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Hyderabad : The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) won three more seats of Sirpur, Chennur and Mancherial among the 12 Assembly segments in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh where bypolls were held on July 27. In Mancherial, TRS candidate defeated his nearest TDP rival by a margin of over 70,000 votes.

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Mumbai : Senior journalist and former Assistant General Manager of Press Trust of India Kartik Kumar Baruah passed away here today after a brief illness. He was 72 and is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.

Baruah was admitted to the Kokilaben Ambani hospital in suburban Andheri where he died this morning, family members said. Baruah who joined PTI in 1956 and retired in 2000.

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Lucknow : Currency notes worth Rs.3 lakh were reduced to ashes after an ATM of a public sector bank caught fire in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district Friday, police said.

The Bank of Baroda ATM installed in the Kaushalpuri area was completely destroyed in the fire.

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New Delhi : In a major setback to Coast Guard''s plan to upgrade its capacity post-Mumbai attacks, the Defence Ministry has cancelled a tender for hiring eight helicopters for transport and evacuation operations after going through the year-long selection process. "Yes, we have cancelled the tenders for hiring of eight medium lift helicopters," a top Defence Ministry official told PTI here today.

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Raja Sansi (Amritsar, Punjab) : Indian and Pakistani officials have met in New Delhi to discuss their water-related disputes, and have said that talks between the two countries will continue.

Pakistan's Indus Waters Commissioner Syed Jamaat Ali Shah told ANI here that a permanent solution of the water dispute would decrease tension between the two nations.

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Dimpy Ganguly, who got married to Rahul Mahajan earlier this year, has reportedly left him after alleged violent abuse.  According to a news report, Dimpy left Rahul's house after he physically abused her and has now decided to never return back to Rahul's house.

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After underworld don Haji Mastan’s son, his daughter now files a suit against film allegedly based on his life.  Mafia don Haji Mastan’s daughter Shamshad Supariwala has filed an additional affidavit in a Mumbai court against Balaji Telefilms, the producers of Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, demanding that the family be shown the film before its release “On one side

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New Delh : The Supreme Court Friday dismissed the Maharashtra government's plea against a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of six people in police firing during the 1992 Mumbai riots. It also directed the agency to complete the probe in six months.

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New Delhi : Controversy over the ensuing Commonwealth games seems to have no end. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday had a dig at the central government for its inadequacies in meeting the deadlines.

Reacting to the comments of the former Sports Minister Mani Shankar Aiyer, the BJP spokesperson said that the government should look into the matter and there should be further discussions over it.

While addressing a joint press conference with the visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron at New Delhi on Thursday Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that no cause is good enough for people to resort to acts of militancy.

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Noida : Cameras mounted at vantage points in crowded areas that will be monitored 24X7 and other technology-based mapping systems and information systems will make this growing city safer for residents and those who come to work and study here, Noida Authority chairman and CEO Mohinder Singh said here.

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Ahmedabad : Gujarat CID today filed a chargesheet against seven policemen, including an IPS officer, in the 2006 Tulsiram Prajapati encounter case, in a court in Banaskantha district. IPS officer Vipul Agarwal, who was the SP of Banaskantha when the encounter took place, is among those chargesheeted.

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Muzaffarnagar : At least 20 people were injured when angry passengers pelted stones on a train running late at Zomi railway station here, officials said. The incident took place yesterday when angry passengers pelted stones on the Delhi-Sharanpur route train which was running late.

22 people have been arrested in this connection, they said, adding senior police officer rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.

India's annual domestic oil product sales rose 1.8 percent in June, its highest jump since October, to 12 million tonnes on higher demand for auto fuels, government data showed on Friday.

Auto fuel sales, including gasoline and diesel, rose as dealers stocked the fuel in anticipation of a hike in prices.

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Junior Finance Minister S.S. Palanimanickam said in a written reply in parliament on Friday that it would be premature to raise tax on iron ore exports, in what could provide at least a temporary relief to exporters and miners of the commodity.

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Lucknow : Frustrated with 'not available' (waiting list) and 'regret' (sale closed) responses from the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) website? Come September-end and you may have one more web portal to book tickets online.

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New Delhi : In the run up to the Commonwealth Games, Delhi Police have started cracking the whip on unauthorised guesthouses in the city. And this would soon be followed by a crackdown on illegal tourist guides and touts.

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How is Sanjay Dutt celebrating his 51st birthday today? By getting more involved in the production of Knock Out, the action film he is working on, even while holidaying in South Africa.

