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Prices of precious metals, gold and silver, moved up sharply in the bullion market here Friday with standard gold (24 ct) spurting to Rs 120 per gram to end the day at Rs 9155 following the firm overseas trend.

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Petroleum Minister Murli Deora on Friday said the government would wait for international crude prices to stabilise before announcing any cuts in domestic petrol and diesel prices.

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Diamond Trading Corporation (DTC), the marketing arm of De Beers, has launched the `Forever Mark' for diamonds to ensure purity.

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President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's visit to Bihar to inaugurate a 'global meet' was planned in the wake of an email invite - a fact that's bagged the unassuming head of state many fans.

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The Supreme Court on Friday asked Congress MP from Assam, Mani Kumar Subba to prove his nationality within six weeks.

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An auto-rickshaw driver in Rajasthan has Congress President Sonia Gandhi's name tattooed on his chest at least 125 times although he is not a party member. Ashok Pandit, who lives in Pali town, reveres Sonia “like a goddess”.

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Two persons were killed and few others feared trapped when an abandoned mine of ECL caved in at Pahargora in Salanur area of Burdwan district late last night, police sources said today.

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Rajasthan's decision to allot hundreds of thousands of acres of wasteland for bio-fuel crops has drawn criticism from many who fear it will eat into traditional grazing grounds. The government argues that the move will only benefit the state's economy.

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In what could lead to another face-off between the Orissa and Rajasthan state governments over Bitti's disappearance, Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria has come out strongly against the anticipatory bail granted to Bitti's father DGP BB Mohanty by the Cuttack Court.

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The Delhi High Court today admitted the appeal of convicts Sharda Jain and her brother Raj Kumar in the Congress councillor Atma Ram Gupta murder case.

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The raging controversy over alleged racist attack against Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty on a UK reality TV show on Channel 4 continued on Friday with Britain`s Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell saying she is disgusted with "racism being presented as entertainment".

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Ajay Srivastava of Dimensions Consulting says that the market was looking for some confidence from Reliance, which it has got. Therefore, he believes that the markets are well poised.

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In the backdrop of fresh violence by ULFA in Assam, India is expected to take up with Myanmar the issue of the insurgents taking shelter in that country when External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee travels there today.

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Vinod Khanna, a veteran Indian actor-turned-politician, says playing the occasional villain adds spice to his life. Khanna, a popular action hero in the 1970s and 80s, turned to politics seven years ago and is currently a member of India's parliament, though he still acts.

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The WTO Director General, Pascal Lamy, today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought concessions from India to revive the stalled Doha Round of negotiations.

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Tech Mahindra, a global leader in telecommunication engineering technology has posted better than expected results despite negative factors such as rupee appreciation and lesser working days.

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Young actress Jiah Khan is making waves even before the release of her debut film 'Nishabd'. After crooning a song for the film's music video, Jiah, who is a trained dancer, has now turned choreographer for it.

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'There was a time when our family hardly got two meals a day. Now we are financially self-reliant,' says a tribal woman in a brick-making unit in an Orissa village.

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The rupee may ease on Friday as the dollar climbed to near a four-year high against the yen, and on expectations for dollar demand from oil refiners. Oil is India's biggest import.

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The Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee on Thursday got MCD to seal a plush corporate office constructed within the premises of the city's lone surviving medieval village enclosure along the busy Aurobindo Marg in South Delhi, which also houses a Lodi-period mosque.

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Sanjeev Mahajan, an NRI in New York, has spent most of last year in Delhi fighting for justice for his murdered mother and sister. Seventy-three-year-old Swarana Mahajan, her 47-year-old daughter Anuratha, both High Court lawyers, were murdered in March 2006 by four men.

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Global rating agency Standard and Poor's said India is expected to be the third fastest growth economy during the current year in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Power generation from the controversial Sardar Sarovar project in Gujarat will become a reality on Friday. The power generated from the plant will be distributed amongst Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Gujarat.

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Highlighting the strategic importance of Singapore as a part of "Look East" policy of India, Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yong-Boon Yeo said the bilateral trade between the countries had increased over 40 per cent.

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It will be a long wait for justice for the victims of the Nithari nightmare. The case stands as a challenge for the CBI with its delicate intricacies and forensic nature of the investigation.

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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 militant leaders across the border on its "self-rule" formula.

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With the harsh reality of a deep erosion in its social base in Uttar Pradesh staring Congress in the face, the party has got down to put together a front to stay in the reckoning.

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India needs to tap diversified energy sources to fulfill its requirements, as nuclear power in itself is not sufficient, Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal said.

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Braving the early morning winter chill and fog, lakhs of people converged at the Gaga bathing ghats for the sacred bath on Mauni Amavasya today, even as the Mahanirvani akhara along with Atal set out in a majestic procession for the second 'shahi snan' of Ardh Kumbh here.

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The four-day-old row over alleged racism against Shilpa Shetty and wider issues of underlying racism and class envy in British society assumed a darker dimension on Thursday.

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