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Parliament member and film star Raj Babbar Sunday joined the Congress party with a number of his supporters.

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Chetan Anand beat compatriot Arvind Bhat in a thrilling tussle to win his maiden Grand Prix title in Bitburger Open badminton tournament at Saarbruecken in Germany.

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Tata Motors Ltd would decide in a week on relocating the Nano manufacturing plant at Dharwad in north Karnataka from Singur in West Bengal after studying similar location offers in other states, Karnataka state industries minister Murugesh Nirani said late Sunday.

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The Border Security Force (BSF) organised an inter-battalion shooting competition at a firing range in Banaskantha district of north Gujarat near the international border with Pakistan.

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Nine people have been arrested for allegedly attacking the house of a Delhi Police constable at Alipur in outer Delhi, the police said Sunday.

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Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Sunday said he would have been legally obliged to vote in favour of the Manmohan Singh government in case of a tie during the July 22 trust vote.

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A team of officials from Tata Motors Sunday inspected two sites near here for the Nano small car project and met Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who offered free land and several other concessions.

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Three guerrillas, including a top commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant outfit, were killed in two separate gunbattles with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir Sunday, according to the police.

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With state and national elections round the corner, Congress president Sonia Gandhi is ramping up the party machinery.

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The Central Park of Connaught Place which was closed after the Sep 13 bomb blasts was reopened Sunday, the police said. The civic agency officials, however, claimed it was opened Thursday.

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Thousands of people dressed in all their finery, traffic moving at a snail's pace, crowded marquees...That heady, unmistakable spirit of Durga Puja descended on this city as the biggest festival of West Bengal kicked off Sunday.

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Andhra Pradesh's main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Sunday received yet another jolt when one of its legislators quit the party to join Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi's Praja Rajyam Party (PRP).

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Indefinite curfew was imposed on the Kashmir Valley Sunday, a day before separatist leaders planned to hold a sit-in here.

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has proposed to invest over $90 million in tourism-related infrastructure in Himachal Pradesh, a government statement said here Sunday.

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial aspirant L.K. Advani Sunday exhorted people to dethrone the Congress-led central government as they had done in 'post-emergency elections of 1977'.

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Hollywood stars, studios, technicians, directors and producers in their increasing numbers are trying to sink their teeth into India's burgeoning entertainment market pie.

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Chemicals and Fertiliser Minister Ram Vilas Paswan Sunday expressed concern over the smuggling of fertilisers into Bangladesh and Nepal from West Bengal and Bihar, two of India's eastern states.

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The following is the scoreboard of the drawn match between Board President's XI and Australia on the fourth and final day here Sunday :

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The following is the scoreboard at the end of the third day of the four-day match between India A and New Zealand A at MA Chidambaram stadium here Sunday:

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Shri Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti (SASS) Sunday paid homage to the people who were killed during the two-month long Jammu agitation for return of a plot of land to a Hindu temple trust in the Kashmir Valley.

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In a gesture of solidarity with the Palestinian cause, India will gift a piece of prized real estate in the capital's elite diplomatic enclave for building the embassy of the Palestinian National Authority to President Mahmoud Abbas this week.

Regular train services between Tripura and the rest of the country began Sunday with a senior railway employee flagging off the inaugural train here. This northeastern state capital has come on India's rail map for the first time since the advent of the railways in this subcontinent in 1853.

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A live bomb was found and defused Sunday in a temple here, four days after serial blasts left about 100 people injured in this Tripura capital, the police said.

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A spectacular crash saw Saran Vikram being docked of his championship points and thus forfeiting his title in the LGB Swift class in the sixth and concluding round of the 11th J.K. Tyre Racing Championship here Sunday.

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Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara missed out on centuries as New Zealand A took an overall lead of 146 runs at stumps on the third day of their four-day match at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here Sunday.

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Chanda Asani, who walked out of her troubled marriage, educated herself, stood on her own feet and now works for women's empowerment was conferred with annual Neerja Bhanot award here Sunday.

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State-run telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has launched 'mobile backup system' in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, a top company official here said.

