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Bharti Airtel, India's largest private cellular operator, has announced an investment of over two billion dollar (Rs 9,000 crore) in 2007-08 to expand network, but wanted state-run BSNL to share infrastructure.

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A Hurriyat Conference team led by chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq on Thursday left for Islamabad to evolve consensus among separatist and terrorist leaders across the border on its "self-rule" formula.

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In a significant decision, India on Thursday announced that an agreement on reducing the risk from accidents relating to nuclear weapons will be signed with Pakistan next month.

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Engineering major Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has finished constructing phase one of the Korba East thermal power project that is set to start commercial production by March-April in Chhattisgarh.

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India on Thursday said the allegations of racist attacks on actor Shilpa Shetty in a British television show would not impact ties between the two countries.

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The government on Thursday said it will bring a legislation next month to increase Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in insurance sector to 49 per cent from 26 per cent at present.

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Bollywood hunk John Abraham has no plans yet to marry longtime girlfriend, sex-symbol Bipasha Basu, the actor said. ``Marriage is not on the cards for me,'' said the model-turned actor. ``I am going to be the last guy standing,'' he said.

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The engines for MiG-29 fighter aircraft will now be manufactured in India. An agreement in this regard will be signed during the visit of Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov here on January 23-24.

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Special court on Thursday extended bail for actor Sanjay Dutt till February 6. Dutt has been found guilty of illegal possession of firearms. The actor appeared before the court to seek exemption from a prison term, after being found guilty on November 28 last year. He has been out on bail since the verdict was pronounced.

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Indian Army in the violence-wracked northeast arrested seven suspected rebels as they tried to flee to neighboring Myanmar, the army said on Thursday.

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Five Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants surrendered before Army troops soon after their entry from Pakistan occupied Kashmir along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir late last night, official sources said here today.

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Even as the much-debated issue of whether 3G spectrum should be auctioned or given to leading players remains unresolved, India's cellular service providers are breaking head over another new technology — WiMax — which has the potential to threaten the future of 3G services.

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A bomb attack, suspected to be staged by ULFA militants, killed two persons and critically injured nine on Wednesday evening. The explosion occurred at the busy market area Ganeshguri, near the state capital of Dispur.

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After a rain-delayed start, Sania Mirza's second round match finally got underway against Aiko Nakamura at Melbourne Park. But the Hyderabadi never looked in command, losing the first set 6-3. Nakamura continued her aggressive form through the second set, capitalising on Sania's unforced errors. Nakamura took the second set 6-2 to move in to the third round of the tournament.

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The Justice for Jessica campaign, the battle for a long overdue judgement in the Priyadarshani Mattoo case,a strong Right To Information campaign, CNN-IBN's citizen journalists - India's middle class has amply proved over the past year that it is up and running for causes that matter.

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India today asked Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, to rein in volatility in the international oil market and help stabilise oil prices at levels sustainable by developing economies.

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A terror alert has been sounded across south India, Karnataka in particular, after the police came across shocking details that as many as 50 Lashkar-e-Toiba operatives are on the prowl in Karnataka, waiting to strike terror.

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The government panel allowed leading gas firm Petronet LNG Ltd to raise liquefied natural gas prices for its customers from May 2007, a senior oil ministry official said. "In today's meeting Petronet LNG has been allowed to increase prices for all its existing customers and the Dabhol power plant," the official, who did not wish to be identified, told the media.

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Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt will appear in a Special TADA court in Mumbai on Thursday. He will apply for bail in a last ditch attempt to avoid going to jail. Dutt wants the court to release him on probation instead of sentencing him to a five-year prison term.

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Little over three years ago, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav did not have the people's mandate. Letters of support from parties like the Congress and RLD dressed him in a majority.

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The Chennai-based India Cements Ltd proposed plant in Himachal Pradesh has been delayed by at least six months as costs have gone up by Rs.2.5 billion, officials here said.

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The rupee may rise on Thursday after the yen firmed against the dollar in early Asian trade, and traders said they were expecting dollar sales by exporters.

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Amid a raging row over alleged racism against Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, UK's Channel 4 has denied that the Indian star suffered racist bullying on its TV show 'Celebrity Big Brother', but said it will not tolerate any such controversial incidents during the rest of the series.

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Intense cold wave conditions gripping the northern plains abated in most parts of Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday as the Meteorological Department predicted a further rise in night temperatures over the next two days.

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A three-member Hurriyat Conference delegation led by chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq will leave today for Pakistan, where it will meet political leaders including President Pervez Musharraf and top representatives of militant groups.

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Who is this man revered by the country's most wanted and chased celebrities, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh Bachchan? Why would Bollywood's iconic family travel from Mumbai's 'Jalsa' to this man from a small town, Mulky, in Karnataka — Chandrashekar Swami?

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One can't say for sure if Justice B J Shethna really packed some power in the punches he allegedly rained on his colleague, Justice P B Majmudar, in Ahmedabad on January 11.

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Within hours of the monstrous tsunami that struck the subcontinent’s eastern flank in December 2004, the Indian Navy commandeered and dispatched nearly a fourth of its fleet for relief and rescue. Thirty-eight ships, big and small, raced to help the tens of thousands in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka whose lives were devastated by the calamity.

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