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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 11:54pm PDT
New Delhi/Jammu, Aug 1: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders have sought the Prime Minister's intervention in the revoking cancellation of forest land originally allotted to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB).
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 11:38pm PDT
Orlando (Florida), Aug.1: Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain's campaign has accused Democratic rival Senator Barack Obama of playing 'the race card'.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 11:27pm PDT
New Delhi, Jul 31: Delhi Metro is not just a mode of transit, it can help you slough off that extra flab and stay fit.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 11:26pm PDT
New Delhi, Aug 1: A total eclipse of the sun will occur on Friday, Aug 1 afternoon and it will be visible as a partial eclipse throughout India.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 11:26pm PDT
Washington, Aug 1: On the basis of intercepted communication between Pakistan intelligence agency ISI and militants, the US has reportedly drawn a conclusion that Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI was behind the July 7 suicide attack on Indian embassy in Kabul which claimed more than 50 lives, including four Indian staffers.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 11:24pm PDT
More images Birmingham: England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff said his side were "right back in it" after he won a stirring duel with South African batting star Jacques Kallis during a fiery spell on the second day of the second Test at Edgbaston Thursday. South Africa were 256 ...
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 11:23pm PDT
Islamabad, Aug 1: The schedule of the Indo-Pak rail link Samjhauta Express has been changed. According to the new schedule, the train will leave for India from Lahore in the morning on Mondays and Thursdays and return later the same day.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 11:19pm PDT
Bangkok, Aug 1: India has sought the support of Thailand, a member of the international nuclear watchdog IAEA's governing board, for the crucial vote on Friday, Aug 1 in Vienna on the draft Indian nuclear safeguards agreement.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 11:12pm PDT
Pune, Aug 1: Planning Commission Deputy Chairman and noted economist Montek Singh Ahuwalia will be awarded with "Lokmanya Tilak Puraskar" here today for his contribution to the country's economic growth.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 11:07pm PDT
Washington, Aug 1: American officials have reportedly said that an increasing number of Pakistani militants, mostly hardened by years of combat against Indian forces in Kashmir, were now intruding into Afghanistan to join the intensifying insurgency against US and NATO forces.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 10:54pm PDT
Kolkata, Aug 1: Birla Corporation Limited, the flagship company of the M P Birla Group, has reported a turnover of Rs 459.03 crore and a net profit of Rs 91.82 crore in the first quarter of the FY 2008-09.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 10:37pm PDT
New Delhi, Aug 1: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left here for Colombo this morning to attend the 15th SAARC Summit for brain-storming sessions on issues including terrorism, development and food and energy security in the region.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 10:28pm PDT
Vienna, Aug 1: The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will meet on Friday, Aug 1 for a crucial session to consider for approval a key step for the operationalisation of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 10:25pm PDT
Lahore, Aug 1: Pakistan has been ranked fourth and India fifth in the list of countries most hit by terror in the second quarter of 2008, a report released by the Centre of Excellence - Defence Against Terrorism (COE-DAT), a Turkey based anti-terror organisation, has said.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 9:41pm PDT
Hyderabad, Aug 1: The death toll in the Gautami Express fire accident has risen to 15, including a pregnant woman. Besides, four passengers were injured in the incident, which happened early this morning near Mehboobabad in the Warangal District of Andhra Pradesh.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 9:37pm PDT
Washington, Aug 1: The Bush administration stands with India in seeking to bring to book those responsible for recent terror acts in Gujarat and Karnataka, US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack has said.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 9:32pm PDT
Before 1980s, 90pc of the Indian Hindus were unaware of the fact that Lord Rama was born in Uttar Pradesh! Most people had never heard of Ram Janmabhoomi till the VHP made it an issue. After Sangh Pariwar's agitations in the 1980's most of them came to realise that Lord Rama was exactly born in place where Babari Masjid was built. Rest, as we know, is history... It was the Ram Janmabhumi campaign that catapulted the BJP from a two-member party in the Lok Sabha to the seat of power in Delhi.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 9:16pm PDT
