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Indian economy will sail through: Chidambaram
"We are confident that if we keep firm hands on the wheel, the Indian economy will sail through turbulent waters," said Finance Minister P Chidambaram.

PM offers $11 bn package for Arunachal
Manmohan Singh said the central government had prepared a roadmap for overall development of the state and was committed to developing the frontier region in all sectors.

Sethu has security implications: Coast Guard
The Sethusamudram shipping canal project has "security implications" and these have been "conveyed" to the government, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) chief said.

Decision on fuel price hike next week: Govt
Deora and Mukherjee, along with Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and Finance Minister P Chidambaram, dropped the idea of raising domestic cooking gas (LPG) prices and instead asked the Finance Minister to cut excise duties.

'India can send crew to space in 7 years'
The Indian government has been "sensitised" on the issue of manned space flights and India's space agency will be able to send crew to space in seven to eight years, said G. Madhavan Nair, head of India's space programme.

Indian BPOs hit by Net cut
India's vital outsourcing industry, struggled to overcome supply disruptions after damage to undersea cables in the Mediterranean. Internet connections may take up to 15 days to return to normal.

Illicit liquor kills 16 in Maharashtra
At least 16 people have died after drinking illicit liquor in Maharashtra's Raigad district, police officials said on Thursday.

KARNATAKA

Prez to flag off Golden Chariot on Saturday
President Prathiba Patil will flag-off the 'Golden Chariot,' the much awaited luxury train of Karnataka State Tourism, on February two, Tourism Secretary I M Vittala Murthy said.
Govt to distribute 4-lakh bicycles to girls
Karnataka Government would distribute four-lakh bicycles worth about Rs 90 crore to girl students upto Standard VIII this year as a new year gift, Governor Rameshwar Thakur said on Wednesday.

Mediation centres soon in all districts

Police team from Davanagere visits Mangalore

Pitroda urges wider application of technologies

BSP favours assembly poll after delimitation process

Giuliani, Edwards quit White House race
The US presidential race has turned into virtual two-horse contests among both Democrats and Republicans as John Edwards and Rudy Giuliani ended their faltering bids ahead of the Super Tuesday coast-to-coast battles.

A perfect election unlikely in Pak: US

Unique book on

Mahatma Gandhi launched
Probably the first book with colour photographs relating to Mahatma Gandhi, it has images from all parts of the world - a Gandhi street in Uruguay, a library named after him in rural Mexico, a stencil image in the middle of a street in Paris and a poster hanging next to a garbage dump in Mumbai with the inscription: "Cleanliness is next to Godliness".

Gandhi's last day recreated in London

Stand against intolerance Gandhi's greatest legacy, says historian Habib

Rescue workers search through rubble for survivors after an explosion at a factory in Istanbul, on Thursday. The explosion at an unlicensed fireworks factory in Istanbul killed 19 people and injured nearly 70 others. AP

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CBSE to provide counselling through different modes of communication

Ford, Tata said to be closing in on Jaguar, Land Rover deal

17th century copper plate inscription discovered in Shimoga

Eight Indian Americans reach Intel science talent finals

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And now, a marijuana vending machine
Authorised medical marijuana users in Los Angeles no longer have to worry about running out of their medicine in the middle of the night.

Search for excellence outside academics

Hosted jointly by Air India and Deccan Herald, the Rank Award is for students while the Bolt award is for teachers.

CRICKET CAPSULE: INDIA IN AUSTRALIA
In-form Tendulkar set to make his T20 debut While Twenty20 star Yuvraj Singh is out of action for a couple of matches owing to his knee injury, Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik and Suresh Raina will get the opportunity to prove their worth, depending on who gets the chance to be in the playing eleven. Indians not worried about hostile reception: Dhoni "We don't care whether we receive a hostile reception or not. As long as it's not on the field, it doesn't matter," Dhoni said ahead of the T20 match to be played tomorrow. Having embroiled in a string of controversies in their Test series against Australia, Dhoni said he would hope nothing untoward happens in the remaining part of their tour... Know your limits, Dhoni tells Team India ''Players know the international guidelines that are set out to be followed... It is the responsibility of an individual more than their skipper to know the limitations and to know where they stand,'' Dhoni said. Ponting not certain to play in Twenty20 match Ponting said he was trying his best to recover from the back injury which he sustained on the last day of the fourth and final Test at Adelaide. Soft on-field behaviour a challenge for us: Ponting ...the challenge for us now, as I've said to the guys over the last few weeks, is just to take a little step back and have a little think about your actions before you actually act," Ponting said.
HARBHAJAN JUDGEMENT Aussie media demeaning office of Appeals Commissioner: BCCI ''The ICC had appointed Appeals Commissioner Justice John Hansen who is a respected High Court judge in New Zealand. So to criticise his decision is demeaning and insulting to the office of the Appeals Commissioner," BCCI Chief Administrative officer Ratnakar Shetty said. ICC backs Hansen's judgement Cricket Australia blasts ICC for goof up "If you read the judgement, judge (John) Hansen says the penalty would have been different if he had some facts in front of him," Sutherland said. "From that point of view, that's disappointing, I am disappointed. Cricket Australia is disappointed," he said.
Dravid will continue to be brand ambassador for BOB The bank chairman said the bank would not take into account the fluctuations in the performance of the leading batsman of the country, who was fast nearing the 10,000 run mark. ESPN-STAR to telecast live T20, tri-series matches ESPN STAR Sports will telecast live India's one-off Twenty20 match against Australia tomorrow, all the 15 ODI tri-series involving India, Australia and Sri Lanka starting on Sunday.