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07 Nov 2009Headlines
Maintaining that increase inprices of foodgrains was an annual feature before harvestingof crops, Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh today saidthe UPA government has initiated several steps to check theprice rise.He termed the BJP as a party of "businessmen andhoarders" and charged, "though the saffron party has beencritical of price rise, state governments ruled by it havefailed to take ac...
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Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 6 /--/ Kerala Cabinet today decided to sanction Rs five lakh each to families of eight students who drowned in a country boat accident at Areekode in Malappuram district on Wednesday. Talking to reporters after a Cabinet meeting here, chief minister V S Achuthanandan said it was also decided to construct a hanging bridge at Moorkanad landing point across river Chaliyar, whe...
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will be a litmus test for India's resilience as they take on Australia in the do-or-die sixth cricket one-dayer here tomorrow, fully aware that any slip-up in the game would allow the visitors to clinch the series.With the seven-match series tantalisingly poised 2-3 in favour of the visitors, India has no other option but to win both tomorrow's and the last rubber in Mumbai against the spirited bu...
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international colleges inAustralia have suddenly wound up, putting in jeopardy thefuture of 2,700 shell-shocked students including those fromIndia, some of whom were about to graduate in two weeks.The students, who arrived at the college campusesyesterday, were shocked to hear that the institutions had beenclosed permanently.Teachers at the colleges run by the Meridian Group, were,however, told on...
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today.   Self-styled ULFA foreign secretary Sashadhar Choudhury and finance secretary Chitraban Hazarika surrendered at Gokulnagar along the India-Bangla border in Tripura on the intervening night of November 4 and 5. The two were reportedly trying to enter India when they were spotted by the BSF troops and asked to surrender, the official said. Intelligence agencies said Bangladesh security agenc...
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Chandigarh, Nov 6 /--/ Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia and chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today expressed shock and grief over the demise of noted journalist Prabhash Joshi in New Delhi late last night. In a condolence message issued here, the Governor said that Mr Joshi was well known in Indian print media and was founding editor of Hindi daily Jansatta. The chief minister described Josh...
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IDBI Bank today said it plans to come out with a follow-on public offer in January next year. "We plan to some out with an FPO in January," IDBI Bank chairman and managing director Yogesh Agarwal told reporters here. Asked about amount that it plans to raise, Mr Agarwal said, "Whole size of the issue would be double of what the Government of India is willing to subscribe." Currently, the governmen...
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After protracted negotiations, Congress and Jharkhand Vikas Morcha today reached a seat sharing agreement for Assembly elections in Jharkhand with JVM contesting 19 seats, Congress 55 and friendly fights at remaining seven constituencies. Announcing the alliance at a joint press conference, K Keshav Rao, AICC in-charge of Jharkhand and Babu Lal Marandi, president of JVM hoped that they would get t...
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Domestic private air-carriers, Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines, today effected a hike in fuel surcharge by up to Rs 200 on their domestic flights. The hike comes into force with immediate effect, both said. "Effective today, the fuel surcharge levied by Kingfisher Airlines for travel on domestic sector stands revised upward," a Kingfisher Airlines statement said here. The fuel surcharge on fli...
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Ashok Chavan was today sworn in asthe 21st Chief Minister of Maharashtra with his 38-membercouncil of ministers, ending the fortnight-long politicallogjam with coalition partner NCP over portfolio distributionthat delayed government formation.The two-tier government has 27 cabinet ministers and 11ministers of state. While 18 ministers are from the Congress,Sharad Pawar-led NCP has 20.Chavan, would...
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Ranchi, Nov 6 /--/ The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today arrested Vikas Sinha, brother of Binod Kumar Sinha, an associate of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, for his alleged involvement in investing and routing money through hawala transactions. "Vikas Sinha has been arrested," deputy director, ED Prabha Kant, told newsmen here. "He is being questioned in connection with the alleged ha...
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6/--/ The CPI(M)-led ruling Left Front in West Bengal that has tasted successive defeats in elections to the panchayat and the Lok Sabha are in for another tough electoral battle as they brace up for by-polls to 10 assembly constituencies Saturday. Among the Front constituents, the CPI-M has fielded candidates in five seats, the CPI in two, the Forward Bloc, RSP and the DSP in one each. The CPI(M)...
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