Pune, Aug 1: CPI(M) leader and MP, Brinda Karat denied that the left parties had ever proposed UP Chief Minister Mayawati as Prime Ministerial material in the run up to the trust motion in Parliament on July 22, blaming media for the mix-up.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 7:46am PDT
Galle: Ajantha Mendis and Chaminda Vaas led Sri Lanka's fightback after Indian opener Virender Sehwag missed out on a rare feat of scoring a century before lunch in the second Test on Thursday.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 6:59am PDT
New Delhi, Jul 31: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to meet his Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani on the sidelines of the 15th SAARC Summit in Colombo against the backdrop of a spurt in terrorist activities against Indian installations and infiltration across the Line of Control.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 6:54am PDT
Ahmedabad/ Surat, Jul 31: The Gujarat Government and police believe that the planting of bombs in the city was impossible without the support of the locals.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 6:52am PDT
Islamabad, Jul 31: PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and PM's Interior adviser Rehman Malik took the controversial decision to place the Inter-Services Intelligence under the Interior Ministry.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 6:50am PDT
Colombo, Jul 31: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee arrived on Wednesday, July 30 night to participate in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Council of Ministers meeting.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 6:49am PDT
Mumbai, Jul 31: Anil Dhirubhai Ambani-owned Reliance Communications has reported a rise in its net profit by 23.9 per cent at Rs 1,512 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, as compared to Rs 1,220 crore a year ago.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 6:45am PDT
New Delhi, Jul 31: Prakash Karat, general secretary, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) on Thursday, July 31 said that there won't be any future alliance with the Congress and said emphatically that the Left would continue to combat the government in Parliament.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 6:31am PDT
Mumbai, Jul 31: The Sensex ended firm on the Bombay Stock Exchange, closing higher for the second consecutive day on Thursday, July 31 at 14,355.75 with a modest gain of 68.54 points in restricted trading on renewed bull support by local operators.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 6:04am PDT
Kochi, Jul 31: Federal Bank has achieved an increase of 34.55 per cent in its operating profit which stood at to Rs 253.52 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2008, over the previous year. In a release here, after the board of director's meet, the bank said the net profit increased by 1.81 per cent to Rs 68.15 crore on a y-o-y basis, despite the increased provisions on investments.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 6:03am PDT
Bathinda, Jul 31: Five people, including two children were killed and 11 others were injured following a head-on collision between a bus and a mini truck near Bhucho Mandi in the district on Wednesday, July 31.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 6:01am PDT
Phagwara, Jul 31: Three persons, including an Army Officer sustained critical injuries when a Jalandhar-bound Army Canter collided with a truck near village Chuck Hakim between Phagwara and Chiherru on national highway, police said on Thursday, July 31.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 5:58am PDT
Moga, Jul 31: Two migrant labourers were buried alive when the wall of a rice sheller, which was under construction, collapsed in Gholian Kalan village.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 5:58am PDT
New Delhi, Jul 31: Leading watchmaker Titan Industries Ltd said its net profit rose to Rs 32.22 crore for the quarter ended June 2008 as compared to Rs 12.64 crore during the corresponding period a year ago, posting a whopping 154.90 jump.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 5:40am PDT
Bangalore, Jul 31: Infosys Technologies launched 'ShoppingTrip360' to help retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies to achieve visibility in in-store activity. The new software was a platform that enabled a suite of managed-information services to create a 360-degree view of real-time in-store shopper and shelf activity.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 5:24am PDT
Bangalore, Jul 31: Automobile major Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) began the construction of its second plant at its sprawling Bidadi premises near here, where its ambitious Compact Car would be rolled out by the year 2010. Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa laid the foundation stone for the second plant this morning.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 5:20am PDT
Mumbai, Jul 31: Plastic products-maker Sintex Industries said it has acquired 90 per cent stake in German-based Geiger Technik GMBH for Euro 35.6 million, a move that would help the company in enhancing its presence in the European market.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 5:18am PDT
Montreal, Jul 31: Sharapova withdrew from the Rogers Cup on Wednesday after sustaining a shoulder injury in her defeat of Marta Domachowska which threatens her participation in the Olympic Games.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 5:09am PDT
