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The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has been reduced to a patient in an ICU, Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani said Monday in his opening remarks on the debate on the trust motion.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday began the debate on the trust motion by praising the 'visionary leadership' of Left leaders Jyoti Basu and Harkishen Singh Surjeet.

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All eyes of the nation - or at least the national media - were Monday on parliament house as MPs started arriving for the crucial trust vote debate that will decide the fate of the Manmohan Singh-led United Progressive Alliance.

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A crucial two-day session of the Lok Sabha that will decide the fate of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government began here Monday.

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Taking their peace process forward, India and Pakistan Monday began their fifth round of composite dialogue here to discuss issues like Jammu and Kashmir and terrorism.

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The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and the opposition were desperately counting their numbers Monday as the debate on the trust vote began with no indication on who would emerge winner.

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The debate on the trust vote will be held for 16 hours, an all party meeting convened by Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee just before the house met decided Monday.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday flashed the victory V-sign as he entered the Parliament House complex where his United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government aces its toughest political test as it seeks a vote of confidence.

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Indian equity markets, which opened with a gain Monday, stayed in the green zone in early trade, though they did turn volatile.

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Three central minority universities may soon be set up in the country if a proposal forwarded by the ministry of minority affairs gets clearance from the human resource development (HRD) ministry.

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Mukesh Khanna, who played the role of Bhishma Pitamah in B.R. Chopra's 'Mahabharat', says he was offered Shantanu's role in Ekta Kapoor's 'Kahani Hamaaray Mahabharat Ki' but turned it down.

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The rural employment scheme is certainly picking up steam in India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, if the labour shortage for construction and industrial work in Agra district is anything to go by.

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Himachal Pradesh is launching a massive plantation drive next month to increase the state's forest cover as part of its contribution to lowering global warming.

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The classic school of scriptwriting suggests that every story must have three basic parts - beginning, middle, and end - without which it is not complete. But the melodramatic daily soaps on Indian TV channels have a beginning

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There are plans to restore the lost glory of a monument here known as the Taj Mahal, which is a grand structure in its own right but has been facing neglect for decades unlike its namesake in Agra.

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Age has not dampened the spirit of evergreen Bollywood star Dev Anand. The 84-year-old thespian is now busy with his new film 'Chargesheet', a murder mystery that will star Jackie Shroff and a host of newcomers.

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Rumours are rife that Ranvir Shorey and Konkona Sen-Sharma are as engaged to one another as can be, but neither party is willing to talk about it.

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Minister of State for Sports and Youth M.S. Gill Tuesday called the confidence motion a 'reality show' and said India will win as many medals at the Beijing Olympics in August as the number of votes bagged by the ruling Unit.

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Book: 'Strong Religion, Zealous Media'; Author: Pradip Ninan Thomas; Publisher: Sage Publications; Pages: 207.

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A 35-year-old man was shot dead over a suspected extra-marital affair, the police said here Monday.

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An employee of The Statesman daily was shot dead by one of his friends Monday night after a brawl in the basement of the Statesman House building in Connaught Place.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stated Monday night that he was 'very confident' of his government winning the vote of confidence in parliament.

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Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Monday betrayed none of the tension he has been under as he presided over a turbulent house with humorous one-liners to pin down wayward MPs.

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Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Monday night adjourned the Lok Sabha till 11 a.m. Tuesday.

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Lawyers here organised a mock funeral procession of two senior lawyers Monday to protest what they alleged was nepotism in appointment of a member to the Delhi Bar Council.

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The lone Mizo National Front (MNF) MP from Mizoram, Vanlalzawma, is likely to abstain from voting during Tuesday's confidence vote, party sources said.

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Thousands of women activists of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) here staged a unique march, with empty earthen pitchers in hands, to protest the scarcity of water, electricity outages and the deteriorating law.

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The Communist of Party India-Marxist (CPI-M) is likely to take strict disciplinary action against Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee after he 'defied' the party direction to step down as the presiding officer of the lower.

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Even as the government faces a crucial survival vote in parliament with the India-US nuclear deal as a key issue, Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon Monday said support for the deal was 'growing' in the 45-nation.

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Relatives of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday organised prayers in this Sikh holy city to seek divine intervention to save his four-year-old United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre, now facing a trust vote.

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The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) Monday decided to develop an integrated logistic hub at Loni.

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A 24-year-old widow was drugged and raped by her driving instructor and his friend in south Delhi, the police said here Monday.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh despite being a Sikh and Punjabi has not done anything either for the community or Punjab, Akali Dal MP Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa said in parliament during the debate on the vote of confidence Monday.

