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      <title><![CDATA[31 get life in Gujarat riot case 42 acquitted]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A special court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to 31 convicted in a 2002 post-Godhra riot case wherein 33 people of the minority community were burnt alive at Sardarpura village of Gujarat's Mehsana district.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:41:32 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Farmers of 2 villages move SC on land order]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Farmers of two Greater Noida villages moved the Supreme Court on Wednesday against the Allahabad High Court order of additional compensation and returning 10 per cent developed land to its residents.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Blues apart, Trinamool ministers are back on duty]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Most union ministers of the Trinamool Congress were back at work in the capital on Wednesday, a day after they sensed that a resolute Congress, as head of the ruling UPA at the Centre, would give the alliance partner from West Bengal a patient hearing -- and nothing more.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Notice to CBI on Kanis bail plea]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Uncertainty continued over the bail of DMK MP Kanimozhi and four others in the 2G spectrum case, with the Delhi High Court making it clear it was not bound by the Central Bureau of Investigation&rsquo;s &ldquo;concession&" of not opposing the plea of the accused.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sonia ill, but raps Hazare campaign]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Congress party president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday rapped social activist Anna Hazare without taking any names, in a speech read out on her behalf at Gauchar in the hilly Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Trade unions come together]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[On November 8, for the first time in the history of trade union movements in India, all central trade unions will come together to protest against rising food price and unemployment.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:06:43 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Reach out to voters, Sharad Pawar tells ministers]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Monday asked his party ministers in Maharashtra to &ldquo;shape up or ship out&" ahead of elections to the 196 municipalities, 10 corporations and 27 zilla parishad starting next month.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:04:33 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mamata not to press quit button]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Will just complain on petrol prices; meeting with Pranab on Monday on Bengal financial package.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[NPC gets boost on Kalams support to Kudankulam]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Amidst the danger of degradation of the 2,000-Mw Kudankulam project in Tamil Nadu due to complete stoppage of work, state-run Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) on Sunday received a boost after former President APJ Kalam certified the project had 3G safety aspects.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:46:42 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stalemate over payment of cane price continues]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[An anxious wait for the commencement of sugarcane crushing by mills is only getting longer as an agitation launched by Maharashtra&rsquo;s sugarcane farmers is turning violent across the western state.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Thai PM to be chief guest on Republic Day]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Third guest from Southeast Asia to be accorded the honour in as many years.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:39:24 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NCP miffed over Chavans statement on  Lavasa project]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The ruling Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra is not at all amused with Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan&rsquo;s statement that the Lavasa Hill City project was crucial for the state and his asking the Ministry of Environment and Forests to grant the project an early clearance.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:18:30 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gujjars exit Unions shocked ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The news of Sonu Gujjar &mdash; who led three strikes at Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) in the last six months &mdash; and his 29 comrades striking an agreement with the management has left the region&rsquo;s trade unions in a state of shock and disbelief.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:17:38 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rollback of petrol price hike unlikely]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Govt says no longer possible to jeopardise the financial health of oil companies.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:15:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cong for petrol pricing retreat]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The divide between the government and the Congress party was out in the open today on the petrol price rise.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:58:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Satyams Raju finally gets bail]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Fortune finally smiled today on B Ramalinga Raju, founder of what was earlier known as Satyam Computer Services, with the Supreme Court granting him bail.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:55:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SC stays proceeding against Chavan in paid-news case]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Maharashtra&rsquo;s former chief minister Ashok Chavan on Thursday received a relief after the Supreme Court stayed the proceedings against him by the Election commision (EC).]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sc-stays-proceeding-against-chavan-in-paid-news-case/454535/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:49:49 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mumbai fireworks on parochial issue]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Though the festival of lights is over, more fireworks are expected here on the issue of Marathis versus North Indians in Maharashtra.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/mumbai-fireworksparochial-issue/454534/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:47:18 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[EPFO could peg Rs 1,000 as minimum monthly pension]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A proposal to provide a minimum pension amounting to Rs 1,000 per month to the 1.5 million workers covered by the Employees&rsquo; Pension Fund Organisation (EPFO) is hanging fire because there is no agreement on who should fund this scheme.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/epfo-could-peg-rs-1000-as-minimum-monthly-pension/454533/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:45:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[IIT hostel friends  pool money to bail out Kejri]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Arvind Kejriwal, Magsaysay winner and mastermind of Anna Hazare's anti corruption movement, can now leave behind the controversy surrounding his dues worth over Rs nine lakh to the Indian Revenue Service, where he was an employee.