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NIIT up 4.5 p.c. on stake sale reports
Friday, September 28, 2007 www.indiainfoline.com
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Stock market
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The share price of NIIT Technologies have surged by over 4.5% to Rs349 on the basis of reports that private equity firms Carlyle Group and TPG Inc. may pick up a stake in the New Delhi- based software company. The NIIT Technologies scrip has touched an intra-day high of Rs283 and a low of Rs340 and has recorded volumes of over 4,00,000 shares on NSE.
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Microsoft over customized email ids
Friday, September 28, 2007 www.indiainfoline.com
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Business
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Microsoft is seeking to make inroads in the Indian internet space and has unveiled over 250 custom domains as a part of its comprehensive plan to offer different kinds of customized Indian email ids. This is part of the enhancements to Windows Live Hotmail, including increased storage limits to 5 GB.
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Neo sports ties up with DEN
Friday, September 28, 2007 www.indiainfoline.com
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Business
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Sports channel Neo Sports Broadcast Pvt Ltd has announced a tie up with Digital Entertainment Network for ground distribution of its channels- Neo Sports and Neo Sports Plus. Digital Entertainment Network will primarily focus on Delhi and NCR region for the distribution. Following this deal, Neo Sports will be able touch 100% of Network 18’s cable universe in the region.
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Women under 30 not permitted to work abroad
Monday, September 17, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Foreign Affairs
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In a bid to protect Indian women from exploitation, the authorities have restricted Indian women under the age of 30, who have not completed their high school from working abroad. The Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said that as per the new measures all the employment contracts would be drawn between the worker and employer and not with the recruiting agent.
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'Tottering Musharraf on his way out'
Monday, September 17, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Foreign Affairs
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Aitzaz Ahsan, the lawyer who successfully defended Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaurdhry after he was suspended has warned that a turmoil would break out the moment Gen Pervez Musharraf files his nomination. Ahsan also criticised the West for supporting the President stating that the deportation of ex-Premier Nawaz Sharif to Saudi Arabia by the Musharraf regime would make the negotiations between Bhutt
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'93 blasts case: Freed to pay for judgement copies
Wednesday, September 12, 2007 www.ptinews.com
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Legal
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The 23 people acquitted in the 1993 blasts case by the TADA court will have to pay about Rs 24,000 for certified copies of the judgement -which consists of 6000 pages- whereas the convicts will get them free of cost. The TADA court is scheduled to hand over copies of its judgement to the 100 convicts beginning today.
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US vows to capture Osama
Wednesday, September 12, 2007 www.hindustantimes.com
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Terrorism
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On the sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the White House vowed that the United States would capture the elusive Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The US President George W Bush has said, "he'd like to find him" referring to Osama bin Laden.
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Amar Singh lashes out at Jaya
Wednesday, September 12, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Politics
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The UNPA is facing rough weather with the Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary Amar Singh clearly saying that he would prefer Prakash Karat to J Jayalalithaa. Singh responded to the AIADMK chief’s objection to the SP’s relations with the CPI(M), saying, “We have a consistent, old and unbreakable relationship with Left parties, especially the CPI(M)."
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Banker executed for taking bribes : China
Wednesday, September 12, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Foreign Affairs
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Wen Mengjie, a former director of the information technology department of the Agricultural Bank of China was executed for taking bribes and embezzling US$ 1.97 million. Mengjie was found guilty of taking kickbacks to the extent of US$ 1.4 million during the purchase of equipment and software for the bank and was also accused of embezzling US$ 5,70,000 from the state-run bank.
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Spiders weave a giant web : Texas
Wednesday, September 12, 2007 sify.com
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Environment
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Entomologists studying spiders have claimed that a variety of spider species built on one another's work to create a sprawling web that has formed a blanket over hundreds of yards of trees and shrubs at a park in North Texas. The heavy rains earlier this summer resulted in creating prime feeding conditions for the spiders, thus encouraging their activity.
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