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Raipur: As many as 11 people were killed and four injured when Maoist guerrillas detonated a landmine in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh even as three rebels died in a gun battle with police Saturday.

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BVR Subbu has decided to call it a day at Hyundai.
His contract was up for renewal at the end of this month and he has opted not to renew it.Subbu joined the Tata Administrative Services in 1977 and moved to Telco in Marketing and Sales.

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HSBC and UTI Bank will hike home loan rates by 50 basis points each w.e.f April 1, 2006.
HSBC has hiked its mortgage lender rate (MLR), the benchmark rate for home loans, by 50 basis points to 9%.
A senior UTI Bank official said: "With this hike, home loans taken on a floating rate basis will become costlier by 50 basis points - for example from 7.5% charged earlier to 8%.Corporate loans will also get dearer with the prime lending rate (PLR) hike."

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A final decision on the match-fitness of Virender Sehwag will be taken after a fitness Test after the Indian net session on Sunday.
Sehwag suffered a back injury during the third and final Test against England in Mumbai earlier this week.

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VARANASI: Bailed out from near penury by admirers, Bharat Ratna shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan on Saturday cut a 91-kg cake in a birthday celebration here belated by four days in protest against the March 7 terror strike

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Anil Ambani resigned from the Rajya Sabha today.Ambani was elected to the upper house of the Parliament in June 2004 as an independent candidate from Uttar Pradesh with the support of the Samajwadi Party.
He had joined the Uttar Pradesh Development Council (UPDC) in an honorary capacity prior to his election to the Rajya Sabha.

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Sachin Tendulkar on Saturday left for London to undergo a surgery on his shoulder.
The master batsman, who was accompanied by his doctor wife Anjali, is expected to go under the surgeon's knife on Monday.

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PATNA: A man was beaten to death by a mob for allegedly raping and killing his minor niece in a village near here.                                                  Sishupal Singh was killed after he committed the crime on his five-year-old niece in Nawada village Friday night.

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Akhil Kumar won only India's second ever Commonwealth Games boxing
gold medal with a points victory over Louis Julie of Mauritius
in the bantamweight category on Saturday.

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New Delhi: Heir of the British throne Prince Charles and his wife Camilla Parker will arrive here tomorrow on a six-day visit that will take him to rural areas across Punjab and Rajasthan.                                                                    During their private visit, the royal couple will launch 'Prince of Wales New Food Foundation'.

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Cases of brain fever are being reported everyday. At least 40 people have died and 540 are being treated for the disease in the Capital. Early detection is life saving in brain fever, and for that awareness is critical.                     The government says its awareness programs have focussed on the areas that have reported large numbers of cases.                                            However, the people in these areas know nothing about the disease, its symptoms or the hospitals in their area to go to for treatment.

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NEW DELHI: In a bid to save commercial establishments in residential areas from the Supreme Court’s wrath, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Friday passed a liberal mixed land use policy which allows shops to operate even on 9-18 metre-wide roads.

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New Delhi: Former Delhi chief minister Madan Lal Khurana on Saturday announced he would launch a movement backed by expelled leader Uma Bharti next month to revive what he called vanishing "Parivar" traditions in the BJP and also rebutted reports that he was hoping the party would revoke his suspension.

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BHOPAL: About 25 Congress MLAs from Madhya Pradesh and Lok Sabha member Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday met party President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi and submitted their resignations to express "solidarity" with her move to step down as MP and Chairperson of the National Advisory Council (NAC) on the office of profit issue, party sources said in Bhopal.

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