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/iit-hostel-friendspool-money-to-bail-out-\kejri\/454536/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:43:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BJP blames Sonia for corruption ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[In a change of strategy just before the assembly elections in seven states, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has blamed UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi for all the corruption allegations against the Union government.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/bjp-blames-sonia-for-corruption-/454411/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:12:31 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lok Pal committee to meet Hazare and team, may call Ramdev]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[After inviting social activist Anna Hazare and his India Against Corruption (IAC) team for the standing committee meeting on Lok Pal Bill, the parliamentary committee is planning to call yoga guru Ramdev to can give his suggestions.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lok-pal-committee-to-meet-hazareteam-may-call-ramdev/454410/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:11:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Maha Congress makes prime moves ahead of civic polls]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Come winter, and the political air in Maharashtra is set to hot up.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:09:16 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cong tastes juice in Joshis 2007 mail to PM on 2G auction]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[This one will be hard for Murli Manohar Joshi to explain.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/cong-tastes-juice-in-joshi\s-2007-mail-to-pm2g-auction/454408/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:07:21 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hazare, team to testify before Lok Pal Bill panel ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Social activist Anna Hazare and his representatives are due to appear before the standing committee of Parliament scrutinising the government&rsquo;s Lok Pal legislation this week, on Thursday and Friday.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/hazare-team-to-testify-before-lok-pal-bill-panel-/454282/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:22:49 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Editors Guild raps new Press Council chief]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Editors Guild of India has issued a strong condemnation of the new chairman of the Press Council of India, Justice Markandey Katju.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/editors-guild-raps-new-press-council-chief/454281/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:20:03 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CBI not against DMK MP Kanimozhis bail]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its order on the bail plea of five corporate honchos who are in jail for over six months for their alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum allocation scam after recording CBI&rsquo;s statement that that it is not against bail sought by DMK MP Kanimozhi and four others in the trial court.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/cbi-not-against-dmk-mp-kanimozhi\s-bail/454280/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:19:22 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Congress plays down Pranab letter episode]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Congress on Tuesday insisted that there was &ldquo;nothing new&" in the surfacing of Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee&rsquo;s explanatory note of September 26 to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, wherein Mukherjee put the blame for the original controversial March 25 office memorandum, on the PMO.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:17:57 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Court reserves order on Behuras bail plea]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The special CBI court on Tuesday reserved its order on the bail petition of Siddhartha Behura, former telecom secretary, who has been in jail for over nine months for the 2G spectrum scam.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/court-reserves-orderbehura\s-bail-plea/454278/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:15:53 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Advanis balancing act on graft]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani, on a &lsquo;yatra&rsquo; for good governance and to campaign against corruption, reached Bangalore on Sunday &ndash; on the same day the state&rsquo;s minister for industries, M Nirani, was named with his brother in a First Information Report registered by the police in a land grab case.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/advani\s-balancing-actgraft/454071/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:11:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Q&A En Dudkin, Head, Russian specialists, Kudankulam nuclear project]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Local resistance has meant denial of entry into Tamil Nadu&rsquo;s Kudankulam site for 130 Russian scientists and engineers who are in India since 2002, developing the nuclear project.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/qa-en-dudkin-head-russian-specialists-kudankulam-nuclear-project/454070/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:08:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Digvijaya attacks Anna, again]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh appears to be in no mood to spare Anna Hazare.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:07:36 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Team Anna works on a rulebook for self-discipline]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anna Hazare&rsquo;s country-wide anti-graft movement, forced to do an introspection following allegations of corruption against its members, has decided to chart a constitution for itself.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:04:45 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Atomic Energy panel chief fails to meet Jayalalithaa]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Amidt uncertainty over the completion of 2,000 Mw Kudankulam project due to ongoing agitation by villagers, the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Srikumar Banerjee and Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) chairman and managing director S K Jain on Saturday failed to get audience with the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Congress-J&K unit rift widens over Omars special power remarks]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The relations between Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and alliance partner Congress appear to be strained, especially over the former&rsquo;s recent comments over imminent withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the state.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:08:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Team Anna decides to stick together]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The core committee of the India Against Corruption movement led by Anna Hazare has opted to stay together rather than dissolve itself.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:07:52 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[State govts should address rising public awareness against corruption President]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Emphasising on the need to root out corruption from public life, President Pratibha Patil urged Governors and Lt Governors&rsquo; to start acting on growing public sentiment against corruption as the rise of corruption menace has stalled development process and eroded rule of law.