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Jammu : Members of the Sikh community blocked roads and Sikh organisations protested on Thursday as a Sikh youth was beaten up and his hair chopped off on Wednesday. Serving a two-day ultimatum to the state government for taking action against the culprits, the organisations demanded special probe into the incident.

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Tusshar Kapoor, who started his Bollywood career with 'Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai' in 2001, says he could not capitalise on the success of his movies in the past.  The 33-year-old, son of Bollywood veteran actor Jeetendra and Shobha Kapoor and brother of producer Ekta Kapoor, has had a fluctuating career graph eversince but has bounced back with hits like 'Life Partner' and 'Golmaal' series.

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New Delhi : The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium hosted a two-day Asian All-Star Athletics meet as a step forward to get prepared for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in October.

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Sonam is truly a fashion victim. The up-and-coming fashionista in fact chose the wrong gear, forcing a near wardrobe malfunction at a promotional event for the film Aisha  Recently, we had posted how Sonam tends to copy Blair Waldorf of Gossip Girl fame for her sartorial flourishes. But this latest truly pushes the envelope as far as the 'fashion victim' tag goes.

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Gaya : Two Maoists have been arrested Bihar's Gaya District during a combing operation.

Acting on a tip off, the police squad raided a house at Ramkeriya village and took into custody the two Maoist sympathisers, identified as Suresh Yadav and Ram Vilas Yadav.

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Siliguri : Two persons died and several were injured during a scuffle between police personnel and students claiming rights over a playground in Siliguri, West Bengal.

Students of Sri Krishnapur High School staged a violent protest on Thursday.ipak Mirdha and Dipak Das died and several other were injured.

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Jammu : After remaining suspended for two days due to heavy rains, the Amarnath yatra resumed this morning when a fresh batch of 1982 pilgrims left Jammu for the holy cave shrine.

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New Delhi : The price rise issue stalled both houses of Parliament for the fourth successive day on Friday, forcing its adjournment till 12 noon.

The trouble erupted in Rajya Sabha as soon as the house assembled at 11 a.m. The opposition was demanding that question hour be suspended and the house discuss the spiralling food prices.

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Chennai : Luxury car maker Mercedes Benz India is planning to launch new models, start a second shift and continue brand spend to stay ahead of competition in a market that is slated to grow at 50 percent this year.

The company is also looking forward to the launch of a finance arm by its parent company to finance purchase of first and second hand Mercedes models.

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Jammu : Angry Sikhs from various parts of the Jammu region Friday held a rally here Friday, protesting against a youth's hair being cut off by a group of youngsters in south Kashmir's Pulwama district and sought more security for the community in the state.

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New Delhi : During the British Prime Minister David Cameron's visit to New Delhi, India and Britain signed pacts on a number of topics to provide the framework for a significant expansion of the rich cultural as well as other exchanges between the two countries. Both the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the British Prime Minister David Cameron highlighted these developments while addressing a joint press conference at New Delhi on Thursday.

Ahmedabad : In what could be termed as direct confrontation with the central government, Gujarat's chief minister Narendra Modi on Thursday berated the ruling Congress Party for influencing the Central Bureau of Investigation and said that Congress would not contest the next elections in Gujarat and officers of CBI would be its candidates.

Mumbai : A benchmark index for Indian equities Friday afternoon was trading quiet, tracking negative other Asian markets.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 17,981.06 points, was trading at 17,942.41 points, 49.59 points or 0.28 percent down from its previous close at 17,992 points.

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New Delhi : Chetan Prakash, the euphemistic 'Terror of Delhi Police' has struck again. Prakash (37), a property dealer, has been "stinging" cops for the last four years, and all this, to expose corruption in Delhi Police.

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Bollywood actor Neil Nitin Mukesh was hit with a broom by none other than director Pradeep Sarkar on the sets of his forthcoming film "Lafangey Parindey". According to a source, the scene required actress Deepika Padukone to first beat Neil and his friends with a broom and then throw a pail of water on them. But Pradeep wasn't happy with her performance and decided to demonstrate the scene himself.

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New Delhi : A resident of Aya Nagar in South Delhi, Rohtas Lohiya, is missing in Jammu and Kashmir for the last 10 days. His family has alleged that two J&K policemen drugged and robbed Lohiya, who had gone to the state for the Amarnath Yatra. Lohiya had gone on the pilgrimage on July 16 with his friends.

