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View Article  Low-key observance of Kargil victory day
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Nine years after a bloody war against Pakistan in the Kargil region of Jammu and Kashmir in which 600 Indian Army officers and soldiers died, the only commemoration of the day the conflict ended was a wreath laying ceremony

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View Article  Violence in Darjeeling, Ghising shifts to Siliguri
Kolkata/Siliguri, July 26 (IANS) Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) supremo Subash Ghising was shifted Saturday evening from his hill residence to Siliguri town of West Bengal's Darjeeling district after the rival Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) s

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View Article  Violence in Darjeeling, Ghising shifts to Siliguri
Kolkata/Siliguri, July 26 (IANS) Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) supremo Subash Ghising was shifted Saturday evening from his hill residence to Siliguri town of West Bengal's Darjeeling district after the rival Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) s

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View Article  Court asks couple to settle dispute for children's future
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has asked a couple to resolve their decade-long matrimonial dispute keeping in view the future of their children.

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View Article  Chatterjee sets up committee to enquire into bribery charges
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS)Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Saturday set up a seven-member committee to examine claims made by three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs that they were bribed to stay away from voting on the confidence motion in parliam

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View Article  Chatterjee sets up committee to enquire into bribery charges
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS)Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Saturday set up a seven-member committee to examine claims made by three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs that they were bribed to stay away from voting on the confidence motion in parliam

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View Article  IAEA, NSG approval is passport for India: Pranab
Chennai, July 26 (IANS) Approval of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for India-specific safeguards and the clearance by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is 'the passport for India' that will let the nation get into civil nuclear coopera

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View Article  Pakistani troops fire at Indian positions in Kashmir
Jammu, July 26 (IANS) Pakistani troops Saturday fired at Indian forward posts in the Krishna Ghati area along the Line of Control (LoC) that divides Jammu and Kashmir in an attempt to push in infiltrators, Indian defence officials said, terming it a

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View Article  India wants to avoid vote at IAEA board
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) India is trying to avoid a vote at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors meet Aug 1 even though one of its members, Pakistan, has circulated a letter marking its opposition to the safeguards agreem

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View Article  IAEA, NSG approval is passport for India: Pranab
Chennai, July 26 (IANS) Approval of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for India-specific safeguards and the clearance by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is 'the passport for India' that will let the nation get into civil nuclear coopera

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View Article  Shipping Corp posts $69.9 mn net profit
Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) Shipping Corp of India Ltd has posted a net profit of $69.9 million (Rs.2.79 billion) for the first quarter of the current fiscal against $51.52 million over the same period last year.

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View Article  Shipping Corp posts $69.9 mn net profit
Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) Shipping Corp of India Ltd has posted a net profit of $69.9 million (Rs.2.79 billion) for the first quarter of the current fiscal against $51.52 million over the same period last year.

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View Article  'Taare Zameen Par' DVD release delayed abroad, Aamir sorry
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Aamir Khan is happy that Walt Disney Studios has bought the DVD rights of his hit directorial debut 'Taare Zameen Par' in five countries, but has apologised to his fans abroad for the long time it will take for the DVD to hi

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View Article  'Taare Zameen Par' DVD release delayed abroad, Aamir sorry
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Aamir Khan is happy that Walt Disney Studios has bought the DVD rights of his hit directorial debut 'Taare Zameen Par' in five countries, but has apologised to his fans abroad for the long time it will take for the DVD to hi

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View Article  Gogoi urges tea growers to start other industries
Kolkata, July 26 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Saturday urged tea growers in Assam to utilise the fallow land in and around tea gardens to build other industries like dairy and fishery.

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View Article  Reliance Infrastructure net profit up 14 percent
Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) The Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Infrastructure Ltd has announced a net profit of $59 million (Rs.2.53 billion) for the first quarter of 2008-09 compared to $51.77 million over the same period last year, a growth of 14 percent

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View Article  Rahul interacts with labourers in Andhra village
Hyderabad, July 26 (IANS) Continuing his tryst with the common man, Congress party general secretary Rahul Gandhi made a surprise visit to the backward Mahabubnagar district in Andhra Pradesh Saturday and interacted with some labourers.

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View Article  Only 9,750 benefit from scheme meant for 7.4 mn
Bhopal, July 26 (IANS) A scheme to provide economic security to over 7.4 million labourers in Madhya Pradesh seems to be a non-starter with only 9,750 labourers benefiting from it. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is unhappy with the progress and

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View Article  Reliance Infrastructure net profit up 14 percent
Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) The Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Infrastructure Ltd has announced a net profit of $59 million (Rs.2.53 billion) for the first quarter of 2008-09 compared to $51.77 million over the same period last year, a growth of 14 percent

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View Article  Rahul interacts with labourers in Andhra village
Hyderabad, July 26 (IANS) Continuing his tryst with the common man, Congress party general secretary Rahul Gandhi made a surprise visit to the backward Mahabubnagar district in Andhra Pradesh Saturday and interacted with some labourers.

