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'Big Three' to miss Challenger series
Friday, October 12, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Sports - Cricket
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The 'Big Three' of Indian cricket- Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid - will be missing from action in the forthcoming NKP Salve Challenger Trophy as the selectors have decided to rest them. Besides the three senior players, most of the other members of the national side such as Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan will receive a much deserved rest from the limited ove
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BJP, Sena take to the streets
Tuesday, October 09, 2007 www.expressindia.com
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Politics
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The BJP and Shiv Sena parties protested the involvement of the minister, legislators and officials of the Congress-led state government in the Kashmir sex scandal by raising slogans and burning effigies of the accused.
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Sharif will return to Pak next month : Son
Tuesday, October 09, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Foreign Affairs , Politics
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The son of former Pakistani Premier Nawaz Sharif said that his dad would return to Pakistan between November 15 and 30. Sharif who attempted to return to Pakistan, was deported to Saudi Arabia on September 10 within hours of setting foot on Pakistani soil after a seven-year exile.
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Violent clashes result in death of 195 : Pakistan
Tuesday, October 09, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Foreign Affairs
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Three days of fighting in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan has resulted in the deaths of over 150 pro-Taliban militants and 45 soldiers. The army, however, ruled out the possibility of declaring a ceasefire to put an end to the violence.
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Hindalco down 3.3 percent
Monday, October 08, 2007 www.indiainfoline.com
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Stock market
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Following an announcement of the completion of buying Alcan’s stake in Utkal Alumina, Hindalco has slipped by 3.3% to Rs164. The scrip has touched an intra-day high of Rs170 and a low of Rs162 and has recorded volumes of over 6,00,000 shares on NSE.
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Airtel to hive off 10 percent in tower arm : Reports
Monday, October 08, 2007 in.reuters.com
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M & A
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Bharti Airtel Ltd, India's top mobile services firm, is curently holding talks to hive off a 10% stake in its mobile telecoms tower company for about $1.1 billion. According to the Economic Times, Bharti is neogtiating with Singapore's state-owned Temasek Holdings and Warburg Pincus to sell a stake in Bharti Infratel.
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Aussies off to a blazing start
Monday, October 08, 2007 www.cricbuzz.com
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Sports - Cricket
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The Australians who are chasing 292 runs for victory in the fourth one dayer have got off to a blazing start having scored 130 runs for the loss of two wickets of just 21 overs. The batsmen dismissed are opener Adam Gilchrist and skipper Ricky Ponting, who got out to a controversial decision.
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controversial-decision
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Populist measures could inflate fiscal deficit
Monday, October 08, 2007 in.reuters.com
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Finance
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The fiscal deficit which has reduced to 3.5 percent from almost 7 percent five years ago could take a severe beating if the goverenment were to undertake populist measures, keeping the elections in mind. According to analysts, moves such as a hefty pay rise for government workers, plans to keep fuel prices low, and new welfare schemes for India's poor, could inflate the deficit to 4 percent of th
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Markets in the red, lose previous gains
Monday, October 08, 2007 www.indiainfoline.com
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Stock market
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The markets have fallen sharply and lost all their previous gains amidst selling pressure in the index heavyweights like ICICI Bank, L&T, Reliance Industries and SBI. The indices in the key sectors are all in the red, except the IT index which has added 0.36%. At 11:03 am (IST), the BSE 30-share Sensex slipped 305 points to 17,485 and NSE Nifty lost 102 points at 5,083.
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Strong opening for the markets
Monday, October 08, 2007 www.indiainfoline.com
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Stock market
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Following positive cues from the US markets, the Indian markets have opened positively. The leading gainers among the Sensex stocks include index heavyweights such as Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel, HDFC and BHEL. At 9:59 am (IST), the BSE 30-share Sensex was up 187 points to 17,960 and NSE Nifty has added 43 points at 5,226.
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