Fishermen in this port town of Tamil Nadu have complained that some buyers have been paying them in counterfeit currency even as police said investigations were under way.
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Rameshwaram fishermen face counterfeit currency problem
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:56 PM IST
No kudos for India's other gold medallist at Olympics
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:54 PM IST
Did you know that India won two gold medals and not one at the 2008 Beijing Olympics? Sunita Lamba, a fine arts artist from Delhi, won a gold at the games for her sculpture, but so far she has received no felicitation.
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Northeast states record five percent deficit rainfall
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:53 PM IST
Despite heavy floods in Assam, the northeastern states have registered about five percent deficit rainfall this year, officials said here Monday.
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Bajaj Auto motorcycle sales rise 5 percent in Aug
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:52 PM IST
The country's second largest two-wheeler manufacturer, Bajaj Auto Ltd, Monday said it has registered a five percent hike in motorcycle sales in August despite rising input costs and soaring inflation.
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Aban subsidiary bags Rs.11.9 bn drilling contract
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:52 PM IST
Aban Offshore Ltd, India's largest private sector drilling contractor, announced Monday its Norway-based subsidiary has bagged a contract worth Rs.11.91 billion in Angola.
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Government hints at steps to stabilise steel prices
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:51 PM IST
With economic growth slowing down and inflation soaring, the government Monday hinted at more measures to stabilise steel prices.
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Fire in Chennai supermarket, no loss of life
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:49 PM IST
A fire in Saravana Stores, a major supermarket in Chennai's main shopping district T. Nagar, raged for over five hours Monday. The showroom's management estimated the losses to cross Rs.15 million. No casualties were reported.
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Tata Com directed to pay damages to RCom subsidiary
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:48 PM IST
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the global arbitration tribunal, has directed Tata Communications to pay a Reliance Communication subsidiary approximately $19 million plus interest from May 2006.
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Lucknow Biotech park to train women farmers
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:47 PM IST
Free training programmes will be provided to women farmers by the Biotech Park here to enable them to apply new technologies to increase agricultural yield, an official said Monday.
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Left Front takes out 'anti-imperialism' rally in West Bengal
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:47 PM IST
Thousands of West Bengal's ruling Left Front (LF) activists Monday marched in an 'anti-imperialism' rally in Kolkata and Siliguri, protesting price rise, the Manmohan Singh government's foreign policy and the India-US nuclear Deal.
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Member of criminal gang killed by police in Uttar Pradesh
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:46 PM IST
A member of a criminal gang was killed in a gun battle with the police in Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh early Monday, an official said.
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Procter and Gamble net jumps 83.72 percent
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:45 PM IST
Personal care and healthcare major Procter and Gamble has recorded a 83.72 percent profit in the second quarter of the ongoing January-December accounting year, as compared to
that posted in the corresponding period last year. Click Here to View The Complete Article
Kaziranga submerged, wild animals flee park in Assam
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:45 PM IST
Floodwaters of the mighty Brahmaputra Monday entered the Kaziranga wildlife sanctuary in Assam forcing scores of endangered animals to flee the park to safer areas, officials said.
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CBI says CD linked to nun's death tampered
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:44 PM IST
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday told the Kerala High Court that the Bangalore-based Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) had tampered with a CD linked to the mysterious death of a nun in the state.
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Indian primary market growth to fall by 50 percent
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:43 PM IST
The growth of the Indian primary market will halve from the 20 percent registered during 2007-08, to 8-10 percent in the remaining period of the current fiscal because of adverse market sentiments, an industry lobby said Monday.
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Houses robbed, evacuees looted in flooded Bihar
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:43 PM IST
Criminals and anti-social elements are looting abandoned houses and robbing hapless evacuees at gun point in flood-affected Bihar as the surging waters have flushed hundreds of
thousands of people out of the safety of their homes. Click Here to View The Complete Article
India under-16 football team leaves for England
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:41 PM IST
India under-16 football team leaves for EnglandMumbai, Sep 1 (IANS) The under-16 football team, as part of its preparation for the finals of the AFC Championships, left here Monday for a nine-day exposure trip to England.
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Chhattisgarh sending relief material worth Rs.50 mn to Bihar
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:41 PM IST
The Chhattisgarh government Monday announced that it will rush relief materials worth Rs.50 million to Bihar, where millions of people have been affected by floods.
