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Stocks: Bull operators once again took full control of the market and the key barometer (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) spurted by a whopping 317.14 points or 2.63 per cent to close at an all-time high of 12,359.70 during the week under review.

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Finance Minister P Chidambaram today asked multilateral development finance institution 'Asian Development Bank' to re-adjust its focus from public sector lending to facilitating private sector investment in member countries and reduce its loan charges.

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The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has sought a report from the Gujarat government on this week's clashes in Vadodara sparked off by the demolition of a two-centuries-old dargah, its Chairman Mohammad Hamid Ansari said today.

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In a major relief to the residents of the Capital, the Himachal Pradesh government today announced that it would allot 200 MW power to Delhi out of its own share from the National Power Grid.

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President A P J Abdul Kalam, Kollywood superstar Rajnikant and young music composer A R Rahman have been voted the 'biggest icons' of Tamil Nadu in a media survey.

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The high-profile Knowledge Commission will be meeting in Bangalore to discuss the reservation issue. The commission reports directly to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and has education reforms as one of its key agendas.

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Amid acute shortage of electricity, the Centre on Saturday appealed to all North Indian states not to overdraw power from the northern grid and proposed to impose penalty on those who withdraw power beyond their entitled quotas.

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Senior Congress leader and former Foreign Minister Natwar Singh on Saturday left a rally midway in the district after suffering a heatstroke.

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The masters of thrillers are at it again. Director duo Abbas-Mustan is back to raise the suspense level with 36 China Town - a murder mystery. So, what’s new about it? Isn’t it natural that they will rely on their USP? Yes, but this time, they try out something 'different'.

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 A delegation of the Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) will meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Tuesday and discuss various issues, including Kashmir, with him.

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The Indian Cricket Board on Friday said it was looking at having its own stadium in the Capital to host a World Cup match in 2011.

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Election campaign draws to a close at 5 pm in areas where voting will take place on May8. In her campaign in Rae Bareli Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi highlighted the failures of Samajwadi party and pointed out the law and order situation.

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The Election Commission has issued notices to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and opposition DMK.The notices were issued for allegedly using excess number of vehicles during electioneering in the assembly polls scheduled on Monday.

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With a severe heat wave gripping several parts of the country, 14 people have died in Uttar Pradesh and Orissa.

While temperatures have soared to 44 degrees Celsius in Delhi, Ganganagar in Rajasthan recorded a blistering 48 degrees Celsius.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday called for a pan-Asian Free Trade Area (FTA) and urged the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to study the benefits of such an economic agglomeration in Asia.

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Here's a reason other than the power cuts to sweat over. From Saturday, you won't be able to shop anywhere in the city after 7:30 pm. Faced with a lot of flak over the power crisis and asked searching questions by Supreme Court, the Delhi government on Friday announced some severe measures to deal with the situation.

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Barring incidents of arson and an attack on an elderly person, peace returned to the city on Friday. And, for the first time since the recent riots, police have decided to relax curfew for both men and women on Saturday in Wadi, City and Navapura areas between 2 pm and 5.30 pm.

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With the temperature rising over the HRD ministry's proposal for 27% OBC reservations in institutions, introduction of legislation for this purpose in the coming Parliament session appears uncertain.

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 Ayub, one of the most wanted criminals of Uttar Pradesh, and four of his accomplices were killed by the Delhi Police after a furious gun battle late Friday night.

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The Indian government is constantly endeavouring to deepen economic reforms in order to achieve growth of 8 to 10 percent, the finance minister said on Saturday.

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In a bizarre case on Friday, a baby who had been declared stillborn by doctors at Safdarjang Hospital began to cry just as the parents were about to bury him.The baby's mother, 22-year-old Bharti Babbar was admitted at the hospital with labour pains three months before her due date.

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Mango fruit plays a key role in elections in West Bengal's Malda district - sounds strange - but that is the ground situation.Eighty per cent of the population grow mangoes and they determine the outcome of polls in the area.

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The Congress party and the BJP dominate in most of India, but in Tamil Nadu state they are small players behind local Dravidian groups.

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Keeping in mind the ongoing controversy over reservation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh favoured increase in the number of seats at all levels of technical education from ITIs to IITs.
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With Delhi and large parts of Northern India reeling under severe power crisis, a crucial meeting will take place on Saturday to discuss the situation.

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