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/state-govts-should-address-rising-public-awareness-against-corruption-president/453961/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:05:57 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Karnataka Lokayukta registers FIR against industry minister]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Lokayukta police begins investigation into charges of graft against Murugesh R Nirani.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/karnataka-lokayukta-registers-fir-against-industry-minister/453960/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:03:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Crude bomb found on Advanis yatra route]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A round of recce ahead of his scheduled pass along an arterial southern Tamil Nadu road averted a possible attack against L K Advani, as a crude pipe-bomb was recovered on Friday from the outskirts of Madurai &mdash; along the route the BJP veteran was to take on the second leg of his ongoing nation-wide march against corruption.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/crude-bomb-foundadvani\s-yatra-route/453951/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:07:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hazare vows to continue maun vrat</I>]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Amid a host of allegations being heaped on anti-corruption movement members, Anna Hazare has decided to continue his vow of silence.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/hazare-vows-to-continue-maun-vrat/453832/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:57:47 +0530</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Congress-NCP coalition government in Maharashtra is divided over initiating action against social activist Anna Hazare on charges of alleged misappropriation of funds and untimely filing of the accounts of his various trusts &mdash; upheld to some extent by inquiries in 2005 and resurrected now.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/maharashtra-dividedhazare-charges/453830/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:55:42 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Noida farmers split over moving SC]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Less than a week after the Allahabad High Court gave its verdict in the Noida land acquisition case, the local farmers are already divided on whether or not to move the Supreme Court against the order.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/noida-farmers-split-over-moving-sc/453829/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[Digvijay warns Sri Sri Ravishankar]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh has asked &lsquo;Art of Living&rsquo; guru Sri Sri Ravishankar to stay away from the RSS &ndash; BJP combine.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/digvijay-warns-sri-sri-ravishankar/453831/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:04:07 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[US Senate passes resolution on Diwali]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Recognising the religious and historical significance of Diwali, the US Senate has passed a resolution greeting Hindus, Sikhs and Jains in the US and across the globe on the festival.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/us-senate-passes-resolutiondiwali/453798/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:35:39 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eco-friendly fire crackers gain popularity]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[An increasing number of environmentally-conscious people in Hyderabad and some other parts of Andhra Pradesh appear to be opting for eco-friendly and smokeless fire crackers.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/eco-friendly-fire-crackers-gain-popularity/453797/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:32:37 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[India brightens up on Diwali]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Fireworks illuminated the evening sky, earthen lamps dotted houses and people exchanged sweets and gifts on Diwali which also witnessed bonhomie between Indian and Pakistani guards at border posts.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/india-brightens-updiwali/453796/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:29:58 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Advani should ask Karnataka CM to dissolve assembly Congress]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Advani should not have undertaken his Jan Chetana Yatra in the state where the BJP government itself is immersed in rampant corruption.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/advani-should-ask-karnataka-cm-to-dissolve-assembly-congress/453795/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:26:06 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Spl power removal not to undermining Army role]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) from certain areas of the state was in no way an effort to undermine the role of the Army.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/\spl-power-removal-not-to-undermining-army-role\/453794/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:24:29 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Militants strike for the second day in Kashmir, 5 injured]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A day after multiple terror strikes against security personnel in Kashmir, suspected militants today carried out another grenade attack in a busy market place in Anantnag, targeting apparently a police vehicle, leaving five civilians injured.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/militants-strike-forsecond-day-in-kashmir-5-injured/453793/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:21:58 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nuclear Power Corp seeks Centres intervention]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Amidst agitation by the villagers against the 2,000-Mw Kudankulam nuclear project, the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) has sought the intervention of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and senior bureaucrats so that emergency and maintenance work at the plant site continues unabated.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/nuclear-power-corp-seeks-centre\s-intervention/453792/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:19:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[India raises protest against travel advisories language]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Foreign Affairs Minister S M Krishna has asked Australia to withdraw issuance of advisory for tourists to India.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/india-raises-protest-against-travel-advisories\-language/453791/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:17:18 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jairam wants CBI probe into Nrega fund misuse in Uttar Pradesh]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has now pitched in the Congress battle for Uttar Pradesh by writing a letter to the state&rsquo;s Chief Minister Mayawati citing a huge scam in National Rural Employment Guarantee (Nrega) scheme in the state.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/jairam-wants-cbi-probe-into-nrega-fund-misuse-in-uttar-pradesh/453725/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Govt responsible for rate rises BJP]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Slamming the Union government for increasing rates for the 13th consecutive time, senior leader, Yashwant Sinha, of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed that Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee met him 10 days ago to discuss the economic situation.