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of articles posted on 30-Oct-2007.
Surat Institute says no to joggers in shorts
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 www.ibnlive.com
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Cities , Social Issues , Health
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The Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) has closed its campus to those who jog or use the institute premises for morning exercise wearing shorts.
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Dress-Code
Surat
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No change in Policy Rates : RBI
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Business , Finance
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The Reserve Bank of India is unlikely to change the policy rates the repo and reverse repo rates in its mid-term review of the monetary policy amid persistent inflationary expectations following copious foreign capital inflows.
Headline inflation has dropped significantly below RBI's target of 5 per cent for 2007-08 but this is a result of the government deciding not to pass on the increase in
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RBI
Policy
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US rules out renegotiation of Nuclear Deal
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 in.rediff.com
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Foreign Affairs , Politics
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United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday spoke to External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee over telephone about the bilateral nuclear deal.
During the conversation, Rice conveyed to Mukherjee that the US was keen on moving ahead with the civilian nuclear deal, informed State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.
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Nuclear
Deal
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We need appropriate rules to regulate capital flows: FM
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Business , Finance
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India faces a problem of huge capital inflow and needs appropriate regulations as well as risk management systems to avoid any potential shocks, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Tuesday.
"Today in India, we face a problem of enormous capital flows. This is a completely new situation for us. We welcome capital but we must learn how to manage capital, how to absorb capital," he told industr
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Capital-Flows
Chidambaram
Finance
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Jaish's Top Commander killed : J & K
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Crime , Terrorism
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Security forces killed a top commander of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed in a fierce encounter in north Kashmir early on Tuesday morning.
A police spokesman said the Special Operation Group of Jammu and Kashmir police and 57 Rashtriya Rifles conducted a joint operation at Bandipora in the north Kashmir district of Baramulla early on Tuesday morning following specific information about the pres
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Jaish
J&K
Terrorism
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Two killed in bomb blast near Musharraf's residence
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Crime , Terrorism
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A bomb exploded near the official residence of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, killing at least two people and leaving several injured.
The explosion occurred in a wagon near Ayub Park as Musharraf was chairing a meeting of the chief ministers and governors at Army House in the high-security area of the garrison city.
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Pakistan
Bomb-blast
Musharraf
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US mounts pressure, Pranab turns to Left
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 www.ibnlive.com
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Politics
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The growing American pressure on the Government to get going on the nuclear deal is starting to show on the UPA leadership.
External Affairs Minister, Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday called up Left leaders, urging them to maintain peace so the Government can go ahead with talks at the IAEA.
This follows a late night call to Mukherjee from US Secretary of State Condolezza Rice on Monday.
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BJP-JDS set deadline for Governor
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 www.hindu.com
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Politics
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Pushing for their second term in Karnataka, the BJP-JDS combine on Tuesday urged the Governor to invite them to form a government by this evening, failing which, they threatened to launch a state-wide agitation and a march to Raj Bhavan from Wednesday.
The BJP had on Monday set a 24-hour deadline for the Governor to decide on inviting the party to form the government and had threatened to launch
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Karnataka
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RBI hikes cash reserve ratio by 0.5 per cent
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 www.hindu.com
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Business
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Belying expectations of any relief on interest rate front, Reserve Bank on Tuesday hiked the statutory deposits - CRR - by 0.5 per cent to 7.5 per cent despite inflation falling to a five-year low.
Cash Reserve Ratio is the ratio of interest-free cash reserves mandatorily kept by the banks with the RBI, which had it been unchanged could have provided banks an option to ease the lending rates.
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RBI
,bank
rates
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Rain lashes Andhra Pradesh; 18 killed
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 www.hindu.com
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Nations
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At least 18 people were killed in flash floods and heavy rain that lashed four south coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh during the last five days, official sources said on Tuesday.
Hundreds of tanks either collapsed or suffered extensive damage while road and rail networks were damaged as widespread rain disrupted normal life in Nellore, Prakasam, Kadapah and Chittoor, they said.
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Nellore
Andhra
Pradesh
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