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The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought responses from the Centre and the telecom department on a PIL describing the communication towers — put up at prominent locations by mobile phone service providers — as health hazards, because they emit electromagnetic radiation.

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The Laussane, Switzerland-based International Institute of Management Development (IMD) has given a thumbs up to India's growing competitiveness. In IMD's World Competitiveness Yearbook rankings 2006 released on Wednesday, India has risen an impressive 10 notches to 29 from 39.

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Just when it was trying to put the lid on controversy sparked by Sonia Gandhi's amber light on Free Trade Agreements, government has come under pressure from Asean and Singapore for freer imports.

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RJD Chief Lalu Prasad, who has apprehended fair trial in the disproportionate assets case in Bihar, on Thursday played the caste card before the Supreme Court alleging that BJP did not want the trial before a dalit judge.

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MCOCA court here on Thursday adjourned till June 16 a hearing on extradited gangster Abu Salem's plea challenging a chargesheet filed against him for alleged complicity in the murder of Ajit Dewani, former secretary to actor Manisha Koirala.

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As part of its mission to train its personnel in modern aircrafts, Indian Air Force would procure hawk 66 aircraft from the United Kingdom, a senior defence official has said.

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Employee retention and talent scouting seem to be top-of-the-mind objectives for the management of Hindustan Lever (HLL), which will soon switch from its Employee Stock Option Plan to the ’06 HLL Performance Share Scheme.

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Mukesh Ambani followed his younger brother Anil Ambani in the coveted league of top business leaders of corporate India when he rang the opening bell at Bombay Stock Exchange to mark the listing of Reliance Petroleum Ltd on the bourses.

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The 30-bechmark index plunged in the last hour of trade as a sharp sell off was witnessed in heavyweight counters.

The BSE index plunged below the 12,400 mark, to a low of 12,397.02 as selling intensified.
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Sugar and engineering firm Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd. plans to spin off its steam turbine and gear-box operations into a separate company, it said on Thursday.

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No other shoulder in the country has caused as much discussion, debate and speculation as Sachin Tendulkar's.Close to two months after his shoulder surgery, the master blaster attended a light batting session in Mumbai on Wednesday.

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The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Thursday ruled out shutting its airfield at Siachen in the event of any demilitarisation along the glacier.

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Upbeat over its poll successes in West Bengal and Kerala, an aggressive CPI(M) said it will increase pressure on the ruling UPA coalition at the Centre.

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The CBI's chargesheet in the Pathribal encounter has sparked off hope in a house in Jammu.Bhushan Lal, a man who left his village in 2004 to work as a porter in the army was reportedly killed in a fake encounter with the army.

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Australian PM John Howard said Canberra would not sell uranium to countries that are not signatories to the nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

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Lawmakers on Thursday continue examination of the US-India civilian nuclear cooperation deal, a top foreign policy measure of the Bush administration.

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The resignations of UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and BJP member Shivraj Singh Chouhan from the Lok Sabha have been accepted, Speaker Somnath Chatterjee informed the House.

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The Centre will soon grant status of religious minorities to Kashmir Hindus and Jains, said Union Minority Affairs Minister A R Antulay on Thursday.

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In a major upset, Agriculture Minister K R Gowri of JSS, one of the seniormost politicians of Kerala, has been defeated in her home turf of Aroor in Alappuzha district.

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If your bank manager is taking undue time to open a fresh savings account, don’t be surprised. Bankers are in no hurry to rope in fresh customers. They have been asked to take that extra effort to know you better before you become a customer.

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BJP’s Divya Singh on Thursday won the Deeg assembly by-elections by defeating her nearest Congress rival Laxman Singh by a margin of 6,817 votes.

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At least 14 people were killed and 18 injured in two separate road accidents in Andhra Pradesh in the wee hours on Thursday.

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In keeping with conventional logic, the pendulum has swung again after five years in Tamil Nadu. And for the fifth time, DMK chief M Karunanidhi is all set to become the chief minister of the state.

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The governing Congress party has been re-elected in Pondicherry as the grouping it heads wins 20 seats in the 30-member legislature.

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The assembly polls in Assam have thrown up a fractured verdict.The Congress leadership has decided to despatch three senior leaders including Mohsina Kidwai and AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh to Guwahati.

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Unable to muster a majority on its own, the DMK said a decision on a coalition ministry in Tamil Nadu will be taken after consultation with allies.

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Dealing a big blow to the UDF, the CPI(M)-led LDF swept to power in Kerala winning 99 seats in the 140-member Assembly. The UDF, which came to power last time with 99 seats, could only manage only 41 seats.

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Tamil Nadu is likely to have its first coalition government headed by DMK leader M Karunanidhi after Chief Minister Jayalalithaa is voted out of power.

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Congress President Sonia Gandhi has won the prestigious Rae Bareli Lok Sabha by-election with a margin of over four lakh votes.

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West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has scored a thumping victory in Jadavpur, winning by a margin of over 58,000 votes.

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