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A mild tremor has been experienced in some areas in and around Patambi in Palakkad district of Kerala.Tremor was felt at about 2310 hours at Vilayur, Paruthur, Permmudiyur and Kullukalur areas on Wednesday night.

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Jaybharat Textiles & Real Estate Ltd on Tuesday said it will invest Rs 290 crore for implementing an integrated textile project and will split the equity shares of the company in 1:2 ratio.

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Reliance Industries Ltd on Thursday revised prices of its polymer products with the Partially Oriented Yarn price been hiked by 1.4 per cent.The price of POY is raised by Rs 0.96 per kg from Rs 66.54 a month ago to Rs 67.50 per kg, industry sources informed here.

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The Commission on Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) on Thursday indicated a significant increase in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of wheat for Punjab and advised farmers not to cut down area under cultivation of wheat owing to concerns over food security.

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While US President George W. Bush was busy with his official engagements in the Indian capital, First Lady Laura Bush visited homeless children at a juvenile centre and spent some time with them on Thursday.

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India and the United States Thursday concluded a momentous civil nuclear agreement that they described as a 'historic accomplishment' which will have a 'decisive and positive influence' on the international global order.

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The Indian challenge in the IBSF World Snooker Championship came to an end when former Asian champion Alok Kumar suffered a defeat against Michael White in the semifinals at Pontin's, Wales.

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The Indian cricket board is unlikely to take action against national cricket coach Greg Chappell for his "unwarranted comments" on former captain Sourav Ganguly in an interview to a British daily, a top official said on Thursday.

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Following the recommendations made by a three-member committee of experts set up by the Karnataka High Court to supervise road works in the city, the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) is gearing up to submit an action taken report (ATR) to the High Court on March 10.

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Kerala and Goa have lifted the ban on poultry and poultry products from Karnataka, Minister for Medical Education and Animal Husbandry V.S. Acharya announced in the Legislative Council on Wednesday, and said this indicates that the situation is under control.

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The Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell has made certain changes in the test format this year. The changes are: The rank list for medical and dental courses will be published only of those candidates who secure 50 per cent marks taken together in physics.

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India lost Virender Sehwag early but Wasim Jaffer continued his good form of the season striking a neat unbeaten 28 as the hosts reached 41 for one in reply to England's 393 first innings' score at tea on the second day of the first Test being played here today.

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The Minister of State of Urban Development Ajay Maken in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today said that the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has issued show cause notices to 60 private hospitals in Delhi.

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Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Sushil Kumar Modi has sought to provide the much-needed succour to the transport and sugar sectors in his maiden budget.

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The 22nd Bhubaneswar Book Fair, a unique annual event in the sense that it is organised by writers rather than any commercial or publishing house, took off to a grand start today with noted writer Taslima Nasreen delivering.

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Union Minister for Health and Family welfare Anbumani Ramadass has said the mono rail project proposed by the State government was unfeasible, as it involved huge cost.

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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Wednesday said a comprehensive strategy to tackle the Naxalite menace was needed at the national level. He underscored the need for greater inter-State coordination to fight Naxalism.

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A Republic Day visit to a Mumbai hotel turned into a nightmare for West Bengal Director General (Armed Police) R K Mohanty (57), who was allegedly detained by the staff for three hours.

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Cracking down, the Maharashtra government tonight invoked the Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act (MESMA) against striking resident doctors who are demanding a stop to assaults on medicos. The doctors have been given a four-hour ultimatum to return to work.

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The debate on the Railway Budget 2006-07 more or less proceeded on party lines with the members of the ruling alliance endorsing the formulations and those belonging to the Opposition bitterly criticising them.

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The former Prime Minister, H.D. Deve Gowda, on Wednesday led a demonstration by the Janata Dal (Secular) here against the visit of U.S. President George Bush and the United Progressive Alliance Government's "subservience" to Washington.

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This district in Gujarat, the home of Amul and the milk producers' cooperative behind it, is emerging as a magnet for childless couples: 18 women here are offering themselves as surrogate mothers.

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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said that India had to demonstrate that it was willing to put its civilian nuclear reactors under permanent safeguards. "There are a variety of ways that might happen ... but I think not every reactor and every type is going to be under safeguard."

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After at least four MLAs, including two Ministers in the Mulayam Singh Government in Uttar Pradesh, quit the Samajwadi Party on Wednesday, the Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Ajit Singh, a key ally of the ruling alliance, said he was assessing the "serious political situation."

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Writer Girish Karnad will produce three serials for Bangalore's Doordarshan Kendra based on Kannada novels. The series, Indian Classics, has the famous "Chidambara Rahasya" by Purnachandra Tejaswi, "Kusuma Bale" of Devanur Mahadeva and "Om Namah" by Shantinath Desai.

