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Indian joint ventures safe, says AIG
Friday, September 19, 2008 www.rediff.com
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Business , Finance
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The American International Group India on Thursday issued a release stating that the US financial crisis does not have any immediate material impact on Tata AIG Life Insurance.
"Tata AIG Life is well capitalised and is subject to stringent local regulatory and capital requirements. Our (Tata-AIG Life) solvency margin at the end of August 2008 stood at over 300 per cent compared to the regulator
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Tata-AIG
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School van explodes and kills 4 children in Mumbai
Monday, January 28, 2008 www.ibnlive.com
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Cities
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Four schoolchildren died and five were badly injured died when the CNG cylinder of their school van exploded in suburban Mumbai, police said.
The explosion occurred at 1320 hrs in Millat Nagar in Oshiwara when the kindergarten students of Millat School were sitting in a van parked outside the school.
The injured children have been taken to a hospital in Andheri and the van driver has been de
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School
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Mumbai
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2 arrested for planning attack on Bangalore airport
Monday, January 28, 2008 www.rediff.com
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Cities , Crime , Terrorism
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The specter of terrorism has returned to haunt Karnataka. The Karnataka police recently arrested a cook and a medical student for having strong terror links. The duo revealed that they had plans of bombing the Hubli airport.
During the interrogation of Mohammad Ghouse and his friend Assadullah Abbubukar, the police learnt that Ghouse's father Naseeruddin Mohammad is a Lashkar e Toiba operative
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Bangalore
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Let off Bhajii or Oz tour off
Monday, January 28, 2008 www.ibnlive.com
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Sports - Cricket
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India’s second leg in Australia is under threat. Sources tell CNN-IBN that Indian players have said they would withdraw from the series unless the racial abuse charge against off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is dropped.
The Indian team is adamant that they will not settle for anything less than an acquittal, sources tell CNN-IBN.
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Harbhajan-Singh
India
Cricket
Australia
Tour
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BCCI will refuse stump evidence
Monday, January 28, 2008 www.rediff.com
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Sports - Cricket
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Indian board, it is learnt, will not agree if fresh evidence in the form of transcript from a stump microphone emerges in the two-day hearing on Harbhajan Singh's [Images] appeal against a ban beginning in Adelaide on Monday.
"The evidence could be tampered, it could be doctored. We wouldn't allow this so-called fresh evidence to surface after so many days," stated a highly placed Indian boar
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Harbhajan
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Ponting's team fined for slow over-rate
Saturday, January 19, 2008 www.ibnlive.com
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Sports - Cricket
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Australia not only lost the third Test against India at Perth but were also fined for maintaining a slow over-rate in the match.
ICC Match Referee Mike Procter decided to impose the fine after ruling out that Ricky Ponting’s team was two overs short of its target even after taking into consideration the time allowances.
According to the ICC Code of Conduct regulations governing over-rate pen
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India
Australia
Cricket
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India end Australia's winning run
Saturday, January 19, 2008 www.rediff.com
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Sports - Cricket
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India recorded one of their most amazing Test triumphs overseas when they beat Australia by 72 runs on the fourth day of the third Test, in Perth, on Saturday.
The victory snapped the world champions' record 16-match winning streak.
Set 413 to score a world record 17th successive Test victory, the Australians were dismissed for 340, enabling the spirited visitors to reduce the margin to 2-1
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India
Australia
2008-Test-Series
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Suspect terror funding case under watch
Tuesday, December 04, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Crime , Terrorism , Stock market , Finance
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The Government informed Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that it is keeping a watch on a person who is suspected to have used the booming Indian share market for terror funding.
"Recently one case has come to our notice. It is suspected that it may be linked to a person under watch. I cannot divulge further details," Finance Minister P Chidambaram said.
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Terror-Funding
P-Chidambaram
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Brett Lee to star in Bollywood film on cricket
Tuesday, December 04, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Sports - Cricket
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Paceman Brett Lee has long expressed his desire to act in a Bollywood film and now fans of the Australian cricketing legend can look forward to soon seeing him in action on the big screen.
Lee will star in 'Victory', a film on cricket to be produced by Vivek Aggarwal and Ajit Pal. Starring alongside Lee is Australian cricketing great Allan Border and fellow Australian cricketers Mike Hussey a
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Brett-Lee
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Govt to rise infrastructure investment
Tuesday, December 04, 2007 www.ndtvprofit.com
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Business , Stock market , Finance
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Government of India is proposing to raise investment in infrastructure sector to 9 per cent of Gross Domestic Product by 2012 to achieve high growth rate planned during the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012).
"The cabinet has recently approved the draft of the Eleventh Plan which envisages an increase in infrastructure investment from 5 per cent of GDP to 9 per cent," Planning Commission Deput
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Infrastructure
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