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The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) bed-ridden MP Harishchandra Chavan took off for New Delhi Monday evening in an air ambulance from Nashik town in Maharasthra to participate in the crucial trust vote of the Manmohan Singh government.

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Train services between Delhi and Dehradun were disrupted after 14 wagons of a goods train were derailed near Mohiddinpur Monday.

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Even as it launched a new round of dialogue with its neighbour, India Monday said there were 'elements in Pakistan' behind the July 7 terror attack on the Indian mission in Kabul and underlined.

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General entertainment channel STAR Plus will air from August 1 a reality show on couples 'Aajaa Mahi Vay' where 11 real life unmarried couples will battle it out week-on-week in pursuit of their dream wedding as a grand prize.

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An upset Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Monday criticized the Left parties for attacking the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in the past two weeks.

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The Uttar Pradesh government is now training elephants to counter poaching and other illegal activities in forests, a senior forest official said Monday.

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Sonia Gandhi, chairperson of India's ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA), sat through more than half of the 10-hour debate Monday on a trust motion in parliament that will decide the government's fate.

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Two men were arrested and remanded in custody for 15 days for spreading rumours about a serial killer and creating panic in a Chennai locality, the police said Monday.

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Private sector lender Bank of Rajasthan has hiked its term deposit rates by 25 to 50 basis points under different time slabs effective from Monday.

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Three children, all under the age of 10, were drowned Monday while swimming in Yamuna river here, the police said.

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The guar seed contract for July was settled at Rs.2,024 per quintal at the National Multi-Commodity Exchange (NMCE).

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A vegetable vendor was arrested Monday for allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl in east Delhi, the police said.

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Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and Communist Party of India (CPI) MP Gurudas Das Gupta took unexpected digs at each other in what many thought was a spillover of an old rivalry during the CPI member's somewhat dragging.

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A confident Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday pledged to win the trust vote in parliament '100 percent', as the ruling coalition and the opposition clashed, at times acrimoniously.

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Shiv Sena activists, who argue that the Taj Mahal was built on the site of a Shiva temple, attempted to perform Hindu rituals at the monument here Monday afternoon but the police prevented them from entering it.

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This picturesque Tamil Nadu village on the banks of the Cauvery river entered its 60th year of total abstention from tobacco and alcohol Monday.

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An Allahabad-based lawyer Monday moved the Supreme Court to bar four lawmakers convicted of murder from voting in parliament Tuesday on the trust motion of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

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Filmmaker Mukesh Bhatt says that his next film 'Raaz - The Mystery Continues' is not a sequel to 2005 hit starring Bipasha Basu and Dino Morea but is inspired by Hollywood suspense-horror 'The Omen'.

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Panic gripped the fishing community in the vicinity of the Nagbhid forest range in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra following an incident of a crocodile devouring a fisherman in Ghodazari lake near a favourite boating centre.

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A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Monday sentenced 13 people convicted in the fodder scam to prison terms and fines ranging from Rs.2 million to Rs.15 million.

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Mining and steel major Gala Janardhan Reddy (GJR) group has entered into a strategic alliance with PT Earthstone Resources of Indonesia to source iron ore from Sumatra mines for its greenfield integrated steel plant in Andhra Pradesh.

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India's top shuttlers will be seen in action along with some international stars in the 1st Tata Open All India Badminton Tournament, organised by the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy (PPBA) at the Bombay Gymkhana.

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Notwithstanding his projection as 'kingmaker', Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh must take the blame for the desertions from it, according to some of the disgruntled MPs.

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The Tamil Nadu government-run MGR Medical University announced Monday that from August its medium of instruction would be Tamil.

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The Tamil Nadu government-run MGR Medical University announced Monday that from August its medium of instruction would be Tamil.

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Robbers Monday looted Rs.400,000 at gun point from bank officials in Koderma district of Jharkhand, the police said.

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Veer Singh, professor emeritus from the department of law of the Panjab University, Monday took over as vice-chancellor of the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research University (NALSAR), Hyderabad.

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India bagged 21 medals, including half a dozen gold medals, in the Asian Youth Chess Championship which concluded in Tehran Monday.

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One person was killed as traffic went haywire in Kolkata Monday with a series of Trinamool Congress processions passing through the main thoroughfares and converging at the city hub where party chief Mamata Banerjee.

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The Empire State Building, Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Museum of art - well-known landmarks of New York city came alive at a photo exhibition that opened here Monday.

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A self-styled deputy commander of banned militant outfit United National Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has been arrested here from the house of Congress MP Anwar Hussain for allegedly threatening and extorting.

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Minister of state for external affairs Anand Sharma Monday took on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani head-on over the India-US nuclear deal contending that the BJP leader.

