Wednesday, July 2, 2008

News You can Use on 2 July, 2008

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BJP offered PM post to Mulayam in '07: Amar Singh - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh on Tuesday claimed that the BJP leadership had offered Mulayam Singh Yadav the prime ministership in a plan to replay the 1989-arrangement where BJP and Left came together to back VP Singh for the ...
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Pilots’ duty hours: HC stays DGCA circular - Sify
Mumbai: Giving some relief to pilots, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday stayed the Director General of Civil Aviation's (DGCA) circular, which had brought 1992 rules regarding pilots' duty hours back in force.
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Land allotment to Shrine Board cancelled - Hindu
SRINAGAR: In a bid to end the 10-day-long crisis, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday cancelled the order of transfer of 39.88 hectares of forest land to the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board.
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We don't find Nandy's articles objectionable: SC - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Giving political scientist Ashish Nandy blanket protection from arrest for his writings, the Supreme Court on Tuesday, criticized the Gujarat government and state police.
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Fresh News

Pune gets its average rain quota for June - Times of India
PUNE: Pune has managed to get the average rainfall for the month of June, thanks to heavy showers, particularly in the catchment areas, towards the end of the month.
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Shruti gets Luck(y) with Imran Khan... - Times of India
Shruti Haasan will soon be making her debut with Imran Khan, Aamir’s nephew in Luck. She says, “I have known Imran for years now and he is a very good family friend.
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Tunes for the Superstar - Times of India
Young GV Prakash Kumar is visibly excited. After a series of movies that featured upcoming actors, he was suddenly called to compose music for the superstar of Kollywood.
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Amrita-Usman headed for splitsville? - Times of India
Buzz is that the actress and the London-based cricketer have mutually decided to go their separate ways after they realised that the distance was too much of a strain on the relationship.
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Sify

Ahhishek's new Idea: Education-for-all - NDTV.com
It's not just his first world tour that's keeping Abhishek Bachchan ticking but also his forthcoming film. NDTV caught up with the actor promoting the girl child's education campaign.
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Contract has nothing to do with Satya - NDTV.com
Crime thrillers are director Ram Gopal Varma's forte and his next release Contract is on the same subject. But he clarifies that it is not a trilogy of his films on underworld Satya and Company".
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Sify
Nano manufacturing at Singur to start in Q4 - Economic Times
MUMBAI/Kolkata: Tata Motors expects to start manufacturing of its much-hyped mini car Nano at Singur in the fourth quarter of this calendar year.
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RPT-UPDATE 1-India's SAIL says holds prices, retail rates rise - Reuters India
By Arpan Mukherjee MUMBAI, July 1 (Reuters) - Steel Authority of India (SAIL) (SAIL.BO: Quote, Profile, Research) did not raise steel prices in June, the company said, but the metal has become more costly as traders and other intermediaries have passed ...
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Steep fares lead to drop in small-town flyers - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Air travel is fast getting out of reach for relatively small town Indians. According to Airport Authority of India's (AAI) latest figures, April 2008 saw lesser number of people flying from places like Goa, Patna, Thiruvananthapuram, ...
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Rush for petrol, diesel at bunks continues on Day 2 - Hindu
PUMPS REMAIN DRY: ‘No-stock’ board on display at a petrol bunk on the 100-feet road at Koyambedu in Chennai on Tuesday. CHENNAI: The rush for petrol and diesel in Chennai and the suburbs continued through Monday, leading to a repeat of chaotic scenes ...
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FIIs pull out over $6b in 2008 - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Since January, the sensex has lost more than 8000 points - the most sustained fall in the history of the market. Here's what lends this the character of a vicious cycle - as oil prices keep widening the trade deficit and hence weakening the ...
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Zee News
Indian team ready to leave for Portugal - Hindu
NEW DELHI: Injuries to goalkeeper Sandeep Nandy and midfielder NS Manju may have come as minor setbacks on the eve of the departure but the Indian football team was in excellent spirits as it prepared to take off on a 12-day tour to Portugal.
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ITV.com

England to keep World Cup after Zimbabwe deal - guardian.co.uk
England's staging of World Twenty20 next summer is likely to be confirmed in Dubai within the next 24 hours as international cricket's chief executives seek to limit the damage caused by the political fallout in Zimbabwe.
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Paes-Dlouhy enter Wimbledon semis - NDTV.com
PTI Leander Paes and his partner Lukas Dlouhy pulled off an impressive straight sets win over third seeds Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich to book a semifinal berth in the men's doubles event at Wimbledon Championships on Tuesday.
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Zee News

Crisis man Misbah braces up for captaincy - Zee News
The fact that captaincy of Pakistan is no less than a crown of thorns, is a well known. So it comes as a pleasant surprise to see an eagerly optimistic Misbah-ul-Haq bracing up for what might be his toughest challenge of his nascent career so far, ...
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BBC News

China attacks Dalai Lama as talks continue - Reuters India
By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - China launched another attack on exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday even as his envoys are expected to have a second day of secretive fence-mending talks.
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