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/govt-responsible-for-rate-rises-bjp/453726/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:35:35 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Anna defends Kiran Bedi, says gang of four behind campaign]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anna Hazare tonight defended his key associate Kiran Bedi from the allegations of &ldquo;air travel corruption&", pointing fingers at a &ldquo;gang of four&" in the ruling party being behind the campaign against his team.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/anna-defends-kiran-bedi-says-\gangfour\-behind-campaign/453588/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:26:07 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Advani hints at alliance with BJD ahead of 14 polls]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The current strained relations apart, there could still be an alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the 2014 general elections, the saffron party&rsquo;s top leader L K Advani said on Monday.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/advani-hints-at-alliancebjd-ahead\14-polls/453587/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:24:39 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kanimozhis bail deferred, may get out of jail next week]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Kanimozhi, Rajya Sabha MP and daughter of DMK leader M Karunanidhi, will have to spend her Diwali at Tihar Jail, as the special CBI court on Monday reserved its order on her bail petitions along with four others accused in the 2G spectrum scam.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/kanimozhi\s-bail-deferred-may-get-outjail-next-week/453585/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:21:52 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Agnivesh questions use of funds team Anna says it is clean]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The anti corruption movement led by Anna Hazare continued to reel under accusations and allegations with the funds collected during the campaign now in the eye of the storm.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/agnivesh-questions-usefunds-team-anna-says-it-is-clean/453518/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:09:55 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nepal to develop industrial estates on Uttarakhand model]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Nepal would develop industrial estates on the lines of Uttarakhand, its prime minister, Baburam Bhattarai, said on Sunday.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/nepal-to-develop-industrial-estatesuttarakhand-model/453517/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:07:06 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Army chopper strays into Pak airspace, released]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[An Indian Army helicopter strayed into Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Sunday and was forced by Pakistani military to land, and four onboard Army personnel were taken into custody.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/army-chopper-strays-into-pak-airspace-released/453516/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:05:21 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New promise in India-Nepal ties]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[India and Nepal have agreed to reinvent their age-old, but sometimes prickly relationship, with the promise of moving full speed ahead on the bilateral trade and economic front, even as Delhi offered Nepali Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai all help in skilling and rehabilitating Maoist cadres in case Kathmandu wanted it.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/new-promise-in-india-nepal-ties/453515/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:03:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Train mishap in Bilaspur, 18 dead]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Eighteen people were killed and 15 seriously injured when they were run over by a speeding train in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/train-mishap-in-bilaspur-18-dead/453423/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:10:23 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Shun negativity, play constructive]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Drawing flak from various quarters over policy paralysis and governance deficit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday sought support of all political parties and states to end the prevailing environment of negativism.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/\shun-negativity-play-constructive\/453425/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:07:02 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NDC meet Centre cornered]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The 56th National Development Council (NDC) meeting held here on Saturday didn&rsquo;t disappoint those who were expecting it to be a stormy affair between the Centre and states ruled by non-UPA parties.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ndc-meet-centre-cornered/453424/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:06:41 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[India fares well in social development report ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A day before the National Development Council is scheduled to meet and possibly debate on the poverty line and the Food Security Bill, the second India Human Development Report -2011 has said India progressed well in social development front, with higher enrollment rates in education, and a shift towards social inclusion of marginalised communities and minorities.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/india-fares-well-in-social-development-report-/453368/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:11:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Metro travel still a dream for many cities]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A little less than a decade after the Delhi metro system came into operation, another mega city, Bangalore, gets rolling on the latest in urban transport.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/metro-travel-stilldream-for-many-cities/453280/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:55:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SC directs BSES to clear dues]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court today directed&nbsp; BSES Rajdhani to pay Rs 25 crore to the Damodar Valley Corporation, and BSES Yamuna to pay Rs 20 crore by November 30.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sc-directs-bses-to-clear-dues/453279/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:50:38 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Graft allegations mar Team Anna, another member resents]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The irony is stark, given that the set of advice is meant for a movement led by a titan Gandhian.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/graft-allegations-mar-team-anna-another-member-resents/453278/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:48:32 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pawar to review NCP defeat soon]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[After a humiliating defeat in the Khadakwasla by-election, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, has swung into action and decided to convene a meeting of the NCP ministers in Maharashtra to decide on a strategy for the ensuing elections to the civic bodies and local self government in November and March next year.