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New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to issue a stay on an MCD tendering process. "The tenders have been invited for a Rs 300-crore project aimed at mechanical sweeping of 800 km of Delhi roads," MCD Counsel Sumeet Pushkarna told the Delhi High Court.

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Gurgaon : The proposed 150-metre wide and 18-km-long Northern Peripheral Road (NPR) Expressway is finally set to take off. The expressway was stuck in a legal wrangle between the government and the people whose houses needed to be demolished to construct it.

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The Indian telecom story still has a lot of zing left in it. Sale of mobile handsets in India, the world's fastest growing wireless market, should rise by 18.5 percent this year on increasing telecoms penetration in Asia's third-largest economy, research firm Gartner said on Thursday.

Mobile handset sales will rise to 138.6 million units in 2010 and 206 million by 2014, up from 117 million last year, it said.

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Gurgaon : The class IX student Nimish Gulati (14) who miraculously survived being strangled and dumped for dead by a robber in his house on Wednesday, is in a critical condition at the intensive care unit (ICU) of a private hospital.

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New Delhi : Anti-mining protesters, led by fashion icon Bianca Jagger and activists dressed up like the Na'vi aliens in James Cameron's recent blockbuster Avatar, ambushed the annual general meeting (AGM) of Vedanta Resources in London on Wednesday. Vedanta mines bauxite in Orissa's Niyamgiri Hills, 500 km southwest of Bhubaneswar, which the local tribals there oppose, claiming the hill is sacred to them.

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Ahmedabad : The CBI on Thursday summoned former Gujarat police chief PC Pande and IPS officer Geetha Johri for questioning on the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

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Mumbai : Manoj Punamiya, former chief minister of Jharkhand Madhu Koda's Mumbai link, had travelled to Dubai five times in last three months despite a lookout notice issued against him.

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Guwahati : At least four paramilitary troopers were killed and about 30 injured in a powerful landmine explosion in Assam Friday, police said. The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) claimed responsibility for the explosion in the restive northeastern state.

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Ticking off Pakistan's Foreign Minister S M Qureshi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said agreements had been reached on a number of issues at the recent Indo-Pak talks but the way he handled the press conference later "could have been avoided".

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Imphal : Th Lokeswar of Congress was today elected deputy speaker of the Manipur legislative Assembly. Lokeswar was the only candidate who filed nomination papers for the post on the last day yesterday, officials said.

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court Friday dismissed the Maharashtra government's plea against the Bombay High Court's order directing a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of six people in police firing during the 1992 Mumbai riots.

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Badaun (UP) : A mother and her son died while seven other members of a family fell seriously ill after they consumed a poisonous sweet in village Sirasaul here, police said today.

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Hyderabad : Counting of votes for by-elections to 12 assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh's Telangana region has begun.

Tight security arrangements have been made at seven counting stations spread over five districts where polling was held on Tuesday.

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Goalpara (Assam) : Four Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed and 36 others were injured when militants triggered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast at Dhalukbudi in Assam's Goalpara district on Friday morning.

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Remember Pooja Batra? The actress was linked to Akshay Kumar during her Bollywood days. She later married an orthopaedic surgeon Dr Sonu Ahluwalia and moved to the US and set up her own casting agency.

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'Isse kehte hain ghoda' and so said Sanjay Dutt in Vaastav, a dialogue that has managed a cult status for itself in the decade gone by.

However, it was three decades back when Robert Di Niro did something similar when he got a gun for the first time. In the film Taxi Driver (1976), the iconic dialogue mouthed by the actor was, 'You talkin to me?' For someone who held a gun for the first time in his life, it was an impulsive moment of expression for Robert Di Niro with his classic dialogue.

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New Delhi : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will submit its interim report on the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case before the Supreme Court today.

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The very popular Munnabhai series is going to be back on the big screen, if a certain buzz is to be believed. The Munnabhai series has so far released Munnabhai MBBS and Lage Raho Munnabhai.

The director Rajkumar Hirani says, everywhere he goes, he is flooded with questions regarding the next edition of the Munnabhai. He is often asked about the official date of the release of the third Munnabhai.

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While addressing the media persons, along with the visiting British Prime Minister, David Cameron at New Delhi on Thursday, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserted that the ongoing preparations for the Commonwealth Games are satisfactory.

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New Delhi : In an unusual move, the government may have to amend a bill passed in the Lok Sabha, following changes recommended by a Rajya Sabha panel on the proposal to set-up special commercial benches in all high courts.