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Catch artist Amitesh Verma's biggest horses at Mumbai show
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:38 PM IST
Amitesh Verma, one of the most talented line artists in the country today, has changed. And so have his horses. His power stallions on canvas now pack more punch and energy.
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Men's basketball team to play in Malaysian tourney
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:37 PM IST
A 12-member men's basketball team will participate in the Malaysian International Invitational Basketball Tournament at Kuala Lumpur from Sep 3-7.
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CBI may get accused in Aarushi murder to turn approver
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:36 PM IST
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to get an accused in the murders of teenager Aarushi and her family help Hemraj to turn approver as it nears the Sep 10 deadline to file a chargesheet in the case it claimed .
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Reliance not to transfer stake in gas block to subsidiary
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:32 PM IST
Reliance Industries Ltd Monday announced it has discarded plans to transfer a majority stake in a deepwater gas block in the Krishna Godavari basin to a fully-owned subsidiary.
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Mystery disease forces mass exodus from Uttar Pradesh villages
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:18 PM IST
Villages around Kanpur, which have seen a mysterious fever claiming over 140 lives in the past four weeks, are now witnessing a mass exodus.
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One killed, hundreds injured in Madhya Pradesh ritual
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:14 PM IST
One person was killed and over 400 injured as villagers pelted stones at each other as part of an annual ritual in memory of two lovers in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh, police said.
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Yet another day lost at Nano plant
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:13 PM IST
Operations at Tata Motors' Nano plant at Singur in West Bengal remained suspended for the third consecutive working day Monday, with the company stating that the situation was not conducive to resuming work.
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Half of Agra powerless as transformer catches fire
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:12 PM IST
Power supply in Agra has been badly affected due to a fire at the Sikandra sub-station on the Delhi-Agra road.
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Government appeasing separatists: Lt. Gen S.K. Sinha (Interview)
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:11 PM IST
Former Jammu and Kashmir governor Lt. Gen. (retd.) S.K. Sinha has accused the government of going out of its way to 'appease' separatists in the valley when it should have countered their 'absurd propaganda' that land transfer.
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Remote sensing agency comes under ISRO
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:11 PM IST
The autonomous National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) has become a state-run body and brought under the Indian Space Research Organsiation (ISRO), the space agency said Monday.
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Abhinav Bindra trust gives Rs.500,000 for Bihar flood-hit
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:10 PM IST
The Abhinav Bindra trust, named after India's first Olympics gold medallist, will donate Rs.500,000 for flood relief in Bihar.
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Equity markets stay in the red early afternoon
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:09 PM IST
Indian equity markets stayed in the red early Monday afternoon. Banking, metal and capital goods stocks were under selling pressure.
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Fire in Chennai supermarket, no loss of life
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:08 PM IST
A supermarket in Chennai's main shopping district T. Nagar was engulfed in a fire that broke out early Monday.
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Move to blow up Big Bazar outlet foiled in Ranchi, two detained
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:08 PM IST
An attempt to blow up a crowded retail store here was foiled with the defusing of a bomb, officials said Monday. An employee of the Big Bazar store spotted the bomb when over
1,000 people were inside the shop. Click Here to View The Complete Article
Maruti Suzuki sales dip over nine percent in August
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:07 PM IST
The country's largest passenger car-maker, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, Monday said its sales have dipped in August for the first time in five months as a result of higher interest rates and soaring inflation.
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Chief civil aviation bureaucrat gets another extension
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:06 PM IST
The tenure of Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Kanu Gohain has been extended by three more months from Monday.
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Karunakaran rushed to Vellore hospital in air ambulance
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:05 PM IST
Former Kerala chief minister and veteran Congress leader K. Karunakaran was Monday
taken in an air ambulance to the Christian Medical College in Vellore for treatment. Click Here to View The Complete Article
Jammu bounces back to normalcy after Amarnath agreement
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:04 PM IST
People thronged barbers' shops, children rushed to school and heavy traffic clogged the roads here Monday as the Jammu region bounced back to normalcy after a two-month-long spell of curfews and shutdowns over the Amarnath land.
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Four Vidharbha farmers kill themselves on their biggest day of the year
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:04 PM IST
Four debt-trapped Vidarbha farmers ended their lives last weekend on the day of Pola - the year's biggest religious festival for farmers in Maharashtra, according to reports received here Monday.
