| Tatas
pick up 60 pc stake in Spanish firm |
Mumbai,
Apr 4:
Sealing its second acquisition in a week, Tata group company,
Telcon, on Friday said that it has signed a deal for acquiring
a 60 per cent stake in Spanish company, Comoplesa Lebrero SA.
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| SC
quashes plea against Lalu |
New
Delhi, Apr 4:
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed against
RJD chief Lalu Prasad challenging his continuance as Union Minister
on the ground that he had contested Lok Sabha election from
Chapra while being member of the House from another parliamentary
constituency.
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| 18
killed in Kolkata bus mishap |
Kolkata,
Apr 4:
At least 18 people were killed when a private bus plunged into
a canal in northeastern Kolkata on Friday.
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| India
breaks gender bias, hires women border guards
|
New
Delhi , Apr 4:
India is enrolling women for the first time in a combat role,
overturning a mindset in the country's security establishment
that women are no good at defending frontiers or fighting wars.
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| 93
blasts: SC stays death penalty of convict
|
New
Delhi, April 4:
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the death sentence of Zakir
Hussain Noor Mohammed Shaikh, a death row convict in the 1993
Mumbai serial blast case.
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| `Musharraf
& Pak can't go together' |
Islamabad,
Apr 4:
Calling President Pervez Musharraf a 'cashable product', Pakistan's
new Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar has said the government
is ready to work with him and use his standing in the world
community to secure aid for the country.
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| Shoaib
appeals against ban |
Karachi,
Apr 4:
Fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar said on Friday he has appealed against
a five-year ban imposed by Pakistan's cricket authorities for
repeated breaches of discipline.
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