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Friday, November 4, 2011, Chandigarh, India
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Cong indicates partial rollback of petrol price hike...more
Trinamool protests petrol price hike...more
Satyam's founder Ramalinga Raju, brother granted bail...more
Hazare to campaign against Cong if Jan Lokpal Bill not passed...more
Govt to unveil National Telecom Policy in January, 2012...more
Yeddyurappa’s bail hearing adjourned to Nov 8...more
ED to attach assets of Hasan Ali...more
 Time to change policy towards Pakistan: US lawmaker
...more
Banned terror outfit involved in Advani bomb case...more

2G Spectrum scam
Still no bail for Kanimozhi, 4 others
Court to consider bail only after eyewitnesses are examined 
New Delhi, November 3
The Special CBI Court today refused to grant bail to Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi and four other accused in the 2G scam case, holding that gender, sickness, framing of charges or the period of imprisonment already undergone cannot be a ground for releasing them. This is the fourth time Kanimozhi has been refused bail.

Food inflation soars to 9-month high of 12.21%
New Delhi, November 3
There was no respite from rising prices for consumers as food inflation soared “dangerously’ to a nine-month high of 12.21 per cent in the week ended October 22, on the back of costlier vegetables, pulses and milk.

Petrol prices up by Rs 1.8 a litre
New Delhi, November 3
Oil companies yet again hiked petrol prices by Rs 1.8 per litre from midnight to offset the fall in rupee that has made imports of crude costlier. After the increase, petrol in Delhi will cost Rs 68.64 a litre. The rates will vary in other cities according to local levies.


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Spot-fixing: Pak’s tainted trio jailed
Agent Majeed also sent behind bars
London, November 3
Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and two of his teammates — pacers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir — were today sentenced to jail for their role in the spot-fixing scandal, making them the first cricketers ever to be imprisoned for corruption. On a day of dramatic developments for the cricketing world, Butt was sentenced to two-and-a-half years.

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Chandigarh/Sultanpur Lodhi, November 3
The Punjab Congress has managed to persuade Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to give the inauguration of the prestigious Khalsa Heritage Complex (KHC) at Anandpur Sahib a skip.


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Pak now ambiguous on MFN status
Islamabad, November 3
A day after granting MFN status to India, the Pakistan government today appeared to be playing to the gallery by being ambiguous on the issue. The Foreign Office here said the Cabinet had cleared a move for normalisation of bilateral trade relations that will “culminate” with the grant of the MFN status to India.

Move to de-recognise  44 deemed varsities right, govt tells SC
New Delhi, November 3
The Union Government has filed a report in the Supreme Court, sticking to its decision to de-recognise 44 deemed universities for providing poor quality of education in terms of faculty, infrastructure and innovation.

Indian experts devise simple test to detect fake Scotch
London, November 3
Indian-origin physicists in Scotland have developed a simple laser test that they claim can help detect counterfeit Scotch whisky from a sample no bigger than a teardrop. Three physicists at the University of St Andrews have devised a laser test to detect counterfeit Scotch and single malt whiskies.

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