comm stake

Group restructuring to increase market cap to over Rs 61,000 cr.The Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (Reliance-ADAG) today announced a major restructuring of its telecom empire.

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View Article  No Sangh support for Advani's yatra

Just a day after the Varanasi blasts, former BJP chief LK Advani announced two nationwide yatras.But he finds himself isolated within the Sangh Parivar, which is still cut up about his deviation from the BJP's core ideology.

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View Article  Kargil hero victim of government apathy

The sheer apathy shown by the administration towards our soldiers makes one wonder if the Indian soldier is indeed cared for.In a latest example, a Kargil hero, who lost one of his limbs, is still waiting for his compensation six years after the war ended.

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View Article  CPI-ML opposes ‘terror politics’

The CPI-ML (Liberation) today criticised the CPI (Maoists) for killing the CPI-M rank and file, but reminded that the ruling Marxists had started the “ spirals of terror politics.”

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View Article  Dismiss Mulayam govt, demands BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Rajnath Singh urged the Union government to immediately dismiss Mulayam Singh Yadav’s government as the state had been witnessing virtual collapse of law and order machinery.

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View Article  Mother, daughter murdered in south Delhi

A mother-daughter advocate duo was found strangled to death in a posh south Delhi colony today, an incident that sent shock waves in the area.
Police suspect the murderers could be known to the family as they did not force their way into the house.

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View Article  Abducted policemen released in Chhattisgarh

Six policemen, who were abducted by naxalites from Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, were released by their abductors on Monday, a senior police official said.

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