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The Kerala government has initiated action to counter the entry of retail majors like Wal-Mart and Reliance Industries into the state by providing huge subsidies for producing vegetables. Steps have been taken to see that the state agriculture department undertakes early procurement from the production centres so as to eliminate middlemen.

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In what could be termed a strange coincidence, the body parts of a child have been found in an MCD school in another village called Nithari in Delhi's Sultanpuri area. The discovery has sent the residents of Sultanpuri in panic, but the police are not suspecting any foul play.

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The final World Cup squad is out. There are 15 of them and they promise India the World Cup. The national selectors have retained the same 15 who played in the last ODI against Sri Lanka at Rajkot.  Mahinder Amarnath, the man who was the Man of the Match in 1983 when India won the cricket World Cup title for the first and only time, agrees this is a problem area mainly "because of Yuvraj Singh's injury. I am not sure how fit he is or how fit he is going to be when India starts its World Cup campaign," he says.

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Turbans went flying Tuesday morning at Badal village in Punjab's Lambi assembly seat, the political home turf of former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, as ruling Congress and opposition Shiromani Akali Dal workers clashed at a polling booth during voting for the state assembly elections.

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According to reports, Yahoo! has blended its free email and Instant Messaging (IM) services, thus making it simpler for users to chat online from any computer connected to the Internet. The company said that starting yesterday and continuing over the coming months, Yahoo! will activate this feature for users of the new version of Yahoo! Mail, which is in beta phase but available to all users of the service.

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India has claimed a "moral victory" in the determination of the World Bank-appointed neutral expert that it could complete the 450 MW hydropower project in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, because Pakistan had wanted it to stop construction of the project till the differences were sorted out.

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The Reserve Bank of India is concerned by accelerating inflation and will use all monetary policy tools to cool price pressures, deputy governor Rakesh Mohan said on Tuesday (February 13). Mohan also said that when an economy underwent structural changes there could be "micro imbalances that lead to observation of excess demand and overheating".

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He was the face of Indian idol when it launched and on record at least, he has admitted to enjoying every moment of being on the music talent hunt that paved the way for a flurry reality shows in the television industry.

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Bajaj Auto MD Rajiv Bajaj is looking to repeat his 100 cc/four-stroke strategy in the performance segment. The company's long-term strategy, he said, is to get out of the 150 cc segment which has been ruled by the Pulsar model, and move up the value chain towards higher displacement performance bikes.

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Shaken but undaunted by the terrible accident they faced, the Services rowing team was back in action practising for their National Games event barely 12 hours after some of their key players were injured in a bus mishap. On Monday, three Services rowers practised at the Deepor Bheel, the venue for their rowing event, after some of their players were severely injured Sunday when their bus turned turtle on its way to the Games Village.

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Mehul Kumar, the producer-director of films like 'Krantiveer', 'Mrityudaata' and 'Tiranga', was summoned by a Mumbai court to personally appear on Feb 17 after his cheques to a film producer bounced. The metropolitan magistrate issued summons to Kumar, proprietor of M.K. Pictures, after his cheque worth Rs.14 million (Rs. 1.4 crores) bounced.

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The director of an IT company in West Bengal, arrested for alleged involvement with a US firm linked to a drug cartel, was an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi who did his post-graduation from North Carolina University. Sanjay Kedia, head of software development firm and BPO Xponse Technologies Limited in the city's info-tech hub Sector V, was arrested Monday in the wake of an earlier raid on his office premises.

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With Uttar Pradesh assembly elections drawing near, Congress President Sonia Gandhi is making a brief tour of Rae Bareli on Tuesday. She will lay the foundation stone for the National Institute of Fashion Technology in her Lok Sabha constituency.

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In a potentially embarassing incident for Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, his parents-in-law were today caught travelling without ticket in the AC first class coach of the Sampark Kranti Express in Bihar.

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With Assembly elections in several key states, one issue that is worrying the ruling UPA at the Centre is the skyrocketing price of onions. This, in the past, has proved to be the undoing of many a government. The price of onions has soared to as high as Rs 20 per kilo in Delhi and so have exports.

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Top officials of the Anglo-Dutch group Corus will travel to India early next month for the first time after its takeover by Tata Steel to attend a function at steel city Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, company sources said Tuesday.

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Bollywood actress Preity Zinta says she has always used her fame as an actress to talk about crucial health and civic issues. Zinta has been part of AIDS awareness drives as well as campaigns to clean up Mumbai. ``I don't have to be a bimbo. I can be a heroine and I can be socially aware,'' she told an English Daily in an interview published today. ``Even if two people listen to Preity Zinta, my job is done.''

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The Election Commission today issued a showcause notice to news channel NDTV for alleged violation of the electoral law by telecasting "Insta Poll" on elections in Punjab where polling is in progress. The television channel has been asked to reply by 1630 hours today. Under "Insta Poll" the channel is giving exit-poll like projections as to who is in the lead between the two main contenders - Congress and Akali Dal (Badal).

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Uttar Pradesh athletes hogged the limelight on the second day of the track and field events of the 33rd National Games by raking up seven medals in 12 categories here Monday. Uttar Pradesh is in the sixth place on the medals table with a total haul of 37 while Manipur continues to lead with 60 medals, including 34 gold. Delhi is placed second with 38 medals including 14 gold while Haryana is third with 31 medals including 12 gold.

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Shah Rukh Khan has brought to 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' warmth, wit and informality and cannot be blamed for dipping TRPs of a show that may have lost some of its novelty, say the film star's many votaries, some of whom are not even his fans. Defending the game show that is now in its third season - the first two were with Amitabh Bachchan - viewers say comparisons are inevitable, and sometimes unfair.

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With the Union Budget likely to abolish the import duty on cut and polished diamonds (CPDs) and gemstones, the ems & jewellery industry is in for some happy times. Another planned initiative for the industry is the introduction of the presumptive tax regime, which allows for computation of income-tax on the basis of turnover.

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In a shocking incident, two students of a reputed school in North East Delhi were kidnapped and murdered allegedly by four persons who have been arrested. The bodies of cousins Chetan Swaroop (14) and Sahil Goyal (13), students of Sarvodaya Vidyalaya and residents of Gokulpuri, were found last night in a wooded area, police said today.

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UK-based Vodafone has paid top dollar to acquire Hutchison Essar’s telecom business in India. Business logic would imply that Vodafone would have to eventually increase the costs of its telecom services to recover the premium it paid for the business if it were to eventually make money on the deal.

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Rains lashed many parts of the capital on Tuesday as Delhiites woke upto an overcast and chilly morning. The rains had its affect on traffic with blocks reported from many parts of the city. The capital has received 2.2 cm of rains since 6:45 a.m. on Tuesday morning, Met Office said.

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Peace prevailed in the city today as curfew was lifted in four areas and relaxed for two hours in seven other violence hit localities to allow women to make necessary purchases in seven other violence hit localities, police said. As many as 163 persons were rounded up for their alleged involvement in rioting that injured seven persons yesterday, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Indore) Madhu Kumar Babu told.
 
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Rains played spoilsport during the initial hours of polling to the keenly-fought Punjab Assembly elections as only five per cent of the voters exercised their franchise during the first two hours. "Presently the Election Commission is keeping its eye on the rain God. The incessant rain will have a fall out on the over all polling percentage," a Punjab election commission spokesman told reporters.

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