| Curfew
continues in Jammu
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Jammu,
July 4:
Curfew was on Friday extended to Kathua town where protestors
opposing the government's decision on revoking the land transfer
order to Amarnath shrine board clashed with police.
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| Truckers
call off strike
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Mumbai,
July 4:
Truckers in India ended their general strike on Friday after
convincing the government in overnight talks to reduce toll
taxes and meet other demands, a union leader said.
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| SBI
raises floating home loan rate
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Mumbai
July 4:
Country's largest lender State Bank of India today increased
floating home loan rate by 0.5 per cent across all tenors with
effect from June 27.
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| Cong-SP
cement growing bonhomie
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New
Delhi, July 4:
The Congress and Samajwadi Party on Friday appeared to have
sewed up an agreement to come together in a step that will enable
the government to go ahead on the Indo-US nulcear deal while
the Left parties seemingly hurtled towards a breaking point
with the UPA coalition.
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| Six
killed in stampede during Rathayatra
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Puri,
July 4:
Six pilgrims, including three women, were killed and several
injured in a stampede outside the Sri Jagannath temple here
during the annual Rathayatra festival.
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| Police
nab Ajmer blast suspect
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Kanpur,
July 4:
Police on Friday arrested a man suspected to have been involved
in the Ajmer blasts in 2006.
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| Inflation
jumps to 11.63%
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Mumbai,
July 4:
Despite government's measures to control inflation, which has
been increasing for the past few months, it inched a new high
this week marking above 11.63 per cent.
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| Gateway
Portal to connect with rural poor
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New
Delhi, July 4:
President Pratibha Patil launched the Government's multi-lingual
portal 'India Development Gateway (InDG)' in New Delhi today
to connect with the rural people by providing information on
strategic needs of the poor and the marginalized in local languages.
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