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12 Orissa districts in grip of communal violence
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Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:03 PM IST
The communal violence that engulfed nine Orissa districts following the Aug 23 murder of a Hindu leader has spread to three more districts, forcing authorities to deploy additional security personnel, an official said Monday.
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No work in Nano factory Monday: Tata Motors
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:02 PM IST
Tata Motors' Nano factory in West Bengal's Singur area stayed closed Monday, its third back-to-back manday lost, with the company stating that the situation was not conducive to resuming work.
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Athavale supporters pelt Shilpa Shetty's car with stones
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:01 PM IST
Controversies dog Shilpa Shetty wherever she goes. Recently the actress, who is hosting the second season of 'Bigg Boss' on Colors channel, was attacked by the supporters of Republican Party of India (RPI) leader Ramdas Athavale.
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Secret Punjab Police directive seeks out 'smugglers, criminals' for polls
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:00 PM IST
A 'top secret' Punjab Police circular seeking information about 'important smugglers and criminals with a vote bank' so they can help the ruling Akali Dal (Badal) win the coming Lok Sabha elections.
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Equity markets start in the red
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Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:59 PM IST
Indian equity markets, which opened lower Monday following weak global cues, were in the red in early trade. Banking, auto and pharma stocks were under selling pressure.
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Curfew in Kashmir as Hurriyat calls for peaceful protests
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:58 PM IST
Curfew continued across the Kashmir valley for the ninth day Monday with the Hurriyat calling for peaceful protests but authorities treading with caution following the deal to set aside 40 hectares of land for the Amarnath.
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TV actor Aamir Bashir set to direct film on Kashmir
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:57 PM IST
After doing small roles in films like 'Armaan' and 'Pyaar Ke Side Effects', popular television actor Aamir Bashir is set to direct a film on a subject close to his heart - Kashmir.
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A museum for the man who designed Chandigarh
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Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:56 PM IST
A museum and research centre is to come up here to showcase the talent of Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier, the man who designed Chandigarh. It will be the sixth such centre in the world.
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Tension in Fatehpur Sikri after 'mazar' damaged
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:53 PM IST
Damage to the 700-year-old Hazrat Shah ki Bibi shrine near Fatehpur Sikri, the 16th century capital of Mughal emperor Akbar, saw irate residents block the Agra-Jaipur highway for several hours with tempers cooling down.
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An Agra bridge in troubled waters
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:52 PM IST
A bridge over the Yamuna river is coming up in the Taj Mahal city, dangerously close to a Mughal-era monument. But no one appears to know on whose authority it is being built.
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Military working to rescue people in flood-hit Bihar
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:52 PM IST
Relief and rescue operations were intensified in flood-hit Bihar Monday, with hundreds of defence personnel joining the administration in evacuating millions of marooned people, officials said.
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A faster, higher, stronger fix: the sport of live coverage (Comment)
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:45 PM IST
On Aug 24, after the stupefying finale of the Beijing Olympics, it was time to whip out the little black book.
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Post 'Singh is Kinng', Akshay bonds with son
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Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:44 PM IST
Akshay Kumar, who recently returned rejuvenated after a holiday with wife Twinkle Khanna at Monte Carlo, spent a week exclusively with his son Aarav.
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Four die after gas leak in Orissa steel plant
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:43 PM IST
At least four people died and two developed illness after inhaling a poisonous gas allegedly leaked in a steel plant in Orissa's Sambalpur district Sunday evening, police said.
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We want work to resume at Tata plant: Mamata
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:23 PM IST
In an apparent climbdown, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said Monday evening her party wants work to resume at the Tata Motors' Nano plant at Singur, but after excluding the controversial 400 acre acquired farmland.
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One injured as Blueline hits car in Delhi
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Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:22 PM IST
A 28-year-old man was seriously injured when a Blueline bus rammed into his car in Mandir Marg area of the capital Monday evening.
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Wanting to emulate 'bikers' gang', teens faked own kidnapping
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:21 PM IST
Inspired by the exploits of the notorious 'bikers' gang', three teenagers staged a fake kidnapping, only to be caught and sent to a remand home.
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Shriram EPC acquires Blackstone Group
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:20 PM IST
City-based engineering major Shriram EPC Ltd (SEPC) has acquired 55 percent stake in engineering consulting firm Blackstone Group Technologies Ltd for an undisclosed amount.
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Court orders compensation to sisters of deceased
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:19 PM IST
A road accident victim's sister can claim compensation if her parents are not alive, a Delhi court has held, also describing a woman's elder brother as a 'father figure'.
