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Centre's new policy on land acquisition
Saturday, January 12, 2008 www.aol.in
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The Centre has accepted a new policy under which entrepreneurs could acquire 70 per cent of land directly from the farmers with their consent, Union Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said Friday.
"Seventy per cent land has to be acquired by the entrepreneur and, if required, it can seek help of the government for acquisition of the remaining 30 per cent," Pawar said after a meeting with West Beng
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Infosys Q3 net up 25 pct, beats forecast
Saturday, January 12, 2008 www.aol.in
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Infosys Technologies Ltd, the No. 2 software services exporter, beat forecasts with a 25.2 per cent rise in quarterly profit Friday, bolstered by increased outsourcing demand from overseas clients looking to cut costs.
Infosys, which is also listed on Nasdaq, said net profit rose to Rs.12.31 billion ($313.23 million) in the fiscal third quarter ended December 31, from Rs.9.83 billion a year earli
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The world's cheapest car gets a pop star welcome
Saturday, January 12, 2008 www.aol.in
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For the world's cheapest car, it was one luxury arrival.
More than 1,000 people -- journalists, VIPS and industrialists -- packed an auditorium on Thursday as Tata Motors Ltd unveiled its long-awaited "People's Car" in a media circus more worthy of a pop concert or an Oscar ceremony.
For those wanting to feel India's economic self-confidence as it takes on the world, all they had to do was to
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Jyoti Basu can be given Bharat Ratna: CPI(M)
Saturday, January 12, 2008 www.aol.in
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After senior BJP leader proposed former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's name for Bharat Ratna, the CPI(M) today said party partiarch Jyoti Basu can be given the honour if he fulfills the parameters.
Asked whether Basu should be awarded the Bharat Ratna, CPI(M) politburo member Biman Bose told reporters here that "I don't know whether Basu fulfils the parameters
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BJP promises free power for power in Karnataka
Saturday, January 12, 2008 www.aol.in
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Striking a populist chord ahead of the Karnataka Assembly elections, the BJP Friday promised a free power supply to farmers for irrigation pump sets and farm credit from nationalised banks at four per cent interest if voted to power.
After a meeting with senior party leaders here, BJP state unit leader and former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa announced that these assurances would be honoured w
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Renowned Marathi intellectual Y.D. Phadke dead
Saturday, January 12, 2008 www.aol.in
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Renowned Marathi author, historian and intellectual, Yashwant D. Phadke passed away Friday at Dadar, central Mumbai, while watching a play. He was 77.
Phadke collapsed while watching a play at Shivaji Mandir. He was rushed to the Sushrusha Hospital nearby, but was pronounced dead on admission. He is survived by his wife, a doctor son, a daughter and grandchildren.
A former professor of internati
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Renowned Marathi intellectual Y.D. Phadke dead
Saturday, January 12, 2008 d Marathi intellectual Y.D. Phadke dead
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Renowned Marathi author, historian and intellectual, Yashwant D. Phadke passed away Friday at Dadar, central Mumbai, while watching a play. He was 77.
Phadke collapsed while watching a play at Shivaji Mandir. He was rushed to the Sushrusha Hospital nearby, but was pronounced dead on admission. He is survived by his wife, a doctor son, a daughter and grandchildren.
A former professor of internati
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CPI(M) criticises BJP, not opposed to Bharat Ratna for Basu
Saturday, January 12, 2008 www.aol.in
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The CPI(M) Friday accused the BJP of politicising the Bharat Ratna by proposing the award for former premier A B Vajpayee, while indicating that it was not opposed to party patriarch Jyoti Basu being conferred the country's highest civilian honour.
"I don't know the parameters under which Bharat Ratna is awarded or whether Vajpayee fulfils that criteria. But it is definite that they want play
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Court issues notice to Meghalaya govt on twin firing case
Thursday, January 03, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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The Gauhati High Court has issued a notice to the Meghalaya government asking what action has been taken against the security personnel involved in twin firing incidents at Tura and Williamnagar in Garo hills that killed nine persons in September, 2005.
A special bench of the court headed by chief justice Jasti Chelameswar and justice B P Kakoty issued the statement yesterday acting on a PIL b
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Steel firms hike prices by 3-4 per cent
Thursday, January 03, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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Three of India’s top steel makers hiked prices on Wednesday due to high input costs and increasing international prices. The 3-4 per cent increase is unlikely to have a major impact on user industries such as construction, capital goods and automobiles. While construction companies have already hedged steel prices to nullify the anticipated hike, auto firms have already announced price hikes.Tata
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