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Tuesday, March 14

The new port of call.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 02:50 PM IST
In what promises to be a big-bang revolution for consumers, telecom regulator Trai has set the ball rolling for the implementation of ‘‘mobile number portability.’’ This means you can change your service provider without having to change your phone number.
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Babu booster shot for private telcos in the capital.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 02:46 PM IST
Lutyens Delhi and its densely-peopled offices is finally opening doors for private telecom operators. The government on Monday cleared the way for private mobile phone companies to set up shared cellphone towers in high security areas in all metros.
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Reliance Equity Fund reports record collection.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 02:38 PM IST
Mumbai: Reliance Equity Fund, the latest growth fund offering from Reliance Mutual Fund, has created history by collecting over Rs 5,000 crore through its new fund offering.
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Dravid hails Patel, Kumble for Mohali win.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 02:34 PM IST
India captain Rahul Dravid lavished praise on debutant paceman Munaf Patel and spinner Anil Kumble for their nine-wicket victory over England in the second test on Monday.
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Usha Uthup is Mammootty’s mom!!
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 02:31 PM IST
Usha Uthup, the original Diva of Indian pop music is making her screen debut in Malayalam films as Mammootty’s mother! The film titled Pothen Vava is directed by Joshy.
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Deepa Mehta to make a comedy with Kareena.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 02:29 PM IST
Two years ago when Deepa Mehta decided to cast Kareena Kapoor as Kalyani in Water she wanted to cast the same actress in a rustic comedy about two rival kushti (wrestling) gangs in a village akhada (ring) and how they come together because of this girl.
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Saif nearly bald in Othello.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 02:23 PM IST
If you're looking for a couple that's a study on contrasts, look no further. Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor are going to get as physically dissimilar as humanly possible in Vishal Bhardawaj's Othello.
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Munaf swings into limelight.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 01:52 PM IST
Munaf Patel is just one test old but already the Bharuch Bomber is earning comparisons with Waqar Younis.
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Birlas to offload stake in Tata Steel.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 01:44 PM IST
MUMBAI: The Birlas are selling off their stake in Tata group flagship, Tata Steel — a stock that the group has owned since the days of the legendary industrialist GD Birla.
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‘Come 2050, India will catch up with US’
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 01:39 PM IST
NEW DELHI: India will emerge as the second largest economy along with US by 2050, with China taking the number one slot.
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MPLADS case: Panel for suspension of four MPs.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 01:27 PM IST
The Parliamentary Committee, which probed the MPLADS controversy, on Tuesday recommended suspension till March 22 of four MPs.
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Security forces arrest Lashkar terrorist in J&K.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 01:22 PM IST
Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir have averted a major tragedy by detecting and defusing two powerful improvised explosive devices (IEDs), official sources said in Jammu on Tuesday.
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Tumhari Amrita excites Pak audience.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 01:04 PM IST
The 14-year-old journey of the play Tumhari Amrita has crossed India's borders, with Farooq Shaikh and Shabana Azmi performing three shows of their hugely popular play in Pakistan.
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Indian sex scandal rocks Commonwealth Games.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 01:01 PM IST
A sex scandal involving an official from India threatened to overshadow the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday, with police and organisers on the backfoot over an assault in the Games village.
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Congress may set terms on US-India nuclear deal.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 12:55 PM IST
Congress may seek to put unspecified conditions on a landmark India-US nuclear-energy agreement, a key lawmaker said.
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After RSS, BJP MPs back Advani's yatra.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 12:51 PM IST
A day after the RSS backed his proposed 'National Integration Yatra', the BJP Parliamentary Party on Tuesday endorsed the controversial programme of LK Advani.
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Sania Mirza out of Pacific Life Open.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 12:48 PM IST
Sania Mirza crashes out of Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells on Monday.
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ICICI Bank raises prime lending rate by 100 bps.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 12:45 PM IST
ICICI Bank Ltd has raised its prime lending rate to corporates by 100 basis points, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Star restructures India operations.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 12:30 PM IST
New Delhi: In an organisational restructuring, Star's India operations has been spun off into two units - Star Group and Star Entertainment - with the former spearheading development of new business and the latter overseeing the day-to-day operations of the various channels.
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Bangla terror to top talks with Khaleda.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 12:25 PM IST
Ayodhya, Delhi and now the twin Varanasi blasts. All three terror attacks had one thing in common. They were plotted and executed by the modules of Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Jehad-al-Islami (HuJI) based in Bangladesh.
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Will tall egos derail yatra?
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 11:42 AM IST
NEW DELHI: BJP chief Rajnath Singh is yet to call off his scheduled visits to various state capitals. This is being seen as his lack of enthusiasm for the yatra. RSS intervention is seen as reflecting its anxiety to douse the perception of infighting.
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Zaheera shunned.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 11:40 AM IST
Zaheera Sheikh suddenly finds herself abandoned by all, including her mother. The prime witness of the Best Bakery massacre has refused food at the Bhoiwada lock-up because she is scared and tense.
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Markets keep subdued, cement scrips gain ground.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 11:33 AM IST
11:00 am : Petron Engineering Construction jumped 4.6% to Rs 179.80 on the back of a new contract worth Rs 22.10 crore bagged by the company.
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Kalam returns home after two-nation tour.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 11:19 AM IST
NEW DELHI: President APJ Abdul Kalam returned to New Delhi on Tuesday morning after a six-day two-nation tour which took him to Myanmar and Mauritius.
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IAF pilots to train on British Hawks.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 11:16 AM IST
BIDAR: Instead of being forced to directly drive a zippy Formula One car after practising on just a staid old Maruti-800, a few lucky rookie IAF pilots are learning the tricks of the trade in an automobile with horsepower somewhere-in-between.
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Now, a fatwa against Islamic terror.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 11:12 AM IST
HYDERABAD: Muslim clerics in different parts of the country have come out strongly against Islamic terrorist groups, issuing as many as four separate fatwas on using Allah and Prophet Mohammed to name militant outfits.
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Delhi cops challenge Jessica verdict.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 11:10 AM IST
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Monday challenged sessions judge S L Bhayana’s highly controversial verdict acquitting all the accused in the Jessica Lall murder case — and it has challenged the ruling on as many as 92 counts, regarded by legal-eagles as a record of sorts.
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India reminds Pak to hand over Dawood.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 10:55 AM IST
NEW DELHI: Even as sleuths of Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) are coming here to interact with their counterparts in CBI, New Delhi has reminded Islamabad of the Letter Rogatory sent last year to investigate the gutka case and hand over Dawood to face trial in Mumbai.
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Naxalites capture train in Jharkhand.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 10:33 AM IST
RANCHI: Even as the bandh call given by CPI (Maoist) extremists in Jharkhand’s Latehar and Palamu districts failed to evoke any response on Monday, the Naxalites struck late in the evening and stopped the Barkakana-Daltonganj-Mughalsarai passenger train in a thick forest area in Latehar district.
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Uma invites Khurana to join her Delhi rally.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 10:22 AM IST
NEW DELHI: Preparing to launch a new party, expelled BJP leader Uma Bharati on Monday invited BJP's Delhi strongman Madan Lal Khurana to her March 21 'Janadesh' rally here, a move seen as an initial offer to him to join her group.
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Red alarm: Comrades to join 'like-minded' parties.
by
vinita
on Tue 14 Mar 2006 10:19 AM IST
NEW DELHI: CPM has expressed its strong displeasure with the direction India's foreign policy is taking.
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