Manila, Jul 31: Prakash and Mandakini Amte, a couple who run a hospital and school for the Madia Gond tribals in eastern Maharashtra, are among the winners of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Awards for 2008, it was announced on Thursday, July 31.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 4:47am PDT
New Delhi, Jul 31: Yes Bank Ltd, a private sector lender, Thursday, Jult 31 said its net profit for the quarter ended June 2008 has increased 50.92 per cent to Rs 54.33 crore as compared to Rs 36 crore during the same period a year ago.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 4:42am PDT
Baghdad, Jul 31: The International Rowing Federation announced Wednesday, July 30 that Iraq's men's rowing double can participate in the Beijing Summer Olympics after all.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 4:20am PDT
Jammu, Jul 31: The Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti, which is spearheading a campaign against the revocation of the State Government's order to transfer forestland to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), has said it plans to extend its shutdown for another 72 hours. "We will give our demands in writing to them and we will take the outcome in writing. After talks, we'll discuss within our committee members about the pros and cons. But the agitation will be intensified further. We have extended the shutdown for 72 hours," said Leela Karan Sharma, the chief of the Samiti.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 4:17am PDT
Mumbai, July 31, 2008 : India, Australia and South Africa have given their confirmation that they would go ahead with the forthcoming Champions Twenty 20 League despite objections from the International Cricket Council.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 4:14am PDT
Washington, July 31 , 2008 : The CIA has confronted Pakistan with hard evidence of deepened ties between its spy agency-ISI and militant groups responsible for the increased attacks in Afghanistan including the bombing of the Indian embassy in Kabul.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 4:14am PDT
Chennai, Jul 31: The Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) on Thursday, July 31 alleged that despite undeniable facts regarding its history, the UPA government's adamant attitude over destroying the Ram Setu for the Setu Samudram Canal Project(SSCP) amounted to 'cultural terrorism'. Addressing a press conference here, BJP President Rajnath Singh, who demanded that Ram Setu be protected at any cost and be declared as a national monument, said if the BJP-led NDA comes back to power in the next Lok Sabha polls, it would review the SSCP.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 4:11am PDT
Chennai, Jul 31: The Q Branch police, dealing with cases of extremism and terrorism, arrested a top functionary of the proscribed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the city on Wednesday, July 30. Acting on specific Intelligence, the Q branch sleuths arrested J Thambi Annan alias Daniel (46), hailing from Kilinochchi in Sri Lanka.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 4:10am PDT
Mumbai, July 31, 2008 : India"s top vehicle maker, Tata Motors Limited, saw its June quarter profit drop 30 percent, in line with forecasts, on foreign exchange losses and as rising input costs squeezed margins.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 4:08am PDT
Mumbai, July 31, 2008 : Music of Bollywood romantic thriller 'Chamku' was released in Mumbai recently.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 4:03am PDT
Washington, Jul 31: US Defense Secretary Robert M Gates believes that terrorism will continue to be "Enemy No.1". According to a new National Defense Strategy that he approved last month, Gates says that winning the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan will not end the "Long War" against violent extremism and that the fight against al-Qaeda and other terrorists should be the nation's top military priority over coming decades.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 4:03am PDT
Bangalore, Jul 31: An all party leaders' delegation will be taken to New Delhi to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to prevail upon him to direct Tamil Nadu government to immediately stop its drinking water project in the Cauvery basin.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 4:01am PDT
Raipur, July 31, 2008 : Residents of Raipur, Chhattisgarh attempted to create a record by planting over 9 million trees in seven hours. Organized by the state government and the leading private sector companies the drive got a positive response.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 3:59am PDT
Udupi, Jul 31: A 51 ft long flag post of 1,200 year-old Sri Mahalingeshwara Temple at Shirva, about 20 km from here broke in two halves and collapsed on Wednesday, July 31.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 3:55am PDT
Kundapur, Jul 31: Gross negligence on part of the government officials has forced an elected woman gram panchayat member of the BJP to sit at home and fight for justice while her defeated opponent, also a woman, was enjoying all benefits of an elected member as president of the panchayat for about three years.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 3:28am PDT
Lucknow, Jul 31: After partial success in the power and sugar sector, Uttar Pradesh government has now decided to go in for privatisation of the transport sector .