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A team of officials from Tata Motors Sunday conducted inspection of two sites near here for their Nano car project but faced protests from farmers, who refused to part with their land.

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Yuvraj Singh hit an entertaining century as the Board President's XI drew with Australia in the four-day warm-up cricket match here Sunday.

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Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Sunday arrested an elderly non-resident Indian (NRI) couple from the Amritsar-Birmingham-Toronto flight that was about to take-off and seized from them 3.7 kg of heroin.

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Orissa, where communal violence in the past 45 days has claimed over 35 lives, 'is a fit case' for President's Rule, union Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said Sunday.

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Dubbing his state's opposition parties as 'irresponsible' for their actions that prompted Tata Motors to pull out from Singur, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Sunday exuded confidence that the state might have lost one battle, but not the war.

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The toll in three days of clashes between two communities in Assam has mounted to 30, more than 100 have been injured, and about 30,000 people have been displaced, officials said Sunday.

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The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) Sunday 'in principle' decided to cooperate in Andhra Pradesh.

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Executives of Dutch hydro power major Brakel Corp NV, scheduled to set up the Thopan-Powari-Jangi power project in Himachal Pradesh, met the government over the weekend to clarify the company's financial credentials which have been questioned.

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The police Sunday said they would probe allegations that a Hindu woman was raped and burnt alive by a rampaging mob during the communal violence that erupted after the killing of a Hindu leader in Orissa.

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The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) chief ministerial candidate Vijay Kumar Malhotra Sunday said that he would ensure uninterrupted power and water supply in the Indian capital if his party was voted to power in the coming assembly elections.

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In a path-breaking decision, the district court of Faizabad has admitted a narco-analysis test report of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator Anandsen Yadav as evidence in the Shashi murder case and rejected his bail plea.

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Five Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel accused of beating up BJP parliamentarian Virendra Kumar Khatik during an anti-encroachment drive in Madhya Pradesh's Bina town have been suspended, an official said Sunday.

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While Colors channel touts 'Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi' and 'Bigg Boss' their most successful shows, a Sony Channel official says its copyright was held by them, but they didn't renew it because it didn't make good business sense.

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India's steel sector is due for a boom phase that will lead to prices falling, said a key member of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's cabinet here Sunday.

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Orissa is a 'fit case' for the imposition of President's rule, said union Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan here Sunday.

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), investigating the fake currency racket in Uttar Pradesh's State Bank of India's Domariyaganj branch, has summoned senior branch officials, officials said Sunday.

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A 24-year-old management student succumbed to critical injuries suffered in the Mehrauli blast early Sunday after battling for life for the past eight days, bringing to three the number of those killed in the Sep 27 terror blast here.

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Slow pace of work in sealing the breach in the Kosi river near Kusaha in neighbouring Nepal has the experts worried, who say that the delay could lead to further flooding in the state during the next monsoon.

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A major accident was averted in Kanpur district Sunday when the driver realised that the train had been inadvertently signalled to take a wrong route, officials said.

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Four people were killed Sunday when the police opened fire at mobs of angry villagers in three different locations in Assam, taking the death toll in three days of clashes to 20, officials said.

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Leading fast food restaurant chain McDonald's has been pulled up for 'unfair trade practices' by a consumer court for overcharging on a coke bottle against the printed price and asked to compensate the consumer.

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Police in Chhattisgarh are yet to catch their first 'smoker' after smoking was banned in public places across the country Oct 2.

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Leading coal miner Coal India Ltd (CIL) has received bids from 17 companies - both national and international - for extracting coal from 18 abandoned underground mines belonging to three of its subsidiaries.

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Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil, during his visit to Bangalore Saturday evening, asked the Karnataka government to 'restore peace and normalcy in the state', said a home ministry official Sunday.

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Agra University is set to hold Oct 19 what its officials say will be the country's biggest Bachelor in Education (B.Ed) entrance examination. Nearly 600,000 forms have been sold.

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Bollywood actress Karisma Kapoor, who is back with her industrialist husband Sunjay Kapur and will soon be seen as a judge on the fourth season of 'Naach Baliye', says that being a mother has been the best experience of her life.

