February 29th, 2008 - 11:57 pm ICT by admin
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Sofia, Feb 29 (Xinhua) The explosion of a fluorescent light bulb has been blamed for the fire that swept through an overnight train's sleeping compartment in Bulgaria, killing eight people and injuring nine others, local media reported Friday. "A fluorescent bulb blew up and set the bed sheets in the ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 11:53 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Anxious parents and nervous children were making last-minute preparations Friday as over 1.3 million students are set to appear for the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examinations for both Classes 10 and 12 that begin Saturday. The Class 12 examinations start off with the ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 11:52 pm ICT by admin
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Chennai, Feb 29 (IANS) Though the union budget has announced a number of initiatives favouring farmers, including the loan waiver of Rs.600 billion ($15 billion), the fertiliser industry, one of the links in the agriculture chain, has remained unimpressed over budget proposals. Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's announcement that the government ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 11:48 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, Feb 29 (Xinhua) A blast took place in northwest Pakistan Friday and casualties were feared, local TV channel DAWN NEWS reported. The blast ripped through a gathering at Haji Baba Chowk in Mingora town of Swat Valley in North West Frontier Province, said the report.
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February 29th, 2008 - 11:34 pm ICT by admin
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Melbourne, Feb 29 (IANS) Although Adam Gilchrist's fine 83 went waste as Australia lost to Sri Lanka in an inconsequential match here Friday, the left-hander became the first Australian to reach 300 runs in the Commonwealth Bank Triangular Series. He has now scored 313 runs at an average ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 11:33 pm ICT by admin
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Ankara, Feb 29 (DPA) The Turkish military Friday confirmed that its ground incursion into northern Iraq targeting Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) fighters has come to an end. The general staff said the objectives had been achieved and the soldiers were being pulled back. There was no outside pressure for Turkey ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 11:21 pm ICT by admin
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Noida, Feb 29 (IANS) Two buses, taken on hire by a multinational company here, crushed to death one person Friday while trying to overtake each other. According to the police, two buses transporting staff members of Samsung Electronics Ltd were speeding to overtake each other when they hit a man ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 11:12 pm ICT by admin
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Ghaziabad, Feb 29 (IANS) A 30-year-old housewife died here after she was brutally beaten up by her husband and in-laws demanding more dowry and then given acid to drink instead of water. Mamta, a resident of Shaheed Nagar locality of this city, was assaulted by her husband Satish and other ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 11:10 pm ICT by admin
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Chennai, Feb 29 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu business community has expressed its satisfaction at the national budget 2008-09 Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presented in parliament Friday. According to P.K. Mohapatra, chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), southern region, the proposal to bring down central value added tax (Cenvat) from 16 ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 11:07 pm ICT by admin
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Mumbai/New Delhi, Feb 29(IANS) Even as the tourism and hospitality sector said it has been largely ignored by the national budget for 2008-09 that Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presented Friday, it welcomed the concessions to build hotels at India's world heritage sites. "The budget failed to grant infrastructure status to ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:50 pm ICT by admin
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Melbourne, Feb 29 (IANS) Following is the final scorecard of the last group match of the Commonwealth Bank triangular series between Australia and Sri Lanka here Friday. SCOREBOARD:
Sri Lanka:
Mahawaduge Perera lbw b Lee 5
Sanath Jayasuriya c Hussey b Bracken 23
Kumara Sangakkara c Hussey b Johnson 11
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:50 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) President Pervez Musharraf has emphasized that no suggestions for restoration of the judges were under consideration as the judges currently performing their responsibilities "are respectable". A close aide of Musharraf has said that neither did Musharraf send any message to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:47 pm ICT by admin
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London, Feb 29 (IANS) Lord Swraj Paul, founder chairman of the Caparo Group of Industries, praised Friday's budget as "very good" but said the need to deliver to the farmer was even more important than the promised loan waiver. "P. Chidambaram is a very experienced finance minister and he has ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:45 pm ICT by admin
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Guwahati, Feb 29 (IANS) The mega tea industry in Assam Friday expressed satisfaction over the allocations in the union budget for tea research and boosting production. "We are happy that the central government has decided to lay stress on research and development in the tea sector and also earmarked funds ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:42 pm ICT by admin
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Sydney, Feb 29 (IANS) Despite the unending barrage of heated words exchanged between India and Australia this series, former Australian Test legend Mark Taylor believes that the antagonism between the two camps has given the best summer of cricket he's witnessed since retiring. So much so that Taylor is anticipating ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:40 pm ICT by admin
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Chittagong, Feb 29 (IANS) South African openers Niel McKenzie (169 not out) and skipper Graeme Smith (229 not out) are on the cusp of breaking the 51-year-old highest opening stand in Tests record held by India's Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy. South Africa after the first day's play in Test ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:35 pm ICT by admin
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Hyderabad, Feb 29 (IANS) Small and medium IT enterprises Friday were disappointed with the 2008-09 budget, saying it has not extended the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) scheme that offers them various exemptions and had also increased the excise duty on packaged software. "It does not have anything for ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:35 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) India's economic growth has slipped to 8.4 percent for the third quarter of this fiscal, official figures showed Friday - the day Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presented the national budget for 2008-09 with the promise to push growth. India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth was ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:34 pm ICT by admin
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Mumbai, Feb 29 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh Friday said the union budget was a "historic and revolutionary pro-rural budget", hailing the loan waiver to farmers and increased allocation to educational institutions in the state. Deshmukh, in a statement, said the proposed Rs.600-billion loan waiver announced for farmers came ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:33 pm ICT by admin
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Hyderabad, Feb 29 (IANS) The healthcare industry has welcomed the union budget presented Friday, saying it provides an incentive to take quality healthcare to semi-urban and rural areas. "Tax holiday for hospitals outside major cities is a revolutionary step towards making quality healthcare accessible to the common man," said Prathap ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:32 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Leader of Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani has criticised the union budget presented Friday for its "heavy communal overtones". "It is a throw-back to the Liaqat Ali days, the consequences of which are well-known," he said in a statement, referring to ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:26 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Union government Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking its permission to expeditiously complete a shorter navigational sea route around India's southern tip. In an affidavit filed with the apex court's registry, the Union government pleaded to the court to suspend its August 31, 2007 ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:25 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Feb 29 (ANI): The Centre on Friday filed a fresh affidavit in the Supreme Court on the controversial Sethu samudram project seeking vacation of its interim orders putting on hold any damage to "Ram Setu."