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 3:26am PDT
Jaunpur, Jul 31: The Special Operation Group (SOG) of Uttar Pradesh police with the assistance of local sleuths killed a notorious criminal, carrying a bounty of Rs 20,000 on his head, here on Thuesday, July 31.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 3:24am PDT
Lucknow, Jul 31: The arrest of suspected Pakistani terrorist Shakil by Uttar Pradesh police from here a few days back has exposed the shocking vulnerability of the security of Chief Minister's office to which he had access for several days.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 3:09am PDT
Kozhikode, Jul 31: Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) will launch a statewide agitation against the proposed nuclear deal between India and the United States on August 15.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 3:04am PDT
Singapore, Jul 31: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda today became the latest recipient of the MDG3 Champion Torch, committing the institution to support gender equality and women's empowerment. The Torch campaign, launched by Denmark on March 7 this year, intends to secure extra commitments from participants to promote gender equality - the third goal in the set of development targets that world leaders have pledged to achieve by 2015, known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 3:03am PDT
Vijayawada, Jul 31: Sri Durga Malleswara Swamy Devasthanam, atop Indrakeeladri hill here will be closed from Friday, August 1 morning in view of solar eclipse.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 3:03am PDT
Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 31: Imagine that you are punished for having more than two children? What your reaction would be? Shocked, angry? Yeah, this the reality for you in Kerala soon. The Law Reforms Commission of Kerala headed by social reformer Justice V R Krishna Iyer has recommended a penalty of Rs 10,000 and withdrawal of Free Education and health care for anyone who goes for a third child.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 2:54am PDT
Beijing, Jul 31: China has decided that there will be limited access to the Internet for journalists covering the Olympics here, despite promising repeatedly that the foreign news media could "report freely" during the Games.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 2:54am PDT
Hyderabad, Jul 31: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on Thursday, July 31, urged Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to extend the cut-off date for coverage of non-loanee farmers under crop insurance on par with loanee farmers up to September this year (Khariff season).
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 2:54am PDT
Just in: Security forces have unearth another 1.5 kg Improvised Explosive Device(IED) on Amarnath route. The IED was found in a bag near the parking area in Manigaon on the shrine route.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 2:50am PDT
Hyderabad, Jul 31: Bomb scare at Kachiguda railway station in the city turned out to be a hoax after Bomb Detection Disposal Squads(BDDS) conducted thorough checks at the premises on Thursday, July 31.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 2:43am PDT
Kolkata: Newly elected Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Jagmohan Dalmiya is seeking to mend fences with his detractors in the BCCI.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 2:18am PDT
Gandhinagar, Jul 31: A meeting of the Gujarat Congress Legislative Assembly Party members, convened here on Wednesday, July 30, demanded for a special session of the Assembly for five days to have a debate on terrorism and law and order situation.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 2:09am PDT
New Delhi: Mithali Raj has been retained as the captain of the 17-member Indian women's cricket squad for the upcoming England tour from Aug 26 to Sept 9.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 2:07am PDT
Ahmedabad, Jul 31: The Gujarat government has distributed a total of Rs 2 crore and 5 lakh to victims of the serial blasts that ripped through Ahmedabad on last Saturday July 26.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 2:05am PDT
Jashpur, Chhattisgarh, Jul 31: Five people, including a teacher and a field supervisor of a Delhi-based NGO, were arrested for murder and indulging in naxalite activities in this district of Chhattisgarh, bordering Jharkhand.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 1:59am PDT
Bhilai, Jul 31: The public sector Bhilai Steel Plant has raised its production target to maintain its profitability notwithstanding the steep hike in the cost of raw materials, particularly imported coal from Australia.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 1:59am PDT
Sydney: Emboldened by the successes of their domestic Twenty20 tournaments, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Cricket Australia (CA) and the Cricket South Africa (CSA), have reached agreement to stage the inaugural ''Champions Twenty20'' later this year but the tournament's venue is yet to be confirmed.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 12:38am PDT
Galle: Indian openers have put on a partnership of over 150 runs for the first wicket in the second Test at Galle
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 10:32pm PDT
More images Birmingham: Andre Nel took three wickets and sparked a collapse by England on the first day of the third Test against South Africa at Edgbaston on Wednesday. He then thanked the contribution of the British media for building him up before the game. England crashed ...
