Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) A key index of the Indian equities markets was ruling in the red Thursday after a weak start and shortly before noon was 81 points lower than its previous clo...
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New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Nearly one million bank employees in India, including some with private and foreign banks, began a two-day nationwide strike Thursday demanding higher wage...
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New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Both houses of parliament were adjourned Thursday morning due to noisy protests over a reported move to have separate gurdwara management committees in dif...
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Agra, Aug 6 (IANS) Six people were injured, a car was burnt and stones were thrown at shops here as an argument over the playing of loud music turned into a violent clash between ...
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Chandigarh, Aug 6 (IANS) Former Punjab deputy chief minister and Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal was Thursday leading over his Congress rival by nearly 60,000 votes in th...
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Bhubaneswar, Aug 6 (IANS) Maoists burnt down battery rooms of two mobile telephone towers in Orissa's Koraput district, police said Thursday.
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Mumbai/Pune, Aug 6 (IANS) Swine flu continues to spread in Maharashtra with 30 new cases reported till Thursday morning, raising the total to 172, a senior health official said.
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Imphal, Aug 6 (IANS) Hundreds of people thronged the markets here early Thursday to stock up essentials after authorities decided to relax an indefinite curfew for four hours. The...
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Kolkata, Aug 6 (IANS) Unions should be constructive partners in the growth of institutions to play a meaningful role in society, according to Nobel laureate and eminent economist ...
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Lucknow, Aug 6 (IANS) The association of village heads of Uttar Pradesh has threatened to stop the distribution of midday meals in primary schools because they can no longer pay f...
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Kolkata, Aug 6 (IANS) There were no victors in the Singur land acquisition stand-off, Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen has said, urging political parties to sit together and f...
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Hyderabad, Aug 6 (IANS) Many years after the colonial 'orderly' system was abolished in the Andhra Pradesh police department, hundreds of constables and home guards are reduced to...
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Book: 'The Idea of Justice'; Author: Amartya Sen; Publisher: Penguin-Allen Lane; Price: 25 pounds (Rs.2,000)
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen explores the conc...
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New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Arundhati Roy's 'Listening to Grass Hoppers: Field Notes on Democracy' topped the non-fiction category among best-selling books here this week, while Ali S...
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Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) His latest film 'Love Aaj Kal' has sent cash registers ringing, raking in Rs.8 crore (Rs.80 million) on the opening day itself, but director Imtiaz Ali says m...
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