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Over 200 workers of daytime child care centres from across Punjab Monday held a protest march on the busy roads of Chandigarh despite allotment of a fixed site for public conventions and rallies.

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A city court Monday extended the judicial custody of former State Trading Corp (STC) chief managing director S.M. Dewan till Aug 4 and the police custody of senior official H.R. Sardana till July 23.

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A 21-year-old student of Amity University was stabbed by five men at an automobile workshop close to the national capital here, apparently over a love triangle, police said Monday.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is a Sikh, Monday quoted 10th Sikh guru Gobind Singh to drive home his point that his United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was on the path to victory in the vote of confidence.

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Bollywood star Salman Khan, one of the most eligible bachelors in filmdom, finds it amusing when contestants on his show 'Dus Ka Dum' want to know his marriage plans.

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A dozen idols of Hindu gods and goddesses dating back to the 10th and 11th centuries have been recovered in a tunnel in Uttar Pradesh, officials said Monday.

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Rising inflation and sharp increase in bond yield have lowered net profit of the state-run Canara Bank for the first quarter of the current fiscal by 49 percent year-on-year (YoY).

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India Monday told Pakistan there were elements within its territory which are behind the Kabul blast and asked Islamabad to take immediate steps against these forces to ensure the peace talks between the two neighbours.

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Tech Mahindra, one of the largest solution providers in the Indian telecom space, announced Monday a 52 percent growth in its profit after tax and 27 percent growth in revenue in the first quarter of the current fiscal.

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The government Monday informed the Supreme Court it was willing to amend penal laws to provide for harsher punishment for throwing acid on women - a crime the apex court has described as 'worse than murder'.

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The Himachal Pradesh government has sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention to start an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in the state from the current academic session.

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With only a day to go before the crucial trust vote, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government Monday found itself short of a majority in a house of 542 members but ruling Congress managers exuded confidence.

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The Indian footwear market, growing at an estimated 20 percent annually, has just made room for another reputed international brand.

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Some MPs believe that to make an impact in parliament, they have to screech.

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The police in this Madhya Pradesh city and the temple town of Ujjain near here have been put on high alert after an e-mail threat of a terrorist attack, sources said Monday.

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The man who gave the Manmohan Singh government sleepless nights -Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren - was snoozing as leader of opposition and its prime ministerial hopeful Lal Krishan Advani took on the United Progessive Alliance.

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A fire broke out Monday in a cloth market in Delhi's Chandni Chowk area. Though a sari showroom was gutted, no casualties were reported, police said.

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Asserting that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was not in a minority, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday cautioned the Left parties against repeating the 'mistake' they made in the past by vote.

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The Indian Railways earned a total revenue of Rs.195.49 billion in the first quarter of the current fiscal (April-June) as against Rs.165.61 billion in the comparable period of last year, representing a growth of 18.04 perce.

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Though a high-profile face in the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has always been somewhat of an 'outsider' within his party, at least on occasions when decisions of the party.

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A Delhi Police constable is facing a departmental probe after the family member of a 17-year-old youth alleged he tortured the boy to death in northwest Delhi last week, a police official said Monday.

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'Can't have a running commentary when the leader of opposition is speaking,' rumbled an angry Somnath Chatterjee, rising from his seat, as members of parliament.

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There was uncertainty in the Lok Sabha secretariat till the time the house assembled at 11 a.m. Monday over whether Chatterjee would chair the session.

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The Punjab goverment Monday asked principals and staff of government and private medical and nursing colleges to keep a strict check on the ragging menace.

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It was being thought that the trust vote would be taken past midnight Tuesday. But what was meant to be a two-day parliament session could extend to a third day - as had happened in 1999 when the government of then prime minster.

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In an unprecedented order, a consumer court here Monday ruled that banks have to return a dishonoured cheque within 14 days to a person who has a savings account with it even if the consumer has a minimum balance.

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The Congress Party seems to be way ahead of other parties as far as good speakers are concerned.

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Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader and former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda rarely ignores the advice of his astrologer - and that seems to have been the case this time too!

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The ruling Congress Monday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had 'in all probability' given Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati 'false promises' to make her the next prime minister of India.

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Top Indian drug maker Dr Reddy's Laboratories earned a total revenue of Rs.15 billion ($350 million) and profit after tax (PAT) of Rs.1.3 billion ($31 million) in the first quarter of the current fiscal.

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The city-based UCO Bank is scouting for a foreign partner in a financial services company it proposes to float shortly, a top official said here Monday.

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Scotching all speculation, the Trinamool Congress announced Monday that it would abstain in the Lok Sabha trust vote but clarified that it did not support the India-US civil nuclear deal.