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The Cabinet on Wednesday decided to entrust further investigation of the SNC Lavalin case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and remove the Director of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) Upendra Verma from his post.

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Indian Oil Corporation Limited on Thursday sold half of its holding in Gail India Ltd for Rs 561 crore. IOC sold 2.04 crore shares at Rs 275 per share to various domestic and overseas financial institutions including Life Insurance Corporation Limited and ICICI Prudential.

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The Supreme Court today held that states cannot impose sales tax on the service provided by the telecom companies. A bench headed by Justice Ruma Pal said that the telecom services cannot be equated with goods.

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AN EERIE silence prevails in the tiny forest village of Darbaguda. A day after 27 activists of the Salwa Judum (peace organisation) were abducted and 40 injured by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s South Bastar region.

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Yemen outplayed India 3-0 Wednesday in an Asian Cup soccer qualifier, posting its first win from two Group-A outings. Yemen surged ahead in the sixth minute through Salem Abdullah's low long-range shot from an indirect free kick that was went to the left of Indian goalkeeper Sandeep Nandy.

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Keeping the government’s goal of attracting $150 billion of FDI in mind, the Investment Commission chaired by Ratan Tata has asked the government to provide labour flexibility, remove or reduce restrictions on sectoral caps.

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A day after presentation of Union Budget, steel majors including Tata Steel and JSW Steel raised steel prices by Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000 a metric tonne.
The price increase has been done in wake of recovery in demand across.

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After a suspected exam paper leak in Health Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss’ home state, results of the All India PG Medical Entrance Exams held at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences are to be scrutinised by CBI.

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Actress Sushmita Sen is the latest celebrity to have her imported vehicle seized for evasion of duty. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) yesterday said it had seized her Land Cruiser for alleged duty evasion of around Rs2 million.

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Australia will not supply natural uranium to India as long as it does not sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT), Alexander Downer, Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs, said in an interview here on Wednesday.

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Private schools in Delhi have submitted a report to the Delhi High Court on conducting nursery admissions.Reacting to the sharp criticism for the existing practice of interviewing children, the schools have offered to interview only the parents and make the process more transparent.

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A board outside a middle class housing society in Ahmedabad's mixed locality of Paldi says, "For Hindus only."This process of exclusion, which began with the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992, was hastened by the post-Godhra riots.

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In a new twist to the fast-paced political drama in Uttar Pradesh, Assembly Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey on Wednesday virtually recognised rebel BSP MLAs supporting the Mulayam Singh Yadav government.

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Hindi film 'Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Maara' produced by Anupam Kher and directed by Janu Baruah, has won three awards at the Riverside International Film Festival at Los Angeles.

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India had much the best of the opening day of the series. Fearing perhaps an ordeal against spin which will undoubtedly manifest itself later in the game  England failed to take advantage of their stand-in captain Andrew Flintoff's success with the coin.

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Weightlifter Shailaja Pujari has tested positive for a banned substance and has been dropped from the country's Commonwealth Games squad, an Indian weightlifting official said on Wednesday.

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Analjit Singh of Max India has staged another comeback in Hutchison Essar Ltd (HEL) his second by acquiring an 8.33 per cent stake in the leading telecom service provider from Kotak Mahindra Bank for Rs 1,019 crore.

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Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has prohibited promoters and the associates of Sun Earth ceramics Limited (SECL) from trading or accessing the securities market in India in any manner for three years.

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The benchmark Sensex continued its record-breaking northward rally and jumped past the 10,500-point mark for the first time in history, as buying interest further intensified across a host of index counters driven by favourable budget proposals announced by the FM on Tuesday.

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People in the national capital will have to sweat it out this summer as a massive shortfall in power generation is expected by June. According to figures issued by the Delhi government, a shortage of 445MW of electricity is expected to hit the national capital by the middle of the year.

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In a sensational disclosure, ganglord Abu Salem has claimed that the weapons and ammunition meant for the 1993 Mumbai serial bombings were stored in Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt’s house, but feigned ignorance about the bombing conspiracy hatched by Dawood Ibrahim and others.

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About 3,000 people in Orissa's steel town of Rourkela have come down with a mysterious viral fever that has health officials completely baffled. The fever was first reported in a small group at a slum cluster in Panposh on the outskirts of Rourkela, famous for its steel plant, on Monday.

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The UP cauldron has been stirred by chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav’s latest brush with political nitty-gritty, and is boiling again. The regular players smell another chance. And BSP chief Mayawati, so unceremoniously sidelined the last time around is muscling in.

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US President George W Bush, accompanied by First Lady Laura Bush, left Washington for India and Pakistan for a five-day trip. During the trip he is expected to cement American alliances with the two South Asian countries.

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