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 10:01pm PDT
Galle: India have won the toss and elected to bat in the second Test against Sri Lanka at Galle.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 6:29am PDT
New Delhi, Jul 30: Four years after making a first-round exit at Athens, Asian Games bronze medallist Vijender Kumar is all geared up to clinch India's first-ever Olympic medal in boxing at the Beijing Games next month.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 6:26am PDT
New Delhi, Jul 30: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev expressed deep sorrow at the terrorist bombings in Bangalore and Ahmedabad and said there could be no justification for such barbaric acts of terrorism. In separate messages to President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Mr Medvedev expressed confidence that the perpetrators of such terrorist acts would be punished.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 6:19am PDT
Kathmandu, Jul 30: The CPN-Maoist and the CPN-UML agreed on the 35-member Nepali delegation team led by caretaker Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala to attend the 15th South Asian Association Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit on August 2.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 6:16am PDT
Mumbai, Jul 30: The benchmark Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange recovered smartly by 495.67 points or 3.59 per cent and ended in the green at 14,287.21 on fresh speculative demand from Foreign Institutional Investors (FII's) and strong global clues.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 6:10am PDT
Mumbai: He is certainly the biggest cricket superstar in India, and now Sachin Tendulkar is all set to sparkle in Bollywood as well.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 6:05am PDT
Port of Spain: Chris Gayle has resigned as the captain of the West Indies team, revealed WICB CEO Donald Peters, who is also speculated to be sent on a long leave, indicating a stormy times for the Board ahead of the Champions Trophy.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 6:04am PDT
New Delhi, Jul 30: Responding to the Credit Policy stance, the Punjab National Bank (PNB) became the first big public sector bank to hike Prime Lending Rate (PLR) by 100 basis points and deposit rates by 25 basis points. The announcement was made by PNB CMD K C Chakrabarty at a press conference convened to announce the first quarter results of the Bank.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 5:58am PDT
Hyderabad, Jul 30: The IVRCL Group announced a 39 per cent increase in turnover for the first quarter of the current financial year to Rs 1,065 crore against Rs 766 crore for the corresponding period last year. According to a press release here, the Earnings Before Interest, Depreciation and Tax (EBIDTA) increased by 49.30 per cent from Rs 71 crores to Rs 106 crore.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 5:55am PDT
New Delh, Jul 30: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed shock over the sudden death of teenage singer Ishmeet Singh who had won the Voice of India reality show last year. Dr Singh was shocked and saddened by the death and ''shares the grief of his parents and fans,'' a PMO spokesman said.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 5:31am PDT
Hyderabad, Jul 30: The Central Bank of India has crossed Rs 1,85,000 crore business, Bank's Zonal Manager V Sudhakar Rao has said. Addressing the Inter-Media Publicity Coordination Committee Meeting here last night, Mr Rao said of the Rs 1,85,000 crore business, Rs 1,12,000 crore was under deposits and Rs 73,000 crore under advances.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 5:26am PDT
Melbourne: Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke says the potential split between the Asian and Western cricket powers could spell 'the end of cricket'.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 5:22am PDT
Srinagar, Jul 30: Pakistani troops again fired at Indian forces at the Nariya Post in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara Sector on Wednesday, July 30 violating the ceasefire agreed between the two countries along the Line of Control (LoC).
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 5:21am PDT
Kolkata, Jul 30: Berger Paints India Ltd today announced a 25 per cent dividend for FY 2007-08 with propelling net turnover to Rs 1340 crore, a milestone to become the second biggest paint company in India and profit before tax grew by 16 per cent at Rs 119 crore.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 5:18am PDT
Kolkata, Jul 30: Tobacco major ITC Ltd is planning to acquire a US-based Information Technology firm, Chairman Y C Deveshwar said. ''We are in talks with the company and hope it will materialise soon,'' Mr Deveshwar said, speaking at the company's annual general meeting.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 5:10am PDT
Karachi: Pakistani Cricket Board (PCB) officials expressed relief Wednesday after paceman Shoaib Akhtar and 25 other players cleared dope tests conducted ahead of September's Champions Trophy. "The tests were conducted on 26 of the 30 players in the preliminary squad for the Champions Trophy and I can ...
