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of articles posted on 27-Oct-2008.
Muslims have taken to education in a big way, hoping to escape from poverty.
Monday, October 27, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Nations
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NEW DELHI: It's crunch time for Faidul, and Nazma, his mother, is worried. He is in class 10, and the sole hope of his parents for a better
future. The three-member family lives in a small house in Pahari Imli, Old Delhi. They earn a meagre living making necklaces at home, from material provided by contractors. Faidul is an indifferent student, and Nazma is desperately looking around for somebod
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Hit by the realty slump, desperate builders are enticing flat buyers with 12-month free stay, buy-ba
Monday, October 27, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Cities
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Buy one, get one free! No, it’s not an enticing offer for shirts, soaps or shampoos. But, believe it or not, an irresistible offer for a flat.
Hit badly by the downslide in realty prices and in order to lure buyers to their new projects, builders in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai are coming up with the most extraordinary offers —- buy a house and get a free car, or buy back offers, and now, even a
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Palin no longer playing for 2008; she's playing 2012," said Democratic pollster Peter Hart.
Monday, October 27, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Foreign Affairs
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New York: With US Presidential elections just nine days away, tensions between Republican candidate John McCain's advisers and his running mate Sarah Palin have escalated and spilled out in public.
As McCain trails behind Democrat opponent Barack Obama in polls, a McCain source claimed Palin was looking out for herself more than the campaign, as she sees herself as the next leader of the party.
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Victoria Beckham, who recently posed in a sari for the cover of Vogue India magazine, has admitted t
Monday, October 27, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Entertainment
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Posh, who was adorned with an orange sari and an elaborate headpiece for the cover, was totally bowled over by the outfit and is tempted to wear it in the future too.
“I feel like an Indian princess. It's so me, and these clothes have been made with real craftsmanship,” the Sun quoted Victoria, as saying.
Victoria also charmed the Vogue editorial team with her down to earth behaviour.
“I thoug
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Challenger was to provide a replacement for Ganguly but it has only added to the mystery
Monday, October 27, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Sports - Cricket
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Replacing a legend in the long term is India’s general anxiety, replacing him immediately is Gary Kirsten’s. The Challengers were supposed to provide the country with an answer, instead in conditions not tailor-made for batting the confusion acquired an air of murkiness that is usually associated with mystery novels.
While talking to Rahul Dravid recently about the Fab Four’s long reign in the In
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Iyengar bakeries predate Bangalore's darshinis and pizza outlets, but how the orthodox Brahmins lea
Monday, October 27, 2008 ram.mid-day.com
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Blogs
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Iyengar bakeries predate Bangalore's darshinis and pizza outlets, but how the orthodox Brahmins learnt to make English stuff with yeast and eggs is an enduring mystery
Iyengar bakeries must be Karnataka's gift to the world. The Iyengars of Tamil Nadu don't run bakeries. The Iyengar bakeries in Chennai – a friend tells me that city has at least two dozen now – are called Bangalore Iyengar baker
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Raj Thackeray probably hasn't heard or maybe just doesn't care that the US is now certifiably in a
Monday, October 27, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Columns
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Raj Thackeray probably hasn't heard or maybe just doesn't care that the US is now certifiably in a recession. As we are discovering quickly, this
is not an exclusively American problem. The decoupling theory - that what happens in the US does not affect India - has been effectively busted. We can feel the heat of the American slowdown in the seat of our pants. Pink slips in Pune will follow lay
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India
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Consumer durables sales remain unaffected by global financial tempest, say white good makers; gold s
Monday, October 27, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Business
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New Delhi: Economic downturn, price hike and other such negative factors are not dampening festival sales of consumer durables products, it seems, as some leading makers of these items are projecting handsome growth in selling this season.
“The global economic scenario may have affected in terms of the input prices, but it has not at all slowed down the sales of our products. In fact, we are havi
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Amitabh-Tiwari
crore
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Padmashree Mohammed Rafi, the legendary singer, who passed away in 1980, has always been revered wor
Monday, October 27, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Local
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Mumbai: Padmashree Mohammed Rafi, the legendary singer, who passed away in 1980, has always been revered worldover for not just his talent, but also for the truly wonderful human being he was. Yet, 28 years after his death, a recovery agent from ICICI Bank used words to describe him that we cannot print in a family paper.
Why? Because Rafi's son Shahid defaulted on a Rs 6.5 lakh loan with the ba
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Anti-Terrorism Squad has detained at least two people, including Sameer Kulkarni,
Monday, October 27, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Terrorism
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BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh DGP S K Raut has confirmed that Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad has detained at least two people, including Sameer Kulkarni,
in connection with the September 29 Malegaon blast. "Along with Kulkarni, Mumbai ATS has detained others as well, but we can't disclose their names because of the ongoing probe," Raut said in Bhopal on Sunday.
According to VHP-RSS sources, Kulkarni, als
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