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/pawar-to-review-ncp-defeat-soon/453277/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[NPC hopes Kudankulam does not become a casualty of politics]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[NPC management, which succeeded in sending a group of 100 scientists and engineers for the maintenance of the project, however, hopes that Kudankulam does not become a casualty of politics between the Union and Tamil Nadu government.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/npc-hopes-kudankulam-does-not-becomecasualtypolitics/453140/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:07:50 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bhattarais India visit to cement ties, woo industry]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Nepal is likely to reassure Indian companies investing in the Himalayan country that they will not face attacks or labour problems in the future.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/bhattarai\s-india-visit-to-cement-ties-woo-industry/453141/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:06:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Clinton sees Asias century]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The future of geopolitics would be decided in Asia, not Afghanistan or Iraq, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in an article in the respected journal &lsquo;Foreign Policy&rsquo;.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/clinton-sees-asia\s-century/453003/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:29:47 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[First crack in Team Anna, two members quit core panel]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Barely three months after it gained country-wide name as Team Anna, an anti-corruption movement it is spearheading suffered a blow on Tuesday, as two members of its core committee quit, confirming rumours of strong differences within the organisation&rsquo;s top rank.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/first-crack-in-team-anna-two-members-quit-core-panel/453002/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:27:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kejriwal attacked with slipper]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal was on Tuesday attacked by a youth with a slipper, while he was going to attend a programme here, as part of their anti-graft campaign, nearly a week after the assault on another colleague Prashant Bhushan.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/kejriwal-attackedslipper/453004/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:10:06 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Knives out for Hooda after Hisar disaster]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Congress rout in Hisar has exposed the disenchantment the people of Haryana have with chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and his government, even as the party tried to downplay the Lok Sabha byelection result declared on Monday.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/knives-out-for-hooda-after-hisar-disaster/452945/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:43:52 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[South Mumbai bears power cut for the 2nd day]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[South Mumbai faced a power cut, for the second consecutive day on Monday.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/south-mumbai-bears-power-cut-for2nd-day/452948/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:41:57 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[YSR family seeks CBI probe against Naidu]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Vijayamma files PIL in AP High Court.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ysr-family-seeks-cbi-probe-against-naidu/452838/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:41:10 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Q&A Supriya Sule, NCP]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Undeterred by Monday&rsquo;s defeat in the Khadakwasla byelection, Nationalist Congress Party MP from Baramati, Supriya Sule, who is daughter of union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, said the party would introspect and work to consolidate its position.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/qa-supriya-sule-ncp/452947/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:40:43 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[UPA bites the dust in bypolls, alarm bells for the alliance]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance&rsquo;s failure to win not even one of the four by-elections &mdash; one Lok Sabha and three Assembly seats &mdash; has set off alarm bells within the ruling alliance.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/upa-bitesdust-in-bypolls-alarm-bells-foralliance/452946/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:38:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Telangana bandh today ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Telangana joint action committee has called for a Telangana bandh tomorrow in support of the demand for separate statehood and to protest the arrest of its leaders and supporters on the first day of the rail roko programme yesterday.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/telangana-bandh-today-/452788/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:19:54 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kudankulam protests called off for a day for panchayat polls]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Responding to the appeal made by political parties and religious leaders, villagers at Edinthakarai today called off their sit-in protest against the 2,000-Mw Kudankulam nuclear power project for a day.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/kudankulam-protests-called-off-forday-for-panchayat-polls/452806/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:17:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Power blues for Cong-NCP alliance]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[BJP to protest against severe power crisis in Maharashtra.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/power-blues-for-cong-ncp-alliance/452805/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:16:33 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Right to recall can destabilise country CEC]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[India&rsquo;s apex poll body is is not in favour of &lsquo;right to recall&rsquo; or &lsquo;right to reject&rsquo; elected representatives.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/right-to-recall-can-destabilise-country-cec/452804/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:15:29 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Yeddy shifted to hospital]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[To be in ICU for 2 days after complaining of chest pain within hours of arrest.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/yeddy-shifted-to-hospital/452803/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:14:32 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Q&A M K Balaji, Project site director, Kudankulam nuclear project]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The ongoing agitation against the Kudankulam nuclear power project has come as a rude shock to nearly 1,000 scientists and engineers of the Nuclear Power Corporation.