| Interest
rates unlikely to rise: FM
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New
Delhi, May 1:
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said he does not
expect interest rates to go up in reasonable future following
the RBI's move to hike mandatory deposits of banks by 0.25 per
cent.
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| Air
travel to cost more
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New
Delhi, May 1:
Air travel is going to be dearer as major airlines have decided
to raise the fares by at least 10 per cent besides increasing
the fuel surcharge.
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| RSS
condemns anti-North Indians rhetoric
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Pune,
May 1:
Ahead of the scheduled rally of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS)
leader Raj Thackeray on May 3, the RSS has unequivocally condemned
the anti-North Indian migrants rhetoric to create unrest in
the state on the basis of language and region.
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| Nirmala
Deshpandey passes away
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New
Delhi, May 1:
Veteran Gandhian Nirmala Deshpande passed away in national capital.
She was 79.
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| Sonia,
Tata in Times's most influential list
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New
York, May 1:
Sonia Gandhi, chief of India's key ruling alliance member Congress
Party, and Ratan Tata, who heads one of the country's top business
houses, have been named in a list of 100 most influential in
the world by Time magazine.
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| NDA
scores major wins in Bihar council polls
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Patna,
May 1:
Dissidence among its MLAs notwithstanding, Bihar's ruling NDA
scored major victories, wresting two of the eight seats from
the UPA in the elections to the state legislative council.
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| Chhota
Rajan`s aide shot dead in Hyderabad
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Hyderabad,
May 1:
Alleged gangster and extortionist Azeez Reddy, an aide of underworld
don Chhota Rajan, was shot dead in an encounter with police
in the posh jubilee hills area here.
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| Government
to go tough on drunken driving
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New
Delhi, May 1:
Upset over the rising cases of causalities due to drunken driving,
a Parliamentary standing committee has recommended stringent
measures to deal with it.
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