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Citigroup buys Wachovia banking operations
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Business
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NEW YORK: In the latest byproduct of the widening global financial crisis, Citigroup Inc will acquire the banking operations of Wachovia Corp in a deal facilitated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC).
Citigroup will absorb up to $42 billion of losses from Wachovia's $312 billion loan portfolio, with the FDIC covering any remaining losses, the government agency said yesterday.
The deal
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50 killed in stampede in Chamunda Devi temple
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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Terrorism
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At least 50 people were killed and about 150 others injured in a major stampede in the Chamunda Devi temple in Jodhpur at the start of Navaratra festival on Tuesday.
The stampede at the temple in a hillock in the famous Jodhpur Fort followed collapse of a wall near the shrine.
At least 50 people have been killed in the stampede, Divisional Commissioner Kiran Soni Gupta told PTI.
Of the 50 dead,
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Courier boy says he’s not allowed to board the compartment as he doesn’t look like a first class pas
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Cities
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Nearly 115 years after the historic incident where Mahatma Gandhi was pushed out of a first class train compartment in South Africa though he had a valid ticket, a courier boy is humiliated in a similar way every day.
Arivindsingh Thakur, 26, who holds a valid first class season ticket from CST to Mankhurd and Dombivli to Borivli has had to deal with taunts from co-passengers everyday just becaus
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At least five persons were killed and 80 injured yesterday, as terrorists set off bomb blasts in Mal
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Nations
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Curfew was imposed in the eastern part of the communally-sensitive powerloom town after the blast and stone-pelting by a mob.
Four persons perished and more than 70 were injured when the bomb went off at a hotel near a mosque at the busy Bhikhu Chowk area.
Following the blast, the mob pelted stones at the police. The jeep of the sub-divisional magistrate was also damaged in the stone-pelting, po
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End of an unforgettable era, with Sourav Ganguly
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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Sports - Cricket
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This week could see the end of an unforgettable era, with Sourav Ganguly “set to quit” international cricket if not selected for the Australia series. The team for the first two tests will be chosen on Wednesday.
If Ganguly, 112 short of 7,000 Test runs, does retire, he would be the first of India's ‘Fab Five’ — the others being Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman — to cal
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Ajay Devgan will play gangster Haji Mastan in Ekta Kapoor and Suniel Shetty's film, Once Upon A Tim
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Entertainment
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Ajay Devgan has been finalised to play Haji Mastan in Ekta Kapoor and Suniel Shetty's film, Once Upon A Time In Mumbai. Ajay , who signed on the dotted line last week, is quite excited about the role. This is not the first time Ajay will be playing a gangster. He had played a similar character in Ram Gopal Varma's Company.
A source said, “Both, director Milan Luthria and Suniel Shetty always wa
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George Bush led US government is confident of getting the approval of the Senate on the US-India civ
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Foreign Affairs
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Washington: The message is said to have been conveyed to a small group of top Indian American community leaders yesterday by senior White House officials, a source privy to the goings said.
"We are confident that just like last time, the Bill will be passed by substantial majority.
"With that a new era will begin for Indias nuclear programme," the officials were quoted by the source as saying.
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The Delhi culture season is back
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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Culture
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As everyone knows, the Delhi culture season is at its most active between Janmashtami and Holi. And the two most consistent post-Independence culture traditions of the Capital have been the Krishnalila and Ramlila ballets staged faithfully by the Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra. Shows may come and shows may go, but they, like the grand old epics, go on forever, thank God.
It’s really worth taking y
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Engineers in the US have developed a new underwater robot that can hover in place
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Technology
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Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed a new robotic underwater vehicle that can hover in place like a helicopter – an invaluable tool for deepwater oil explorers, marine archaeologists, and oceanographers.
The new craft, Odyssey IV, is the latest in a series of small, inexpensive artificially intelligent submarines developed over the last two decades by MIT’s
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Makeover of Dawood Ibrahim, India's most-wanted terrorist
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Local
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Mumbai: Hair weaving, cosmetic surgeries to hide sagging cheeks and double chin. For once, it isn't our Bollywood stars who are going under the knife to retain their youthful looks.
Dawood Ibrahim, India's most-wanted terrorist, is in the process of undergoing a makeover to look more attractive. Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria confirmed that Dawood has weaved his hair in recen
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