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/qa-m-k-balaji-project-site-director-kudankulam-nuclear-project/452706/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:08:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BJP bribe scandal Action to take time]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A day after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members allegedly distributed money to mediapersons in Satna (Madhya Pradesh) to cover LK Advani&rsquo;s anti-corruption and good governance campaign comprehensively, senior party members indicated action against those responsible would take time, as all leaders were busy preparing for the rath yatra.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/bjp-bribe-scandal-action-to-take-time/452705/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:06:04 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Anna Hazare Its time for maun vrat]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The rainbow team of Anna Hazare is showing signs of falling apart.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/anna-hazare-it\s-time-for-maun-vrat/452704/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:04:50 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cong, RLD gear up for UP polls]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Congress and the Ajit Singh-led Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) look set to contest the upcoming UP polls as allies.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/cong-rld-gearfor-up-polls/452703/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:02:13 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Operation Lotus Split wide open]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Opposition parties in Karnataka are finally smelling blood and are gearing up to go in for the kill.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/operation-lotus-split-wide-open/452702/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:01:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kudankulam turns political plank ahead of civic polls]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Politics has for a while taken a centre stage at the Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, as almost all political parties in the state have joined hands to oppose the commissioning of the 2,000-Mw nuclear power project.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/kudankulam-turns-political-plank-aheadcivic-polls/452628/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:55:53 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Centre alerts metros on possible terror strike]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[In the wake of the haul of RDX in Haryana on Wednesday, the Centre has advised authorities in four metros, as well as Hyderabad and Bangalore, to remain on high alert, since there is a possibility of a terror strike strike during the festival season.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/centre-alerts-metrospossible-terror-strike/452629/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:54:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Roadblock on way to Kudankulam nuclear plant]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anti-nuclear power activists protesting against the 2,000 MW Kudankulam nuclear power project on Thursday put up a road block, stopping scientists and engineers from reaching the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC).]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/roadblockway-to-kudankulam-nuclear-plant/452527/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:08:57 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[India draws red lines with China]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Three countries that China views with a proprietorial air in the Asia-Pacific region will be hosted and courted by India this month.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/india-draws-red-lineschina/452526/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:06:36 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CBI seeks AGs views on Essar-Loop tangle]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought Attorney General G E Vahanvati&rsquo;s views on the Loop-Essar link to the 2G spectrum allocation scam.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/cbi-seeks-ag\s-viewsessar-loop-tangle/452420/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:16:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BJP demands white paper on black money]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Senior Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani on Wednesday demanded a white paper on black money from the Manmohan Singh government.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/bjp-demands-white-paperblack-money/452419/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:14:50 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Indian women in workforce No headway in three decades]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Responsibilities at home leave women in India with no time to work, though 90 per cent of them aspire to work.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/indian-women-in-workforce-no-headway-in-three-decades/452418/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:13:39 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[India trails in womens survival World Bank]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Young women in India are much better off than their mothers, but they fare much worse than their counterparts in many developing countries when it comes to the physical survival rate of women and participation in labour force, says a report by the World Bank.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/india-trails-in-women\s-survival-world-bank/452417/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:12:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lok Pal to be a constitutional body Law Minister Salman Khurshid]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The proposed Lok Pal will have the status of a constitutional authority for which purpose the Constitution will be amended, Union law minister Salman Khurshid disclosed tonight.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lok-pal-to-beconstitutional-body-law-minister-salman-khurshid/452277/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:53:22 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Advani rolls out anti-UPA yatra, lauds Nitish]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Senior Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leader L K Advani on Tuesday attacked the Congress-led UPA-II, accusing it of having lost the trust of the people soon after he kick-started his sixth Rath Yatra from Bihar&rsquo;s Sitab Diara.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/advani-rolls-out-anti-upa-yatra-lauds-nitish/452281/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:52:21 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Digvijay questions RSS-backed Annas secular credentials]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The ruling Congress on Tuesday escalated its scale of attack on Anna Hazare, as party General Secretary Digvijay Singh wrote to the Gandhian an open letter questioning his secular credentials.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/digvijay-questions-\rss-backed\-anna\s-secular-credentials/452280/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:50:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jairam Ramesh to fast-track road construction in Naxalite corridor]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh has called for fast tracking construction of rural roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in Naxalite-affected districts.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/jairam-ramesh-to-fast-track-road-construction-in-naxalite-corridor/452279/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:49:24 +0530</pubDate>
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