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That’s why BCCI turned down request to observe a one-minute silence for Bhopal victims before the Ch
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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December 3 is the inaugural match of the Champions League Twenty20 series at Bhopal. It's also the 24th anniversary of the Union carbide gas leak, described as the worst industrial disaster in the world, and in which 24,000 people lost their lives.
To maintain awareness about industrial safety and as a mark of solidarity with the victims, International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal (ICJB) which
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Phase II of the Marine Drive beautification project has been stalled because the BMC cannot cope up
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Mumbai: Phase II of the Marine Drive beautification project has been stalled because the BMC cannot cope up with the budget. The Mumbai Metropoli-tan Regional Develop- ment Authority (MMRDA) that was supposed to carry out the Rs 100 crore-makeover will now focus on infrastructure projects.
"We have been asked by Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh to concentrate on infrastructure and road projects a
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Airlines have decided to withdraw the transaction cost levied on air-ticket booking.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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Airlines have decided to withdraw the transaction cost levied on air-ticket booking, a move that would bring down airfare ranging from Rs 350 to Rs 10,000 per ticket.
The country’s three largest air carriers — Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines and state-run Air India — on Tuesday announced their plans to withdraw the transaction fee. The other carriers are expected to follow suit.
“We have decide
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Kingfisher
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The state home department has decided to compulsorily retire Marie-Lou Fernandes.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Cities
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The state home department has decided to compulsorily retire Marie-Lou Fernandes, an Indian Police Service officer, who has not reported for work for over three years.
The 1991 batch officer had last served as DCP of Zone-VII from December 2004 to August 2005 before she went on leave.
She sought extension of the leave but the request was turned down by the then commissioner of police A N Roy. Ho
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Colors took Jaane Tu from us at a whopping 17 crore 11 lakh.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Entertainment
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Mumbai: Recession is hitting B-Town hard but it seems the R-word is not affecting love. The rights of Imran Khan's debut Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na were with Zee TV but it has now been bought up by Colors. Interest-ingly, Khan's girlfriend Avantika Malik works in Studio 18 and her mother is on the board of directors of the same company.
A source says, "Zee Tele-vision bought the world sate- llite
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The number of people killed in accidents related to heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of S
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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Foreign Affairs
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The number of people killed in accidents related to heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina rose to 72 on Tuesday.
According to the latest report by Civil Defence authorities, close to 54,000 people had to be evacuated from their homes and 137,000 homes had no power.
Four cities had declared a state of catastrophe and eight municipalities had been cut off from the outside w
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Symond got support from the hotel manager of the Brisbane hotel where the unsavoury incident occurre
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Sports - Cricket
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Melbourne: Beleaguered Andrew Symonds, who is facing a Cricket Australia probe over his alleged role in a pub brawl, has got support from the manager of the Brisbane hotel where the unsavoury incident occurred.
Symonds, who had been drinking with members of the Australian rugby team in the hotel, was involved in an altercation with a patron Sunday night.
Mark Lassman, the Normanby Hotel's manag
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Pugmarks of tigers have been found in an Uttar Pradesh village.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Nations
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Lucknow: Much to the surprise of officials and locals, pugmarks of tigers have been found in an Uttar Pradesh village which has no forest around, an official said Tuesday.
"Pugmarks of an adult tigress and cubs were found by our officials Tuesday in Nagra village in Shahjahanpur, some 250 km from Lucknow," divisional forest officer B.C. Tiwari told IANS by telephone.
He said the tigers are proba
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Two Indian teenagers created history in the US sports Monday when they were signed up by prestigious
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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Sports - Others
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Two Indian teenagers created history in the US sports Monday when they were signed up by prestigious baseball team Pittsburgh Pirates, five times World Series Champions, as professional players.
Rinku Singh, 20, and Dinesh Kumar Patel, 19, were signed up by the Pirates after the duo emerged winner of the "Million Dollar Arm" contest held in India, in which more than 30,000 Indian youth participat
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US
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The instruments on the spacecraft are now being switched on to get scientific observations started.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Technology
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Paris: After India’s lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-1 released a probe that hit the Moon on November 14, the instruments on the spacecraft are now being switched on to get scientific observations started.
The Moon Impact Probe was dropped close to the South Pole, where ice may exist in areas that are never illuminated by the Sun.
It carried three instruments: a system to capture images of the Moon; a
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