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Saturday, January 13

India Inc comes of age
by
Abhishek K. Tiwari
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 05:59 PM IST
India Inc has come of age as companies are going global and are vying with each other to expand their market share. Bidding big lately is in vogue as all corporate bigwigs -- right from L N Mittal to Ratan Tata -- are not only thinking big but are bidding high.
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BMW gears up for big brand building in India
by
Abhishek K. Tiwari
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 05:57 PM IST
German luxury car major, BMW is readying itself to embark on a big brand building exercise as it is coming closer to commission its premium car assembly plant near Chennai besides firming up banking and insurance partners.
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Chappell to continue as coach
by
Abhishek K. Tiwari
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 05:55 PM IST
Sources have told TIMES NOW that the BCCI is keen to retain Chappell as coach even after the World Cup regardless of the results he produces in the Caribbean.
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More human remains found in Nithari
by
Abhishek K. Tiwari
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 05:50 PM IST
The CBI team probing the Nithari serial killings has found three skulls and more human remains from the drains near Moninder Singh Pandher's house. They have also found parts of children's legs and a body.
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Rituparna Sengupta yearning for big banners
by
Abhishek K. Tiwari
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 05:47 PM IST
The debacle of her recent release "Unns" hasn't dampened the spirits of national award-winning Bengali actress Rituparna Sengupta. She is now eyeing big banners. "I am longing to do big banner films. I'm trying my level best to improve myself and choose the right kind of films," she said.
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Uttar Pradesh to boost potato production
by
Abhishek K. Tiwari
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 05:43 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh, the country's largest potato producing state, is all set to formulate an integrated potato policy following the entry of big players like Wal-Mart and Reliance in the retail market.
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'Anwar' highlights love during communal strife
by
Abhishek K. Tiwari
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 05:31 PM IST
Lucknow - volatile, culturally rich, temperamental, poetic, dichotomous, ironical ... somehow writer-director Manish Jha captures all of this with brutal force in this deeply flawed yet moving tale of love and politics.
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Parsvnath Developers tops bid for Chandigarh film city
by
Abhishek K. Tiwari
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 05:26 PM IST
The Rs.1.91 billion (191 crore) bid by Parsvnath Developers, who have tied up with noted film director and comedy actor Satish Kaushik, has topped bids for the Chandigarh Film City project to be launched here.
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Govt. demands TV channels apologize to nation after airing Gandhi spoof
by
Abhishek K. Tiwari
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 05:22 PM IST
The Indian Government has demanded that two local television stations apologize to the nation after airing a video that spoofs pacifist icon Mohandas K. Gandhi, showing him pole dancing and brandishing an assault rifle, media reports said Saturday.
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JMM to launch 'Jail Bharo' to demand release of Soren
by
Abhishek K. Tiwari
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 05:17 PM IST
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) would launch a 'Jail Bharo' agitation after its three-day convention at Deoghar from January 27 to demand the release of jailed party supremo Shibu Soren.
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Manmohan to visit Assam on Monday
by
Abhishek K. Tiwari
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 05:12 PM IST
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Assam, which saw killings by banned insurgent outfit ULFA, on his way back from Philippines.
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ULFA threatens to kill Cong leaders in Assam
by
Bhavesh
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 03:46 PM IST
The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) has threatened to kill ruling Congress party leaders in Assam, even as the army said that a 30-member rebel group involved in the massacre of Hindi-speaking migrants may have gone underground.
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Strengthen justice delivery system: Y K Sabharwal
by
Bhavesh
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 03:41 PM IST
Outgoing Chief Justice Y K Sabharwal on Saturday expressed concern over the delay in justice delivery system and favoured strengthening it with time bound trials, especially of cases involving the high and mighty.
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Govt says polio programme paying its dividend
by
Bhavesh
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 03:30 PM IST
With just two fresh cases of polio reported in the country in the past week, the government today said a series of measures they had taken over the past few months had yielded results in bringing down the viral disease.
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PM will visit Assam on his way back from Philippines
by
Bhavesh
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 03:25 PM IST
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Assam, which saw killings by banned insurgent outfit ULFA, on his way back from Philippines.
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North India celebrates harvest festival ‘Lohri’
by
Bhavesh
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 03:18 PM IST
Scores of people took dip in the sacred tank of the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Saturday morning, on the occasion of the harvest festival of Lohri.
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Priya Dutt threatens to quit Congress
by
Bhavesh
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 03:14 PM IST
According to TV reports, Congress MP Priya Dutt has threatened to quit over differences with the party over the upcoming Mumbai municipal elections.
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Jindal to invest Rs 25,000 crore
by
Bhavesh
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 01:00 PM IST
Emboldened by the recent acquisition of Bihar Sponge and Alloy Ltd (BASL) plant near Patratu in Hazaribag district, Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) has now decided to scale up the capacity of its proposed steel plant in Jharkhand from five million tonne to six million tonne.
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'I'll never endorse any vice'
by
Bhavesh
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 12:56 PM IST
Endorsements and more endorsements... Today, Bollywood’s Bengali bombshell, Bipasha Basu is the face of many products. Let us find out more about this new career move
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CPI-M leader K P Aravindakshan passes away
by
Bhavesh
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 12:53 PM IST
Senior CPI-M leader and former MLA K P Aravindakshan died in a private hospital on Friday night, party sources said.
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Six injured in gas pipe explosion in Kolkata
by
Bhavesh
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 12:49 PM IST
Six people were injured when an underground gas pipe of the Greater Calcutta Gas Supply exploded at Tala area near the Kolkata railway station early on Saturday.
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Pranab Muhkerjee on Pak visit
by
Abhishek K. Tiwari
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 11:48 AM IST
External Affairs Minister Pranab Muhkerjee is on his first-ever visit to Pakistan. He will meet President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz later on Saturday.
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Telecom assets: Hindujas eye stake in Telecom Italia
by
Abhishek K. Tiwari
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 11:45 AM IST
Even as it prepares to begin due diligence on Hutchison Essar, the Hinduja group is eyeing a stake in Telecom Italia, Italy's largest telecom company.
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Aviva to transfer 2,900 BPO staff to offshore division
by
Abhishek K. Tiwari
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 11:43 AM IST
The UK-based insurance giant Aviva plans to transfer 2,900 employees from its third party BPO partners, EXL and WNS, to its own offshore division - Aviva Global Services (AGS), in the current calendar year, a company executive said on Friday.
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Railways to run 450 special trains for Ardh Kumbh
by
Abhishek K. Tiwari
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 11:26 AM IST
Railways have decided to run more than 450 special trains in view of the heavy rush of pilgrims during the Ardh Kumbh here. In addition to this, CCTVs have been installed at the Allahabad junction and the Naini railway station for a close monitoring of movement of the people.
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Six killed as goods train derails near Dhanbad
by
Abhishek K. Tiwari
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 11:17 AM IST
Six people travelling unauthorised in the break van of the goods train that derailed between Hehegarha and Kumundih stations were killed and the train's guard and the driver of the pilot engine injured.
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