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More than 300 shanties were gutted when a fire broke out in a slum in the wee hours of Wednesday in north Kolkata's Ultadanga area.

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The government may have to write off a whopping Rs 85,000 crore tax arrears out of the total arrears accumulated over the past several years as these have been found "non-recoverable" by Income Tax department.

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President APJ Abdul Kalam will attend a series of programmes, including the Indian Science Congress, during a two-day visit to Tamil Nadu beginning on Thursday amidst tight security.

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Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will replace border security force (BSF) in the hinterland of Kashmir valley for counter-insurgency operations by March.

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Private Equity (PE) firms invested a record $7.4 billion over 299 deals in India during 2006, according to a study by Venture Intelligence a research service focused on private equity and venture capital.

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Karnataka Governor T N Chaturvedi has accepted the resignation of state Wakf and Haj Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan.

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In his first major media interview, he told NDTV, "The one who comes to speak the truth and helps our judiciary system is being punished. So people should not think like that. A right thinking person comes as a witness and he is not examined," he said.

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He may not have won the Grammy but Geshe Ngawang Tashi Bapu or simply Lama Tashi is happy that his album of Tibetan Chants has achieved more than he had aimed at.

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Expressing concern over declining standards of research, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today sought efforts to tap the "vast pool of knowledge" among Indian scientific community and announced the government's intent to raise expenditure on science and technology to two per cent of GDP in the next five years.

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Bollywood pair, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai create quite a stir wherever they make an appearance. The latest being the duo appearing together at a calendar launch in Mumbai raising more speculation to their impending marriage.

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As pressure mounts over the state administration and police in the Noida serial killings case ruling Samajwadi Party leaders in Uttar Pradesh have come to the defence of the police claiming that they should be credited and not ridiculed for cracking the case.

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England and Indian cricket board chiefs are in the running to succeed South Africa's Percy Sonn as president of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

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Chaos seems to be the buzzword at the 94th edition of the Indian Science Congress, which began here today.

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Crew members filming a Bollywood anti-smoking movie will have to cough up a fine if they are caught puffing up on the set, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

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A can kept inside a plastic carry-bag triggered bomb scare at More station here in Coochbehar district on Wednesday morning, police said.

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Whirlpool Corporation, a global manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, is all set to add sparkle to the mundane chore of washing clothes, with the launch of its new front – loading washing machine – ‘Sensation’.

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A soldier was killed on Wednesday and two of his colleagues injured when suspected militants fired at them in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district.

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ACC Ltd, India's second-biggest cement producer, said on Wednesday its December shipments rose 3.1 per cent to 1.65 million tonnes from 1.60 million tonnes a year ago.

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Honda Siel Cars India, leading manufacturer of premium cars in India, achieved a major milestone in December 2006 by producing more than 200,000 units since its inception. The company registered a growth of 45.13% in the total cumulative sales for the period April – Dec 2006, as compared with corresponding period in 2005.

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Air traffic at international and domestic airports remained disrupted for the fourth consecutive day as dense fog resulted in poor visibility.

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At least a dozen people have died in Bihar with temperatures plummeting to six degrees Celsius in several parts of the state, officials here said Wednesday.

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Raamdeo Agrawal of Motilal Oswal Securities gives a forward view on how 2007 will pan out. He believes that the earnings momentum is unlikely to slowdown in 2007.

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Temperatures are plunging across North India as mercury dipped several degrees below the normal, marking Wednesday the coldest day this winter.

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The Centre today constituted a high-level four-member committee to look into the alleged police lapses in the serial killings in Noida bordering the national capital.

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A New Year event at Mumbai's most famous landmark, the Gateway of India, is making news after it went horribly sour. Drunk revellers stripped and molested a woman in public view, as her friend watched helplessly.

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Though he cringes at the thought of going behind the microphone, Amitabh Bachchan is saddled with more and more singing assignments. Barely a month after crooning the poignant Kehta hai babul number in Baabul , he is back in Aadesh Shrivastava's studio to record a song for Nishabd.

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Thousands of devotees are taking holy dip on the occasion of the millennium's first Ardh Kumbh at Triveni the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers starting on Wednesday

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A police team from Noida have conducted raid at the ancestral house of 60-year-old Moninder Singh Pandher, an accused in the serial killings of children and women, at village Lohat Baddi in the district.

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India and China are going to give a fresh try to a bilateral trade agreement later this week, with officials from the two sides meeting in New Delhi, armed with a second opinion.

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The Trinamool Congress Tuesday threatened to sue Tata group chairman Ratan Tata unless he withdrew his comments in a TV interview terming the protest against a Tata Motors project as one fuelled by his competitors.

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