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UPA remedies Ram gaffe
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Politics , Culture
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The UPA government has realized that the issue of "Ram" is an important poll plank to contest the forthcoming elections and has permitted the Ram Lila celebrations near the Red Fort despite the world heritage status of the monument which prohibits any gathering close its precints. The Culture Minister Ambika Soni said, 'The permission has been given only for this year and it was done before UNESC
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UNESCO
Red-Fort
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Big B served a notice for ad campaign
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Politics
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The Big B has been served a notice by the Uttar Pradesh Information Commission asking him to explain the basis of his state election slogan which suggested low crime rate in the state. Amitabh Bachchan's slogan ‘UP mein hai dum, jurm hai yahan kam’ in an advertisement was aired by television channels during assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh this year.
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Crime-Rate
Slogan
Amitabh-Bachchan
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Punjab gets its first mobile court
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Legal
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The second mobile court in the country, was inaugurated on Tuesday in the town of Hoshiarpur -one of the most backward areas of Punjab. The air-conditioned mobile bus, custom-made to function as a moving courtwas jointly inaugurated by Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Vijender Jain and Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal at Talwara.
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Mobile-Court
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Elephant succumbs to injuries
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Environment
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Arundhati, an 80-year-old elephant, at Dehradun's Rajaji National Park, succumbed to her injuries before park authorities could put her to sleep. The pachyderm had earlier suffered multiple fractures on her right foot after falling into a marsh early this month. The elephant had been granted permission to be put to sleep, however according to sources, the mercy killing was delayed because of bure
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Arundhati
Mercy-Killing
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I&B sees red over RJ's comments
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Politics
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After the outburst against the comments made by an RJ of the Red FM radio station, it is the turn of the government to join the fray. The I&B Ministry of the Government has proposed a week-long ban on the radio channel provided it is upheld by the telecom tribunal. The Union I&B Minister, Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi said, "A one-week ban has been issued since Monday, subject to Telecom Disputes Settleme
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Red-FM
Controversy
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'Nobody can give me deadlines' : Gowda
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Politics
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The former Prime Minister and JD-S supremo H D Deve Gowda lashed out against the BJP for setting a deadline for his son Chief Minister H D Kumarasway to resign to pave way for power transfer in Karnataka. "Nobody can give me deadlines. It is only my party which is empowered to set deadlines for me," Gowda said.
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Deve-Gowda
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Train to Bangladesh caught in row over wire-mesh
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 sify.com
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Foreign Affairs
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The Kolkata-Dhaka passenger train is stranded on account of a row between India and Bangladesh over wire-mesh. Inspite of the fact that the coaches, tracks and staff required to run the train are ready, the issue of fencing the no-man's land has stalled the inaugural run till date.
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Row
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Prepared to face fresh poll: Kumaraswamy
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 www.expressindia.com
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Politics
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The JD-S in Karnataka said that it was prepared for any eventuality--either to run the government or face fresh assembly elections. The JD-S leader and Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said, "We are ready for any eventualtiy either to run the government or face polls".
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Elections
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India's top 5 social networking sites
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 www.theindiastreet.com
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Social Issues
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The social networking phenomenon in India is small as compared to the US, but it is latching on with a large number of youth signing-up with social networking sites. An examination of the traffic trends for social networking sites primarily targeting an Indian audience reveal the top 5 sites as bharatstudent.com, Indianpad.com, fropper.com, bigadda.com and Yaari.com.
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Social-Networking
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Rediff.com - India's answer to Amazon.com ??
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 www.watblog.com
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Business , Technology
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Amazon.com was one of the first online portals to create a name for itself by selling books online. However, the trend of purchasing books online, did not latch on in India, inspite of the presence of ecommerce players like baazee -which was bought over by ebay - and others like fabmall which was taken over by indiaplaza.in. The largest Indian portal, Rediff.com is making inroads into the much ign
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Ecommerce
Books
Rediff
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