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The distinct buzz in the corridors of parliament, as it assembled Monday for a special two-day session to decide the fate of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government, was that the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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The officiating dean of the Government Medical College Hospital here, S. K. Bobhate, was found drinking in his office by none other than a cabinet minister. He has been sent on compulsory leave with immediate effect, state heal.

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Jharkhand was on alert ahead of a strike called by Maoist rebels Tuesday against the India-US nuclear deal, police said Monday.

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Eyeing the rich Punjabi travellers, Tourism Malaysia Monday here announced its "Best of Malaysia - Mega Sale Travel Package".

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Actor-director Mahesh Manjrekar says he has made a special appearance in Neeraj Pandey's 'Fast Forward' for Sonia Jaffer, his dance partner from reality show 'Jhalak Dikhla Jaa'.

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Tata Group promoted Voltas Ltd has announced a consolidated net profit after tax of $21.2 million (Rs.851.30 million) during the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, recording a growth of 63 percent over the corresponding period.

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Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad had the entire opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on its feet after he challenged them to a Mahabharat during the debate on the trust vote Monday.

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A cool and confident Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he is "100 percent sure" that the United Progressive Alliance government was going to win Tuesday's crucial floor test.

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The Tata Group-promoted Voltas Ltd has announced a consolidated net profit of $21.2 million (Rs.851.30 million) during the first quarter this fiscal, compared to $13.04 million (Rs.521.60 million) in the same period the previous.

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India's largest steel manufacturer, the state-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), has recorded 20 percent increase in net profit in the first quarter of 2008-9, it said Monday.

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Indian equity markets ended the day with a modest gain ahead of the government's trust vote in parliament. Amid volatility, the market surged in late trade. There was buying interest in banking, pharma.

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Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss will join the Delhi University Student Union (DUSU) Tuesday to campaign against tobacco and push for a smoke free campus.

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The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's (JMM) reported demand for a greater Jharkhand by carving out parts of Orissa has drawn widespread criticism in this state.

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Distressed at unruly scenes during the debate on the trust vote, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Monday urged all MPs to conduct themselves in a dignified manner in the house.

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A Gujarat shutdown called by a group of civil society organisations demanding a thorough probe into the death of two boys from religious leader Asaram Bapu's ashram school here evoked mixed response in Ahmedabad.

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External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday reminded Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani that India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, had died in 1964.

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Indian equity markets closed with gains Monday.

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Welspun-Gujarat Stahl Rohren Ltd has announced a net profit of $17.78 million (Rs.711.4 million) during the first quarter of this fiscal, compared to $17.33 million (Rs.693.2 million) in the corresponding period of the previous.

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Idols of Hindu gods and goddesses, dating back to the 10th and 11th century, were recovered from a tunnel in Etawah district, about 200 kms from here, officials said Monday.

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Facing the biggest political crisis in over four years, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserted Monday that he was confident of winning the trust vote as the ruling coalition and opposition clashed in parliament at the start.

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The state-owned telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) will now provide basic phone connections in rural Uttar Pradesh at monthly instalments of Rs.20, a top company official said Monday.

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At least 32 people, including seven Nepali citizens, were injured when the bus in which they were travelling rammed into a tree in Shravasti district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Monday.

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Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Monday said her party would not participate in the trust vote in the Lok Sabha.

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The India-US civil nuclear deal would bring an end to the nuclear apartheid and isolation that India had been subjected to for 30 years, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Monday.

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Despite the hardening of lending rates and a slowdown in the economy, Indian Bank managed to post a 26.8 percent growth in its revenues and a marginal increase in its net profit in the first quarter of the current fiscal company.

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Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani is a 'prime minister in a hurry', Samajawadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav said duing the debate on the vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha Monday.

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Tata Power, India's largest private power utility, announced Monday it will develop a hydro-power project in Bhutan in partnership with the Bhutanese government, and purchase the entire power generated.

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Sri Lankan 'wunderkid' Ajantha Mendis might be threatening to bamboozle Indian batsmen with his different kinds of deliveries in one over. But former Test batsmen Gundappa Vishwanath felt that Mendis' won't be a threat.

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An emergency meeting of the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) was called Monday to take stock of the safety of cine workers, who allege that some of the Film City staff are part of a local mafia.

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Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee defied directions from his Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) when he presided over the two-day trust motion debate that began Monday, party leaders said.

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Film: 'Moggina Manasu'; Cast: Shubha Poonja, Manasi, Radhika Pandit, Sangeetha Shetty, Yash, Manoj Skanda and others; Story-Screenplay-Direction: Shashank; Producer: E. Krishnappa; Camera; Chandrashekhar; Music: Mano Murthy; Editor: Suresh Urs; Ratin.

