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Two Indian chefs in New Zealand have been sentenced to 19 years in jail for raping a schoolgirl.According to reports here, Kirti Ram, 40, and Manish Kumar Tyagi, 30, who worked in the Two Fat Indians restaurant in Christchurch, were on Tuesday found guilty of raping the 17-year-old girl in their restaurant on January 2 last year.

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The Centre on Wednesday ensured the Delhi High Court that they were interested in implementation of ‘consumer-friendly’ Conditional Access System (CAS) for viewing satellite TV channels in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata.

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A meeting of Chief Ministers of Congress-ruled states convened by party chief Sonia Gandhi in the wake of growing attacks on the party-led coalition on spiralling prices of essential commodities today sought to blame the erstwhile BJP-led coalition for the development.

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The music launch of Vishal Bhardwaj’s OMKARA, which was scheduled for Tuesday, July 4 at J.W. Marriott, Juhu, was called off due to the heavy rains that lashed Mumbai for the second consecutive day. The music release will now take place on a latter date.

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) finally filed its first chargesheet in the sensational navy war room leak case.The chargesheet names four former service officers, including retired Commander Kulbhushan Parashar of the Navy, one of the kingpins in the scandal, and a close associate of Ravi Shankaran.

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AIIMS Director Dr P Venugopal was today sacked on charges of violating the code of conduct.The decision came after a meeting chaired by Union Health Minister A Ramadoss passed the resolution for Venugopal's removal.The Governing Body has 17 members. Of the 17, only 15 members were present at the meeting. Of the two who didn't turn up, one was Venugopal himself.

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 Chhattisgarh will become India's power hub by 2011 with an additional power generation of 12,000 MW, according to Chief Minister Raman Singh.

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With call centre frauds and the issue of fake CVs hitting headlines and companies trying to stay ahead of their prospective employees' street smartness, it is the background screening companies which are rubbing their hands in glee.

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It should ideally be a match made in heaven. For banks, the retail loan segment has seen an era of unprecedented growth, accounting for over 60% of fresh loan disbursal.The travel industry, on its part, has been equally buoyant, with domestic and outbound travel figures in ’05 hovering around 400 million and 6.5 million, respectively.

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It will be the dawn of a new era in Sino-Indian bilateral ties on Thursday when border trade between the world's two most populous nations resumes through the famed Nathula pass after a gap of over four decades.

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Oriental Bank of Commerce said on Wednesday it planned to raise 5 billion rupees through a Tier-2 bond issue.The duration of the bonds will be 15 years, it said in a statement.Oriental Bank shares were up 1.85 per cent at 181.90 rupees in a firm Mumbai market.

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The taxman is set to start calling on all those whose names figured on the Annual Information Return list for high value transactions, but have not responded to the income-tax department’s letter seeking details.

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The market opened on a weak note on Wednesday's trade, taking cue from subdued to weak Asian markets.The Sensex opened 20.89 points down at 10,641.33 after closing 33.04 points down at 10,662.22 on Tuesday's trading session.Similarly, the NSE Nifty opened 1.7 points low at 3,136.95.

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The attempt to enhance ties between India and China gained momentum on Tuesday with Beijing confirming Chinese president Hu Jintao's plans to visit India later this year.

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As a precursor to snapping up off the coordination committee mechanism with the UPA, the four Left parties on Tuesday decided to hold a week-long countrywide movement from July 13 against price rise and disinvestment of profit-making PSUs.

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Oil is back to spoil domestic air traveller's honeymoon with low fares. India's domestic airlines — led by Jet Airways, Indian Airlines and SpiceJet — are planning to marginally hike the fuel surcharge on their tickets in view of a steady increase in aviation fuel prices.

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Locked in a battle with Finance Ministry over daily wage structure under the job guarantee scheme, Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh will take up the matter "forcefully" with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today.

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 Two persons wanted in an eight-year-old case of kidnapping and killing were arrested in Doda district of the state, police said on Tuesday.The two persons, identified as Irshad Ahmed and Mohammad Saleem, were wanted in a case related to the kidnapping and killing of one Hem Raj in Dhara area of the district about eight years ago, a police spokesman said.

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The Supreme Court will today hear the anti-quota medicos' plea to direct to the authorities to ensure that their salaries for the strike period during May-June 2006 were not deducted.

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Congress president Sonia Gandhi will meet chief ministers of Congress-ruled states to discuss the rising price situation later Wednesday.The meeting comes a day after she met party general secretaries and leaders in charge of state units over the rising prices.

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There was some relief for Mumbaikars on Tuesday night with little or no rain and floodwater receding from most areas.Train services were running normally and roads once again opened to traffic.

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