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Back home, IPL gets off Friday with Chargers-Riders tie

New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Indian Premier League (IPL) is back in India after shifting to South Africa last year because it could not get the expected security as it clashed with the general elections. The third edition of the Twenty20 razzmataz will spring to life Friday night when the 2009 champions Deccan Chargers take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening game in Navi Mumbai.

[India] Women's bill: government calls all-party meet, rebellion in BJP

New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The fate of the landmark women's quota bill Thursday appeared uncertain as the government, yielding to the bitter critics - the Yadav troika, offered all-party consultations while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tried to stem growing internal opposition to the proposed legislation....
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[Business] UPA discriminating against Punjab: Sukhbir Badal

Chandigarh, March 10(IANS) Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal Wednesday alleged that the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has been discriminating against the state in the sharing of central taxes....
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[Terrorism] National Security Act slapped on Orissa criminal

Bhubaneswar, March 10 (IANS) The National Security Act was slapped Wednesday on a criminal arrested last week in Orissa's mineral-rich Keonjhar district for his alleged involvement in illegal mining and other crimes, police said. ...
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[Sports] Now watch IPL matches live in cinema halls

Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) Want to watch an Indian Premier League (IPL) match live? No need to go to the stadium. Just book a ticket at the nearest cinema hall and enjoy it in airconditioned comfort. ...
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[India] Government confident women's bill will clear Lok Sabha

New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) A day after the historic bill to reserve one-third of all legislative seats in India for women was cleared by the Rajya Sabha, the government's flagship legislation Wednesday continued to disrupt the Lok Sabha where ministers said it would be passed by March 16....
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[Bihar] Jailed ex-Bihar MP holds press conference

Patna, March 10 (IANS) It happens only in Bihar. Former Bihar MP Anand Mohan, serving a life term for the 1994 lynching of Gopalganj district magistrate G.Krishnaiah, was allowed by the police to visit a politician's residence and hold a press conference, an official said Wednesday....
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[India] Rajya Sabha merely enforced its code in suspending 7 MPs

By M.R. Madhavan----- Some members of the Rajya Sabha tore papers on the chairman's desk Monday while protesting the women's reservation bill. Tuesday the house took action against them by suspending them for the rest of the budget session. ...
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[Education] Now, school textbooks, e-module from Encyclopaedia Britannica

By Madhusree Chatterjee---- New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Encyclopaedia Britannica textbooks and an online study module will hit Indian schools from April 2010 in four subjects - computer science, mathematics, environmental studies and general knowledge, says its president Jorge Cauz. ...
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[IT & Telecom] Soon, broadband in every Indian village: Sachin Pilot

New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) India is charting a grand scheme targeting its rural outback to reach telecom and broadband services to each of its 626,000 villages, using funds to the tune of $3.5 billion lying unutilised in a dedicated fund. ...
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