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Minister R Ashok announced Ride on Volvo for only Rs 5 on holidays
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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BANGALORE: Citizens loved it when transport minister R Ashok announced a trip on those big red buses, the Vayu Vajra Volvos, for Re 1. Four days,
3.25 lakh passengers later, BMTC is riding high on the success of the promotional campaign that aimed at getting more people to use the luxury public transport service. Cashing in on the popularity of the big red bus, transport minister R Ashok on Monda
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Janet Jackson hospitalised after falling ill shortly before a concert
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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New York: A representative for Janet Jackson says the singer has been hospitalised after falling ill shortly before a concert.
According to statement released by W&W Public Relations, the singer cancelled her concert in Montreal on Monday after she "got suddenly ill" during her sound check and had to be rushed to the hospital just before show time.
The statement says Jackson is being monitored a
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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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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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$700 bn bail out deal unveiled to rescue US's financial system
Monday, September 29, 2008 www.dnaindia.com
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WASHINGTON: US lawmakers were on the threshold on Sunday of sealing a $700-billion bailout intended to rescue the US economy from the edge of a financial meltdown.
They intended to announce a firm agreement by the time Japanese stock markets open Monday morning in Tokyo, after copies of the written draft started circulating in the US capital several hours earlier.
The measure, which is intended
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High intensity bomb defused
Saturday, September 27, 2008 www.thehindu.com
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HUBLI: It was almost 10.30 p.m. on Friday when all those who had gathered near the underpass on Pune-Bangalore National Highway near Venkatapur village in Dharwad taluk heaved a sigh of relief as a six-member bomb disposal squad, which arrived from Bangalore, defused the live bomb found there.
Since 8.30 p.m., the time the squad reached the site (18 km from Dharwad) where the live bomb was found,
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Video: Swedish Twins Get Hit Playing 'Frogger' on Freeway
Saturday, September 27, 2008 justsamachar.com
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Blonde Swedish twins stopped traffic Friday, literally, as they darted back and forth between oncoming vehicles on a busy highway before being hauled away, kicking and screaming, by authorities.
Remarkable CCTV footage posted by the Sun of London shows the young women throwing themselves onto the M6 motorway in what could best be described as a real-life game of ‘Frogger,’ the object of which is
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Amit GT to reprise royalty at WIFW
Saturday, September 27, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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Inspired by Monte Carlo's Avenue Princess Grace, designer Amit GT's collection at next month's Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) will reprise royalty with a contemporary twist to recall the elegance of a bygone era.
"The collection is all about contemporary royalty, a fine blend of redefined elegance and old world charm matched to the styles of today's generation," Amit said at a prev
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Apex court stays Amarinder's plea over his expulsion
Friday, September 26, 2008 www.ibnlive.com
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court today issued a notice to the Punjab government on a petition filed by former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh challenging his expulsion from the state assembly.
The apex court also issued a notice to Chief Minister
Prakash Singh Badal in his personal capacity.
A bench headed by Justice S B Sinha sought the assistance of the attorney general and referred the matter to
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5 held for distributing provocative pamphlets
Friday, September 26, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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COIMBATORE: Five staff of a school in Chennai, including its principal, have been arrested for distributing pamphlets "propagating" Christianity and "degrading" Hindu gods in the city following complaints by the BJP and Hindu Makkal activists.
Police said a group, including students, of East Coast Christian Matriculation School in Neelankarai had come on a tour to Udhagamandalam and the city on T
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Woman who trapped men on net held for murder
Friday, September 26, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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NEW DELHI: She is a graduate with a call centre accent, has worked for a while in a BPO and, by her own admission, never failed an interview in her life. In short, there is nothing about her profile that would give away her recent profession - setting up honey-traps for men in internet chatrooms and then robbing her victims.
On Wednesday, 27-year-old Eva Gonsalvez and her 30-year-old friend, Eric
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