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meet watery grave
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Vadodara,
April 16:
Forty-four people, mostly children on way to school, were killed
when a bus carrying them fell into the 60-foot deep Narmada
canal at Bodeli village in the district on Wednesday morning.
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| Sachin
not to participate in Olympic torch relay
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New
Delhi, Apr 16:
Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has reportedly announced that
he would not participate in the Indian leg of the Olympic torch
relay.
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| Steel,
cement makers behaving like a cartel
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New
Delhi, April 16:
Accusing cement and steel industry of entering into cartels
to exploit consumers, Finance Minister P Chidamabaram on Wednesday
warned of tough measures to check rising prices.
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| Betul
by-election analysis: Victory with a lesson!
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Though
the Bharatiya Janata Party has managed to retain the Betul Lok
Sabha seat by a slim margin of about 35,000 votes, the by-poll
result shows a comparatively poor performance by ...
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| Nalini
feels cleansed of sins
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Vellore,
Apr 16:
Nalini Murugan, serving a life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi
assassination case, considers her last month's meeting with
Priyanka Vadra at Vellore prison a defining moment of her life,
as she felt she had been "cleansed of her sins, though
committed unknowingly", her brother PS Bhagyanathan said.
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| Jaya
walks out over N Indian issue
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New
Delhi, April 16:
Samajwadi MP Jaya Bachchan on Wednesday led a walk out by party
MPs in Rajya Sabha after she was refused permission to raise
the issue of anti-north Indians campaign in Maharashtra of which
her husband Amitabh Bachchan was the most visible target.
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| IIT
Directors finalise implementation of OBC quota
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New
Delhi, April 16:
Directors of the seven IITs, who met here on Wednesday, decided
that 7 of the country's top technology institutes will admit
at least 520 students this year.
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| EC
notification for Karnataka polls
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Bangalore,
Apr 16:
The process for the next month's Assembly polls in Karnataka
was set in motion on Wednesday with the Election Commission
issuing notification for the first of the three-phased elections.
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