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Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee was Monday forced to adjourn the house for 10 minutes during the crucial trust motion debate when MPs of the Samajwati Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) almost came to blows.

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Sports Minister M. S. Gill, who has promised that no athlete will get a raw deal in matters of selection to the Beijing Games, has met archer Reena Kumari who had complained of favouritism in the selection of the squad.

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Packaging majors Bilcare Ltd of India and MeadWestvaco Corp of the US Monday announced the joint acquisition of American pharmaceutical packaging company, International Labs.

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The Bachchans' 'Unforgettable' tour got overwhelming response in Toronto and Amitabh can't stop raving about the 'fantastic' crowds and their 'energetic' performances.

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The Kerala assembly Monday witnessed chaotic scenes as the government and opposition traded charges over the death of 48-year-old school teacher James Augustine, who was allegedly killed by opposition activists.

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As the Indian economy continues to grow at an enviable pace, there is no other choice in addressing the mounting energy needs than nuclear power, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said during an impassioned speech.

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From the nuclear deal to terrorism and Sonia Gandhi to the 'aam aadmi', Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani Monday touched on a range of issues during his one hour speech on the debate over the trust motion.

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City-based media and technology firm Valuable Group, which last week acquired the Disney-founded MovieBeam - a facility that enables wireless transmission of movies into the set-top box in a customer's home - will invest $100 m.

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Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati Monday appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not to make the India-US nuclear deal a "prestige" issue and said the next government should finalise it.

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The central paramilitary Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Monday said it seized narcotics and arms worth Rs.7.1 million in various operations carried out in Bihar and Assam last week.

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External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday said that the India-US nuclear deal was the passport for India to end its isolation among nuclear countries.

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The simmering tension between Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and his parental party Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) was evident in the house during the discussion on the trust motion moved by Prime Minister.

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Railway commuters in Thane district near here went on a rampage Monday morning and damaged a station, protesting against people blocking seats in trains on the Western Railway's suburban network.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sought the confidence of the Lok Sabha Monday and said the trust vote was avoidable as he had promised to return to parliament before operationalising the contentious nuclear deal with Washington.

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Packaging majors Bilcare Ltd of India and MeadWestvaco Corp of the US Monday announced the joint acquisition of American pharmaceutical packaging company, International Labs.

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Harsh Mankad and Ashutosh Singh lost the final of the LTA Manchester Trophy, going down to top-seeded Australian pair Adam Feeney and Robert Smeets.

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History was definitely in the making as parliament convened Monday for a special two-day session to decide the fate of the 50-month-old government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

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Indian equity markets continued to stay in the green early Monday afternoon, but stayed volatile too. There was buying interest in banking, capital goods and select technology stocks.

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will renegotiate the India-US civil nuclear deal if it came to power, Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani said Monday during the trust vote debate that will decide the fate of the Manmohan Singh.

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The Tripura government has asked the National Institute of Technology (NIT) here to take strict action against senior students for allegedly ragging freshers, officials said here Monday.

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Over 3,000 criminals have been arrested across Uttar Pradesh as part of a special operation, police said Monday.

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Petronet LNG Ltd, the Indian government's chief importer of liquified natural gas, has posted a drop in profits of 2.2 percent in the first quarter of 2008-2009, compared to the same period last year, the company said Monday.

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The 1,000 megawatt (MW) coal-based Tuticorin power plant in Tamil Nadu has been cleared, according to a top official associated with the Rs.49-billion project.

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A real estate agent was gunned down by motorcycle-borne assailants in West Delhi over personal rivalry, police said Monday, ruling out the involvement of a biker gang responsible for a series of shootings this month.

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Bollywood, India's Rs.96 billion ($ 2.3 billion) film industry, has taken a beating due to rising prices.

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The Jharkhand government will launch a central sponsored national health insurance scheme from October to help people living below the poverty line (BPL) seek free medical treatment, an official spokesman said Monday.

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Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani Monday recounted the terror attacks during the last four years of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and demanded to know the progress of investigations in the incidents.

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Six-year-old Niranjan Sahu has spent the last four years tied up in an Orissa village. He was mentally challenged and his widowed mother had no money for his treatment. Help has finally come after district authorities step.

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was not against nuclear energy nor was it opposed to a 'strategic relationship' with the US, Leader of Oppostion L.K. Advani declared Monday during his speech on the trust vote in the Lok Sabha.

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Shiv Sena MP Tukaram Renge Patil remained incognito till Monday morning despite efforts by party functionaries to access him, bringing into question his participation on behalf of the opposition National Democratic.

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