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View Article  Suncity to invest Rs.20 bn to develop four malls
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) City-based realtor Suncity Projects Saturday announced plans to develop four mixed-use retail malls in four Indian cities with an investment of around Rs.20 billion.

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View Article  Heavy rains remind Mumbai of nightmare three years ago
Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) Mumbai once again bore the onslaught of the revival of monsoon with heavy rains lashing the city and surrounding areas since Friday evening, spelling a wet weekend for citizens. It was three years to the day when Mumbai had fac

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View Article  Police arrest seven suspects for assault on Ahmedabad journalists
Ahmedabad, July 26(IANS) The police have arrested seven people from religious leader Asaram Bapu's ashram here for their alleged involvement in an assault on scribes covering clashes following the mysterious death of two boys in the ashram.

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View Article  Suncity to invest Rs.20 bn to develop four malls
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) City-based realtor Suncity Projects Saturday announced plans to develop four mixed-use retail malls in four Indian cities with an investment of around Rs.20 billion.

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View Article  700,000 pain-relieving tablets seized in Himachal
Shimla, July 26 (IANS) Over 700,000 pain-relieving tablets were seized from a drug manufacturing company in Himachal Pradesh for using a name and packaging material similar to a well-known pharmaceutical firm's product, the police said Saturday.

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View Article  Salman upset about Shah Rukh spat, media reports
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Bollywood star Salman Khan is not only upset about his spat with Shah Rukh Khan, but the way in which the media covered it and the general politics in the industry. He has urged his fans to ignore negative reports about him.

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View Article  Salman upset about Shah Rukh spat, media reports
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Bollywood star Salman Khan is not only upset about his spat with Shah Rukh Khan, but the way in which the media covered it and the general politics in the industry. He has urged his fans to ignore negative reports about him.

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View Article  700,000 pain-relieving tablets seized in Himachal
Shimla, July 26 (IANS) Over 700,000 pain-relieving tablets were seized from a drug manufacturing company in Himachal Pradesh for using a name and packaging material similar to a well-known pharmaceutical firm's product, the police said Saturday.

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View Article  700,000 pain-relieving tablets seized in Himachal
Shimla, July 26 (IANS) Over 700,000 pain-relieving tablets were seized from a drug manufacturing company in Himachal Pradesh for using a name and packaging material similar to a well-known pharmaceutical firm's product, the police said Saturday.

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View Article  Hold enquiry into cash flaunted in parliament: activists
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Right to Information (RTI) activists and various civil society groups will hold a protest Sunday to demand an independent enquiry in currency notes being flaunted in parliament last Tuesday by three Bharatiya Janata Party (B

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View Article  New scheme for assisting insurgency victims in northeast
Agartala, July 26 (IANS) The central government has formulated a new scheme to assist victims of terrorists and communal violence in insurgency-hit northeast, officials said here Saturday.

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View Article  Hold enquiry into cash flaunted in parliament: activists
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Right to Information (RTI) activists and various civil society groups will hold a protest Sunday to demand an independent enquiry in currency notes being flaunted in parliament last Tuesday by three Bharatiya Janata Party (B

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View Article  'Mission Istanbul' - action-packed terrorism tale (Film Review)
Film: 'Mission Istanbul'; Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Zayed Khan, Shabbir Ahluwalia, Nikitin Dheer, Shriya Sharan, Shweta Bhardwaj; Director: Apoorva Lakhia; Rating: **1/2

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View Article  'Mission Istanbul' - action-packed terrorism tale (Film Review)
Film: 'Mission Istanbul'; Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Zayed Khan, Shabbir Ahluwalia, Nikitin Dheer, Shriya Sharan, Shweta Bhardwaj; Director: Apoorva Lakhia; Rating: **1/2

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View Article  Army to help check rhino poaching in Kaziranga
Kaziranga (Assam), July 26 (IANS) Indian authorities in the northeastern state of Assam have deployed the army at the famed Kaziranga National Park to control a spurt in incidents of rhino slaughtering by organised poaching syndicates, officials said

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View Article  Reliance Autozone launches retail store
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Reliance Autozone, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, has launched an automotive speciality store at Ambience Mall, Gurgaon, adjacent to the national capital.

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View Article  Zee plans to invest Rs.8.5 billion in movie arm
Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) is planning to float a film subsidiary company under the name Zee Entertainment Studios, a top company official said Friday.

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View Article  Day after blasts: Bomb found again in tense Bangalore
Bangalore, July 26 (IANS) A live bomb was found in Bangalore again Saturday, in a grim reminder that the terror threat to this IT hub could be far from over even as it tried to recover from the shock of eight low-intensity blasts that killed a woman

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View Article  Zee plans to invest Rs.8.5 billion in movie arm
Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) is planning to float a film subsidiary company under the name Zee Entertainment Studios, a top company official said Friday.

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View Article  Reliance Autozone launches retail store
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Reliance Autozone, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, has launched an automotive speciality store at Ambience Mall, Gurgaon, adjacent to the national capital.

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