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Fire at Hyundai's paint shop injures seven
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:18 PM IST
A fire broke out at Hyundai Motor India's paint shop here Monday, injuring seven workers.
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Purwar named officiating director of IIM Lucknow
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:16 PM IST
Prem Chandra Purwar has been appointed officiating director of the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L), an official said here Monday.
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US working hard for India waiver in NSG: Boucher
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:15 PM IST
Ahead of the crucial meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) to discuss a revised draft for lifting the nuclear ban on India, the US Monday said it was 'working hard' to get a waiver.
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Minor raped in east Delhi
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:15 PM IST
An eight-year-old girl has been raped in Pandav Nagar of east Delhi, police said Monday.
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On Ramadan eve, three separatist leaders freed
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:14 PM IST
On the eve of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, Jammu and Kashmir authorities Monday freed separatist leaders Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik.
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Varanasi villager defeats Olympian in Chennai half-marathon
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:13 PM IST
A local villager, belonging to a poor farmer's family of Varanasi, won the Chennai half marathon in Chennai.
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Peace prevails in Kashmir on the eve of Ramadan
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:13 PM IST
Peace largely prevailed in the Kashmir valley Monday, a day before Muslim holy month of Ramadan, as curfew was relaxed in a phased manner for varying periods.
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No work at Nano plant, Trinamool leader meets governor
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:12 PM IST
Work remained suspended for the third day Monday at the Tata Motors' Nano plant at Singur in West Bengal as the ruling Left Front again invited the Trinamool Congress for talks to resolve the impasse over land acquisition.
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Finance Secretary Duvvuri Subbarao next Reserve Bank Governor
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:11 PM IST
Finance Secretary Duvvuri Subbarao will be the next Governor of the central Reserve Bank of India (RBI), it was announced here Monday.
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Congress seeks Orissa chief minister's resignation
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:10 PM IST
The Congress Monday sought Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's resignation, accusing him of failing to control communal violence in the state.
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Chandigarh geared up to fight drug menace
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Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:09 PM IST
A nodal agency has been set up by the Chandigarh administration to curb the menace of drug addiction among the youth in the region, a spokesperson of the administration said here Monday.
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ONGC to start coalbed methane production in December
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:08 PM IST
Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd (ONGC) Monday announced it would begin its pilot production of coalbed methane (CBM) gas in Jharkhand from December.
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CBI should question judges in bribery scam: defence counsel
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:07 PM IST
A court here Monday sent two accused in the cash-for-judge bribery scam in Central Bureau of Investigation custody for two more days, even as their lawyers argued that neither the CBI nor the police tried to approach and question.
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Etech Inc acquires IT tower at Gandhinagar Infocity
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:06 PM IST
US-based outsourcing company Etech Inc has acquired the IT tower-IV at Infocity in Gandhinagar as part of its business expansion in India, a top official said here Monday.
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Artists from South Asia to bond over art
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:06 PM IST
Artists from South Asia will perform and showcase their art works in the capital in a show titled, 'Six Degrees of Separation: Chaos, Congruence & Collaboration in South Asia" from Sep 5-20.
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Duvvuri Subbarao next Reserve Bank Governor
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Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:05 PM IST
Finance Secretary Duvvuri Subbarao has been named as the next Governor of the central Reserve Bank of India (RBI), it was announced here Monday.
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Court notice over BSP MP's disqualification
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 04:02 PM IST
Delhi High Court Monday issued notices to the central government, Rajya Sabha chairman, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati after Isam Singh challenged his disqualification as member.
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PM assures assistance to Orissa violence victims
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 03:53 PM IST
Assuring help to the victims of violence in Orissa, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said firm action would be taken against culprits of the communal stir in the state.
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20-year-old arrested for Rs.2 bn fraud
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 03:52 PM IST
A 20-year-old entrepreneur was Monday evening arrested by the Kerala police from Tamil Nadu for allegedly cheating his clients to the tune of Rs.2 billion (Rs.200 crore).
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Left Front 'anti-imperialism' rally disrupts traffic in Kolkata
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 01 Sep 2008 03:51 PM IST
Traffic across the city was disrupted Monday as ruling Left Front activists marched in an 'anti-imperialism' rally to protest rising inflation, the foreign policy of the central government and the India-US civil nuclear deal.
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