The 60-page affidavit, cleared by the Cabinet Committee of Political Affairs (CCPA) chaired ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:25 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Petroleum Minister Murli Deora has welcomed the proposal in the union budget to replace six percent of ad valorem excise duty on unbranded petrol and diesel with an equivalent specific duty of Rs. 1.35 per litre. "The petroleum minister welcomed the tax rationalisation by the ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:24 pm ICT by admin
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Ahmedabad, Feb 29 (IANS) The Gujarat Chambers of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Friday said the state was "missing" from the 2008-09 union budget, although it has outlined many good proposals. Commenting on the budget proposals, Parul Jaykrishna, president of GCCI said Finance Minister P. Chidambaram could have sanctioned a "special ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:24 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Indian real estate sector has welcomed the overall impact of budget while saying that it could have done more for the industry. "The budget will boost the socio-economic infrastructure of the country by giving due emphasis to education, health and hospitality sector. The budget ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:23 pm ICT by admin
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Chennai, Feb 29 (IANS) Tamil superstar Kamal Haasan, who was close to late Tamil writer Sujatha, says the author considered writing "a continuing love affair". Born in 1935 as S. Rangarajan, the prolific writer adopted the nom de plume Sujatha when he began writing fiction. He passed away Wednesday after ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:22 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's announcement in his budget speech Friday that the government would soon set up a "permanent institutional mechanism" to coordinate the fight against climate change drew mixed reactions from India's NGO community. Chidambaram said: "We can - and we must - do ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:19 pm ICT by admin
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Gaya, Feb 29 (ANI): A dreaded naxal leader belonging to the CPI (Maoist) surrendered before district magistrate Jitendra Srivastava with weapons and cartridges at the district collectorate in Gaya today afternoon.
Basudeo Rikiyan, wanted in connection with several criminal cases, gave himself up before the DM, sources said.
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:19 pm ICT by admin
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Melbourne, Feb 29 (IANS) A spirited display by Sri Lankan bowlers helped them claim a consolation win by 13-runs against Australia in the Commonwealth Bank one-day triangular series here Friday. Sri Lanka are already out of the series and their second victory in the series came too late in the ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:19 pm ICT by admin
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Bangalore, Feb 29 (ANI): The Bangalore Police has said that a call centre employee was stabbed to death after a group of people picked up a fight with him over a "trivial" issue outside a tea shop.
A member of the group stabbed 27-year-old Shashidhar, who was returning home after ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:16 pm ICT by admin
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Noida, Feb 29 (IANS) Ravinder Bhati, son of Uttar Pradesh Home Guards Minister Ved Ram Bhati, has been arrested in this town adjacent to the national capital for allegedly murdering three people earlier this month, the police said Friday. "Ravinder Bhati was arrested on the intervening night of Thursday-Friday from ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:15 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, Feb 29 (ANI): The Bush Administration wants to ensure military pressure is kept up on militants in the Pakistans tribal areas, but Washingtons continued support for President Pervez Musharraf risks deepening anti-American sentiment among people.
Despite Washington's denials of any meddling in Pakistani politics, influential commentators and average citizens are ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:15 pm ICT by admin
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Nairobi, Feb 29 (DPA) Congratulations to Kenya's reconciled leaders poured in from across the world Friday, mere days after the international community threatened to push the politicians into a deal if they did not strike one soon. President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga signed a much-awaited power-sharing deal ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:05 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) India and the US Friday discussed ways to expand high technology trade, with Washington indicating that strategic trade will continue to grow between them regardless of the fate of the nuclear deal. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and US Undersecretary of Commerce for Industry and Security ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:04 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Doctors, health entrepreneurs and activists Friday welcomed an increased allocation for the health sector in the budget but said "the designated allocation is inadequate". "An increase of 15 percent in the healthcare spending is a welcome step but seeing the backwardness in the rural areas ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:03 pm ICT by admin
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Mumbai, Feb 29 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Friday visited her alma mater Mumbai University and urged the students there to address issues like eradication of social evils, alcoholism and drug addiction among the youth. "These evils cause great financial difficulties for families, many a times wrecking them. The country also ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:02 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Indian IT and ITeS industry across all sectors Friday felt let down by the national budget for 2008-09, finding little in it to boost growth prospects. The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom), the leading IT industry lobby, indicated extreme disappoint as ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:00 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Feb. 29 (ANI): In the current scenario when Pervez Musharrafs power has weakened after February 18 polls, the US will have to strike a new deal with Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Kiyani to win the Afghanistan war.
But Kiyani must tread carefully lest he be seen as another American ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 9:55 pm ICT by admin
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