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Lottery sellers across Tamil Nadu are campaigning for the DMK-led coalition, hoping that their trade will be revived if the DMK captures power.

Nearly 25 lakh people, thousands of whom are disabled, had lost their livelihood three years back when Chief Minister Jayalalithaa banned the lottery business in the state.

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A high-voltage drama was witnessed at the upmarket Maurya Hotel here on Friday when a woman claiming to be the first wife of Bollywood singer Udit Narayan made a futile attempt to enter his room.

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Bollywood actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai fell from a bicycle while shooting at Badami in Karnataka's Bagalkote district on Thursday and suffered "minor abrasions", police sources said.

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History was made on the bourses late on Thursday evening. Even as bids continued to pour in at 73 collection centres across the country, Reliance Petroleum’s initial public offering got a resounding thumbs up from domestic and international investors.

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The Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries is believed to be considering a stock split, according to sources.

Although a timeline has not been drawn for this, one of the options the company is believed to be considering is to split the stock in the ratio of 1:2 or even 1:4, like many IT giants have done in the past, sources said.

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United States has paid some heed to India's strong rejection of a proposal capping future nuclear tests with Washington clarifying that it will not insist on any new commitments in this regard.

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As the ban on the sale of non-iodised salt kicks in next month, a full year after it became law, a coalition of government, salt manufacturers, consumer groups and NGOs will ensure it actually works on the ground.

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Tata Consultancy Services CEO and Managing Director S Ramadorai on Thursday felt merit alone should be the criteria for admitting candidates into institutes of higher education and said a move to expand quota system would hurt the industry.

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Finally, there is a timeline for one of the world’s greatest luxury brands to enter India. Giorgio Armani will set up shop in India latest by mid 2007, with four stores in two cities, Mumbai and Delhi.

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Senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh on Friday discussed the Nepal crisis with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ahead of his visit to the Himalayan Kingdom as a party representative on Monday.

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The PMK today said it would not participate in a coalition government if such a situation arose after the May 8 Tamil Nadu assembly polls.

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The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Orissa Government to provide police protection to a Muslim couple who were forced to separate after local clerics issued a Fatwa that they were divorced even as they wanted to live together.

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No more faking. That's the latest order for the Indian Army from Army Chief General J J Singh.

Stung by the embarrassing disclosures of top Army officers faking kills for military honours, Singh has cracked the whip on a system showing clear signs of decadence.

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A local court has summoned BJP MP Sangita Kumari SinghDeo and four of her supporters for allegedly abusing and attacking a person belonging to a lower caste.

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The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Gujarat Government on a petition seeking implementation of the Narmada tribunal award and giving due share of water to the drought-prone Kutch region of the state.

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After giving FMCG majors cause for worry through in-house brands in its Big Bazar and Food Bazaar outlets, Pantaloon Retail is now gearing to shake the consumer durables and appliances categories by introducing private label brands here as well.

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Asserting that the Civil Services has to reorient itself and be trained to deliver better services to the people, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday put several posers before the country's bureaucrats.

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There may be talks that Bollywood sex kitten Mallika Sherawat is arrogant and snobbish, but there is an actor who found the Bollywood oomph queen 'a delight to work with'.

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It’s been 60 days since encounter specialist police officer of Mumbai police, Daya Nayak, surrendered himself after even the apex court rejected his plea for anticipatory bail.

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A 30-year-old woman in Punjab was allegedly murdered by her husband after she accused her brother-in-law of raping her and insisted that the matter be reported to police.

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About 50 lakh commuters travelling by municipal buses in the city would be hit hard with employees of Bombay Suburban Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) threatening to go on indefinite strike from Thursday midnight in support of their demands.

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At least 51 members of a marriage party were killed and 29 others, including the bridegroom, injured when the bus in which they were travelling fell into a 40-feet-deep water body at Sarupeta in lower Assam's Barpeta district late on Wednesday night.

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The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has developed a high-tech stick to make walking and commuting easier for the country's nine million blind population.

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KP Singh-promoted DLF group on Thursday announced that it plans to raise around Rs 10,500 crore, India’s largest, from its initial public offer in June, by diluting around 10% stake in the company. After its EGM, the company announced that it will issue 20 crore new shares with a face value of Rs 2 each.

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Four more southern districts of West Bengal go to the polls on Saturday in the second round of staggered assembly elections the ruling Left Front hopes to win hands down.

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About 150 hutments in Sangam Vihar area in south Delhi caught fire here on Thursday afternoon sources said.

There were, however, no reports of any casualty.

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A part-time bank employee was on Thursday arrested for allegedly stealing Rs.3.8 million from the Union Bank of India in Amritsar, police officials here said.

The police nabbed Jatinder Singh, who earned Rs.50 as daily wages in the bank, within hours of the heist and said the entire amount was recovered from him.

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