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Colombo : A disastrous over by Ishant Sharma helped Sri Lanka score 19/0 after playing just two overs in their second innings before going for lunch on the fifth and the final day of the second Test match against India at the SCC on Friday.

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Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra is looking forward to providing a huge distraction to the male contestants on Colors' adventure reality show "Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi 3".

"That's what my intention is. To make them so distracted they won't be able to do their stunts, " she says.

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Thrissur : The Union Government has given its in-principle approval for a Rs 20 crore project to expand the National Research Institute for Panchakarma (NRIP) at Cheruthuruthy here. The institute, set up in 1971, is the only organisation in the public sector for Research and Development in Indian systems of medicine, especially Panchakarma, related to ayurvedic system, its Deputy Director Dr N Jaya told PTI.

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Arjun Rampal has a new member at home a doggy. "Today is a very special day, got our new pup Gangsta in the house, drove to Lonavala with the 3 Ms (wife Mehr and daughters Mahikaa and Myra).

The whole family is super excited, yippee!" Rampal tweeted. Gangsta is camera-shy. So it will be some time before the Rock On!! actor posts photographs of the latest addition to his family.

Jammu : Set amidst the verdant Trikuta hills in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, cave shrine of Mata Vaishnodevi will now have a full-fledged master plan to ensure planned infrastructural development.

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court today directed the CBI to go ahead with its investigation into the Hari Masjid firing in Mumbai in which six persons were killed in 1992.

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The buzz about Milan Luthria's Haji Mastan bio-pic Once Upon A Time In Mumbai is that Amitabh Bachchan makes a guest appearance in a very unexpected way.

When asked about the Bachchan presence in the film director Milan Luthria says, “I don't know where you heard this. But it's true.In the course of the film Ajay's character's girlfriend played by Kangna Ranaut mentions to him that there should be a film made on his life.

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Hyderabad : TRS has retained two Assembly constituencies and was leading in four others among the 12 Assembly segments in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh where bypolls were held on July 27. TRS candidates T Harish Rao and K Eeshwar have won from Siddipet and Dharmapuri constituencies respectively.

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The Big B keeps making unexpected guest appearances in Once Upon A Time In Mumbai. While Ajay Devgn's character has been admittedly designed around the Big B's persona a lot of the film mood and atmospheric effects are designed around Chandra Barot's 1978 espionage thriller Don.

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Srinagar : A teenager was critically injured when security forces fired at a protesting mob that defied curfew restrictions in the summer capital Srinagar Friday.

Iqbal Khan sustained a bullet wound in his head when the mob clashed with security forces in uptown Chanapora locality, five kilometres from the city centre Lal Chowk.

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Deepika Padukone has kissed Saif Ali Khan on screen. But her new co-star Neil Nitin Mukesh was a virgin kisser on camera when it happened last week. Neil had no choice but to succumb to a torrid kissing sequence with Deepika.

Katrina Kaif and Neil Nitin Mukesh have one thing in common. They both follow a no-kiss clause. Katrina broke her selfimposed bow of smooch-celibacy in New York.

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Being looked upon as this year's one of the most unconventional on screen pairs, Bobby Deol and Mugdha Godse will be seen in some very cosy scenes in their upcoming horror film 'Help'.

With changing times in Bollywood, now-a-days movie promotion has become one of the most important factors contributing to a film's success and production houses use aggressive marketing strategies and some out of the box ideas for the same.

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Srinagar : Security forces today opened fire on stone-pelting protestors taking out a march on a call given by separatists, leaving two youth injured, one of them seriously.

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Mumbai : Hundreds of residential buildings under the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) will get 50 per cent extra floor space index (FSI). The Bombay High Court on Thursday vacated its December 2005 order restraining the corporation from allowing any change of user in residential projects or granting additional FSI of 0.5 to them.

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Mumbai : It was a wake-up call for the municipal corporation officials after a portion of the foot overbridge in Santacruz dangled dangerously over the railway tracks.

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Mumbai : Six year old Shahid Zahid Khan, who was crushed to death under a heap of debris when the neighbouring four storeyed building collapsed on his home, dreamt of constructing tall buildings.

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Four CRPF personnel were killed and 30 others injured when militants triggered an IED blast at Dhalukbudi in the district this morning.

CRPF personnel were patrolling the area when the unidentified militants set off the explosion at 8:am, official sources said.

