Wednesday, November 1, 2006, Chandigarh, India
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Prices of 866 medicines slashed
Some drugs to be cheaper by 74 per cent
New Delhi, October 31
The government today released the price reduction list of 866 generic medicines in the range of 0.26 per cent to 74.53 per cent by 11 leading manufacturers. The margins, which came into effect on October 2, have been fixed at 15 per cent for wholesalers and 35 per cent for retailers.

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In a bid to contain inflation, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in its Mid-Term Review of Annual Policy for 2006-07, today announced an increase in repo (overnight) rate by 0.25 per cent from 7 to 7.25 per cent.

Panel, MCD move SC on sealing
New Delhi, October 31
The Supreme Court appointed monitoring committee, overseeing the sealing operation against illegal shops in residential areas in the national capital as well as Municipal Corporation of Delhi today moved the Supreme Court raising different questions on the sealing issue.

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Dalal new Haryana DGP
Chandigarh, October 31
The Haryana Government has appointed Mr Ranjiv Singh Dalal, a 1974 batch IPS officer, as the DGP of the state following Mr Nirmal Singh’s retirement today. 

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6 accused of Raghunath Temple attack acquitted
Jammu, October 31
Passing strictures on the police, a court here has acquitted all six accused in the 2002 terrorist attack at the famous Raghunath Temple here that claimed 11 lives.

Azad says he did not seek clemency for Afzal
New Delhi, October 31
Facing criticism over reports that he had sought clemency for Parliament-attack case convict Mohammed Afzal, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said he had not taken up the issue with the Prime Minister but he was personally against death sentence.

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Soldier shoots Army officer
Srinagar, October 31
A senior Indian Army officer was shot dead by an enraged soldier in an Army camp near Srinagar this afternoon.

Motivating beggars to check AIDS Patna, October 31 With close to 10,000 AIDS/HIV related cases in the state, the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar is contemplating a novel rehabilitation involving beggars to raise the awareness campaign against this deadly disease.