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View Article  Sourav must in ODI team: Dungarpur

Sourav Ganguly's remarkable comeback into the Indian side seems to have transformed one of his staunchest critics, Raj Singh Dungarpur. The former BCCI President says that Ganguly ought to be a certainty in the One-Day side.

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View Article  Rang De Basanti out of Oscar race

India's Oscar hopes have crashed. Rang De Basanti is out of the race for a foreign film. This was the official entry from India for the Oscars but Water, directed by Indian born filmmaker Deepa Mehta, is still at number 9 as the Canadian entry in the foreign film nominations.

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View Article  Racism row: UK police to probe emails

In the latest twist in the ongoing controversy over Shilpa Shetty, the British Police will now investigate emails that have threatened Shilpa's housemates.

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View Article  Shah Rukh Khan's statue to be featured at Madame Tussaud's

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan will be the third leading Indian actor to have his wax twin at UK's world famous Madame Tussauds museum in April this year.

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View Article  Mamata Banerjee released from hospital

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee was released on Wednesday from a nursing home where she was being treated since December 28. She was admitted to the nursing home after ending a 25-day-old fast to protest the acquisition of farm land for the Tata Motors' small car project at Singur.

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View Article  HCL Tech in strategic partnership

HCL Technologies and Hewlett-Packard (H-P) today entered into a strategic business partnership, under which EnsureIT - an IT management program aimed at assuring IT performance for HCL's BPO division, was inaugurated today.

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View Article  Tensions in Nandigram, Trinamool Cong calls bandh

There is tension in West Bengal's Nandigram after a Trinamool Congress supporter was shot dead in the area on Tuesday.

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View Article  The return of the dhak-dhak girl

When Madhuri Dixit reported on the sets of Aaja Naachley , Yash Chopra dropped in to welcome her. And what's more? He even arranged for a special playing area for her sons. He just wanted to make it a little special as the diva is making a comeback after several years.

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View Article  Wipro Q3 net up 46% at Rs 738.9 crore

Software major Wipro Ltd on Wednesday posted 46.28 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 738.9 crore for the quarter ended December 31

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View Article  Indian flight has tyre burst at Bhopal airport

A flight of Indian, with 92 passengers on board, suffered a tyre burst when it landed at Bhopal airport on Wednesday and no one was hurt.

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View Article  Water makes it to Oscar shortlist, Rang De... out

The shortlist ahead of the nominations for the Best Foreign Film category at this year's Oscars is out and director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s smash hit Range de Basanti has not featured in it.

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View Article  Delhi traders demand amendment in new Master Plan

Delhi's traders, professionals and educational institutes have demanded amendments in the proposed master plan-2021 for the city, terming it as inadequate.

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View Article  BSNL to add 4 mn mobile connections by March

Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) plans to add 4 million mobile connections by March 2007, nationally. The company has procured equipment from the PSU telecom equipment major ITI, and is in the process of installing it.

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View Article  Drug companies ban freebies to doctors

In a belated attempt to restrain themselves from influencing doctors' prescriptions, pharmaceutical companies have decided to stop sponsoring jaunts of doctors and their families to exotic locations overseas. Gifts, in cash or kind, to doctors are also set to be banned.

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View Article  Ash shares stage with Abdullah 'n Scindia

Bollywood hearthrob Aishwarya Rai and MPs Omar Abdullah, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Naveen Jindal are among 25 Indians who figure in this year's list of 250 Global Young Leaders by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum.

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View Article  Battling bees, erecting screens for India-Windies ODI

From putting up digital scoreboards to keeping bees at bay, preparations are on in full swing to host a one-day cricket match between India and the West Indies here next week. The day-night match will be held Jan 24 at Barabati Stadium.

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View Article  India 360: The radical middle class

Growth in citizen power and civic consciousness has changed the way the Indian middle class functions. In 2006, India witnessed that the middle class frustration finally found articulation, thanks to two relatively new forms of technology: the satellite news channels and the SMS.

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View Article  This is vote 'bank' politics at its best

Men in pinstripes may find themselves at the wrong end of minority politics. Soon, a banker writing a loan cheque will have to take into account the borrower's religious practice.

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View Article  SC to hear Sidhu case today

The Supreme Court will take up a review petition filed by former cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu against his conviction in a road rage case on Wednesday.

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View Article  Richa Sharma sings Bollywood's longest song!

In Ravi Chopra's 'Baabul' Richa Sharma has crooned the bidaai song in an unending flow of heart-breaking emotions, for a full 15 minutes without any orchestral embellishments. Unfortunately, only a small portion of it was included in the album.

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View Article  Gordon Brown embarks on three-day visit to India

Widely expected to take over as Britain's Prime Minister later this year, Gordon Brown embarks today on a three-day visit to India, aimed at boosting bilateral ties as well as his public profile.

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View Article  Closed fertiliser units to be revived: Paswan

It is the government's endeavour to revive the fertiliser units that were closed down during the previous regime, Minister of Chemicals, Fertilisers and Steel Ram Vilas Paswan said here Tuesday.

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View Article  Rupee may ease as dollar gains

The rupee could ease on Wednesday after the yen slipped against the dollar, with traders expecting demand for dollars from refiners as they stock up cheaper oil. The yen fell to a 13-month low against the dollar on speculation the Bank of Japan was likely to hold interest rates steady this week.

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View Article  Manipur polls: RJD releases candidates list

The RJD on Tuesday released a list of 17 candidates for the coming Manipur polls with former Chief Minister W Nipamacha Singh being fielded from the Wangoi seat in Imphal West district.

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View Article  Not responsible for son's actions: Mohanty

Senior Orissa Police officer B B Mohanty has been granted interim bail till February 5. BB Mohanty is trying to avoid being arrested by the Rajasthan police who have filed an FIR against him.

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View Article  Nithari killings: Central panel to submit report

In the Nithari killings case, a central panel will submit its report to minister of state for women and child welfare on Wednesday. It is believed that the panel has said that it is too early to rule out organ trade. The report will also be forwarded to the CBI.

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View Article  CPM's Kerala secy under CBI scanner

The CPM's Kerala state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan would have the unique distinction of being the first politburo member to be investigated by the CBI for his alleged involvement in the Lavlin deal as power minister in 1998, with the Kerala High Court rejecting LDF government's plea to drop proceedings against him.

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View Article  British Asians campaign for Shilpa Shetty

A save Shilpa Shetty campaign is gaining momentum in the United Kingdom. It is two days after the first complaints started coming in that the Bollywood actress had been a victim of racism on the UK reality TV show Big Brother.

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View Article  'Newsweek' sorry for wrong info on Rahul'

Newsweek magazine has apologised to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for wrongly stating in a recent cover story on him that despite having studied at universities abroad, he failed to earn a degree.Responding to a legal notice sent to its New York office by the party's in-house legal expert Abhishek Singhvi, the magazine in its latest issue has carried a detailed clarification.

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View Article  China, Pak. ties poised for positive transformation: India

Rejecting the notion that it was seeking hegemony in the region, India on Tuesday said its relations with neighbours, including China and Pakistan, are poised for a "positive transformation" and favoured enhanced trans-border connectivity and trade to push the ties further.

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