Mumbai : Extradited gangster Abu Salem on Thursday alleged that a police officer had threatened to kill him in an "encounter". According to Salem's lawyer, Teg Bahadur Thakur, the incident too place when Salem was brought to JJ Hospital for medical check-up from Taloja jail.

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Mumbai : Schools are doing more than holding regular classes; they are throwing in lessons on how to stay healthy this monsoon. "Malaria is so rampant that we decided to invite the civic body to speak to students about the disease," said a teacher from Fort Convent School, Colaba.

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NEW DELHI : Water level in main reservoirs was at 27 percent of capacity in the week to July 29, up from 19 percent in the previous week, government data showed on Friday.

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Mumbai : Teachers and staff in civic schools could face action if they are found eating paan or gutka and spitting in the school premises. The issue was discussed at the civic education committee meeting on Thursday.

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Mumba : A 73-year-old man, who allegedly posed as a former Air Force officer, was held for cheating a Gujarat-based man under the pretext of getting him a passport and visa for a job abroad. Kunal Gandhi, a resident of Navsari district of Gujarat was in Mumbai and met the accused Akbar Ibrahim Khan (73), who told him that his wife works with the Consulate.

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Kolkata : On Thursday, Mohun Bagan went back in time, 99 years to the day of their most memorable achievement. The club released a first-day cover of the players who became the first Indian winners of the IFA Shield and felicitated their families.

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New Delhi : S.Y. Quraishi Friday took over as India's new chief election commissioner (CEC), becoming the first Muslim in the country to occupy the post.

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New Delhi : Two unheard and unreleased songs sung by Mohammad Rafi and composed by Madan Mohan have been released to mark the death anniversaries of the legendary musical duo who collaborated on some of the greatest hits in Bollywood. Rafi''s 30th death anniversary falls on Saturday while July 14 marked Madan Mohan''s 35th death anniversary.

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New Delhi : The government on Thursday said the makers of BlackBerry, Research in Motion (RIM) had given an assurance to address its security concerns and allow security agencies to monitor emails and SMS services provided by it in India.

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Jammu : The Amarnath yatra resumed today after remaining suspended from here for two days due to heavy rains along the yatra route in south Kashmir Himalayas. With the weather conditions improving, a fresh batch of 1982 pilgrims left for the cave shrine from the base camp of Bhagwati Nagar here around 0400 hours, officials said.

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Hyderabad : Counting of votes in the bye-elections held for 12 Assembly constituencies in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh has begun. The counting, which began at 0800 hours, is being held at 7 centres in five districts, where 12 seats are located.

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Mumbai : The Indian rupee depreciated by 7 paise to 46.60 a dollar in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market today, largely on month-end dollar demand from importers and capital outflows by foreign funds. However, dollar''s weakness against other currencies capped rupee''s losses.

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Guwahati : At least four paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed and 15 injured, four of them critically, in a powerful landmine explosion Friday in Holmari in Assam's Goalpara district.

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Mumbai : The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex today opened nearly 79 points low on selling by funds and retail investors, on the back of poor quarter earnings from ONGC and Hero Honda and weak global cues. The 30-share index, which had gained 34.63 points in the previous session, shed 78.85 points or 0.43 per cent, to 17,913.15 points with stocks of auto, banking and realty sectors retreating.

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GUWAHATI : At least four paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed and 15 injured, four of them critically, in a powerful landmine explosion Friday in Holmari in Assam's Goalpara district.

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Top model management company files complaint against Mindscapes Maestro, claiming the company cheated them of Rs 45 lakh  The company currently co-managing Mahindra Singh Dhoni's Rs 210-crore deal has been slapped with criminal charges over non-payment of dues by a modelling agency.

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BURNPUR (WEST BENGAL) : Dacoits unleashed a half-hour of terror on the 8181 Tata-Chhapra Express after forcing it to a stop in Purulia on the Bengal-Jharkhand border at 2am on Thursday. About 45 armed men swept through eight coaches, beat up sleeping passengers, stabbed and hacked those who resisted and looted cash, valuables and cellphones. Even women and children were thrashed.

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MIDNAPORE : It was land distribution under Operation Barga that brought CPM to power in 1977. Thirty-three years later, the Maoists in Jangalmahal are treading a similar route to consolidate their support base in 200 villages from Goaltore to Midnapore town. The 60-kilometre stretch forms the Maoist core zone, where men most wanted by the police like Manoj Mahato, Asit Mahato and Gopal Pratihar have a free run.

