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Finance Minister P. Chidambaram lists challenges in sustaining growth
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 www.hindu.com
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Business
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Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday enumerated the various short and long-term challenges that would have to be overcome to sustain the tempo of robust economic growth in a ‘turbulent’ world and maintained that the country’s industrial growth — despite being poor this September — would actually be near 10 per cent for the entire fiscal year
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Nandigram freed of terror : Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 www.hindu.com
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Politics
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Normal life here was affected on Monday due to a strike called by the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) in protest against the recent Nandigram incidents. The Trinamool Congress also launched an indefinite non-cooperation stir on the issue.
The strike called by the SUCI and Baratiya Janata Party, which was to continue on Tuesday, however, was wit
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Karnataka gets first Bartiya Janata Party-led government in the south
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 www.hindu.com
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Politics
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Sixty-four-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party leader Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yeddyurappa took oath as Karnataka Chief Minister in the name of God and farmers at a grand ceremony here on Monday. Four other legislators — R. Ashok, Jagadish Shettar, V.S. Acharya and Govind Karjol — also took oath as Cabinet Ministers in the first-ever BJP-led government in the south. The oath of office and secrecy was
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Germany, India seek to boost ties
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 www.hindu.com
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Foreign Affairs
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday she plans to boost relations with India in the areas of business, science and politics.
Merkel, on her first visit to India, was to meet with the country's top leaders Tuesday. The two countries will sign agreements in defense cooperation, science and technology and intellectual property rights.
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German
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Rain lashes Andhra Pradesh; 18 killed
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 www.hindu.com
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Nations
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At least 18 people were killed in flash floods and heavy rain that lashed four south coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh during the last five days, official sources said on Tuesday.
Hundreds of tanks either collapsed or suffered extensive damage while road and rail networks were damaged as widespread rain disrupted normal life in Nellore, Prakasam, Kadapah and Chittoor, they said.
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Nellore
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RBI hikes cash reserve ratio by 0.5 per cent
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 www.hindu.com
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Business
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Belying expectations of any relief on interest rate front, Reserve Bank on Tuesday hiked the statutory deposits - CRR - by 0.5 per cent to 7.5 per cent despite inflation falling to a five-year low.
Cash Reserve Ratio is the ratio of interest-free cash reserves mandatorily kept by the banks with the RBI, which had it been unchanged could have provided banks an option to ease the lending rates.
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BJP-JDS set deadline for Governor
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 www.hindu.com
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Politics
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Pushing for their second term in Karnataka, the BJP-JDS combine on Tuesday urged the Governor to invite them to form a government by this evening, failing which, they threatened to launch a state-wide agitation and a march to Raj Bhavan from Wednesday.
The BJP had on Monday set a 24-hour deadline for the Governor to decide on inviting the party to form the government and had threatened to launch
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Vodafone CEO to visit India
Monday, October 08, 2007 www.hindu.com
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Business
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The Vodafone CEO, Arun Sarin, is coming to India tomorrow, while the companies is in the midst of a controversy regarding a $1.7 billion tax liability arising on account of the Hutch-Vodafone deal. Sarin, who also is the Vice-Chairman of Vodafone-Essar, is likely to meet senior government officials during his stay here.
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Rate of inflation high vis-a-vis other countries : RBI
Friday, August 31, 2007 www.hindu.com
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Finance
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The Reserve Bank of India in its annual report said that the rate of inflation in India remained higher compared to other emerging markets as also the advanced economies in 2006-07. Although the inflation remained within the RBI's projection of 5.0-5.5 per cent up to November 11, 2006, between January 6 and March 24, 2007 it was above six per cent.
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Mob violence follows TV sting operation : Delhi
Friday, August 31, 2007 www.hindu.com
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Cities , Crime
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Following the broadcast of a sting operation by a Hindi television news channel which showed a woman teacher with the Asaf Ali Road branch of the Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya allegedly pushing students into prostitution, an angry mob went on a rampage. Two dozen vehicles were damaged and a police gypsy was burnt during the mob violence.
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