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Friday, September 30, 2011, Chandigarh, India
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Modi skips BJP’s national meet
 Agni-II ballistic missile test-fired...more 
 Prez leaves for Switzerland, Austria
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 Cabinet approves new mines Bill
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 Telangana stir: Bandh hits normal life in Hyderabad...more
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Pranab, PC call truce
l 2G note just a background paper, says FinMin l Matter closed: Chidambaram
New Delhi, September 29
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee with Home Minister P Chidambaram talking to the media after meeting the PM in New Delhi on Thursday. After a day of hectic high-level meetings, the government today brought down the curtain on the week-long controversy over a Finance Ministry note on the 2G Spectrum case, which suggested a serious rift between Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee with Home Minister P Chidambaram talking to the media after meeting the PM in New Delhi on Thursday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

2G: Anil Ambani’s executives may turn approver, CBI tells SC
Gives clean chit to Tata, Videocon
New Delhi, September 29
The CBI today informed the Supreme Court that Anil Ambani’s three top executives — ADAG group MD Gautam Doshi and senior vice presidents Hari Nair and Surendra Pipara — might turn approver and help the agency pin down the real beneficiary in the 2G scam.
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Bhullar clemency resolution unlikely in Punjab Assembly
Mohali, September 29
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said that a resolution asking for clemency for Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar would be introduced in the coming session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha only if there was a possibility of geting it passed.


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Transport corporations in the public sector in Punjab today face the same fate as Air India does in the aviation sector. If Air India is deep in the red after the open skies policy which saw private sector airliners mushroom, the two major Punjab state transport undertakings, Punjab Roadways and PEPSU Road Transport Corporation, PRTC, are rapidly going down the same road.

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He appears to have played a leading role in the ‘conspiracy’: Court
New Delhi, September 29
A Delhi court today dismissed the bail plea of political worker Suhail Hindustani, arrested for his alleged role in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam, saying he has played “an active role” in the case from beginning to end. “From the material available on record, it prima facie appears that accused (Hindustani) played an active role and acted as a mediator from the initiation of the alleged conspiracy. 

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A new foundation to help study and preserve the architectural treasures of the Deccan is being launched in London this Sunday. The Deccan Heritage Foundation has the backing of key academicians and preservationists who want to help preserve the cultural heritage of the region, to make it more accessible to the wider public and create greater awareness within local communities.
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New Delhi, September 29
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