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 5:01am PDT
Hyderabad, Jul 30: TajGVK Hotels and Resorts Limited reported an increase of 3.5 per cent in its total income to Rs 58.75 crore for the first quarter of fiscal 2008-09. The profit for the corresponding period last fisal stood at Rs 56.72 crore.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 4:53am PDT
Galle: Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene says his team is well-prepared for India's expected fightback in the second Test starting on Thursday. The hosts outplayed India in all departments of the game in the opening match of the three-Test series in Colombo, winning by an innings and ...
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 4:51am PDT
Bangalore, Jul 30: The police arrested a 38-year-old private bank executive on the charges of making bomb threat calls which later turned out to be hoax. City Police Commissioner Shankar Bidiri said that Abdul Rashid alias Abdul Rahim of Sudhamanagar in the city had made calls to a number of schools and even to the Police control room using his mobile phone during the last two days.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 4:39am PDT
Bangalore, Jul 30: Following is a Summary of observations recorded by the weather office here at 8 30 pm on Wednesday, July 30.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 4:35am PDT
Bangalore, Jul 30: Opposition Congress on Wednesday, July 30 moved a privilege motion against BJP Government in Karnataka on the issue of awarding a contract to supply energy foods to a Tamil Nadu based company ignoring State owned Agro Industries.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 4:31am PDT
Mangalore, July 30: Eight bogies of a goods train on Wednesday, July 30 derailed at Golthamajalu in Hubli division of South Western Railway (SWR), affecting train service between Mangalore and Bangalore.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 4:18am PDT
Indore, Jul 30: In order to give honour and respect to his birthplace and 'karmabhoomi' (workplace), Bhatia International Vice Chairman S P Bhatia has named a Rs 300 cr ship as 'Pride of Indore'.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 4:10am PDT
New Delhi, Jul 30: The CPI(M) strongly opposed the decision of the trustees of the Employees Provident Fund what it alleged at the behest of the Centre handing a huge amount of workers' provident fund to finance companies for speculative purposes in the stock exchanges.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 4:08am PDT
Satna, Jul 30: A local court has sentenced four people to life imprisonment in an eight-year-old murder case.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 4:03am PDT
Jabalpur, Jul 30: Panic prevailed in this cantonment town after a live cell of a 40 m m rocket launcher, which was used by the army, was found in a nullah here on Wednesday, July 30.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 3:57am PDT
Bangalore, Jul 30: The Karnataka government has provided Rs Five lakh to each of the seven sports persons belonging to the state who are representing the country in the Beijing Olympics.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 3:52am PDT
Puducherry, Jul 30: Alleging discrimination at the hands of upper caste Christians, Dalit Christians here on Wednesday, July 30 threatened to ''re-embrace Hinduism'', if the unfavourable treatment meted out to them did not end.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 3:47am PDT
Puducherry, Jul 30: Bharathiya Janata Party (BJP) National Council member in charge of Puducherry Dhananjaykumar on Wednesday, July 30 urged Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee to initiate stringent action against the MPs who violated the party whip during the confidence vote in Parliament on July 22 as the action attracted provisions of the anti-defection act.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 3:41am PDT
Puducherry, Jul 30: The groupism in the Puducherry unit of the BJP has been sorted out with all sections assuring that they would function in unison to strengthen the party.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 3:32am PDT
Birmingham: England skipper Michael Vaughan won the toss and elected to bat in the third Test against South Africa at the Edgbaston here on Wednesday.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 3:22am PDT
Varanasi, Jul 30: Despite occasional conflicts in the name of religion, there have been so many examples of communal harmony between Hindus and Muslims when people have risen above communal considerations and emerged clear winners.
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