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In a dramatic turn of events, radiological examination of a girl, who had claimed to be an adult, has proved she was a minor. The girl was allegedly raped by a local industrialist. She later claimed to be an adult and said she was married to one Sunny.

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NEW DELHI : BJP is preparing itself for a full-scale attack on the government over the arrest of Amit Shah, close confidant of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, in the Sohrabuddin encounter case.

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The Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC), on Thursday, asked the Ropar Deputy Commissioner and SSP to conduct a thorough probe into the allegations of honour killing of a research scholar of Panjab University, Dr Shama Shukla, in Chamkaur Sahib on July 24. The PSHRC has sought the probe report by September 8.

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Tension gripped Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar slum in Pant Nagar, Ghatkopar (E), after residents called a bandh in protest against the rape of a minor Dalit girl in the area. While a 15-year-old was arrested on charges of rape and sent to Dongri Children's Home on Wednesday morning, the police had to impose a bandobast as a precautionary measure.

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In a startling revelation that could impact the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, the owner of the Arham Farm, Rajendra Jirawala, who was arrested by the CBI in connection with the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, has reportedly disclosed that prior to Sohrabuddin and his wife Kauserbi, Ishrat Jahan and Pranesh Pillai alias Javed Sheikh were also kept in the same farm house before being killed by the A.

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Presently untraceable chairman of Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank Ajay Patel and two others are facing contempt of court notice for not complying with a High Court order of October 1, 2009 asking them to scrutinise self-help groups and Sakhi Mandals besides completing delimitation process of voter constituencies in three months.

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Ex-commissioner blames media for campaign against him, claims crime rate dropped

Outgoing Pune Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh has claimed that he had no differences with Minister of State for Home Ramesh Bagwe. He was speaking to the media after handing over charge to new commissioner Meeran Borwankar on Thursday.

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Newborn's death: Pressure on attendant to reveal name of doctor who authorised her to prescribe tests for Bulbul

Police investigation into the death of a newborn at GMSH-16 last Wednesday has nearly reached its conclusion and confirms medical negligence. The inquiry report, which is expected to be out in a couple of days, states that Bulbul and her husband Chotelal were not provided medical assistance despite their repeated plea for help, and has doctors from the Gynaecology department under scanner.

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Newborn's death: Pressure on attendant to reveal name of doctor who authorised her to prescribe tests for Bulbul

Police investigation into the death of a newborn at GMSH-16 last Wednesday has nearly reached its conclusion and confirms medical negligence. The inquiry report, which is expected to be out in a couple of days, states that Bulbul and her husband Chotelal were not provided medical assistance despite their repeated plea for help, and has doctors from the Gynaecology department under scanner.

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Not everyone swears by Bollywood heartthrob Salman Khan's dancing prowess. But his choreographer for the movie "Dabangg" says he has become technically strong and even gives his own inputs.

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COLOMBO : Great disappointments are common for great achievers, but Sachin Tendulkar had prepared for the long haul.

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COLOMBO: With Yuvraj Singh sidelined with flu, it was pure luck that Suresh Raina got an opportunity to make his Test debut at this belter of a ground at the SSC.

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A day after a complaint was filed against 20 forest guards of Halol Range for trespassing into a farmer's land in Panchmahals, Deputy Conservator of Forests M D Jani on Thursday said they were yet to receive documents to verify his claims.

According to a complaint filed with the Rajgadh police station, Balwant Amrabhai Baria (32) of Devli Kuwa village was tilling his ancestral land in the forest when five forest guards assaulted him on July 9.

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Minister for Water Resources Ajit Pawar on Thursday said the state government would soon declare a policy for promotion of solar energy in the state to meet the power demands of the state.

"The state government has been promoting projects of wind energy for generating renewable energy and has a specific policy in place for the purpose. On the same lines, a policy for promoting use of solar energy will be declared that would help in generating power," Pawar said at a function in the city.

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In continuation of the tradition of conducting adventure activities by the Bombay Sappers, 21 young officers of the Bombay Sappers undertook an expedition to Solapur region from July 25 to 28. The expedition was flagged off by Brig Sanjiv Talwar, Commandant, BEG and Centre, Kirkee. The information was given in a press release issued by the Press Information Bureau, defence wing.

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In first public remarks after the arrest of his minister Amit Shah in connection with the 2005 killing of alleged gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, Chief Minister Narendra Modi today took a swipe at the Congress and CBI, saying the next civic elections in Gujarat would not see any Congress candidates since their place would have been taken by CBI officers.

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