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Tata Motors managing director G. Ravi Kant Sunday inspected land in Karnataka's Dharwad district for possible relocation of the Nano small car project but said no decision has been taken yet.

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Chhattisgarh will invest Rs.1.7 billion ($37 million) to set up a gems and jewellery park at its upcoming satellite city Naya Raipur, state Industry Minister Rajesh Munat said here Sunday.

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The Sotheby's Hong Kong art sale felt the ripples of The financial turmoil in the US and Europe as two of the seven works by contemporary Indian artists, including Subodh Gupta's much hyped work 'Untitled', remained unsold.

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The Kerala government will provide land to all the landless in the state before the end of its term, chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan said Sunday.

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Rising interest rates and lean credit flow have eroded the confidence level of corporate India, according to an industry lobby survey.

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Watch towers, hidden cameras and commandos trained in combating militant strikes are the novel features as the city was wrapped in a thick security blanket for the Durga Puja - the main festival of West Bengal - which is just a night away.

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Meet the new hero of the Indian Dandiya raas - Shane Bond. When not practicing for the coming Indian Cricket League (ICL) season, the strapping New Zealand bowler is dancing to dandiya beats, keeping quite a few women on their toes.

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is planning to launch e-posters for campaigning in the general elections next year in keeping with its image of being a tech-savvy political outfit.

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Putting up a brave front after Tata Motors' decision to pull out the Nano project from his state, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Sunday said the state might have lost one battle, but not the war.

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A man has been arrested here for allegedly raping his minor stepdaughter repeatedly over the last two years, police said Sunday.


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Top Congress party leaders are anxious about the growing discontent and restlessness within the Muslim community, which feels it is being targeted in the name of fighting terrorism, especially in the wake of police claims they had busted the group behind the string of terror attacks.

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The collapse of the mighty global financial system has triggered a series of chain reactions in India, but the impact is not going to be as widespread as earlier imagined. The reasons are numerous.

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Kerala is set to be home to the country's first amphibious brigade as officials of the Indian Army are working at full steam to see the project through.

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The London-based Hindujas are eyeing takeover of technology firms and foundries in Europe and South America and plan to invest Rs.37 billion ($800 million) to make their automotive and foundry businesses a Rs.300 billion ($6.5 billion) enterprise.

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Regular train services between Tripura and the rest of the country began Sunday, the first time this northeastern state has come on India's rail map.

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Nusrat Khan's feat has given Azamgarh town, especially its Shibli Inter College (SIC), something to exult over after the terror taint.

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Retail car sales by the Indian automobile industry have been hit hard by the squeeze on retail financing as banks have stopped hardselling car loans in the current economic climate, say auto industry representatives.

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For the past two weeks, Jamia Millia Islamia has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Even in my worst nightmare I did not imagine that I would walk up to my political science department one day to face mediapersons waiting to establish the identity of an alleged terrorist killed in the Jamia Nagar police encounter.

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One of Orissa's most wanted Maoist leaders has claimed responsibility for the Aug 23 killing of a Hindu leader that triggered anti-Christian attacks in the state in which at least 35 people have been killed and thousands forced to flee to the jungles to escape rampaging mobs.

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Sounding the battle cry against climate change from Kashmir to Coimbatore, documentary makers are taking an environment film festival to eight cities, hoping to enlist people in their cause.

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Concerned over the growing criminalisation of politics and the role of money in elections, K.J. Rao, who as a vigilant election commission observer made a mark in the Bihar elections of 2005, is writing a book on how to conducts clean elections.

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At least five persons were killed and three injured by lightning in two separate incidents in Chhattisgarh, police said Sunday.

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Agra University is all set to hold the country's biggest professional entrance examination of Bachelor in Education (B.Ed) on Oct 19. About 600,000 forms have been sold by the varsity.

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Decentralising the Central Information Commission (CIC) is not the way to clear the pending backlog of appeals and complaints, says India's Right to Information (RTI) chief.

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